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For Episode 20 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY, I spoke with Julian (@ARIZA92 on Twitter / ARIZA on CHIKARA 101) from Germany! Julian works for Cagematch, an excellent wrestling database. He attended the German CHIKARA shows back in 2008 and the UK shows this Season, so he compared and contrasted the two. We also talked about the German wrestling scene. Thanks for listening! And thank you for supporting the show! Babs 

During Episode 19 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY, I spoke with Mark Colomb (@Mark_Cool_Um on Twitter / markcolomb.com)! Mark is an improv comedian and we talked about how wrestling and comedy are similar and different, although mostly exactly alike. I learned a lot about myself as a creative person through this conversation and I'm thankful for that. Throw in discussions about dragons, retail, communities, and a warning about finger gun safety - and it makes for one insightful and funny episode. Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Babs 

During Episode 18 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY, I spoke with Yan Ladouceur (@Yan450IcW on Twitter / ladou450 on CHIKARA 101) from Canada! Yan is from Montreal and we talked about last Season's event there - "Vivre et Lassier Mourir"! He has an awesome amount of energy and enthusiasm - and I had a lot of fun talking with him! Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Babs 

For Episode 17 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY, I talk with Mark Bowman (@ma_bo on Twitter / mabo on CHIKARA 101 / beyondringsidemabo.blogspot.com) from Beyond Ringside (@BeyondRingside on Twitter)! Check the podcast out at BeyondRingside.com. We talked about lucha and the Podcast-A-Go-Go, but most importantly, this is Mark's "Love Letter to CHIKARA." I was moved by his emotion and I think you will be too.    Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Babs 

Episode 16 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY features my friends Jen & Jeff! In this first tandem episode, Jen & Jeff talk about how they got into CHIKARA and made it to their first show, which happened to be Aniversario: Never Compromise. They reminisced about Season 13 and shared their Wrestling is memories and National Pro Wrestling Day 2014. And we all enjoy the magic of live, recorded radio!  If you want to say hi and continue the conversation, you can find them on Twitter Jen (@hailtothekale) and Jeff (@dexdynamo)! Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Talk to you soon, Babs

For Episode 15 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY, I talk with Truman (@theTruman), one of the two minds behind Forza Lucha (@forzalucha), a fun charity event where soccer meets wrestling! We talked this year's event (Forza Lucha Tres) which will take place on August 9th in Newark, NJ at Boi Na Brasa! Truman and I also talked about our favorite memories, King of Trios, soccer, Speed Dating, and Eddie Kingston. For more information and updates on Forza Lucha Tres, check out the Twitter or Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/forzalucha)! I hope you all enjoy this episode and check out Forza Lucha. Watch the first event here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66FLCtHPGgI Thanks for listening and and supporting the show! Babs 

For Episode 14 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY, I'm really happy to have Todd Joerchel (@tourneymaster) of Filsinger Games (@FilsingerGames) on! We talked Filsinger Games, King of Trios, and the upcoming Wrestling Geek Fest event, which is scheduled for 8/14 - 8/16 in Strongsville, Ohio! It sounds like a fun weekend of gaming and wrestling with matches, meet & greets, Q & A's, and other special events. Check out @wrestlegeekfest and http://www.wrestlinggeekfest.com/ for more information and updates.  I hope you enjoy this episode! And this week, just for you, CHIKARA fans, I'll be uploading one new Chattin' episode each day!  Thanks for listening!Babs 

Episode 13 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY features Mark C., who co-hosts The Podcast About Nothing! We talked about the difference between the WWF/WWE style and Indies/CHIKARA, social media, and Kevin Condron, who recently was a guest on his podcast. There's also moments of hard-earned wisdom! If you want to say hi and continue the conversation, you can find him on Twitter as @RedEmpyre! Check out the Podcast About Nothing on Twitter at @PANPodcast and listen online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/vocnationradio. Thank you to Mark for interviewing me on his show! And if you're interested in being a guest on Chattin', I'd love to talk with you! Email me at tips@chikarain15.com and we'll set up a date and time to chat! Thanks for listening and talk to you soon, Babs

Chattin' with the CHIKARMY celebrates it's three month anniversary with Chris G. I met Chris at Young Lions Cup 2014, Night 2 in Norristown, PA! Chris and I had a long conversation about long form storytelling, Icarus' journey, and how stories never really end in CHIKARA. He also tries to convince me that I should be a Randy Orton fan! We also talked about CHIKARAtopia, which you can find out information about at http://www.chikaratopia.com and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America at http://www.ccfa.org. If you want to say hi and continue the conversation, you can find Chris on CHIKARA 101 as Chrisg and Twitter at @rxchrisg! And if you're interested in being a guest, I'd love to talk with you! Email me at tips@chikarain15.com and we'll set up a date and time to chat! Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Here's the many more episodes! Talk to you soon, Babs

Episode 11 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY is all about Alex Kahrs of Power to the Smarks, who I've been friends with since Season 13! Alex is my "tech guy" and helped me set up the online rallies. He too is very intelligent - and we talked theories and time travel, with some added Dr. Who and Quantum Leap references for good measure! If you want to say hi and continue the conversation, you can find him on CHIKARA 101 as Gentlemant and Twitter and Facebook (@alexanderkahrs/@Power2TheSmarks/Alexander Kahrs)! And if you're interested in being a guest, I'd love to talk with you! Email me at tips@chikarain15.com and we'll set up a date and time to chat! Thanks for listening and supporting the show! Talk to you soon, Babs

Episode 10 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY features Ian Carter, who lives in Japan! It was amazing finally getting to talk with him over the phone. Ian is incredibly smart and knowledgeable about mythology and etymology/semantics. We talked about storytelling, world mythology, biblical studies, and good versus evil all in CHIKARA! He has a lot of great theories and I enjoyed hearing them. If you want to say hi and continue the conversation, you can find Ian on CHIKARA 101 as RyuSensei! And if you're interested in being a guest, I'd love to talk with you! Email me at tips@chikarain15.com and we'll set up a date and time to chat! Thanks for listening and talk to you soon, Babs

This week, Babs, CHIKARA's Chronicler and Intrepid Reporter, previews this weekend's Chicago and Indianapolis events. The Bio Feature Series continues on with a look at a wrestler universally loved by CHIKARA fans and his fellow wrestlers (except Chuck Taylor, JFDC, and Sidney Bakabella), "The World's Sweetest Man" Jervis Cottonbelly.  LINKS: Feature: Letter to the Modern Wrestling Fan: http://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/264m6d/a_love_letter_to_the_modern_wrestling_fan_from/ CHIKARA in the Media: The Podcast About Nothing: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/vocnationradio/2015/06/09/voc-entertainment-the-podcast-about-nothing The CHIKARA Special “Spring Breakout” Review: https://chikaraspecial.wordpress.com/2015/05/02/spring-breakout/ WrestlingGiffer: www.wrestling-giffer.tumblr.com/tagged/Chikara Jay Winger: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-k1_s9Ruz58RiiOe3eRUw CHIKARA Season by Season Project: http://chikarain15.com/season-by-season-history/ Chattin’ with the CHIKARMY: http://chikarain15.com/chattin-with-the-chikarmy/  For more information about CHIKARA, please visit http://www.chikarapro.com/ and http://chikara101.com/ and for all your DVD/Blu Ray video needs, visit http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/. You can also find CHIKARA on social media, such as Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chikarapro  Twitter: https://twitter.com/chikarapro and YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/CHIKARAoffice. Visit The Wrestle Factory at http://www.thewrestlefactory.com/. Each episode of CHIKARA in 15 Minutes or Less contains news, events, and a feature. Please email the CI15 Tipline at tips @chikarain15.com with any CHIKARA media or information. CHIKARA in 15 would like to thank The Mystery Men for the intro and outro music from their album “Musica Enmascarada,” specificallyTrack 3: “Funk You Out 'cho Shoes.” Buy the album at http://www.lucha-rock.com/ CHIKARA in 15 Minutes or Less: Website: http://chikarain15.com Tipline: tips@chikarain15.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/CHIKARAin15 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHIKARAin15 CHIKARA 101: http://tinyurl.com/CI15on101 Podcast: http://ci15.podomatic.com iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/CI15iTunes Stitcher: http://tinyurl.com/CI15Stitcher

Episode 9 of Chattin' with the CHIKARMY features Tristan Crocker. We talked about MA/ME local wrestling scene versus CHIKARA, the live experience, and Wrestling is Awesome. We even discovered that we met at last Season's Boston event - "The World is Not Enough." If you want to say hi and continue the conversation, Tristan's on Twitter at @dirteep and you can check out his podcast, TMI_Cast - http://tmicast.podbean.com! If you're interested in being a guest, I'd love to talk with you! Email me at tips@chikarain15.com and we'll set up a date and time to chat! Thanks for listening! Talk to you soon! Babs

On the eighth episode of "Chattin' with the CHIKARMY," I talk to Kenny Pete of The Mystery Men (http://www.lucha-rock.com/)! We talk about CHIKARA, music, the creative process, his upcoming projects, and the importance of having a good time! I hope you all enjoy this episode and if you want to continue the conversation with Kenny, you can find him over on Twitter - @TheMysteryMen. And if you're interested in chatting with me and being on an upcoming episode, email me at tips@chikarain15.com. Thank you all for your continued support! Babs

For the week ending 5/31/2015. CHIKARA's Chronicler, Babs, catches you up-to-date on all May's news, previews June's events, and continues the Bio Feature Series with a look at how Hallowicked became the Grand Champion he is today.     LINKS: Feature: Hallowicked Special Update: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWG2o4mj0pw Hallowicked Blog: http://chikarapro.com/blog/blog-hallowicked-42115 CHIKARA in the Media: WrestlingGiffer: www.wrestling-giffer.tumblr.com/tagged/Chikara Dorothy Lee pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dorothylee/sets/72157653475821352 Jay Winger: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb-k1_s9Ruz58RiiOe3eRUw  For more information about CHIKARA, please visit http://www.chikarapro.com/ and http://chikara101.com/ and for all your DVD/Blu Ray video needs, visit http://www.smartmarkvideo.com/. You can also find CHIKARA on social media, such as Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chikarapro  Twitter: https://twitter.com/chikarapro and YouTube: http://www.YouTube.com/CHIKARAoffice. Visit The Wrestle Factory at http://www.thewrestlefactory.com/. Each episode of CHIKARA in 15 Minutes or Less contains news, events, and a feature. Please email the CI15 Tipline at tips @chikarain15.com with any CHIKARA media or information. CHIKARA in 15 would like to thank The Mystery Men for the intro and outro music from their album “Musica Enmascarada,” specificallyTrack 3: “Funk You Out 'cho Shoes.” Buy the album at http://www.lucha-rock.com/ CHIKARA in 15 Minutes or Less: Website: http://chikarain15.com Tipline: tips@chikarain15.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/CHIKARAin15 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHIKARAin15 CHIKARA 101: http://tinyurl.com/CI15on101 Podcast: http://ci15.podomatic.com iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/CI15iTunes Stitcher: http://tinyurl.com/CI15Stitcher

This week on "Chattin' with the CHIKARMY," I spoke with Ari, who being a teenager, is my youngest guest to date. It was interesting to get a younger perspective on CHIKARA. I hope you all enjoy this episode and if you want to continue the conversation with Ari, he's rasslemark on the CHIKARA 101 forum. And if you're interested in chatting with me, email me at tips@chikarain15.com. Thank you all for your continued support! Babs

The sixth episode of the Chattin' with the CHIKARMY is published! I'm really happy to have Michael Francis (Frankiemon on Twitter and CHIKARA 101) as my guest this week! Michael is from Australia and we had a great conversation about distance and connection, Season 13, and Ashes. Please enjoy! I want to talk to you too! Please email me at tips@chikarain15.com if you interested in being interviewed for the show! The only requirement is being a CHIKARA fan. Thank you for your support, Babs

Welcome to the fourth episode of the Chattin' with the CHIKARMY. I'm really happy to have Becky Kirby (@Halo_Grottesco on twitter/sen on http://www.chikara101.com) on as my guest this week! We had a fun conversation! Becky is from the UK and attended "For British Eyes Only" in Wolverhampton, so we talked about that experience. She's been a CHIKARA fan for many years, so we talked CHIKARA history and about how much we miss Darkness Crabtree, but love Ashley Remington and fruit baskets! I want to talk to you too! Please email me at tips@chikarain15.com if you interested in being interviewed for the show! Talk to you soon! Babs

Welcome to the third episode of the Chattin' with the CHIKARMY. I'm really happy to have Clint Bracey (@CJB01_CHIKARA on twitter/cjb01 on http://www.chikara101.com) on as my guest this week! Clint and I had a great conversation about CHIKARA 101, the 101 Colony, and fan fiction. (Yes, this is safe for work, I promise!) Please enjoy! I want to talk to you too! Please email me at tips@chikarain15.com if you interested in being interviewed for the show! Talk to you soon! Babs

Welcome to the second episode of the Chattin' with the CHIKARMY. I'm really happy to have Chris D'Auria (Chris_D on CHIKARA 101 http://www.chikara101.com) as my guest this week! The sound quality is getting better and I hope to have that fixed in a few weeks. Chris and I had a great conversation about relatability in wrestling, storytelling, and acting/performance art. Please enjoy! I want to talk to you too! Please email me at tips@chikarain15.com if you interested in being interviewed for the show!  Thanks! Babs