CosPod: The Cosplay Podcast

Can you be "green" with cosplay? Absolutely! In this episode, Val will go over how you can Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle to make your costumes more eco-friendly!

We invite James/BluLightning Cosplay from the podcast Cosplay Bytes to join us for a roundtable discussion about Accuracy vs. Originality: Part 2! We originally had this topic in one of our earlier episodes. Now that it's been almost 8 years of CosPod, this felt like the best time to go back and re-view it!

Well, this topic dropped right int our lap. Amber and Val talk about "sandbagging" in cosplay. What is it? Why is it? And what's the big deal?

Val provides a quick review of ArlingCon, while she and Amber tackle the news of a new foam line at Joann Fabric and Craft from Cosplay by Yaya Han.

Yep. Your eyes are not deceiving you. This is the name of the episode. So what do we cover? Our guesting at C-Con and an interesting topic: What is your ideal convention?

Amber revels in the Cosplay by McCall's line of patterns that are finally in craft stores, and gives a review!

Amber visits her very first Comic Convention - Dallas FanExpo! What did she see? Who did she find? What was her favorite moment? Will she go back?

Amber and Val catch up on the latest in CosPod news, including our guest announcement at a local convention. And Amber will show you how to properly, and quickly, put on elf ears!

Amber and Val take a deeper look into the future state of Fan Conventions. What will they be like in 5, 10, 15 years? What will change? What will stay the same? And what are our dreams for cons?

It's another Val only episode as we dive into the Kotaku article regarding cosplay outgrowing "cosplay cons" and the commentary that lit up the internet.

We're back from All-Con and talking about our time at the cosplay contest and the convention!

Amber and Val speak with Trickssi, Founder/Editor-in-Chief of the Cosplayer Survivor Support Network (CSSN). With more attendees calling on cons to be accountable for the behavior of their staff and guests, we felt this was a very important topic to discuss, and thank Trickssi for taking the time to speak with us. A warning before watching: this episode will be a discussion regarding some potentia...

Val has finally gotten her hands on the elusive foam clay! What will a fabricator say about a prop/armor product?

We're taking it easy on this episode and turning it into a crafting session with our viewers! Catching up on some cosplay happenings, Val talks a bit about FF14 Fan Fest Paris and Mythbusters Jr., and Amber bastes all of the piles of fabric!

Amber and Val catch up on their latest cosplay work, cover a bit of PAX South, and dive into a review of HexFlex!

We are back from break and ready for the new year! We're kicking off this episode with a look back at some of our favorite moments of 2018 (mostly silly), and talk about what we're looking forward to with 2019!

Our favorite episode of the year is finally here! Enjoy Amber and Val in "Spooky Vision" as we talk about the hits and misses for this year's consumer costumes, and share our user-submitted Cosplay Horror Stories! Remember, this is an "after dark" episode, so viewers...might want to keep the kids away from this one. This is our last episode of the year! We'll be back in 2019. Don't forget to check...

Amber and Val are back and talking about the unexpected "sexy" Handmaid's Tale and Bowsette cosplay that has taken over!

Val is all alone again! Which means 30 minutes of talk, talk, talk with Cosplay News! This week we focus on ColassalCon East and the ban on cosplay in the waterpark? But...that's a waterpark con? How? Why? We've got the details.

Amber and Val are back from AFest and still recovering. But not before they shower praise on the greatness that is Tulip Dimensional Paints!

We are back from AnimeFest Dallas! Here is all of the fun-ness Amber and Val experienced while we were there!

Val talks about cosplay contests from the judge's perspective! What judges look for and experience at contests.

We're starting something new with CosPod and putting out a series of product comparison overviews to help you with your cosplay!

Amber and Val attend their first ArlingCon and bring back a lot of panel goodies just for you!

Amber and Val talk about the latest in their cosplay shennanigans, and we interview Alpaca Ash - 1/2 of Team USA, World Cosplay Summit 2015!