Retarded persons input: Spazkid was a co-host of the Oney/Chris O’Neill podcast “SleepyCabin”, and he is/was one of the old Newgrounds animator alumni. Him, Oney, Zach/PsychicPebbles, Stamper (that dude was a great schizocow, his thread is great reading just for the “I let a homeless lady live in my house and now she’s my mommy and she thinks gangs are coming to kill her” arc), and a handful of other artistic autists all did this podcast for I think like two dozen episodes before they just quit. I’m not sure if Shadman was ever on an episode, but Newgrounds is the common ground/connective tissue that brought together Shad with people like Oney, PsychicPebbles, and Spazkid.
Also I’m too retarded and lazy to look at the timeline but it might be worth looking into if the whole “everyone finally noticed Shad is a pedo” story happened while the podcast was going on, or if it was after they all stopped doing the podcast.
EDIT: grammar, details