In this episode, host Brian VanHooker is joined by Archie Comics TMNT Adventures artist Chris Allan and Virgil Cardamone, the owner of Mahoning Drive-In theater in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Mahoning Drive-In is the last full-time 35mm Drive-In theater in the world and on June 5th and 6th 2026 they will be hosting a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-themed weekend showing the first two films from the 1990s. Chris Allan will also be there selling comic pages, taking commisions and doing sketches. There will also be toy vendors and TMNT-themed snacks and refreshments. If you're in the northeast and you're a TMNT fan, don't miss it!

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In a very special 200th episode, host Brian VanHooker welcomes Brian Henson to the program. The son of Jim Henson, Brian Henson played a huge role in the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, including being its lead puppeteer and its second unit director, Here, Henson shares stories from the set of the film and what the process was like building the TMNT for Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker welcomes back a man integral to early TMNT history, Ralph DiBernardo. Beginning in the early 1980s, Ralph DiBernardo was friends with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, who would frequest his comic book business at a New Hampshire flea market. When Eastman and Laird created the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic, Ralph bought 500 copies and debuted the comic at Portsmouth Mini-Con in 1984. Now, Ralph owns Jetpack coimics in Rochester, New Hampshire and this FREE COMIC BOOK DAY (5/2/26) he is offering a star-studded event full of TMNT artists.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Gene Luen Yang, current writer of IDW's ongoing TMNT series, as well as Tom Waltz, who wrote the first 100 issues. This was for an interview conducted for Polygon: https://www.polygon.com/idw-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-comics-interview-gene-luen-yang-tom-waltz/

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Ace St. Germain of Cortopia Studios, the company making the first-ever TMNT VR game: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City. The two discuss why Karai is the main villain and how the game is developing. This interview was originally for Polygon. Read the article here: https://www.polygon.com/tmnt-empire-city-vr-preview/.

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A special announcement for TMNT fans! On March 19, 2026, Dimension X Toys ( @dimensionxtoys ) will be hosting an online art show on Instagram featuring over 100 artists and their TMNT-inspired work!

In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with French artist and toy designer Sylvain Plantier, also known as SNZ Toys. The two discuss what Turtle-Mania looked like in France as well as how his designs for a custom Playmates Toys-style robotic Tokka and Rahzar ended up in NECA's cartoon line.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Colin Stein, the author of "The Art of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The 320 page book by IDW Publishing tells the making of the short-lived Nickelodeon series as well as the Netflix movie which concluded it, Availbe for pre-order until 3/9/26 and releasing on 4/14/2026. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/796421/the-art-of-rise-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-by-colin-stein/

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with voice actor Frederick B. Owens, who supplied the voices of Leatherhead and Traximus in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series. Here, Owens shares the history of his voice acting career and memories from working on various Fox Box series for 4Kids Entertainment.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with an art director at his favorite clothing company, RSVLTS! Ian Glaubinger, a lifelong Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, talks about his designs for the clothing brand, like the famous TMNT Tiki shirt and more!

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