That's Dope! Podcast
Join Godswill Ugwa as he runs the gamut of topics to chew the fat on: anime, music, video games, fighting, politics, current events, and much more.
Episodes
March 15, 2024 • 99 mins
We brought back the Final Fantasy guru, The Night Sky Prince, to talk about the new game, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and to catch up in so much of the Final Fantasy franchise. If you're a fan of Final Fantasy, you'll definitely want to check this episode out!
00:30- Akira Toriyama rememberance
06:30- Final Fantasy 7 on PC
13:10- representing Barret as a human in the new game
19:14- starting at Rebirth or the OG
20:43- Being a game re...
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February 27, 2024 • 99 mins
We had a blast with the bombastic Inevitably Dope on this episode! From learning about how he quit his job to pursue content creation full time; how Tekken, Street Fighter, and Dragon Ball Z inspired him; and so much more.
00:58 - Meeting ID at DreamCon and ShotCall
03:03 - Quitting his trucking job
06:37 - getting into anime reviews
11:17 - favorite quip
14:22 - main avenues of posting
20:34 - FGC (SF2, Smash, and Tekken)
34:12 -...
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February 6, 2024 • 95 mins
We bring on Lizzy Ashleigh, a rising musician and creative, after meeting her at MAGFest and hearing about her crazy viral story about an unreal baby mama story! We get deep with where her creativity comes from, where she comes from, how media can be faked, and so much more.
01:11- Who is Lizzy?
02:30 - Childish Gambino & Tyler
10:50 - Stylish vs Stylist
20:04 - 5 Baby Mamas and Candace Owens
29:51 - Nikki vs Megan
34:47 - Reality ...
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January 8, 2024 • 125 mins
Josh and Godswill get together to catch up as the year ends and to plan for 2024! They look back on the events of the last year and the ways we got to grow through it all.
6:10 - Rating our year
8:34 - Dandadan
11:22 - Our jobs
22:53 - Working panels
32:12 - Being black in the workplace
38:05 - Waifu Expo
41:07 - Dating life
55:13 - self-improvement
59:47 - Japan and nutrition
01:03:31 - conversation with compassion
01:11:42 - man...
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December 23, 2023 • 134 mins
Our special guest Kizzie Kay is a storied FGC legend who is trying to get new people into the fighting games community including Godswill! Everyone from people who don't play games to international champions are gonna want to check out this episode because there's a ton of wisdom packed in.
0:50 - Start with FGC in 2013 w/ BlazBlue
3:20 - Why people hated SF5 vs SF4 and SF6
10:00 - Super Smash Bros vs Street Fighter
16:40 - Moder...
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October 20, 2023 • 77 mins
We got Steven Maeda, one of the two executive producers of the hit live-action adaptation of One Piece on Netflix! We get into so much like what it took to make sure this show would be successful, casting choices, meeting Oda, and so much more in this episode.
1 - congrats on One Piece live action
3 - source material
4- GoT
6:30- executive producer role
11- South Africa
14- practical effects
17- pacing
21- faithfulness of adaptat...
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September 24, 2023 • 77 mins
Godswill and Dave bring on Tony Waldman, the leader of the 2 million One Piece Facebook group among many other things! We dive deep into One Piece again because the fandom is eating so well! Special Guests: Dave Schot and Tony Waldman.
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September 4, 2023 • 64 mins
We got one of the funniest dudes on the internet, Tony Statovci, and we go to the stars and back with this banger of an episode. Shrooms, anxiety and therapy, relationships, and of course One Piece are all in this episode that you definitely don't want to miss!
1- Gear 5 transformation
5- Nashville refugee
9- cannabis legalization
12- shroom trip
28- Talk To Me while fried and horror movies
31- relationships while famous
46- therap...
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August 11, 2023 • 89 mins
Godswill's movies and comic buff longtime friend, Lee Henry, joins the podcast to catch up to let everyone know the movies that you should be watching! Your movie queue is going to fill up with this episode.
1- Remakes in movies and games
11- Dixie Chicks concert
15- conservatives and Nixon
18- Shiny Happy Family
25- are we screwed with the world?
30- Buddhism and core values
35- old cartoons and movies
41- cancel culture
48- favor...
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July 21, 2023 • 77 mins
Wreck-It Ronnie aka Bunni Black and her partner Ty join Godswill and Dave in reminiscing on the good times at Waifu Expo (now Kimochii Con), why One Piece is amazing, what's poppin at this coming DreamCon, and so much more. It's a crazy good time!
1- Meeting Ronnie and Ty at Waifu Expo
3- Who is Ronnie?
5- How do your parents feel?
8- Kimochii cuties
13- Waifu Expo experience
17- DreamCon cosplays
21- Favorite One Piece movies
27- ...
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May 26, 2023 • 89 mins
We brought one of the biggest names in the adult world, Violet Myers, to talk about everything outside the adult world! Anime, relationships, and a lil adult content because of course we gotta know some things. Check the episode out here! Special Guest: Violet Myers.
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May 19, 2023 • 73 mins
We brought on the legendary artist @picolo and he's a total homie! We geeked out about his Teen Titans art, old cartoons, his rank in Pokemon Unite and so much more. Peep the episode now!
0:00 intro
6:00 legendary cartoons
10:21 episodic vs continuum
16:00 issue with pokemon cartoon
22:00 issue with games monetization
30:00 DC comics
36:00 Picolo's art
40:00 Teen Titans comics
48:00 Nerd culture in Brazil
53:00 being well known
58...
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April 28, 2023 • 77 mins
We celebrated making it to episode 100 by getting hype for more to come! We turned it into a working meeting of parties to come, we looked back to the friends who supported us along the way, and even to the future of how AI will grow. Thank you for supporting us along the way to episode 100!
1- thank you everyone
7- new plans for TD (streaming games)
12- AI taking over the world
18- Blanket Fort 2
24- 13 year school reunion
26- Fir...
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April 7, 2023 • 77 mins
With over 10 years and almost 100 episodes, it was time to bring back the other founding member, JV, and do what we do best, have dope conversations. Episode 99 brings back the magic of the first episode and keeps it going!
1:00 - taking care of cats
9:00 - hard video games
17:00 - long runnng cartoons (Arthur & Pokemon)
23:00 - ChatGPT
29:00 - Movies not to watch with parents (Black Dynamite, EEAAO, Wolf Children)
37:00 - John Wi...
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February 20, 2023 • 77 mins
Tony Weaver Jr is a man of many feats: on Forbes's 30 Under 30, CEO of his own media studio, hugely successful on TikTok, and creator of The UnCommons manga, and we got to have him on our latest episode! Our talk with Tony was filled with so many dope moments that you gotta check it out
1- Tony Weaver intro
5- comics or TikTok
9- The Uncommons comic
13- Black MCs
19- writing process
26- being a black creator
28- Yasuke anime and re...
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January 23, 2023 • 77 mins
Starting off 2023, Godswill and Sam catch up on the craziness of the past December! From taking care of Nami the Cat to exploring Tokyo for a month, there's a lot to hear this first episode of the year!
1:00 - new year goals
4:00 - taking care of Nami my cat
9:00 - Yakuza tattoo
14:00 - Japanese work ethic
17:00 - awe of Japanese culture
21:00 - fixing US infrastructure
27:00 - coming to US and speaking English
33:00 - drinking cul...
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November 28, 2022 • 117 mins
We were graced by the queen of the WWE, Thea Trinidad AKA Zelina Vega, and we geeked out fully about Naruto! We get to learn what she thinks about her wrestling career, why Naruto is her favorite anime, and so much more in this powerful episode
1 - No one to talk anime with
2- traveling for wrestling
4- WWE umbrella and mix of performance vs scripting
8- wrestlers as one take actors
11- Ronda Roussey
14- mental health
16- video gam...
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October 17, 2022 • 89 mins
Special guest Sy Huq is lowkey like James Bond! This jetsetter director and producer of movies has created charities, trained in the mountains of Japan, forged international anime deals between Japan and the Middle East, and so much more. You're gonna want to hear about this cool dude!
3 - The Journey movie premiere
6- Blanket Fort
8- Sy's intro (Norway, exposure to anime)
13- Technologic Radio (EDM music) and iHeartRadio
18- chall...
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September 23, 2022 • 88 mins
Fik-Shun is straight up a legend that we got to bring on the podcast! A winner of So You Think You Can Dance, a katana-wielding warrior that can cut bullets in mid-air, and one of the strongest dudes out there that does 500 pushups daily, Fik-Shun also watches One Piece! This episode will get you inspired to make your dreams come true and should get you into One Piece.
1- intro
2- how Fik-Shun got into dancing (Power Rangers, marti...
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September 11, 2022 • 82 mins
Our special guest is a veteran voice actress and ADR director in the anime scene, Caitlin Glass! From Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist & Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club to directing the latest anime on Crunchyroll, Caitlin has always been on the forefront of making the anime dub scene pop. Listen to the newest episode to see how Caitlin has grown in the field and how she continues to make anime dubs better!
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