Taking freelance jobs against your ethics, Boss Baby trailer, and Simpsons 600th episode

NYCC, Trollhunters, the Emojimovie and a creator spotlight interview with VivziePop

Nerdland gets a distributor, The Red Turtle new trailer, and a discussion about creator owned TV Shows

Here it is! The final episode in our 5-show marathon leading up to #PodcastDay which was when this special LIVE episode was, September 30th. It was the first ever live Battle Talk episode where we cover all the submissions to September's #RubberOnionBattle "Unqualified Substitute Teacher." If you caught it live and were in the VERY active chat, you saw something special. If not, you can relive the cut down version of it. Also, 4-Loco is evil. Enjoy![audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-156-battle_talk_september_2016_live.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #156: "Battle Talk September 2016 LIVE"]

WATCH (and/or listen) as Stephen creates his #RubberOnionBattle entry for September 2016 and Rob tries to tame the chat[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-155-twitch_battle_show_sept2016.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #155: "Twitch Battle Show September 2016"]

SEGMENT EPISODE! In the middle of our 5 episode marathon leading up to #PodcastDay on Sept 30th, we have our classic style variety show with trailers from Moana and Smurfs, discussion about Mondo Media merging with 6 Point Harness, and an "Ax by Fax" audience question about working with NDAs (non disclosure agreements). Enjoy the show and please let us know what you think of this and the other shows this week![audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-154-alien_in_the_basement.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #154: "Alien in the Basement"]

Nerdland, Art Films, VR, and more at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2016

ROAD TRIP! Join me (Stephen) on my drive up to Ottawa for the animation festival there as I talk about portfolios and networking at conferences. This is a special Monday surprise episode of the podcast for a week long experiment leading up to #PodcastDay on September 30th! Enjoy the extra content and let me know what you think[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-152-road_trip_ottawa2016.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #152: "Road Trip: Ottawa 2016"]

HOT COCOA SHOW! As animators, we have a unique set of physical injuries that can come up: not the least of which are back and neck pain, carpel tunnel syndrome, tendinitis, and eye strain and headaches. Over the years I've dealt with all of these in one form or another and decided now is the time to discuss them so others can learn unlike I did... from painful experience. There is a companion blog post with this podcast episode being uploaded tomorrow as well.[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-151-animators_back_pain.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #151: "Animators' Back Pain"]

HOT COCOA SHOW! This is our 150th episode... and to celebrate... we do nothing. Enjoy![audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-150-wingin_it.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #150: "Wingin' It"]

This week we we have another full BATTLE TALK episode based on August's #RubberOnionBattle! Don’t forget to vote for your favorite and submit your cartoon for September's Battle (topic is “Unqualified Substitute Teacher”).[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-149-battle_talk_august_2016.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #149: "Battle Talk August 2016"]

SEGMENT EPISODE! In this week's unedited episode we talk about what LAIKA means for animation, Adam West, Burt Ward, and Julie Newman (sp?! I know it's Newmar, it'll make sense in the show) coming back to Batman, The Tick and Rocko's Modern Life are coming back to TV and more. But we start the whole thing off with a discussion about Rick & Morty and why Stephen doesn't get it.[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-148-googol_gus_and_tike_myson.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #148: "Googol Gus and Tike Myson"]

We have 2 interviews, a discussion about the uncredited animator pushback on "Sausage Party" and one EPIC story

This week we we have another full BATTLE TALK episode based on July's #RubberOnionBattle!Don't forget to vote for your favorite and submit your cartoon for August's Battle (topic is "Exciting Trailers for Boring Subjects").[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-146-battle_talk_july_2016.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #146: "Battle Talk July 2016"]

We talk with illustrator & animator Robert Valley who just released an amazing Indie Animated Film "Pear Cider and Cigarettes"

SEGMENT EPISODE! This week there are some heavy topics and some fun, surface-level ones but we weave them together into a chat like only we can.[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-144-skinny_one_fat_one.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #144: "Skinny One and the Fat One"]

SEGMENT SHOW! This week we talk all sorts of news from last weekend's SDCC and beyond

This week we spoke so much about June's #RubberOnionBattle that we made it into an entire show! Don't forget to vote for your favorite and submit your cartoon for July's Battle (topic is "Mustache Problems").[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-142-battle_talk_june2016.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #142: "Battle Talk June 2016"]

This week we have a completely unplanned, loose chat about anything that came up during the time. We talked about Gamera's "fart flying," we invent a theme park around Forest Gump, and talk about what Pokemon, Go means for the future success of other augmented reality games... and invent some of our own![audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-141-pokemon_bro.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #141: "Pokemon, Bro"]

INTERVIEW! This week we talk with animator Joel Furtado who most recently created the “X-Men: Danger Room Protocols” animated series which was unceremoniously pulled from YouTube, Vimeo and other destinations due to Marvel copyright claims. He was very open about it and it led into very interesting discussion about fanart vs parody (which we touched on before), the technical aspects of creating CGI Pixel Animation, working in the video game industry and the state of western Canadian animation work.[audio:http://traffic.libsyn.com/rubberonion/rubberonionpodcast-140-joel_furtado_interview.mp3|titles=RubberOnion Animation Podcast - #140: "Joel Furtado Interview"]