RoNCast

The Realms of Ninjago podcast, or RoNCast for short, is the official podcast for the Realms of Ninjago discord server. Guests are taken from the entire server and picked based on the pertinence to the topic of the week, with Ember and JD serving as the de facto hosts.
==Content==
The RoNcast's aim is to "create interesting podcast-type videos made with a variety of creators, all RoN users of course, which will tackle topics ranging from Ninjago lore and the show's design, to new releases and reviews," according to the official launch announcement. 
The RoNcast functions like most podcast-type shows: a panel of mics are presented with a topic, which they then discuss before coming to a conclusion. The episodes are presented live in the Realms of Ninjago Discord server, and are then edited and uploaded to the YouTube channel.
Every so often the hosts forget to record an episode and members are allowed to go solo with "RoNologues", starting on June 8th, when Grammaticul stepped up to deliver what may be the worst episode in the short history of the show. 
==History==
The RoNcast was originally conceptualised in early March 2021 as a response to a discussion about the perceived immaturity and sensationalism of most Ninjago YouTubers. It was somewhat jokingly suggested that Realms of Ninjago create their own YouTube channel, with Ember promptly doing so. 
Then a new Community Server feature named "Stage Channels" was released to the RoN Discord on the 31st of March, 2021. This channel allowed people to be speakers with an automatically silenced audience, and set a topic of discussion for the channel. It fit perfectly for the needs of the RoNCast and made it possible to run the podcast in a channel with everyone that might want to hear it live, and to prevent anyone from interrupting the speaking too often. Thus, "The RoNCast Studio" was made and put underneath the "NGTV Network" category. 
The first RoNcast was on the 4th of April, with the goal of creating the ultimate Ninjago Series Ranking. It was a quick success and is currently planned to be a weekly event. Another channel, #roncast-discussion was made for audiences to use during episodes as well, but is set only to be open when episodes are live.
== Episode List==
Episode	Title 	YouTube Link 	Series 	Release Date
1 	The Ultimate Ninjago Season Ranking 	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8WJfDsqMFE 	Debut Episode 	May 3rd, 2021
2 	What Happened to Ninjago? 	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6KyLz_QRNA 	Second Episode 	May 11th, 2021
3 	Nexo Knights Podcast What If? Ninjago Edition 	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eubN2q_RLwU 	Third Episode 	May 17th, 2021
4 	NinjaWhip & MarvellousJan Interview/ Seabound!	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSOrI368JZI 	Fourth Episode 	May 24th, 2021
5 	Ninjago's... Problematic Points 	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIzGIvoT4Ww&t=274s	Fifth Episode 	May 31st, 2021
# 	Grammaticul Rambling 	https://youtu.be/oqR--_TiRWY 	First RoNoLogue	June 8th, 2021
6 	Harumi: Does She Hold Up? 	n/a 	Sixth Episode 	TBD
7 	Ninjago Side Characters Galore! 	n/a 	Seventh Episode	TBD
https://youtu.be/oqR--_TiRWY
=== Episode 1: The Ultimate Ninjago Season Ranking===
* Speakers: Angry, Baklava, Ember, JD, Rug05, CStatic, Valier
* Recorded: April 4th, 2021
The inaugural RoNcast episode, it saw our hosts create personal rankings of each Ninjago season, before discussing their reasons for each ranking before finally creating a ranking which they believe satisfied all parties involved.
===Episode 2: What Happened to Ninjago?===
* Speakers: Baklava, Ember, AndrewFBR, Grammaticul, Sathasiless, DailyRoLord
* Recorded: April 10th, 2021 
The second RoNCast epsiode it covered topics related to what made Ninjago succeed while Chima, Nexo Knights, and Hidden Side faded into obscurity. Involves some reminiscence on the Ninjago fandom and its history, and scrutiny of older sets. 
=== Episode 3: Nexo Knights Podcast What If? Ninjago Edition ===
* Speakers: JD, Baklava, Grammaticul, Novzy, and #1 world renowned nex-pert Rug05
* Recorded: April 17, 2021
this one was really bad guys
=== Episode 4 (part 2): Seabound Discussion ===
* Speakers: Angrybirdstar, Baklava, Grammaticul, Rug05, Alex
* Recorded: May 1st, 2021
The boys discuss the newest ninjago season (and do a little analysis and speculation)
=== Episode 4 (part 1): An Interview with NinjaWhip and MarvellousJan ===
* Speakers: Grammaticul, Baklava, Ember, NinjaWhip, TheMarvellousJan
* Recorded: May 2nd, 2021
Out of sheer luck and the virtue of Brayden and Jan's courtesy, we host an interview discussing their documentary, the show, and the community at large. It's surprisingly good.
=== Episode 5: Ninjago, Sexism, Cultural Issues, and sometimes The Fandom ===
* Speakers: Ember, Alex, Baklava (late lol), Grammaticul, Alexa Dov
* Recorded: May 16th, 2021
We bring on Alexa Dov for a more nuanced take on Ninjago's issues with gender and cultural appropriation in a constructive way (please don't kill us).
=== RoNologue: Grammaticul ===
* Recorded: June 7th, 2021
Out of material and no one recorded anything Saturday so Gram dumped a hot load on our desks and it looks like that works.
=== Episode 6: Harumi: ===
* Speakers: Ember, Baklava, Angry, Grammaticul, Oink Master, Crusty783, Alexa Dov
* Recorded: June 20th, 2021
Continuing from the sexism ep: we have a wonderful discussion about Harumi that at least has a little structure lol.
== Trivia==
*After the recording of Episode 1 had ended, the RoNcast cast had a heated discussion about whether or not drinking Dareth's urine would convey powers to the drinker.
*Episode 2's aftershow involved Baklava starting a Puncast followed by Grammaticul and Ember having a nice little conversation about sci fi novels, Romance languages, libraries, movies, Dune, and that talentless hack JJ Abrams.
*Ep 3: more puncast! and that bangin Nexo Knights Theme.
*Seabound Discussion was followed up by more puncast
*Whip described his LAN management in further detail following the podcast
*Legacy shorts for ep 5
*Because of piss poor management by Gram, episode 4 was pushed back a week and then whip and jan were unavailable to discuss Seabound after.
*Baklava, much like famed absolute champ who has done nothing wrong Jeffrey Epstein, has been in every ep with dynamics with every guest.