Ed Talks About Podcast
Society & Culture
About
A weekly podcast about cosplay, comic-con and everything else.
Episodes
- Episode #251 ...Me and My Hijab
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about Hijab in cosplay and why my guest incorporates it into their cosplay. We chat about what a hijab is, why incorporate a hijab into cosplay, the importance of including cultures in cosplays such as a…
- Episode #250 ...Favourite Photo and Eddie's Birthday Podcast
Hello Everyone This week, Ed talks about our favourite cosplay photos we like and also celebrates Eddie's birthday. We talk about Eddie's Miles Morales Year (42), how he is going to celebrate and then talk about our favourite cosplay photo…
- Episode #249 ...What Goes Into A Cosplay Competition
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about what goes into attending a cosplay competition, from the local to the big comic con competition, how to be prepared for them, if they are part of the cosplay competition and that video which gave r…
- Episode #248 ...Tales of Two Comic Con (Review of Dreakhack and MegaconLive Birmingham)
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about reviewing MegaConLive Birmingham 2026 and a brand-new event called Dreamhack, which was held at Birmingham NEC. We discussed what we felt was good and bad about the event. We chat about the differe…
- Episode #247 ...FNC Room 101
Hello Everyone This week, Ed talks about the "Food And Cosplay Room 101". We chat about what they would place in my imaginary FnC Room 101 of things they would put from cosplay, photography, food and many more. Find out who wanted to put i…
- Episode #246 ...Where's Eddie (and MCM London Update)
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about where Eddie has been and why there hasn't been any podcast recently. He also talks about plans for MCM London May 2026, when his photoshoot schedule will be released and what Eddie is looking forwa…
- Episode #245 …MegaConLive London Review (The Comic Con of Two Halves)
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about reviewing MegaConLive London 2026 by discussing what I felt was good and bad about the event. I chat about Artist Alley, the crowd levels, security, a strange smell and much more! If you want to ad…
- Episode #244 …MCM Birmingham 2025 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about reviewing MCM London in Birmingham 2025 by discussing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the event. We chat about Artist Alley, the Main Stage, getting photos by the lake, the travel, and that date…
- Episode #243 …MCM London Oct 2025 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about reviewing MCM London in October 2025 by discussing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the event. We chat about the move of the Cosplay Central area and the Main Stage to another part of the venue, t…
- Episode #242 ...Viencon 2025
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about the event Viencon 2025, an event staged at Center Parcs, a convention ideal for a getaway for fans of anime, cosplay, and photography. In this episode, my guest and I dive into what's new at the ev…
- Episode #241… Booking Eddie at MCM London
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about how to book Eddie for MCM London. We discuss the whole process from the hours that are made available, the amount of admin involved, the research time that goes into each scheduled shoot, how to pr…
- Episode #240 ...K-Pop Demon Hunters
Hello Everyone This week, on the main podcast, we discussed the phenomenon that is K-pop Demon Hunters. We discuss our love for K-pop, including how we discovered the film, the characters, the songs, the cosplay that has already emerged, a…
- Episode #239 ...My Favourite Cosplay Photo Vol.5
Hello Everyone This week, Ed talks about "My Favourite Cosplay Photos". My guests and I review photos taken recently, both at Comic-Con and Location shoots, and discuss why they're our favourite photos and the process it took to create tho…
- Episode #238... MegaConLive Manchester 2025 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about reviewing MegaConLive Manchester 2025 by discussing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the event. We chat about the artist alley, the cosplay community, being the biggest event for the North of Engl…
- Episode #237... RAW and Unedited - MCM London May 25
Eddie goes through the MCM London May 25 Photos he took on Friday and explains his process for choosing which photos to edit and why. You'd best watch the video version of this episode of RAW and Unedited via the link below. https://youtu.…
- Episode #236 …MCM London May 25 - PODCAST LIVE SHOW
Hello Everybody This week, it's the Live Podcast Show Eddie was involved in at MCM London May 25 with Shirak Cosplay. We chat about our cosplay life, and we got into this hobby, where it has led, how much planning is done, how to get photo…
- Episode #235 …AnimeConUK Birmingham 2025 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about reviewing AnimeConUK Birmingham 2025 by discussing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the event. We chat about the variety stalls, activities to do, the flow of traffic, their creator passes and an…
- Episode #234 …Doctor Who Review 2025
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about reviewing the latest season of Doctor Who. We briefly chat about the two seasons of Ncuti Gatwa's tenure as the Doctor, as we wanted to chat about the season two two-parter finale and what we thoug…
- Episode #233 …MCM London May 2025 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about reviewing MCM London in May 2025 by discussing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the event. We chat about the improved areas of the event, the reset room hosted by Gaming the Mind , the crowd level…
- Episode #232 ...Keeping the Play in Cosplay
Hello Everyone This week, on the main podcast, we discussed how to keep the fun in Cosplay. Are we taking things in cosplay too seriously, with how we use social media and the amount of content we create, the drive for accuracy and the com…
- Episode #231 ...Dos and Don'ts of Comic Con
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about the dos and Don'ts when at a comic con as a cosplayer and photographer. We discuss many points, from the obvious such as "asking to take the cosplayers' photos", "Don't touch the cosplayer and…
- Episode #230 ...Why I don't Charge at Comic Con
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about why photographers don't and shouldn't charge for their photography skills at a comic con. Ever wondered why you don't usually get charged by photographers at comic con? This week, Ed unpacks the re…
- Episode #229 ...Unscripted April 2025 Edition
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about...well...anything. This is an unplanned, unscripted chat with Charlotte of Charlotte Wollrych Photography and CJ of CJ the Geek. After a long rambling session, we discuss my birthday celebrations,…
- Episode #228 ...When I first started cosplay photography
Hello Everyone This week, Ed talks about how his guest got started in cosplay photography and the changes they've seen over the years. They chat about how they got into it, what it was like to get cosplayers' details and share photos, how…
- Episode #227 ...FnC Room 101
Hello Everyone This week, Ed talks about the "Food And Cosplay Room 101". We chat about what they would place in my imaginary FnC Room 101 of things they would put from cosplay, photography, food and many more. Find out who wanted to put i…
- Episode #226 ...Is the Excel still good to take Photos
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about Safety is the Excel Centre still a good place to get your photo taken. Recently one event had taken steps to restrict and limit where photographers can take photos with cosplayers and my guests dis…
- Episode #225 ...Safety with Photographers
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about Safety when working with Photographers at a comic con, studio or on location. We discuss some safety concerns when working with a photographer should they have bad vibes/actions. We also chatted ab…
- Episode #224 ...Megaconlive London (aka definition of a chill con)
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about Reviewing Megaconlive London in 2025 by discussing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the event. We chatted about the improvement to the number of stalls, the number of attendees, the lack of food t…
- Episode #223 …2025 and Beyond (But it's no New Year's Resolution)
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about 2025. Another solo episode where I share some of my thoughts on the future of my brands, social media, more content being shared on Patreon and why some of these objectives I have set for myself ar…
- Episode #222 …2024 Wrapped Edition
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about 2024. We take a trip down memory lane and talk about the activities that he was involved in. He shares all the experience, fun, and pleasures from comic con, photoshoots on both photography brands,…
- Episode #221 …MCM Birmingham 2024 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about Reviewing MCM Birmingham 2024 by discussing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the event. We discuss the Perks of Priority Entry, the placement of Pop Asia next to the catering, the layout of the co…
- Episode #220 ...Am I Wrong Vol.4
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about Am I Wrong with this opinion? We discuss some of our views about the cosplay community and see if our views are wrong such as photographers should stop bending the rules at comic cons, the dou…
- Episode #219 ...Podcast Extra : Continuing "Disability Within The Cosplay Community"
I've been incredibly busy with both day work and trying to catch up with the photography backlog, so here is a Podcast Extra released on my Patreon earlier this year. Ed talks about "Disability Within The Cosplay Community". In that episod…
- Episode #218 ...Podcast Extra : That Tomb Raider Story
I've been incredibly busy with both day work and trying to catch up with the photography backlog, so here is a Podcast Extra released on my Patreon earlier this year. In this episode, we chat about the "Tomb Raider Story" which I was meant…
- Episode #217 …MCM London October 2024 : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about Reviewing MCM London in October 2024 by discussing The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of the event. We chatted about the merger of the two events of EGX and MCM, the increase in interactive stalls, is…
- Episode #216 ...Red Flags in the Cosplay Community
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about Red Flags in the Cosplayer and Photographers. We take turns between my guest and me to bring up a Red Flag point and discuss the validity and reason why it is a Red Flag to be aware of. Feat:…
- Episode #215 ...First Time Photograping at MCM London
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about going to MCM London Comic Con as a Photographer. We chat about why they decided to go, what the expectations of the event were, their experience during the event, what preparation they would d…
- Episode #214 ...Dear Diary Vol.3
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about himself. He thought it was a good time to go over some of the events he's attended and talk about the behind-the-scenes thoughts about that event since the last time he did a Dear Diary episode. Th…
- Episode #213 ...Let's take Photos Over Here
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about how important location is at a comic con or on location. We discuss if photographers scout the venue at a comic con, do cosplayers care about the location during a comic con photo, with Genera…
- Episode #212 ...Your Lie In April (Discussion)
Hello Everybody This week, Ed is still in holiday mode, so this week's Ed talks about "Your Lie In April". My guest and I discussed what this show both in anime and stage show meant to us, why we became obsessed with it, the emotional dama…
- Episode #211 ...Shooting Styles at Comic Con Vs Location
In Eddies absence Charlotte 's taken over the Ed Talks About podcast with Tom ( Clicks__83 ) to talk all things comic con shooting. From shooting styles to elitism in the community and our inspirations or gear recommendations, join us on t…
- Episode #210 ...Collaboration on Content
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about…..nothing. That's right Ed isnt here this week. Previous guest CJ takes control and discusses creating content and working with brands. Ever wanted to know the do's and don'ts of collaborations? CJ…
- Episode #209 ...Are Comic Con Safe
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about "Are Comic Con Safe?" My guest and I discussed if my guest has any creepy experiences at events, whether it only affects female cosplayers, whether working with photographers changes any dymanics,…
- Episode #208 ...Those Controversial Cosplays
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about "Those Controversial Cosplays". My guest and I discussed what is a controversial cosplay, whether there is a time and place for it, whether the community self-police controversial cosplay and many…
- Episode #207 ...Unscripted (July 24)
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about...well...anything, this is an unplanned, unscripted chat with Lydia of Celery Moon Design and Siobhan of Shill Photography. We chat about (*we do eventually get to these topics), we talk about shut…
- Episode #206 ...Dear Diary Vol.2
Hello Everybody This week, Ed talks about himself. He thought it was a good time to go over some of the events he's attended and talk about the behind-the-scenes thoughts about that event. There have been some exciting events he's waiting…
- Episode #205 ...More Photography Tips
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about "More Photography Tips". My guests and I continue the discussion on how to take a photo with cosplayers, in this episode we talk about contacting cosplayers ahead of time, why you take more pi…
- Episode #204 ...Cosplay Life Balance
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about Cosplay Life Balance. My guests and I chat about our experience with how to manage the time allocated to making cosplay, making sure not to "con crunch", the balance of learning a new skill, s…
- Episode #203 ...Content Creation
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about Content Creation. My guest and I chat about our experience with creating content for our brands, becoming viral, how to deal with the increased traffic, how to keep the creative flow going, is…
- Episode #202 ...Am I Wrong Vol.3
Hello Everyone In this episode, Ed Talks about Am I Wrong with this opinion? We discuss some of our views about the cosplay community and see if our views are wrong such as someone not following your work when they've message to say they l…