Welcome to episode 1 of Pat's Labor, a podcast about the anime Patlabor and Pat (Gill's) labor to bring his cohost Toussaint Egan and Clayton Ashley a related labor issue to talk about. On our inaugural episode, we discuss Patlabor: The Early Days episode 1, "Second Unit, Move Out!" and the midcentury politics of Japan that led to the creation of Headgear, the artist collective that owns Patlabor.