That's Dope! Podcast

If it's dope, we'll talk about it!

About the show

Join Godswill Ugwa as he runs the gamut of topics to chew the fat on: anime, music, video games, fighting, politics, current events, and much more.

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Episodes

  • Remaking Final Fantasy

    March 15th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 39 mins
    advent children, akira toriyama, anime, crisis core, dragon ball z, ff7, ff7r, final fantasy, final fantasy 16, kingsglaive, movies, night sky prince, rebirth, video game journalism, video games

    We brought back the Final Fantasy guru, The Night Sky Prince, to talk about the new game, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and to catch up in so much of the Final Fantasy franchise. If you're a fan of Final Fantasy, you'll definitely want to check this episode out!

  • COUNTER!!

    February 27th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 39 mins
    anime, avatar netflix, cell, christian bale, dark knight, dragon ball z, dream con, fgc, id, inevitably dope, one piece, street fighter, super smash b rothers, tekken

    We had a blast with the bombastic Inevitably Dope on this episode! From learning about how he quit his job to pursue content creation full time; how Tekken, Street Fighter, and Dragon Ball Z inspired him; and so much more.

  • Unreal Baby Drama

    February 6th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 35 mins
    5 baby mama, candace owens, childish gambino, lizzy ashleigh, magfest, megan thee stallion, mr krabs, palworld, reality tv, tyler the creator

    We bring on Lizzy Ashleigh, a rising musician and creative, after meeting her at MAGFest and hearing about her crazy viral story about an unreal baby mama story!

  • That's Dope Survives 2023!

    January 8th, 2024  |  Season 3  |  2 hrs 5 mins
    90s, anime, black in corporate, dandadan, dating, japan, manga, nutrition, self-improvement, viz media

    Josh and Godswill get together to catch up as the year ends and to plan for 2024! They look back on the events of the last year and the ways we got to grow through it all.

  • Fighting Games Should Get Modern

    December 23rd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  2 hrs 14 mins
    anime, blazblue, dragon ball z, fgc, nintendo, pandaglobal, street fighter, super smash bros, tmnt, video games

    Our special guest Kizzie Kay is a storied FGC legend who is trying to get new people into the fighting games community including Godswill! Everyone from people who don't play games to international champions are gonna want to check out this episode because there's a ton of wisdom packed in.

  • Making One Piece Live Action Good w/ Steven Maeda

    October 20th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 17 mins
    acting, anime, cowboy bebop-, eiichiro oda, executive producer, film, game of thrones, live action adaptation, manga, netflix, one piece, one piece live action, production, south africa, steven maeda, stunt acting

    We got Steven Maeda, one of the two executive producers of the hit live-action adaptation of One Piece on Netflix! We get into so much like what it took to make sure this show would be successful, casting choices, meeting Oda, and so much more in this episode.

  • Tony Tony's Facebook Group

    September 24th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 17 mins
    anime, facebook, japan, manga, netflix, one piece, one piece live action, social media, teaching, voice acting

    Godswill and Dave bring on Tony Waldman, the leader of the 2 million One Piece Facebook group among many other things! We dive deep into One Piece again because the fandom is eating so well!

  • Tony's Magic Trip

    September 4th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 4 mins
    anime, cannabis, horror movies, mental illness, nashville, one piece, refugee, relationships, shrooms, talk to me, therapy, tiktok, tony statovci

    We got one of the funniest dudes on the internet, Tony Statovci, and we go to the stars and back with this banger of an episode. Refugee status, shrooms, anxiety and therapy, relationships, and of course One Piece are all in this episode that you definitely don't want to miss!

  • Lee's La La Land

    August 11th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 29 mins
    anime, barbie, brendan fraser, la la land, michael clayton, moonlight, movies, oppenheimer, oscars, politics, shiny happy family, spencer

    Godswill's movies and comic buff longtime friend, Lee Henry, joins the podcast to catch up to let everyone know the movies that you should be watching! Your movie queue is going to fill up with this episode.

  • Ronnie Wrecks Us

    July 21st, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 17 mins
    anime, anime conventions, black cosplay, cosplay, kimochiicon, naruto, one piece, rdcworld, tmnt, waifu expo

    Wreck-It Ronnie aka Bunni Black and her partner Ty join Godswill and Dave in reminiscing on the good times at Waifu Expo (now Kimochii Con), why One Piece is amazing, what's poppin at this coming DreamCon, and so much more. It's a crazy good time!

  • Real Life Waifu

    May 26th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 29 mins
    anime, japan, myers, podcast, relationships, rem, rezero, subaru, tokyo, violet, violet myers

    We brought one of the biggest names in the adult world, Violet Myers, to talk about everything outside the adult world! Anime, relationships, and a lil adult content because of course we gotta know some things. Check the episode out here!

  • The Cool Teen Titans w/ Picolo

    May 19th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 13 mins
    art, cartoons, dc, dc comics, kingdom hearts, picolo, pokemon, pokemon unite, teen titans, toonami

    We brought on the legendary artist @_picolo and he's a total homie! We geeked out about his Teen Titans art, old cartoons, his rank in Pokemon Unite and so much more. Peep the episode now!

  • One Hundred More

    April 28th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 17 mins
    ai, anime convention, blanket fort, community, high school, one piece, party, waifu expo

    We celebrated making it to episode 100 by getting hype for more to come! We turned it into a working meeting of parties to come, we looked back to the friends who supported us along the way, and even to the future of how AI will grow. Thank you for supporting us along the way to episode 100!

  • Full Circle w/ JV

    April 7th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 17 mins
    action movies, arthur, black dynamite, cartoons, cats, chatgpt, elden ring, everything everywhere all at once, fortnite, gen z, john wick, pokemon, the matrix, the raid, video games, wolf children

    With over 10 years and almost 100 episodes, it was time to bring back the other founding member, JV, and do what we do best, have dope conversations. Episode 99 brings back the magic of the first episode and keeps it going!

  • The UnCommon Comic Book Creator w/ Tony Weaver Jr

    February 20th, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 17 mins
    anime, black panther, cannon busters, comic book, cool japan, education, manga, public speaking, the uncommons, tiktok, tony weaver jr, writing, yasuke

    Tony Weaver Jr is a man of many feats: on Forbes's 30 Under 30, CEO of his own media studio, hugely successful on TikTok, and creator of The UnCommons manga, and we got to have him on our latest episode! Our talk with Tony was filled with so many dope moments that you gotta check it out

  • Godswill's Back! (From Japan)

    January 23rd, 2023  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 17 mins
    cats, chainsaw man, japan, manga, tokyo, top gun, world cup, yakuza

    Starting off 2023, Godswill and Sam catch up on the craziness of the past December! From taking care of Nami the Cat to exploring Tokyo for a month, there's a lot to hear this first episode back.