Fight Together: Season Two Schedule & Guests (Patreon)

Get ready for the next season of Fight Together starting on April 7, 2021 and the first Wednesday of each month thereafter on both the main One Piece Podcast feed and the new Fight Together feed (on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more)! Subscribe today if you haven't! We also hope to have early releases available for Patrons. 

The series Fight Together is devoted to topics in One Piece that we don't get to delve into on a typical episode. In this series we explore the major themes, stories, influences and ideas in One Piece, as well as the reverberations it has made in the real world. We do not shy away from the uncomfortable. We will critique and criticize, and explore topics that polarize. We hope you listen to this new season with open minds and open hearts!

Every episode features our amazing three hosts!

• Zach Logan (founder and host of The One Piece Podcast) 
• Shannon Strucci (video essayist, Critical Bits, Struggle Session)
• Bryan Newton (director on Rick and Morty, Animation Success Stories (ASS) Podcast)

Here's a look at what we have for Season Two of Fight Together! 

#6: Fascism & Tyranny with special guests @ZeroReq011 (writer for Anime Feminist, Anime News Network, Crunchyroll and more), @EdwardEOnePiece (co-host on The One Piece Podcast and curator at @WeebTrailers) and @PaulaGaetos (Library Generalist, founder of The Tokusatsu Network and co-host of The Comfort Society Podcast). On this episode we discuss how real-life political figures, regimes, administrations, and nations have influenced Eiichiro Oda's One Piece -- and what characters/stories particularly resonate today. [APRIL 7, 2021]

#7: Transgender Representation with special guests @CarolAveryGrant (writer featured in VICE, IndieWire, Medium), @TheDrMonkey (NB game developer), and @VriskaChat (podcast host for Toho Yaro) as we discuss what's done well ... and what's done not-so-well ... in One Piece's representation of transgender and gender-fluid characters. [MAY 5, 2021]

#8: Film & Media with special guests: the entire cast of Toho Yaro! We have @VriskaChat @JoeyWeiser and @DudeExclamation on to discuss the many film and television influences in One Piece! [JUNE 2, 2021]

#9: Global Fandom & Western Europe with special guests @PirateQueen_Ya (from Germany and working in Germany), @Adil_OPP (from Pakistan, working in Germany), and @GHennequin (from Belgium, working in Japan)! We discuss what the One Piece fandom looks like in Western Europe, and discuss each of our guest's experiences with the series, and how they feel it touches on issues at home! We hope to make this the first in a many-part global look at the fandom! [JULY 7, 2021]

#10: Neurodivergence & Fandom with special guests Carol Grant (writer featured in VICE, IndieWire, Medium) and more to be determined. We discuss neurodiversity in and out of One Piece! [AUGUST 4, 2021]

#11: What We Learned Along The Way featuring our hosts discussing some of the major topics and themes we discussed in Season Two of Fight Together! Title subject to change. [SEPTEMBER 1, 2021]