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Ep 26: Podcasts Ride Off Into the Sunset with Martin Robbins

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With multiple podcasts calling it quits, we try to gain some perspective by asking one of them, why? Martin Robbins from the now retired podcast Head2Head joins Josh on this episode to discuss...

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Highlights

  • Head to Head Pinball Podcast ended due to burnout and desire to step away from responsibility, not because of a coordinated 'super conglomerate' effort
  • Joe (from Head to Head) has moved to Pinball Players Podcast 2.0, officially confirmed by Jeff Parsons
  • Martin has received an offer from an unannounced podcast/media project but cannot disclose details due to confidentiality agreements
  • At least 5 podcasts ended around the same time as Head to Head, creating speculation about coordination
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pinball is officially in development at Stern
  • Stranger Things Premium shipped on December 25th with unprecedented secrecy: distributors and buyers maintained silence
  • Brian Eddy has been with Stern for the duration of Stranger Things development, indicating a long development cycle
  • Martin knew about Rick and Morty pinball before it was publicly announced but was contractually bound not to discuss it

Notable quotes

“I just got to the end of 2019 and I was pretty burnt out from a tough year... I just felt maybe it's time to just rest it and let others rise to the surface.”
Martin Robbins
“What's been presented to me as a possible way forward with something else is just be the host. Somebody else does all the hard work in the background. And that's really appealing.”
Martin Robbins
“I can tell you Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is coming.”
Martin Robbins
“The bigger part though is it followed – I don't know why people keep skipping Elvira, but they get in their mind that it followed Jurassic Park. And with Jurassic Park being Jurassic Park, I think people are expecting more as a follow-up.”
Josh
“Confidentiality is really important... if someone has specifically said to me, do not say anything, my lips are sealed.”
Martin Robbins
“The the day that that twip and special one lit both uh hung up the reins so to speak um we were joking that you guys were straight uh creating a super band”
Josh
“So to put that in perspective, that's like – what'd be, oh, Colorado over to Missouri, up to Nebraska, down to Texas. That'd be about 20%”
Josh
“The data east ninja turtles there's a reason I bought it for a thousand bucks. Like, a modern era pinball machine, and this is just my opinion, when people try to get like $2,500 out of that machine, I think you're nuts.”
Josh

Entities

  • Jurassic Park· game
  • Rick and Morty· game
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
  • Head to Head Pinball Podcast· media
  • Pinball Players Podcast· media
  • Special One Lit· media
  • This Week in Pinball (TWIP)· media
  • Brian Eddy· person
  • Dead Flip· person
  • Jeff Parsons· person
  • Jeff Rivera· person
  • Joe· person
  • Josh Roop· person
  • Keith Elwyn· person
  • Lauren· person
  • Martin Robbins· person
  • Nate Shivers· person
  • Scott Larson· person
  • Zombie Yeti· person
  • Stranger Things Premium· product

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