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Hosted by Jon and Layne · leisure · EN-US
Jon and Layne take a trip through the IDW comic series of Transformers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Signup to Generate a PitchNinjas 'n' Bots is hosted by Jon and Layne. The show has published 170 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "165 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF Infestation 2" (24 October 2026, 39 minutes), "164 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 61" (17 October 2026, 50 minutes), and "163 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF Last Stand of the Wreckers HC" (10 October 2026, 49 minutes).
Ninjas 'n' Bots publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 170 episodes.
Booking probability for Ninjas 'n' Bots is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Ninjas 'n' Bots requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Ninjas 'n' Bots's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jon and Layne hosts Ninjas 'n' Bots, a leisure podcast with 170 episodes published.
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Layne and Jon are eager to dive into Phase Two, but first, it’s time to revisit the Hearts of Steel continuity for the IDW crossover event Infestation 2 with Infestation 2: Transformers issues 1 and 2 from 2012!
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Layne and Jon are Chasing Phantoms tonight as they talk about IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 61 from 2016!
Yes, Layne and Jon are doing a THIRD episode on IDW’s The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers, this time looking at the new story content included in the hardcover collection published in 2012! This includes...
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Layne and Jon pursue some foxy ladies with the second half of Fox Hunt in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 60 from 2016!
Layne and Jon discuss the perplexing final issue of The Transformers by Mike Costa in issue 31, the epilogue to Chaos and basically to the entire IDW franchise to this point. Then they dive into the final issue of 2011...
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Layne and Jon have made it home and found shocking events waiting for them! So now it’s time to find out what all transpired while they were out in the first chapter of Fox Hunt in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja...
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Layne and Jon cover the final proper chapters of Police Action and Chaos, but where do they leave us, and what promise does tomorrow hold? We find out in IDW’s The Transformers 29 and 30 from 2011!
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Layne and Jon celebrate three years of Ninjas and three years of Bots by looking at three movies! Okay, only two. But one of them has a three in it! We begin by discussing the film contemporary with our current comics...
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Layne and Jon have seen Leatherhead’s true colors, and he’s not just green! They find out what happens next in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 2016!
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Layne and Jon continue to barrel toward the end of Phase One of IDW’s The Transformers! In issue 27, Prowl, Streetwise, Ultra Magnus, and Bumblebee interrogate various captured parties; in issue 28, the Primes...
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Layne and Jon investigate the mystery of who is killing the newly revived Utroms in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 57 from 2016!
Layne and Jon welcome Maggie and Jon back to the show to begin our look at the beginning of the end of Phase One! In IDW’s The Transformers 25, Police Action gets underway as Prowl begins investigating Spike...
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Layne and Jon are back in the main Turtles comics and it’s time to finally meet Leatherhead in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 56 from 2016!
Layne and Jon head for a Cybertron they’ve not seen before in the first chapter of Chaos in IDW’s The Transformers 24 from 2011 before wrapping up the somewhat lackluster ending to Transformers: Hearts of...
Clinton once again deigns to join Jon and Layne to talk Turtle movies! This time we are giving a full in-film commentary for the animated film Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 2019! We’ve talked the...
Layne and Jon have had a delightful visit to the ancient history of Optimus’s and Megatron’s bromance/frienemiship, but it’s time to wrap it up with IDW’s The Transformers 23 from 2011! Then...
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For their sesquicentury episode, Layne and Jon come to the end of this delightful Batman crossover with Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5 and 6 from DC Comics from 2016! But it’s not yet the end of this little...
Layne and Jon learn about Megatron’s and Optimus’s pre-war relationship as they discuss Chaos Theory in IDW’s The Transformers 22 from 2011. Then John Henry and Bumblebee have a little meet-cute in...
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Layne and Jon watch the stakes rise as Batman and the Turtles team up to stop the Shredder and try to get the Turtles back home! It’s all in Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 and 4 from DC and IDW from 2016!
Layne and Jon put a wrap on Space Opera and get a glimpse of the upcoming Police Action with IDW’s The Transformers 21 from 2011. Then they roll back the clock to the 19th century and pick up 2006’s...
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