That's Dope! Podcast

Godswill Ugwa Jr

Join Godswill Ugwa & Joshua Acuay as they run the gamut of topics to chew the fat on: anime, music, video games, fighting, politics, current events, and much more.

  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    Remaking Final Fantasy

    We brought back the Final Fantasy guru, The Night Sky Prince, to talk about the new game, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, and to catch up in so much of the Final Fantasy franchise. If you're a fan of Final Fantasy, you'll definitely want to check this episode out!

    00:30- Akira Toriyama rememberance
    06:30- Final Fantasy 7 on PC
    13:10- representing Barret as a human in the new game
    19:14- starting at Rebirth or the OG
    20:43- Being a game review journalist
    30:27- Remake a cash grab?
    33:48- Crisis Core prequel
    39:28- Advent Children movie
    43:31- New graphics in FF games
    47:46- FF16 and side quests
    01:03:48- FF movies and adaptations
    01:17:12- FF13 Versus and Kingsglaive
    01:23:22- faith in the FF franchise
    01:35:53- Should I start Intergrade

    Special Guest: Night Sky Prince.

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    15 March 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 39 minutes
    COUNTER!!

    We had a blast with the bombastic Inevitably Dope on this episode! From learning about how he quit his job to pursue content creation full time; how Tekken, Street Fighter, and Dragon Ball Z inspired him; and so much more.

    00:58 - Meeting ID at DreamCon and ShotCall
    03:03 - Quitting his trucking job
    06:37 - getting into anime reviews
    11:17 - favorite quip
    14:22 - main avenues of posting
    20:34 - FGC (SF2, Smash, and Tekken)
    34:12 - Interesting anime villains (Cell, Hisoka)
    37:54 - Dragon Ball Super Super Hero and Broly
    52:13 - Tree of Might & Garlic Jr
    01:06:47 - Avatar Live Action
    01:15:42 - Dark Knight slander
    01:19:28 - Cosplaying
    01:24:56 - One Piece moments
    01:34:44 - Conclusion

    Special Guest: Inevitably Dope.

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    27 February 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    Unreal Baby Drama

    We bring on Lizzy Ashleigh, a rising musician and creative, after meeting her at MAGFest and hearing about her crazy viral story about an unreal baby mama story! We get deep with where her creativity comes from, where she comes from, how media can be faked, and so much more.

    01:11- Who is Lizzy?
    02:30 - Childish Gambino & Tyler
    10:50 - Stylish vs Stylist
    20:04 - 5 Baby Mamas and Candace Owens
    29:51 - Nikki vs Megan
    34:47 - Reality TV
    45:12 - Music making and adoption
    48:42 - 23 & Me
    57:58 - MAGFest
    01:12:51 - Palworld
    01:24:37 - Mr. Krabs music

    Special Guest: Lizzy Ashleigh.

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    6 February 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 2 hours 5 minutes
    That's Dope Survives 2023!

    Josh and Godswill get together to catch up as the year ends and to plan for 2024! They look back on the events of the last year and the ways we got to grow through it all.

    6:10 - Rating our year
    8:34 - Dandadan
    11:22 - Our jobs
    22:53 - Working panels
    32:12 - Being black in the workplace
    38:05 - Waifu Expo
    41:07 - Dating life
    55:13 - self-improvement
    59:47 - Japan and nutrition
    01:03:31 - conversation with compassion
    01:11:42 - manga talk
    01:21:28 - era before internet and the algorithm
    01:38:10 - politics and love
    01:49:05 - Fortnite

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    8 January 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 2 hours 14 minutes
    Fighting Games Should Get Modern

    Our special guest Kizzie Kay is a storied FGC legend who is trying to get new people into the fighting games community including Godswill! Everyone from people who don't play games to international champions are gonna want to check out this episode because there's a ton of wisdom packed in.

    0:50 - Start with FGC in 2013 w/ BlazBlue
    3:20 - Why people hated SF5 vs SF4 and SF6
    10:00 - Super Smash Bros vs Street Fighter
    16:40 - Modern controls and Project L
    30:00 - Dragon Ball FighterZ & GranBlue as casual friendly
    32:00 - from loser mentality to winning
    38:54 - Single player modes in fighting games
    41:30 - TMNT resurgence and 90s nostalgia
    51:22 - The N-word
    1:02:17- transitioning with LGBT acceptance
    1:17:46 - religion in the modern era
    1:35:34 - diversity forced into media
    1:51:46 - PandaGlobal

    Special Guest: Kizzie Kay.

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    23 December 2023, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Making One Piece Live Action Good w/ Steven Maeda

    We got Steven Maeda, one of the two executive producers of the hit live-action adaptation of One Piece on Netflix! We get into so much like what it took to make sure this show would be successful, casting choices, meeting Oda, and so much more in this episode.

    1 - congrats on One Piece live action
    3 - source material
    4- GoT
    6:30- executive producer role
    11- South Africa
    14- practical effects
    17- pacing
    21- faithfulness of adaptation
    25- biggest struggles of filming
    27- Luffy direction
    29- casting and their stunts
    34- start in production & show running
    38- getting into project
    41- working with tough actors
    48- feeling before the show came out
    53- meeting Oda
    55- Cowboy Bebop and world building
    1:05- favorite Straw Hat and non-SH
    1:07- kid actors

    Special Guest: Steven Maeda.

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    20 October 2023, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Tony Tony's Facebook Group

    Godswill and Dave bring on Tony Waldman, the leader of the 2 million One Piece Facebook group among many other things! We dive deep into One Piece again because the fandom is eating so well!

    Special Guests: Dave Schot and Tony Waldman.

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    24 September 2023, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Tony's Magic Trip

    We got one of the funniest dudes on the internet, Tony Statovci, and we go to the stars and back with this banger of an episode. Shrooms, anxiety and therapy, relationships, and of course One Piece are all in this episode that you definitely don't want to miss!

    1- Gear 5 transformation
    5- Nashville refugee
    9- cannabis legalization
    12- shroom trip
    28- Talk To Me while fried and horror movies
    31- relationships while famous
    46- therapy

    Special Guest: Tony Statovci.

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    4 September 2023, 1:30 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Lee's La La Land

    Godswill's movies and comic buff longtime friend, Lee Henry, joins the podcast to catch up to let everyone know the movies that you should be watching! Your movie queue is going to fill up with this episode.

    1- Remakes in movies and games
    11- Dixie Chicks concert
    15- conservatives and Nixon
    18- Shiny Happy Family
    25- are we screwed with the world?
    30- Buddhism and core values
    35- old cartoons and movies
    41- cancel culture
    48- favorite Oscars years
    51- Reading comics still
    53- starting anime
    1:01- Brendan Fraser
    1:08- rewatching shows
    1:17- Moonlight vs La La Land

    Special Guest: Lee Henry.

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    11 August 2023, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 17 minutes
    Ronnie Wrecks Us

    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!

    1- Meeting Ronnie and Ty at Waifu Expo
    3- Who is Ronnie?
    5- How do your parents feel?
    8- Kimochii cuties
    13- Waifu Expo experience
    17- DreamCon cosplays
    21- Favorite One Piece movies
    27- TMNT movie coming out
    30- One Piece spoilers
    34- One Piece favorite characters
    37- Sasuke hate
    43- One Piece spoilers pt 2
    47- One Pace
    50- How Free! got started
    52- Abridged anime series
    57- Top 5 anime
    1:06- Jojo's

    Special Guests: Dave Schot and Ronnie Bunni.

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    21 July 2023, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Real Life Waifu

    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!

    Special Guest: Violet Myers.

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    26 May 2023, 1:00 pm
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