Best C2E2 Podcasts (2025)

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Wattz Up! - C2E2 2025 Coverage 1:26:29

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM⚡️Ep 4: C2E2 2025 coverage ⚡️It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s a recap? Join us this week on Wattz Up! as the team recounts their time at C2E2 2025! In this episode, you’ll hear us talk about our experience from the convention from meeting notable names in the worlds of anime, comic books and much …

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The Bar is Too High 9:15

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this vulnerable and insightful episode, Scotty B addresses the unspoken truth many cosplayers feel but rarely say out loud: the bar is too high. With social media full of flawless photos, expensive builds, and seemingly effortless success, it’s easy to feel like nothing you do is ever enough. Scotty unpacks how this overwhelm…

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It’s Fun, but Remember all this Online Stuff is Work! 10:34

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this real-talk episode, Scotty B reminds cosplayers and creators alike that while posting, sharing, and building an online presence may look like fun and games—it’s still work. And like any job, it comes with invisible labor, emotional energy, and the risk of burnout. Whether it’s the hours spent editing videos, curating cont…

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Convention Creepers 9:37

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this important and unflinching episode, Scotty B tackles one of the most uncomfortable yet crucial topics in the cosplay world: creeper behavior at conventions. From unwanted photos and boundary-crossing compliments to full-on harassment, this episode calls it out clearly—this is not OK. Scotty shares honest reflections, comm…

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Cosplayers - Don’t Be That Guy (or Girl) 8:28

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this direct and eye-opening episode, Scotty B outlines the behaviors that can quietly erode community, respect, and fun within the cosplay world. From attention-seeking antics and con creep energy to social media showboating and ego-fueled one-upmanship, this is your definitive “what not to do” guide. “Don’t be that guy” or “…

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Wattz Up! - Xochimilco Special Project 52:17

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 29 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM📡Ep 4: Xochimilco Special Project🛶🚣🇲🇽As summer starts to dwindle down, so does the Wattz Up! Crew. Join us for the season finale as we connect with our roots and travel to Mexico (kinda)! The Wattz Up! crew tackle a special project on highlighting the trajineras-filled world of Xochimilco! For this …

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Wattz Up! - Cafecito Edition: Bueno Days 1:06:56

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 29 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM⚡️ ☕️ Ep 3: Cafecito Edition: Bueno Days ☕️ ⚡️This season, we’ve been going to different coffee shops around the city and getting energerized by learning with community leaders, artists, entrupenters, and much more! Join us for the final coffee trip of the season in the west side as we sip back with…

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Wattz Up! - Cafecito Edition: Drip Collective 1:36:32

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 29 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM⚡️ ☕️Ep 2: Cafecito Edition: Drip Collective ☕️ ⚡️Are you a fellow coffee lover? If so, tune in this Saturday, July 19th for episode 2 of Wattz Up!: Cafecito Edition!!!!. Join us as we visit all kinds of coffee shops across Chicago and have conversations with the very people who make them run. Find …

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Wattz Up! - Cafecito Edition: Back of the Yards Coffeehouse 1:02:24

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 29 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM⚡️ ☕️Ep 1: Cafecito Edition: Back of the Yards Coffee House ☕️ ⚡️Sip back, relax, and tune in to the season 29 premiere of Wattz Up! : Cafecito Edition! This season, we’re focusing on different coffee shops around Chicago and the neighborhoods they call home. This week, the Wattz Up crew is heading …

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Wattz Up! - Codename: Fallen Worlds 54:43

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM⚡️ Ep 7: CodeName: Fallen Worlds ⚡️Divergent, The Book of Eli, Hunger Games, and Interstellar What do all of these movies have in common? They’re all movies based in different dystopian worlds. From suspense to adventure to action, those people were trying to survive in worlds where things were abno…

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Wattz Up! - Your Trash, Our Treasure 1:45:14

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM⚡️Ep 6: Your Trash, Our Treasure ⚡️ Join us this week on Wattz Up! Our team presents Your Trash, our Treasure show, a show dedicated to all those persons that love to collect cool stuff. Hear from some of the Wattz Up! team about the meaning of collecting stuff and how collectible items can be reall…

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Wattz Up! - Her Story, Her Way 1:58:08

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM🌹 Ep 5: Her Story, Her Way 🌹Join the Wattz Up! team this week as we explore the National Museum of Mexican Art’s annual Sor Juana Festival, Pop Up Youth Radio style! Join the team as we learn about the history of Sor Juana and analyze some of her impactful writing. Hear from some of the Wattz Up! te…

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Wattz Up! - Earth... You Good? 1:49:19

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28 ✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM⚡️Ep 3: Earth….you good?⚡️Reduce, reuse, repost??? OOPS! Thought about “going green” before? Worried about what “going green” even means? Whether it is changes with your food and diet or reconnecting with nature, in this week’s episode of “Earth… you good?” we will address and explore the variety of…

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Wattz Up! - That's the Game of Life 1:51:24

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🎲Wattz Up Season 28 Ep 2: That’s the Game of Life 🎳Worried about life in higher education, adulting, and every other extrasessential-crisis-causing factors that comes in life? No worries, because everyone is! Join the Wattz Up! crew as we tackle life after graduation, college, jobs, bills, moving out, and so much more! (life gets hard when you’re o…

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Wattz Up! - Spring 2025 Yollo Jamz 27:17

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📻✨WATTZ UP!! Season 28✨📻🗓️ Saturdays @ 12PM - 2PM⚡️Ep 1: Yollo Jamz⚡️Yollocalli is back with a new radio season!! Our first episode: YOLLO JAMZ 🪩 We’ll be sharing our love to music in a deepest way, from pop, rock, electronic and experimental, 🔊 we are gonna make your speakers blast your ears !!!Tune in as we dive into the local and international m…

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WATTZ UP! - Xochimilco Special Project 52:17

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As summer starts to dwindle down, so does the Wattz Up! crew. Join us for this season finale as we connect with our roots and travel to Mexico (kinda!) The Wattz Up crew tackle a special project highlighting the trajineras-filled world of Xochimilco! For this special presentation, the students created unique, original audio pieces to immerse you. T…

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Wattz Up! - Cafecito Edition: Bueno Days 0:13

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This season we've been going to different coffee shops around the city and getting energized by learning with community leaders, artists, entrepreneurs , and so much more! Join us for the final coffee run of the season in the west side as we sip back with Bueno Days Coffee. We talk to the founders, Alma and Cristobal, about what goes into a communi…

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Wattz Up! Cafecito Edition: Back of the Yards Coffee House 1:02:24

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Sip back, relax, and tune in to the Season 29 premiere of Wattz Up!: Cafecito Edition! This season, we're focusing on different coffee shops around Chicago and the neighborhood they call home. This week, the Wattz Up crew is heading to the south side at Back of the Yards Coffee House and learning about the rich history and community neighborhood. D…

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The WORST Behavior (in the Cosplay Community) 10:23

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this unfiltered and necessary episode, Scotty B takes aim at the darker side of cosplay culture—the toxic behaviors that often go unchecked beneath the surface of creativity and fandom. From ego-driven gatekeeping and public callouts to clout-chasing and fake kindness, this episode isn’t about canceling anyone—it’s about call…

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Wattz Up! - Creating Your Own Lane 1:53:20

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The final episode of the season! Are you an artist or an aspiring entrepreneur? Have you ever thought about starting your own brand or creative business? Then you won't want to miss this episode!Tune into Wattz Up! as we dive into the creative economy, exploring its impact on Chicago communities and its growing presence in emerging industries. We'l…

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Wattz Up! - How's Mi Ingles Now? Diving into Language Barriers in Schools 1:25:44

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Immigrant/newcomer students are here- and their language needs are changing in the face of education! On this episode, we dive into the growing wave of multilingual learners in today's classrooms, exploring how schools need to adapt and what this means for the future of education. Join us as we break down the history of ESL programs, hear how we go…

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Wattz Up! Humanz Under the Scene 1:33:14

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Evert wonder what's under the City of Chicago? While we may not be able to answer that question in terms of geography and architecture, we can tell you all abut the punk rock/ underground entertainment industry of the Windy City!Lights, cameras, let's rock! On this episode of Wattz Up! we're taking our flashlights and exploring the underground scen…

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Wattz Up! - InterNOT: Our Journey Through the World Wide Web 1:47:58

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Tweens are out! Sephora kids are in! On this episode of Wattz Up! we explore changes that come with the younger generations growing up and what this means for our future. Join us as we illuminate the history behind the start of the internet to how Chile once developed a communication system similar to the internet, we didscuss with individuals and …

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Wattz Up! - Love the Earth, Not the World: Exploring the Roots of Wellness 1:50:29

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Sana, sana! On this Episode of Wattz Up! we will be exploring holistic healing, social issues, as well as some captivating interviews and content from the crew! We'll be talking about "curanderos" and other different kinds of practicers. Botánicas, as well as other practices in healing the body as well as the mind. Food is also part of the journey,…

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Wattz Up! - A Very Demure, Very Mindful Guide About the Election 1:46:04

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Who is brat?!As Election Day nears, the Wattz Up! crew covers everything you need to know about this election. From covering the basics about the ballot, to seeing the nationwide impact, we are jouned by first-time voters sharing their experiences and views on the election. In this episode, we go over the statistis in voter turnout by age and what …

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Wattz up! - Your Horror Your Way X 56:46

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Join the Wattz Up! crew with the 10th edition of Your Horror Your Way, where we dive into the themes of "Occupation" and "Invasion". Listen to original harrowing tales and soundscapes from scary night walks, evil phone apps, alien invasions, wars and much more that will keep you awake all night long. 👽👻🙀…

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Remember When it Was OK to Have Friends? 9:35

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this heartfelt episode, Scotty B explores how the cosplay and creator spaces—once centered around shared fandom and friendship—have shifted into platforms for performance, comparison, and quiet isolation. He asks a question that cuts deeper than it seems: Remember when it was OK to just have friends? No follower counts. No br…

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You Are NOT Missing Out 8:08

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Hosted by: Scotty B In a world of endless scrolls, con recaps, and follower milestones, it’s easy to feel like you’re being left behind. But in this grounded and empowering episode, Scotty B flips the FOMO script and reminds cosplayers: you are not missing out. This episode explores how social media creates the illusion of constant action, success,…

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If it All Stopped Tomorrow 6:38

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Hosted by: Scotty B What would be left if the followers vanished, the algorithms broke, and the conventions went dark? In this reflective and emotionally grounded episode, Scotty B invites listeners to confront a powerful question: If it all stopped tomorrow—would your cosplay journey still matter to you? Stripping away platforms, praise, and perfo…

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Body Mind Cosplay 22:45

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This week on the show, we welcome Body Mind Cosplay, a creator whose builds showcase both discipline and playfulness. Since arriving on the cosplay scene in 2021, she’s brought Borderlands props, Spartan collaborations, and intricate designs to life — always with a strong fitness and maker mindset at the core. We explore her cosplay journey, her ex…

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Is it about Cosplay or the Fame Wave? 6:25

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this sharply observant episode, Scotty B takes aim at the growing tension between creativity and clout in the cosplay world. What started as a personal, fandom-driven art form has increasingly become entangled with influencer culture, branding, and the chase for internet fame. Scotty asks the critical question: Are you in it …

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What Are We Complaining About? 8:50

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this candid and self-reflective episode, Scotty B unpacks the ever-present wave of complaints that echo across the cosplay and creator communities. From algorithm changes and follower counts to con drama and content fatigue, it seems like there's always something to vent about—but what’s actually at the root of all this noise…

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Are You Here to Learn or Just Likes and Follows? 9:50

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this eye-opening episode, Scotty B draws a hard line between two mindsets dominating the cosplay space: those who show up to learn, grow, and create—and those chasing the endless loop of likes, follows, and surface-level validation. Cosplay is more than content. It’s a craft, a journey, and a deeply personal process. But soci…

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Stiff Competition – Should There Be? 13:19

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this episode, Scotty B takes a sharp look at the role of competition in the cosplay world—on the con floor, in online spaces, and within ourselves. While cosplay is often marketed as inclusive and welcoming, the pressure to be the best, go viral, or win awards can quietly turn creativity into combat. Scotty asks the uncomfort…

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There are No Gods in Cosplay 9:35

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this bold and unapologetic episode, Scotty B dismantles the hierarchy that social media and convention culture often try to impose on the cosplay community. Despite the appearance of “cosplay celebrities” and influencer followings, the truth is simple: there are no gods in cosplay. No matter how polished the costumes or high …

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Cosplay is NOT the Full Time Answer 9:25

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this honest and thought-provoking episode, Scotty B breaks the illusion that cosplay must become a full-time career to be meaningful. With the rise of influencer culture and social media metrics as markers of success, many creators find themselves lost in the chase for relevance, reach, and recognition—often at the cost of th…

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Who are You Listening To? 12:20

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this episode, Scotty B dives deep into the noise surrounding cosplay culture—asking the essential question: “Who are you listening to, and why?” With candor and a bit of fire, he challenges the narratives cosplayers absorb from social media, influencer culture, and internalized pressure. This is a call for self-inquiry: Are y…

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Season 6 - Cult of Personality - Finally! 10:11

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Hosted by: Scotty B In this season premiere, Scotty B returns to the Heroes of Cosplay Sanctuary after a long hiatus with a renewed vision and a deeply personal mission. Titled “Cult of Personality,” the episode sets the tone for Season 6: an introspective journey into the personal and cultural dynamics of cosplay. The episode explores how cosplay …

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Ep 108: End of Season 5 27:31

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We know, we disappeared. Here is the closure for Season 5 and where you can find us this fall. To keep up with all things LVC find us on social media at LaVieCosplay. https://www.instagram.com/podcastscs/ https://www.instagram.com/laviecosplay/ https://www.tiktok.com/@laviecosplay https://linktr.ee/podcastscs for additional listening platforms…

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Prediction Show: All In 2025 1:04:26

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We are a few days away from the show! Teti and Iridian give you their takes on who will come out a winner for that weekend.

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We're Running a Cosplay Department! 4:36

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Exciting news! We are the heads of the cosplay department at Anime Aki-con in Peoria IL. Listen in for all the info and find out how to apply to be a guest or a judge. Applications for the performance contest, craftsmanship contest, and the idol festival coming later this summer. GUEST & JUDGING FORM Email: [email protected] https://www.inst…

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Ranger Command Power Hour Announcement 8:57

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Ranger Command Power Hour Announcement 5-31-2025 It’s time to Ranger Up with trekkieb47 as he talks all things Power Rangers on the Four Eyed Radio Network with RANGER COMMAND POWER HOUR! In this special announcement, Eric talks about some important life updates and the future of the podcast. Rest in Peace Dad – May the Power protect you.…

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The Power of Discipline | Special Guest : A Mom That Lifts 41:05

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This week, we’re joined by an incredibly inspiring force in the cosplay and fitness world — the fierce, disciplined, and humble leader of the Adelphi Phalanx: A Mom That Lifts. 🔥 From her early days as a band kid to becoming a Spartan leader and competition-winning fitness athlete, she shares her journey of strength, resilience, and building commun…

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Ep107: Performance Hot Takes 1:00:01

4M ago1:00:01

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Join LVC for a discussion on why you don't see a lot of performances at cosplay contests. We'll give our opinions on what cons could do to attract performers, the plight of the semi-pro in a convention space, and repeat use of performances. Some swearing may be present in this episode Produced by LVC Productions. You can find us on facebook, instra…

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Ep. 85: Make Yourself Proud 22:32

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In this episode, Mr. Awesome gets candid and talks about his personal struggles and how he plans to change things around.

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Ep. 84: Keep the End Goal in Mind 24:44

4M ago24:44

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In this episode Mr. Awesome discusses the importance of remembering the end goal and ensuring your actions are aligned.

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Ep106: AITA-Parent Edition 41:35

5M ago41:35

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Join La Vie Cosplay for an AITA parent edition. Tales including the social media police, a ruined costume, and a payday loan. Produced by LVC Productions. You can find us on facebook, instragram, twitter, and vero at La Vie Cosplay. Our podcast instagram is podcastscs. Our website is laviecosplay.com. Have a fun, crazy con or cosplay related story?…