193 — Ian Glaubinger: Art Director for RSVLTS clothing company

In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Colin Stein, the author of "The Art of Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The 320 page book by IDW Publishing tells the making of the short-lived Nickelodeon series as well as the Netflix movie which concluded it, Availbe for pre-order until 3/9/26 and releasing on 4/14/2026. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/796421/the-art-of-rise-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-by-colin-stein/ Sound Engineering by Ian Williams. Follow TURTLE TRACKS PODCAST on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/

In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with voice actor Frederick B. Owens, who supplied the voices of Leatherhead and Traximus in the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series. Here, Owens shares the history of his voice acting career and memories from working on various Fox Box series for 4Kids Entertainment. Sound engineering by Ian Williams. Follow TURTLE TRACKS PODCAST on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/

In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with an art director at his favorite clothing company, RSVLTS! Ian Glaubinger, a lifelong Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan, talks about his designs for the clothing brand, like the famous TMNT Tiki shirt and more! Sound engineering by Ian Williams. Follow TURTLE TRACKS PODCAST on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/

Reporting live from Toy Fair 2026, host Brian VanHooker chats with Claudio Paola of McFarlane Toys to discuss their IDW TMNT line.

Reporting live from Toy Fair 2026, host Brian VanHooker chats with Trevor Zammit, the TMNT brand manager of NECA Toys. Here he discusses the new reveals from the 2012 line, the 1987 and the new Fortnite TMNT figures.

Writer Andrew Joustra returns to Turtle Tracks Podcast to chat with host Brian VanHooker about writing Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for IDW comics. Joustra takes over writing duties with issue #4 of the series, beginning a brand new story featuring Fugitoid and Zog! Presale for Tales of the TMNT issue #4 end 2/9/26. Sound engineering by Ian Williams. Follow TURTLE TRACKS PODCAST on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/

In this episode, host Brian VanHooker is joined by Doug Molitor, the writer of four classic episodes of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. Here, Molitor discusses the Season Three episodes "The Four Musketurtles," when Leonardo thinks he's a musketeer and "Beware the Lotus," which introduced the character of Lotus Blossom. He also discusses his two episodes from the European Vacation episodes, "Artless" and "Turtles on the Orient Express." Sound engineering by Ian Williams. Follow TURTLE TRACKS PODCAST on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/

In this episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Mike Kazelah , the main artist on Archie Comics' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spinoff comic "The Mighty Mutanimals" from 1992. Kazelah's fun take on the Mutanimals were featured in seven of the comic's nine-issue run and Kalzelah shares his memories from that time, including working with fellow artists Ken Mitchroney and Garrett Ho, as well as writer Steve Murphy/Dean Clarrain. He also shares his thought on the untimely death of the Mutanimals. Sound engineering by Ian Williams. Follow TURTLE TRACKS PODCAST on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/

In the first episode of Turtle Tracks for 2026, host Brian VanHooker chats with choreographer Myrna Gawryn, who developed the dance routine for Vanilla Ice's "Ninja Rap" featured in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze" in 1991. She talks about how she developed a dance routine that worked for the Turtle suits and working with Vanilla Ice. Sound engineering by Ian Williams. Folow TURTLE TRACKS PODCAST on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/

In another Christmas-themed episode, host Brian VanHooker chats with Kent Seki, the director of the new theatrical short "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Chrome Alone 2 – Lost in New Jersey," which is attached to the new SpongBob film. The two discuss this continuation of the Mutant Mayhem universe and its anti-AI message, as well as Seki's work as cinematograher on Mutant Mayhem. Sound engineering by Ian Williams. Follow TURTLE TRACKS PODCAST on Instagram: www.instagram.com/turtle_tracks_podcast/