MakerCast is our Interview podcast with makers and creators, their inspiration and they’ll share lessons they’ve learned to help you on your creative journey.
MakerCast: Episode 10 - Charlie McCarron- Musician, Board Game Designer and Film composer
Todd was joined by Charlie McCarron who is a Minnesotan Musician, Board Game Designer and Film composer. Charlie shares his journey where his passion for creativity lead him from Music Theory, Music composition, film scoring to his current role in board game development at Asmodee Games.
Troubadeck is launching on Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/charliemccarron/the-troubadeck-songwriting-cards-lyrics-and-chords-decks)
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Todd was joined by Minnesota Children's illustrators & Artists, Emiko Rainbow & Meenal Patel. We discussed their journey from their education and training to become published illustrators to expanding into writing.
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(http://www.emikorainbow.com/)www.emikorainbow.com (http://www.emikorainbow.com)
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17 Jul 2026
MakerCast - Comic artist and designer, Ashley St. Lawrence
Todd was joined by Minnesota comic book artist and designer, Ashley St. Lawrence. We discussed her journey from The Joe Kubert school, breaking into the comic book industry, her amazing art work and advice for aspiring artists and our mutual love for the Legion of Super Heroes
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https://www.redbubble.com/people/saintash/shop?asc=u (https://www.redbubble.com/people/saintash/shop?asc=u)
https://www.theccpc.ca/category/all-products (https://www.theccpc.ca/category/all-products)
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27 Jun 2026
MakerCast - Kidlit authors Trisha Speed Shaskan and Cristina Oxtra
Todd was joined by Minnesota children's authors Cristina Oxtra and Trisha Speed Shaskan. We discussed their journey to become authors, their work, demystifying publishing, advice for aspiring authors and some fun questions.
Keep up with Trisha at her website https://trishaspeedshaskan.com (https://trishaspeedshaskan.com)
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24 Apr 2026
MakerCast with Ryan Scott - Reporter at Slash Film, Contributor at FANGORIA and Box Office Guru
Todd was joined by Ryan Scott, Entertainment writer, reporter and Box Office analyst. We discussed his love of movies, his journey to become an entertainment journalist and how he came to be the go to Box Office reporter.
Check out Ryan's written work here: slashfilm, movieweb and fangoria (https://www.ryanscottwrites.com/portfolio.html)
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28 Mar 2026
MakerCast with Matt Coulsey - Chief Amazement Officer at Retro replay Arcades
Todd & Sean were joined by Matt Coulsey - Chief Amazement Officer at Retro replay Arcades located in Southern Minnesota. We discussed his love of arcades, small town video game preferences and his journey to become one of the premiere custom arcade builders in the Midwest.
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14 Mar 2026
MakerCast with Scott Lembcke, Co-Founder of Howling Moon Software
Todd was joined by Scott Lembcke, Co-Founder of Howling Moon Software, located in Inver Grove Heights Minnesota.
We discussed game development, founding a software company, balancing contract projects while pursuing passion projects like Veridian Expanse.
Check out howlingmoonsoftware.com (https://howlingmoonsoftware.com) and add Veridian Expanse (https://store.steampowered.com/app/2137670/Veridian_Expanse/)to your Steam Wishlist.
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26 Feb 2026
MakerCast with Richard Moss, writer and director of TerrorBytes
Todd and Sean were joined by Richard Moss. He's writer and director of video game documentaries including TerrorBytes and FPS:First Person Shooter and writer of videogame history books including The history of Mac gaming.
Check out all of Richard's work at mossrc.me (https://mossrc.me)
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26 Dec 2025
Maker Cast with Keith Mitchell from The Outerhaven
MakerCast is our Interview podcast with makers and creators, their inspiration and they’ll share lessons they’ve learned to help you on your creative journey.
Todd was joined by Keith Mitchell, creator and host of the Outerhaven.
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24 Nov 2025
Maker Cast with John Mehren, “The Skoladiator”
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