On the Shoulders of Giants is a giant robot power hour discussing mechs across media, their stories, and why we love them. Friends Alice, Brian, and Niko talk through mech design, catchphrases, pilots making good life choices, transhumanism, literal cockpits, semantics, and child soldiers. From anime to books to tabletop roleplaying games, join us as we ask and answer one of life’s most crucial questions: how cool are the mechs? We also subject ourselves to the mortal folly of trivia games!
OSG releases episodes every two weeks, minus bonus episodes that may appear in the feed from time to time.
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The One Year PodFor our 2026 season, we are finally engaging our New Type abilities as we cover GUNDAM! Listen as Niko learns in real time that Char, in fact, did nothing wrong*. Follow along on the feed and be sure to send in your Gundam related transmissions! |
Flash Transmission!Brian is BACK with a Cook Book this year, celebrating Friends at the Table's Twilight Mirage campaign. Check it out for fun and CalciYUMMM! Even if you don't cook, this book is great just for the references Brian put all through it. |
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Merry KampferThis Merry Kampfer, Ghost got the crew (and friend of the pod Iris Jay) together to do an Actual Play podcast of a Ghost in the Shell hack of a hack of Blades in the Dark. Listen to Section 8 try their best to solve the case. |
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Where can I watch/read/play what you discussed on an episode?
We'll always provide the best links we can for the media we cover in the blog post for the episode, and for smaller projects, in the shownotes. On top of that, we also have lists maintained on itch.io, Letterboxd, and Bookshop.org of all the things we've covered on the pod. Check them out below!
