On the Shoulders of Giants

Our episode this time is siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh , Atlas (2024). Mechs discussed: S.M.I.T.H. Z.O.E.Y. Advanced Robotic Combat Suit ARC-9 All images: on our website. ICONS OF ANIME SURVEY!!! Subscribe to CARS DON’T FLY Content warnings for this episode: Terrorist attacks, civilian implied death, blood and warfare. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her...

Hey Kid Listener, single digits in age, you’ll be fine by yourself on the streets of San Francisco right? What if I level it in a grudge match? You’ll be fine, right? This episode is on Dark Horse’s Mecha (1988). Mechs discussed: Jolly Green Iron Maiden Manta Tentosovshik And Two Unnamed Units! All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Implied civilian violence and a suicide a...

Click here to find the jam on Itch.io: LOCKED IN mech media jam presented by OSG ! On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko (she/her). We have an obligation-free tip jar on Ko-Fi . Join OSG’s Discord here . We stream on Twitch ! You can find us on Bluesky @osgpod , YouTube @osg_pod , and Tumblr @osg-pod as well. Visit our website at osgpod.com and send que...

This week we wrangled a few guests to talk about a few games we've been streaming! For the first bloc, check out Nurvuss as he sits down with Brian to talk Vanguard Bandits (1998). In the second bloc, Kryo joins Alice and Brian to discuss their ongoing Iron Harvest streams every Tuesday on our twitch! Content warnings for this episode: Mind control, war and violence, misogyny, and homophobia. On t...

On our episode this time, Alice is once again asking to be kidnapped so I can become the Space Queen I’ve always meant to be, Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991). Mechs discussed: Gundam F91 XM-04 Berga Dalas A ton of others! Check the Webzone! All images: [ https://osgpod.com/posts/2026-06-09-0075-Gundam-F91](PASTE LINK TO THE EPISODE WEBPAGE) You can find Thom and Nina at Mobile Suit Breakdown! Conten...

This episode is a bonus FEED SWAP with our sister podcast FOLLOW THE LEADER! Catch the first of FOUR PARTS of our collaborative Spectres of Brocken playthrough, with the rest becoming available later this month on FTL's feed! Let's launch into it! The rest of FTL can be found on any podcatcher, but also here. and on Bluesky ! Content warnings for this episode: Body horror, hostile corporate espion...

This time around we’re evaluating the Gundam franchise’s most concerted effort yet to synthesize heterosexual Charmuro, Mobile Suit Gundam: the 08th MS Team (1996). Let’s launch into it! Mechs discussed: Gundam Ground Type Zaku II Many more! All images: on our website. You can find Jon on BlueSky! Content warnings for this episode: bodily harm, blood, weapons of mass destruction, allusions to sexu...

We’re going to finally discuss how maybe, just maybe, Anaheim Electronics is profiting off of people suffering and an endless cycle of war and violence, maybe. It's Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn (2010)! Mechs discussed: Unicorn Gundam / Banshee Gundam Tons more, check the Webzome! All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Trauma and trauma responses, physical and mental abuse, ch...

Well, pilots. We’re returning to the Land of Near Constant Cockpit Pisschat and, well, I’d never thought I’d say this, but I’m glad to be here with all of you. It’s Coquette Dragoon (2023), let’s launch into it! Mechs discussed: Coquette Strawberry Honey Bee All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Indirect mention of sexual assault, suicide, gun violence, accidental death, a...

Our CEO Alice Lastname assigned us homework this week, and that homework was to sit and watch Kenny Loggins’ masterpiece, Top Gun, to situate us properly for the launch into 0083 Stardust Memory. Pop in the collectible Blu-Ray we’re sure you have, and watch along with us! Mechs discussed: Debatable. All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Accidental death, militarism, Americ...

Our episode this time we're discussing the inevitable geometry between two men in high powered machines, Top Gun- sorry, I mean Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory (1991). Let’s launch into it! Mechs discussed: Gundam Units 01, 02, and Dendrobium Val Walo Neue Ziel Many Others All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Warfare, ecological warfare, blood and gore, use of we...

On the Shoulders of Giants is introducing a new limited-run monthly subscription podcast on the Fast and the Furious franchise: CARS DON'T FLY. Hosted by Brian, Alice, and Iris Jay, we're getting into the nitty gritty on NOS, muscle shirts, Corona, and FAMILY (the straight kind). Peel out with us starting May 2026! On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her), Brian (he/they), and Niko...

Our episode this time is OSG’s PILOT DUMMY episode we recorded as a test before we knew how to podcast on 0080: War in the Pocket. Enjoy our fraught, naïve, babyfaced discussion of pointless tragedy and eating McDonald’s off the forest floor. Mechs discussed: Kampfer Gundam ALEX GM Sniper II All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Nuclear weaponry, gun violence, political tr...

Today’s weather report indicates a partly cloud morning moving into a heavy rain of dead Tomino women who have fallen out of dangerously open machinery in the afternoon and evening, so get ready for a wet Wednesday morning out there and don’t forget to bring your pets inside. It’s Brain Powerd, Part 2! Mechs discussed: Brains Grand Chers Baronz All images: on our website. Content warnings for this...

Our episode this time we’re discussing how Lalah Sune was a young woman who may very well have become a mother to me, Char’s Counterattack (1988) Mechs discussed: RX-93 ν Gundam MSN-04 Sazabi A ton more! All images: on our website. You can find Stephen Hero on the GRFM Bluesky and on the Mech-a-Day Bluesky Content warnings for this episode: [Ecological Genocide, Warfare, Child soldiers, Mental ang...

Our episode this time features Niko crawling into your cockpit to traumadump to you about the events of her life, which now includes having watched Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation (2005)! Our guest for this episode is Jackson Tyler of The Great Gundam Project and the Abnormal Mapping podcasting network ! Mechs discussed: Tons! Check out the entire list on our website. Content warnings f...

Our episode this time on What to Mechspect when You’re Mechspecting—I mean, Brain Powerd (1998). Mechs discussed: Brain Powereds Gran Chers All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Familial abuse, child endangerment and abandonment, natural disasters, climate change, child soldiers, overt sexual imagery, and brainwashing. On the Shoulders of Giants is hosted by Alice (she/her...

This week we're like Socrates in the forum with everyone trying to figure out how to emulate a Jenga tower in Roll20... it's Niko's first 3 TTRPG Mechnáge-à-Trois! This one is about Table-top Roleplaying Games, so no list of mechs discussed. Instead, we dive deep into the genre itself with these selections! All links to games and images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: [Warfare,...

Please enjoy our 2025 Kampfer Special--the finale of a wonderful GitS TTRPG Actual Play experience penned and game mastered by show scholar Ghost and featuring storied Year in the Shell guest Iris Jay! In this session: An requests a manager. Rika does a flip. Burn makes spam musubi piccata. Saorise gets an upgrade. You can find Iris here and here . You can find Ghost here . Inquire with Psirensong...

Our episode this time is how even if we can communicate with each other, can we really truly understand each other... without fighting in giant robots? Mobile Suit Gundam. Mechs discussed: Gundam Tons of others! Check the Webzone! All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: War, child soldiers, genocide, facism, racism, implied sexual violence, and abusive relationships On the S...

Please enjoy our 2025 Kampfer Special--the third of four parts of a wonderful GitS TTRPG Actual Play experience penned and game mastered by show scholar Ghost and featuring storied Year in the Shell guest Iris Jay! In this session: Burn takes the shot. Saoirse plays rock-paper-scissors. Rika intimidates an alleged divorcee. An takes a nap. You can find Iris here and here . You can find Ghost here...

Please enjoy our 2025 Kampfer Special--the second of four parts of a wonderful GitS TTRPG Actual Play experience penned and game mastered by show scholar Ghost and featuring storied Year in the Shell guest Iris Jay! In this session: An manipulates a grieving housewife and a German drug peddler in the same day. Rika paralyzes a guy for life. Saorise shows everyone a home movie. Burn chats up securi...

Please enjoy our 2025 Kampfer Special--the first of four parts of a wonderful GitS TTRPG Actual Play experience penned and game mastered by show scholar Ghost and featuring storied Year in the Shell guest Iris Jay! In this session: Alice, Brian, Niko, and Iris worked together to create a compelling if extremely socially malinged group of queer cops with VERY different motivations, but one unifying...

Our episode this time is on Twilight Mirage, starring not one, not two, not three, but SEVEN Omelas kids! Mechs discussed: Empyrean Fourteen Fifteen Anglers & Saints Independence The Overture Belgard All images: on our website. Content warnings for this episode: Colonialism, religious fascism, bodily violence, wildlife harm, spiritual crisis, alien invasion, apocalypse, and gun violence. On th...

Our episode this time is on Ghost in the Shell: Arise . We’re discussing how in this job market, the most reliable way to be hired is the Major recruiting you by force. Mechs discussed: Shells LCM22 Logicoma Various Unnamed Think-Tanks All images: [on our website.](PASTE LINK TO THE EPISODE WEBPAGE) Content warnings for this episode: body dysphoria, blood and violence, memory manipulation, water s...