Behind the Bots

About Behind the Bots

The podcast that brings you the stories of the builders behind BattleBots.

Publisher

Behind the Bots

Category

tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Sept 2021

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

6 of 144 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Interview with NHRL Pro Tour 30lb Winner Sam Herman!

   Host [Host Name] interviews NHRL Pro Tour 30lb winner Sam Herman about his combat robotics journey and path to victory.

2. 

   28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   NHRL September Pro Tour Preview with Brian Kaspr!

   Host Alex K. interviews NHRL Event Director Brian Kaspr about his journey and insights into the upcoming NHRL Pro Tour event.

3. 

   13 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Battlebots ProLeague Recap with Team Valkyrie!

   Host [Host Name] interviews Team Valkyrie members Leanne Cushing, John Mayo, and Bam Singhasaneh about their experiences and strategies in the Battlebots Pro League.

Inside a recent episode

Interview with NHRL Pro Tour 30lb Winner Sam Herman!

Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] In some ways, nice to get that out of the way, but definitely not an easy match at all. Did you cook up anything specific going into that match strategy-wise, or was it just, you know, you had put the time in on the design and you were just going to kind of run it and see how it went? Yeah, so I knew that he can reach my chassis, so I had to sort of cook up a bit of an armor package to be able to withstand that. So you can see on, if you re-watch the fight, I have these UHMW plastic chins sort of sticking out the front and bottom. the front bottom of my uh robot there and those are really to be able to take take impacts from his weapon um and sort of deflect them eat that energy and i kind of don't care if they get all chewed and eaten up or even ripped off uh as long as they can uh give enough time for me to do enough damage to his robot and thankfully they did i in fact i don't think they even got hit once but um Definitely good to have them there in case I needed them. […]

Who has been a guest on Behind the Bots

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sam Herman
• Brian Kaspr
• Leanne Cushing
• John Mayo
• Bam Singhasaneh

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

12,431

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

72 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

85 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

33

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

93