Best Nina & Thom Podcasts (2024)

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10.22: Update: Episode delay 1:05

21h ago1:05

1:05

Show Notes Friends, Tigris, our 18-year-old podcat, has been very sick all week and we're not sure at this point whether she will be able to pull through. Between worrying about her, taking care of her, and making sure she can see a veterinarian, we haven't had much time to work on the podcast. We're hopeful that we'll be able to share good news wi…

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Mimi Kennedy Celebrating PDA's 20th Anniversary 42:49

6d ago42:49

42:49

In this installment of Positively Progressive, podcast host Donna Smith interviews one of PDA’s founders, Mimi Kennedy. This interview begins the celebration of PDAs first 20 years and many of the people who have helped PDA thrive over the years. Mimi is also an award-winning actor and brilliant writer who was in Roxbury in 2004 when progressives g…

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10.21: A Warm Light in a Cold Place 1:15:27

15d ago1:15:27

1:15:27

Show Notes This week on MSB: Victory Gundam episode 21, the possible significance of lemonade, and a wide-ranging discussion that touches on Tassilo vs. Jinn, Marbet vs. Junko, Odelo vs. Masculinity, and Uso vs. a classic right of passage for Gundam protagonists. Please listen to it! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within L…

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10.20: Victory is Coming 50:35

22d ago50:35

50:35

Show Notes This week on MSB, it's Victory Gundam episode 20 'Eve of the Decisive Battle' and we're here to talk newtypes, plot armor, feisty ladies and the knights who love them, and the name of Zanscare's 'Amalthea' battleship. Please listen to it! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unce…

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10.19: Blood Destiny 1:18:52

29d ago1:18:52

1:18:52

Show Notes This week on MSB: Victory Gundam episode 19 and a wide ranging discussion that touches on the dystopian nature of life in space, Tasilo Wago's resting creep face, Odelo's newly woken Gundam lust, and of course: motherhood. For the research, Thom returns to the Shrike team to discuss the inspiration behind their character designs. Please …

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John Padora, Progressive Candidate for Congress (CO-4) 40:19

1M ago40:19

40:19

This episode of Positively Progressive features the amazing John Padora, PDA’s endorsed candidate in the hotly contested primary in Colorados CD4. John not only holds and advocates for the values that PDA has long held, he is also the only Democratic primary candidate with the fire, the energy and the grassroots support to beat the Trump-emboldened…

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10.18: Spiderwebs 1:11:37

1M ago1:11:37

1:11:37

Show Notes This week on MSB it's Victory Gundam episode 18: 宇宙艦隊戦 or Space Fleet Battle.Why are continuity errors a problem? What new translation decision is driving Thom batty? What do the contrasting characterizations of Jinn Jahannam and Maria Pure Armonia say about the factions they purport to lead? How much power could a solar satellite like t…

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10.17: A Royal Audience 39:17

1M ago39:17

39:17

Show Notes This week on MSB: Victory episode 17 breaks new ground and goes where no Gundam show has dared to go before: making a recap episode (unless you count Prelude to ZZ). Even so, this episode gives us our first glimpse at the Zanscare homeland and its famous queen, so there's still a surprising amount to talk about! Please listen to it! Unfo…

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10.16: Shipping Up to Orbit 55:41

2M ago55:41

55:41

Show Notes This week on MSB, we're covering Victory Gundam Episode 16: Reineforce, Lift Off! or リーンホース浮上. We talk about the episode name, the legacy of Gundam, Shahkti's hacker vision, the relationship between children and war, and much more! Please listen to it! And you can listen to episode 1 of The Disappearances of Lydia Fountayne at https://ly…

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10.15: Kasarelia 1:10:09

2M ago1:10:09

1:10:09

Show Notes This week: Victory Gundam episode 15. We're saying 'kasarelia' to new characters Godwald Heine and Tasilo Wago, and 'kasarelia' to Fuala Griffon, the old man polycule, and the Earth itself as the action shifts to space... at least for the moment! We discuss Odelo's unexpected heel turn, Cronicle's predictable but disappointing downward s…

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Healthcare Now's Gillian Mason & Vermont State Senator Kesha Ram Hinsdale 1:08:33

2M ago1:08:33

1:08:33

Positively Progressive presents the new leader of Healthcare-NOW, our longtime partner on the road to improved, expanded, single-payer Medicare for all. Veteran organizer Gillian Mason takes the helm from Benjamin Day as he moves on to organize around the climate crisis. In the second segment, Positively Progressive highlights another amazing, youn…

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10.14: Holding Up that Hill 1:04:53

2M ago1:04:53

1:04:53

Show Notes This week on MSB: Does Uso want to know, know that it doesn't hurt Kate? Does he want to know how it feels to go to space? Does he want to hear about the deal Katejina is making? If he could, would he make a deal with God to swap places with Cronicle? He doesn't want to hurt anyone, but see how deep the beam saber cuts. Unaware, he's tea…

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10.13: Flesh and Blood in a War of Machines 1:10:21

3M ago1:10:21

1:10:21

Show Notes This week on Mobile Suit Breakdown, Victory juggles a lot of balls, Uso playing a lot of roles, Mandella gives out a lot of tickets, and Thom identifies a lot of possible inspirations for the League Militaire. Please listen to it! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded home…

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10.12: More Pilot than Child 1:06:01

3M ago1:06:01

1:06:01

Show Notes This week on MSB, we visit Barcelona and find that the Catalan independence movement may well have gotten what it wanted, even if it took until the Universal Century. Plus Uso doesn't know what kind of episode he's in, Duker Iq's globe-spanning influence becomes apparent, Fuala belongs on the runway, and Thom wants to know what exactly U…

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10.11: Paying the Toll 1:06:59

3M ago1:06:59

1:06:59

Show Notes This week on Victory Gundam: Lupe initiates a fiasco, Uso wants to ask you a question, Marbet and Oliver get some more practice fighting like a married couple, and Shahkti wants to be anywhere but here. Plus, Nina's research on the names of the Shrike Team pilots. Please listen to it! Website updates are delayed but the full show notes a…

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10.10: In the Ruins of This Beautiful Place 1:17:01

3M ago1:17:01

1:17:01

Show Notes This week on MSB, Uso makes a serious error and it nearly costs him that which he holds most dear (the opportunity to see Katejina again), Haro demonstrates remarkable emotional intelligence, Dupre discovers the price of humanity in wartime, and Oliver gets some practice acting like a husband and a father. (Imagine that I said that last …

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A new direction for the podcast 2:09

3M ago2:09

2:09

Show Notes YOU'RE LISTENING TO W.O.R.Y. - ANXIETY RADIO After five years, it's time for a change. Starting today, April 1, 2024, we're going to be taking the podcast in a new direction that we think will really play to our strengths as people. We hope you'll all love WORY as much as you enjoyed MSB. Happy April Fools' Day from MSB!…

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The New Generation: Jena Griswold and YPDA 1:21:17

4M ago1:21:17

1:21:17

In this installment of Positively Progressive we here from Young Americans taking the lead in forging a progressive present and future. First, host Donna Smith and PDA Executive Director Alan Minsky are joined by the brilliant and pathbreaking Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who is on the front lines of protecting American Democracy from…

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10.9: The Kasarelia Stampede 57:38

4M ago57:38

57:38

Show Notes This week on Ovine Flock Victory Gunram, the show's real hero finally shows her stuff, Odelo knows how to use one of these, and Cronicle engages in a little recreational deforestation. Plus Shahkti cooks a homecoming stew, Katejina's betrayal leaves Uso stewing, and the mystery of the Kasarelia Kids' parentage continues to simmer, while …

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10.8: Fighting Fate 1:19:17

4M ago1:19:17

1:19:17

Show Notes This week on MSB: Nina recognizes the look in a fellow mecha convert's eyes, Thom knows a thing or two about feeling helpless, and we all learn a bit more about ad agencies... maybe even enough to justify a little rampant speculation. Please listen to it! Show notes to come as soon as we're both healthy at the same time, thanks for your …

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10.7: Strange Tactics 1:18:56

4M ago1:18:56

1:18:56

Show Notes By reviving the medieval tradition of podcasting, we have become unstoppable! Plus part 2 of Thom's research into the Japanese advertising industry and its role in anime production. This week: TV program development! Full show notes to come soon, thank you for your patience. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within…

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10.6: A World Gone Mad 1:13:20

4M ago1:13:20

1:13:20

Show Notes This week on MSB: we're back with another remarkable episode of Victory dense with big questions: Is war a part of human nature? Is it better to die or to kill? Should we fight for people or for ideals?And if that's not enough, in the research Thom begins to dive into the world of Japanese advertising agencies as we explore their unsung …

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Announcement: Episode Delay 0:29

4M ago0:29

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Show Notes Unfortunately due to illness we've had to delay the release of episode 10.6 by a week. We are on track to resume our regular release schedule next week (March 9th). Thanks for your patience!

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10.5: A Time and Place to Die 1:16:09

5M ago1:16:09

1:16:09

Show Notes This week on Mobile Suit Breakdown: it's the Katejina Show feat. Katejina, in which a young woman with faultless logic shows us what it really means to have a big head. We promise that sentence will make more sense after you listen to the episode. Plus enjoy the second half of Nina's research on women in Japanese society during the first…

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10.4: Last Stand in Kasarelia 1:36:25

5M ago1:36:25

1:36:25

Show Notes This week on MSB: Thom thinks it will be a short episode (the runtime proves that to be a lie), not that much happens (except for all the things the characters say and do), and Nina discovers that Xeno's Paradox can apply to research pieces! All that AND we talk about Victory Gundam a bit. Please listen to it! You can find the full show …

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10.3: Unfriendly Fire 1:14:31

5M ago1:14:31

1:14:31

Show Notes This week on MSB: blood in the streets of Uwig as B.E.S.P.A.'s cruelest soldiers descend upon the city. Uso (and your hosts) struggle to cope with the horror of it all, Katejina is lucky to be alive, and Shakti is not very good at hiding for someone who's been hiding for most of her life. The full show notes will be available soon on our…

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10.2: The Prince and the Pauper 1:27:13

5M ago1:27:13

1:27:13

Show Notes This week on MSB, it's episode 2 of Victory Gundam: The Day He Met the Machine. We discuss this much more conventional opening episode, more dubious translation choices, running gags, production priorities, and lots more. Plus Nina presents the first part of her research into the social fallout of the asset price bubble and the place of …

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10.1: Podcast to the Victory! 1:34:18

6M ago1:34:18

1:34:18

Show Notes Show notes for this episode will be uploaded to our website and this public post on our Patreon soon! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, Ne…

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Prelude to the Victory 37:54

6M ago37:54

37:54

Show Notes Show notes are available in this public post on our Patreon and will be uploaded to our website shortly. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City,…

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9.15: Legendary Tale of the Epic Saga (Chapter: the End) 1:29:53

6M ago1:29:53

1:29:53

Show Notes This week on Mobile Suit Breakdown: it's the end of this first era of SD Gundam! In lieu of research, we cast our minds back across all the SD shorts that we've [enjoyed|endured] to render a final verdict on it and discuss what we liked about it, which ones we'd recommend, and what it all meant for the Gundam franchise. Mobile Suit Break…

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9.14: Legendary Tale of the Epic Saga 1:09:25

6M ago1:09:25

1:09:25

Show Notes On MSB this week, SD Gundam Matsuri takes us back to the medieval world of Suda Doaka for a new saga of good versus evil, Thom finds it impossible to be objective about medieval mecha, and Nina profiles composer Okada Tohru! Show notes will be uploaded to our website soon, and in the meantime they can be found on this free post on our Pa…

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Building Progressive Power with Inside/Outside Leadership and Feeding Our Bodies and Minds 1:39:54

7M ago1:39:54

1:39:54

Indira Dugurala is now the second vice chair of the Colorado Democrat Party. In this episode of Positively Progressive, she brings her perspective as a first-generation immigrant and how generational change infused in the state party organization lights the path inside the DNC as well. Donna and Indira met through PDAs Denver chapter. In the Best o…

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Junie Joseph: Pursuing Pathbreaking Progressive Change at the State Level 1:04:07

7M ago1:04:07

1:04:07

In the third installment of Positively Progressive, Donna speaks with Colorado State Representative Junie Joseph from Boulder. If you think that groundbreaking progressive change only happens at the Federal level. or on one of the coasts, meet Junie Jordan and prepare to replace that negaitive thought with a positive sense of promise! Also, in the …

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9.13: Mobile Suitors 52:36

8M ago52:36

52:36

Show Notes Surprise! While we were away someone else translated the second part of SD Gundam Matsuri, so now we get to reap the benefits of their hard work and you get a new episode of Mobile Suit Breakdown about it. Enjoy! Show notes are available on our website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the anc…

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Nina Turner: We Are Somebody! 1:15:43

8M ago1:15:43

1:15:43

One of the visionary leaders of our time, Nina Turner, joins Donna Smith to discuss the roots of the crisis in American politics, why the programs and policies of the progressive left match the moment - and let us know about her new project that's all about building working class solidarity, We Are Somebody! Also, 24 year-old Brett Yoder shares his…

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9.12: Flightless Biped 19:03

9M ago19:03

19:03

Show Notes This week on MSB, Thom returns to Zeta Gundam to talk about the Homo Avis flying machine and, for the first time as far as we can tell, reveal its real world inspiration! Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland…

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9.11: Music Soothes the Savage Beast 35:27

9M ago35:27

35:27

Show Notes This week on MSB... it's finally time for the first part of never-before-translated SD Gundam movie SD Gundam Matsuri - SD Command War Chronicle: Gundam Force: Super G-Arms: Final Formula vs Norm-Gather! It's time for Space Battles and Rock Operas as the forces of good, evil, and music team up to take down an eldritch horror from beyond …

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Inaugural Episode: Thom Hartmann’s Positive Pragmatic Progressive Vision for America 44:01

9M ago44:01

44:01

Positively Progressive Joins the Fray! Here's our inaugural episode. Hosted by Donna Smith, Chair of the Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Advisory Board Featured guest: Thom Hartmann Introduced by Alan Minsky, ED of (PDA) Let us know what you think: info@P4DA.orgBy Progressive Democrats of America

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9.10: Goodbye Summer 19:11

9M ago19:11

19:11

Show Notes This week on MSB: Nina returns to one of her favorite research topics: the history of food! This time she wants to know all about the shaved ice dessert made from frozen Dom in SD Gundam Mk II part 3. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the …

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9.9: Your Fave is a War Criminal (Part II) 38:59

10M ago38:59

38:59

Show Notes As promised, Thom is back once again to walk you through the alleged war crimes he's identified in Soldiers of Sorrow and Encounters in Space, plus the answers to a few of your questions. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and…

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9.8: Your Fave is a War Criminal (Part I) 29:02

10M ago29:02

29:02

Show Notes People love to call Gundam characters 'war criminals,' but are they really? And if so, who and why? What war crimes did they commit? Who is history's greatest monster? This week on Mobile Suit Breakdown, Thom dusts off his legal skills and dives back into the first Gundam compilation movie with a copy of the Rome Statute of the Internati…

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9.7: Demons - Harbingers - Protectors 33:14

10M ago33:14

33:14

Show Notes On the podcast this week, Nina was inspired to answer once and for all whether Lt. J.G. Bernard Monsha, veteran of the One Year War and future member of the Titans, is in fact a mythical bird-demon from Japanese folklore. Along the way she discovered that the answer to the question "what is a tengu?" is actually pretty complex. Join us f…

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9.6: Tiger of Solomon 54:10

10M ago54:10

54:10

Show Notes This week on MSB, Thom still can't stop talking about Anavel Gato and a 2014 interview with 0083 director Imanishi Takashi offers some unexpected insight into Gato's historical antecedents. Show notes are available on the Gundam Podcast website! Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral a…

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9.5: Hour of the Hippo (P.M.) 19:33

11M ago19:33

19:33

Show Notes On the podcast this week, Nina finally gets to talk about a screenshot that's been sitting on her desktop for years, and the Hour of the Rabbit-hole that it led her down as she explored the history of time in Japan. And yes, we did call a previous episode "The Hour of the Hippo" but that was the Hour of the Hippo A.M. This one is a compl…

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9.4: White Devil 23:23

11M ago23:23

23:23

Show Notes On the podcast this week, Thom wants to know how we know what we know about Amuro Ray's war-time nickname. He emerges from the sticky morass of continuity with a surprising answer and a few thoughts about benefits and downsides in the Gundam franchise's approach to developing its own imaginary history. Show notes are available on the Gun…

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9.3: Edge of Childhood 25:21

11M ago25:21

25:21

Show Notes On MSB this week, Nina returns to War in the Pocket to examine the contents of Al's back pocket as displaying in the show's 'eye-catch' sequence. In particular, she digs into the history of the swiss army knife, its origins, its rise to international popularity, and what it might have meant for an audience in 1980s Japan. Show notes are …

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9.2: War Fantasy 40:30

11M ago40:30

40:30

Show Notes This week Thom overcomes a cold to take his turn dusting off an old idea for a research piece, although his first pick isn't really very old at all... On MSB 9.2, Thom digs into the 架空戦記 (kakuu senki / fictional war chronicles) genre of alternate history science fiction: its characteristics, historical origins, and the many connections t…

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9.1: Playing with Guns 28:49

11M ago28:49

28:49

Show Notes No break in the MSB action this time around as we dive immediately into Season 9 with research from Nina on 'toy' guns: air guns, BB guns, and especially airsoft guns, inspired by Al's friends in War in the Pocket. How does the history of airsoft connect with the development of "real" guns both in Japan and around the world? How is airso…

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8.16: No Highly Esteemed Deed is Commemorated Here 1:08:08

12M ago1:08:08

1:08:08

Show Notes Here we are again at the end of another season. Thank you all for joining us for the ups and downs, the highs and lows, the romance and the betrayal of Stardust Memory! This week we're closing out Season 8 with some great listener questions and a handful of our own final thoughts. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced …

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8.15: Spike Field 1:04:55

12M ago1:04:55

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Show Notes Show notes for this episode can be found on our website. Mobile Suit Breakdown is written, recorded, and produced within Lenapehoking, the ancestral and unceded homeland of the Lenape, or Delaware, people. Before European settlers forced them to move west, the Lenape lived in New York City, New Jersey, and portions of New York State, Pen…

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