In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Sarah Myer, a regular artist on IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday Morning Adventures. Myer shares the influence the 1987 TMNT cartoon had on them and shares how they developed their own take on the chracters. The two also nerd out pretty hard over that cartoon and it's bizarre and often hilarious sensibilities.

Sound Engineering by Ian Williams.

In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with actress Paige Turco, who played April O'Neil in the second and third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films. In it, she recounts what it was like conversing with the Jim Henson suits and how uncomfortable her outfit was in TMNT III. She also shares an exclusive, never-before-revealed piece of TMNT history about herself and TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman. (They were engaged!!)

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker talks with Shawn Lee, the letterer on IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. Lee has been with the series since issue #2 back in 2011, and here he reviews more than a decade of being on the longest running TMNT series in any medium.

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In his second appearance on Turtle Tracks, Ralph DiBernardo of Jetpack Comics shares details about Portmouth Mini-Con 40, coming April 27th and 28th to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 2024. He even makes a guest announcment EXCLUSIVE to Turtle Tracks!

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In this holiday-themed edition of the Turtle Tracks Podcast, host Brian VanHooker explores one of the more bizarre deep cuts in TMNT history: the direct-to-VHS musical special "We Wish You a Turtle Christmas." Guest Tish Rabe is the author of over 200 best-selling children's books, but she's also the writer of "We Wish You a Turtle Christmas" and "Turtle Tunes," two live-action specials from 1994 which utilized the suits from the "Coming Out of Their Shells" musical tour. In the episode, the two discuss how she came to work on the specials, what the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles got Splinter for Christmas and Michelangelo's opera-singing.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Gavin Smith of IDW comics. Gavin has done work on the ongoing IDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series and he discusses what influenced his take on the TMNT. He also talks growing up in the TMNT fandom during Turtle-Mania.

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In this episode, Brian VanHooker interviews Paul Allor, a prolific writer for IDW comics. In addition to writing several stories in the main IDW TMNT continuity, they are the writer for the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs Street Fighter series, which featured a number of epic fights between the main characters in each franchise. Allor also discusses some of the original characters they've helped develop, like Pepperoni and Zodi.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker welcomes his friend Aaron Hazouri, an artist over at NECA Toys. Hazouri is also the artist behind the Turtle Tracks Podcast logo and his art is beloved in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan community. The two discuss Hazouri's path to NECA and major influences on his artwork, including the classic TMNT artitsts at Mirage Studios.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker interviews IDW comics writer Erik Burnham. Burnham is the ongoing writer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday Morning Adventures, which continues the adventures of the 1987 TMNT. Burnham talks about that original series and translating the humor to a new medium. He also goes into his work on the TMNT/Ghostbusters crossover and other comics for IDW.

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In this episode, host Brian VanHooker is joined by screenwriter Christopher Yost, who, in addition to writing blockbuster movies like "Thor: Ragnorok", has been a part of three different chapters in TMNT history. He wrote more than a dozen episodes of the 2003 cartoon series, including episodes focused on Bishop and Usagi Yojimbo as well as the Battle Nexus and Ninja Tribunal storylines. He wrote the episode "The Wrath of Tiger Claw" for the 2012 TMNT series and is the showrunner for the upcoming "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" cartoon, which is the follow up to TMNT: Mutant Mayhem.

Sound Engineering by Ian Williams.