The Foam News Collective Podcast

#52 w/ Buffdaddy Nerf: We're Makin' Bacon - Toy Fair 2025

In episode 52 of the Foam News Collective Podcast, the team is joined by Buffdaddy of BlasterHub about his experiences at Toy Fair 2025, and his nearly two decades of experience in foam flinging.
Check out http://www.blasterhub.com

#51 w/ CR Nerf: Playing to Win

In episode 51 of the Foam News Collective Podcast, KT and Vile are joined by Bill of CR Nerf to talk about building community, Hasbro’s new direction, and the state of the news one year ago.
Follow CR Nerf on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crnerf/
 
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#50 w/ John Rockwell: A Hobby Just Waking Up

In Episode #50 of the Foam News Collective Podcast, KT, Grimz, & Vile chat with John Rockwell of the Sub Zero Blaster Battle and Midsummer about event running, hobby charity, the late Liam Mattingly, and upcoming exciting new designs from Dart zone, Foam Propulsion Designs, Domochevsky, and others.
 
Check out Sub Zero Blaster BattleDonations/Raffle Tickets: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/sub-zero-blaster-battle-2025
T-Shirts via 5 Minute Respawn:  https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/71856147-sub-zero
Discord server: https://discord.gg/pbMrtayKM6
 
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#49 hosted by Beret: That's My Secret Cap, I'm Always Overthinking

In Episode 49 of the Foam News Collective Podcast - our last of the year - Beret helps us end the year by hosting, looking back on the year of news show production, subjecting us to our own hobby trivia game, and peering into the future of the Collective.
hat guy https://www.youtube.com/@beretnarf
 
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#48 w/ Collin Blank of Go Slow Taco: The Bow 'n' Arrow Is My Dad

In episode 48 of the Foam News Collective Podcast, the FNC crew is joined by Collin Blank of Go Slow Taco to discuss the annual Corbett memorial Joy of Sox charity drive, as well as the origins of Go Slow Taco, KT’s plans for the hobby museum, and much more!
 
Donate to the Corbett charity drive
https://thejoyofsox.networkforgood.com/projects/239490-2024-thomas-corbett-rocks-for-socks
Check out the Corbett charity auctionhttps://thejoyofsox.auctions.networkforgood.com/auctions/2024-go-slow-taco-auction
 
Sub Zero Blaster Bash: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/sub-zero-blaster-battle-2025
Bobololo’s 2020 video tour of Containment Crew’s headquarters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYfgLQoY_dk
 
In episode 48 of the Foam News Collective Podcast, the FNC crew is joined by Collin Blank of Go Slow Taco to discuss the annual Corbett memorial Joy of Sox charity drive, as well as the origins of Go Slow Taco, KT’s plans for the hobby museum, and much more!
 
Donate to the Corbett charity drive
https://thejoyofsox.networkforgood.com/projects/239490-2024-thomas-corbett-rocks-for-socks
Check out the Corbett charity auctionhttps://thejoyofsox.auctions.networkforgood.com/auctions/2024-go-slow-taco-auction
 
Sub Zero Blaster Bash: https://my.cheddarup.com/c/sub-zero-blaster-battle-2025
Bobololo’s 2020 video tour of Containment Crew’s headquarters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYfgLQoY_dk

#47 w/Banned Blasters: People Made Stuff for My Baby

In episode 47 of the Foam News Collective Podcast, KT and Vile are joined by Adam Gelder, aka Banned Blasters, about the history of Banned Blasters, and his work designing the internals of the Siren line of products. We also answer questions from the Ko-Fi and play our increasingly notorious hobby trivia game.
Check out Adam’s flywheel cage designs as Banned Blasters at https://bannedblasters.com/
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E. 46 w/ Iron Gopher: Another Pair of Hands to Feed

In episode 46 of the Foam News Collective Podcast, KT, Grimz, & Vile are joined by master integrator Iron Gopher to have a chat, give a bit of banter, and look at new blasters in the hobby - both domestic and international. Also trivia.
Apologies for the mildly scuffed audio in parts of this episode - it happens!
Check out Iron Gopher on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iron_gopher_mods/
 
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Ep. 45 w/ MaritimeFoam: Take That Tag, Take That Ban

In episode 45 of the Foam News Collective podcast, KT, Vile & Grimz are joined by Maritime Foam to discuss advertising, reviews, monetization, and the relationships between companies and hobby content creators.
 
Maritime Foam on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/maritimefoam
Maritime Foam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maritimefoam/
 
Support Breast Cancer research through Vile’s Boobtober fundraiser through October: http://twitch.tv/Vile_Mods
 
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Ep. 44 w/ Addy of This Week in Nerf: "Doing It Live!"

In episode 44 (né 45) of the Foam News Collective Podcast, KT and Grimz gather with Addy of This Week in Nerf and TWIN in front of a live studio audience at Ragnarocktoberfest 2024 in the XFox Games Blaster Expo Presentation Hall to chat about her history in the hobby, compare notes on producing hobby news, talk about the end of FoamBlast, and play our notorious hobby trivia game, with a special appearance by Beret!
 
Check out FoamBlast’s archive of educational videos and TWIN episodes: https://www.youtube.com/c/FoamBlast
 
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Ep. 43 w/Taffy: Welcome to Taffy’s World: Stupid Government Forces Beyond My Comprehension

In episode 43, KT and Vile chat with Taffy about working with Buzzbee on the Twist Fury, upcoming projects, the Destiny 2 Ace of Spades controversy, and cool new 3D printed projects, and play our foam blaster hobby trivia game!
 
Charamile Designs github: https://github.com/CharamileDesigns/
 
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