Wedgehead Pinball Podcast
A weekly pinball podcast brought to you by the people that run Wedgehead, a pinball bar in Portland, Oregon. Each week Alan and Alex discuss a different pinball topic, with a focus on location play, often with other interesting guests.
Support our show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcast
If you have any questions, or might want to guest on a future episode, please email : wedgeheadinfo@gmail.com.
Episodes
85 episodes
Episode 85 - Die on this Hill: Future Spa
Support the show & get a link to our private discord channel: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastGood friend of the show and all-around expert solid state assassin, Ty Palmer joins us on the sh...
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Episode 85
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Episode 84 - The Bally Table King: George Christian
Support the show & receive a link to the private discord channel: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis episode is all about the mystery and mystique surrounding Bally's best game designer fr...
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Episode 84
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Episode 83 - Soft Licenses
Support the show and get a link to the private discord channel: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis episode we discuss Stern pinball's interesting way of approaching certain licensed games that...
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Episode 83
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50:32
Episode 82 - Pinball Shows
Support the show & get a link to our private discord channel: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis episode was written by Alex, about how to get the most out of a Pinball Show. As the ...
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Episode 82
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43:39
Episode 81 - Die on this Hill: South Park
Support the show and join the private discord channel: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastIn this edition of DOTH, Marcus Petersen from the previous episode about creating a pinball scene in a rura...
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Episode 81
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43:39
Episode 80 - Rural Operator Spotlight Series
Support the show and join our private discord server: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis episode we are joined on the show with Marcus Petersen, who became a pinball operator in Lassen County,...
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Episode 80
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58:59
Episode 79 - Licensed Themes
Support the show and join our private Discord server: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis the follow-up episode to Episode 76: Original Themes, and in this episode, we explore the licensing war...
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Episode 79
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57:47
Episode 78 - Sopranos Pinball w/ George Gomez
Support the Show and get a link to the private discord channel: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis episode we are joined by the Underboss of the Stern Family, Mr. George Gomez to discuss the s...
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Episode 78
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1:08:05
Episode 77 - Die on this Hill: Bally Dungeons & Dragons
Support the show and join the private discord server: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastOn this episode, we have a listener from the New England area Josh who wants to talk about the first Dungeon...
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Episode 77
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42:59
Episode 76 - Original Themes
Support the show & join our private Discord server: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis is a good one, where we discuss how Williams was able to prove that during the renaissance period of ...
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Episode 76
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1:15:26
Episode 75 - Die on this Hill: Raven w/ Scott Danesi
Support the show & join our private discord channel: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastScott Danesi rejoins us on the show to defend his love of Gottlieb Premier's Raven, the lowest rated game...
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Episode 75
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Episode 74 - The Mind of Scott Danesi
Support the show & receive a link to our private discord server: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastIn this episode, we are joined on the show by the patron saint of making pinball challenging ...
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Episode 74
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1:13:04
Episode 73 - Gottlieb System 3: The End of an Empire
Support the show: https:/ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastIn this episode we discuss the final chapter of Gottlieb as a pinball manufacturer. The prevailing narrative around these gam...
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Episode 73
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1:23:13
Episode 72 - Operator Spotlight: Astoria Pinball
Support the show: https:/ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastWe are joined on the show by our friend Todd Robinett, to discuss creating a pinball scene from scratch in a small town near the Oregon Co...
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Episode 72
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44:33
Episode 71 - Women's Competitive Pinball
Support the show: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastIFPA director, and former women's world champion Zoe Vrabel is back on the show to discuss the past, present, and future of women'...
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Episode 71
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1:02:49
Episode 70 - Legendary Women of the Pinball Industry
Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastIn this episode, Alan is joined on the show by Zoe Vrabel, an IFPA director and former Women's World Champion to discuss some of the leg...
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Episode 70
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49:51
Episode 69 - Die on this Hill: High Roller Casino
Support the show: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis episode our special guest Glenn Waechter (of the Saw Homebrew machine) joins us on the show, to Die on the Hill for Stern's 2001 game,...
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Episode 69
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48:37
Episode 68 - Band Pins
Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis episode is all about the history of the licensed band pin starting way back in the late 1970s, with a couple dots in the 1990s, an...
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Episode 68
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1:09:32
Episode 67 - Pinball Seller's Guide
Support the show: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis is the finale episode of our 3-part trilogy of episodes that began with the first episode: Pinball Buyer's Guide, continued in our episode...
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Episode 67
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35:26
Episode 66 - Pinball Maintenance
Support the show: ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastCompanion piece episode here from Alan to talk about how to maintain that pinball machine that Alex convinced y'all to buy in the Pinball Buyer...
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Episode 66
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50:49
Episode 65 - Die on this Hill: Wheel of Fortune
Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastScott & Ryan, the creators of the Pinball Map are back on the show to defend Scott's DOTH game: Stern's 2007 machine, Wheel of Fort...
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Episode 65
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45:11
Episode 64 - Pinball Buyer's Guide
Support the show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis is a sequel to our earlier episode 16 - So You Wanna Buy a Pinball Machine? And in that episode (which we HIGHLY recommend l...
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Episode 64
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54:53
Episode 63 - The Pinball Map
Support the Show: https://ko-fi.com/wedgeheadpodcastThis episode features an interview with Ryan and Scott, two regular guys and former roommates who created the
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Episode 63
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