Syndicated with Lesley and Ben

Lesley and Ben’s season on International TV continues with MOBILE SUIT GUNDUM: WITCH FROM MERCURY with returning guest Jeff Martin. Jeff has been working on a new ttrpg project called BIG ROBOTS BIG FEELINGS and that means watching a lot of Gundum anime as research, alternating between Mobile Suit and Macross shows. Jeff’s bringing that giant robot expertise to Syndicated! We talk about sad birthday songs, how storytelling pacing has changed over time, the history of mecha as a genre and werewolves. It’s a wild one!We’re watching Episode Zero, Prologue. At Folkvangr, a space based mobile suit laboratory base on the side of an asteroid, scientists and pilots are working tirelessly to bring a new type of mech suit online, one powered by the GUND format that will allow machines to interface directly with human brains. Meanwhile, two key crew members of the Folkvangr base, pilots Elnore Samaya and Nadim Samaya, struggle to raise their toddler, Ericht, on board the base. When a government takeover of the Gundam laboratory leads to its near destruction, only Elnore and Ericht survive, as Nadim dies fighting the armed intruders bent on purging the world of Gundams.

Syndicated with Lesley and Ben is a twice monthly podcast about television, genre and storytelling in which your hosts watch one episode of a new show and explore the history of television one episode at a time. From family room sitcoms to space exploration shows, reality TV to procedurals and game shows, we’re going to cover it all and give you the context you need to understand the wonderful world of television and the stories we love. Our current season is International TV.

Our Logo is by Terra Bosart, the theme song is by Mandra Sigma and the show is edited by Jay Gagnon.