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

  • 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.

  • The Queen of the WWE

    November 28th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 57 mins
    anime, beast gohan, dbz, demon slayer, madara, mugen train, naruto, neji, rengoku, resident evil 5, ronda roussey, sasuke, super hero, voice actors, wwe

    We were graced by the queen of the WWE, Thea Trinidad AKA Zelina Vega, and we geeked out fully about Naruto! We get to learn what she thinks about her wrestling career, why Naruto is her favorite anime, and so much more in this powerful episode

  • The Bangladeshi James Bond w/ Sy

    October 17th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 29 mins
    crunchyroll, cyberpunk, edm, entergalatic, japan, kid cudi, kiss fm, mena, movie premiere, shirobako, the journey anime, things that fall, toei

    Special guest Sy Huq is lowkey like James Bond! This jetsetter director and producer of movies has created charities, trained in the mountains of Japan, forged international anime deals between Japan and the Middle East, and so much more. You're gonna want to hear about this cool dude!

  • The Dancing Warrior w/ Fik-Shun

    September 23rd, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 28 mins
    anime, asta, avatar, black clover, book of five rings, dancing, dragon ball z, fik-shun, katana, martial arts, naruto, one piece, power rangers, pushups, rock lee, sword, workouts, zoro

    Fik-Shun is straight up a legend that we got to bring on the podcast! A winner of So You Think You Can Dance, a katana-wielding warrior that can cut bullets in mid-air, and one of the strongest dudes out there that does 500 pushups daily, Fik-Shun also watches One Piece! This episode will get you inspired to make your dreams come true and should get you into One Piece.

  • Voicing Alchemists to Zoo Animals w/ Caitlin Glass

    September 11th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 22 mins
    acting, adr, anime, caitlin glass, crunchyroll, disney, fma, fruits basket, fullmetal alchemist, funimation, garo, ranking of kings, voice acting

    Our special guest is a veteran voice actress and ADR director in the anime scene, Caitlin Glass! From Winry Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist & Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club to directing the latest anime on Crunchyroll, Caitlin has always been on the forefront of making the anime dub scene pop. Listen to the newest episode to see how Caitlin has grown in the field and how she continues to make anime dubs better!

  • A Genuine Guy

    May 13th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 17 mins

    One of our favorite YouTubers, Super Eyepatch Wolf, came through on the podcast and it is a banger. Starting off with his process into how he got into his hardest hitting videos, we then get into the real nitty-gritty: which Sonic games are actually good. We get into if YouTubers are real people, what we wish we could do if we could live life again, and so much in this packed episode!

  • The Nerd Bite

    April 28th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 46 mins
    80s movies, anime, bandai namco, evangelion, gundam, gunpla, kingdom hearts, monster hunter, teenage mutant ninja turtles, tmnt, vampybitme, xanga, zoids

    VampyBitMe joins the podcast and gets right into her favorite passions: Monster Hunter, Gundam, anime, making the nerd community better, and so much more. This episode will get you hype along with us!

  • Echo Chamber

    April 22nd, 2022  |  Season 3  |  54 mins 33 secs
    anime, black creator, black protagonist, echo chamber, manga, michiko and hatchin, publishing, samurai champloo

    Echo Chamber Productions joins the podcast to show off their American manga! Coming from black creators, Echo Chamber aims to show off black protagonists in a medium that could use more diversity. Peep the episode and peep their manga now!

  • Zen Slapper

    April 9th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 47 mins
    ableism, alopecia, bullying, chris rock, elden ring, memento mori, oscars, oscars 2022, ps5, religion, slap, stoicism, video games, will smith

    The homies assemble to talk about the ethics of slapping offenders, the philosophy of sticking it out in Elden Ring, ableism, and death. It's a lot but a lot that you don't want to miss!

  • Feelin' Good

    March 19th, 2022  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 21 mins
    add, adhd, anime, dunning kruger, environment, get out, iq test, jordan peele, manga, movies, nope, parties, podcast, psychology, zoom

    The homies reconverge and catch up after the events of the Blanket Fort! We get deep with a smidge of waifu talk and a ton about symbolism in movies, eugenics, nature vs nurture and much more!