Outside of the Box

About Outside of the Box

Check out the award-nominated podcast featuring host Christine Giver talking to guests spanning the combat robotics and STEM communities as well as a little nerdy talk with friends in entertainment and gaming. We have many segments including Bot Buddies, Robot Roundtables and both BattleBots and NHRL breakdowns featuring special co-host Ashley Beckman! If you love nerding out about robots, STEM, gaming and more, this channel is for you!

Publisher

Christine G

Category

technology · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Feb 2023

Latest episode

23 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

219 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   23 Oct 2026

   Beetle Swarm's Unexpected October NHRL Run on Outside of the Box

   In the spirit of innovation and silliness, I sat down with most of the builders responsible for a surprising 30lb entry at the October NHRL event - Beetle Swarm. We talked about the concept of this project and how it all came together as well as broke down the fights in this entry's nearly qualifying run. You have to see this one to believe it!

2. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Luke Larzelere Talks About Chaunacops on Outside of the Box

   We've (sort of) seen this fish before, but Chaunacops debuted at NHRL in completely epic fashion - swimming through the deadly ocean of robots and winning the Golden Dumpster! I talked to builder Luke Larzelere about his amazing run and working with Remy and Rachel Guzman to make it happen. Check out this amazing discussion as we break down all of the bracket fights!

3. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Who's Your Mummy? A Total Party Kill TTRPG One Shot Adventure

   Inspired by the comeback of The Mummy franchise, join us on an adventure featuring a team of knowledge and treasure seekers who may have bit off more than they can handle. This game features a heavily modified version of Scholars, Scoundrels and Saddlebacks by the amazing Omar Najam. Watch as this team of smarties, snakes and swashbucklers do their best to stay alive inside of an increasingly dangerous tomb. Will anyone beat the odds and survive? Players: Giraffa, Joey, Dora, Ange, Nari & No One

Who has been a guest on Outside of the Box

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

• Boby
• Killswitch team
• Brian
• Ben
• Kevin Milczewski

Reach and audience

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

YouTube views

4,657,783,496

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

3 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

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

Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

68

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.