On the fifth anniversary of his untimely death, I remember Zac Bertschy and his noble attempts to keep Helen McCarthy and me on-message in a gloriously rambling 2015 episode of ANNcast.

“Helen McCarthy, in a hat, outrunning a giant boulder made of porn.” I finally unlock the achievement of being interviewed on an Anime News Network podcast, about the world of the Anime Encyclopedia, the misery of Dog & Scissors, and other excitements, in a feature-length rant with my co-author about the state of the industry and the unkindnesses of readers.