The Bladtcast

Christian sits down to chat with Robert Duncan of Creem Magazine to discuss his career, writing about Kiss and Bruce Springsteen, seeing the Beatles live, an epic birthday party he attended at Liza Minelli's place circa 1980 and his upcoming book "Loudmouth".

Christian has two interviews: the first with Frank Hannon of Tesla and Dino McCord of Red Voodoo and the other with Randy Rand of Autograph.

Captain EO regales Christian and Agent Starling with tales of his cross-country move and getting settled in to his new home. The guys are later joined by Jason Blair to discuss the latest about day-to-day life in the age of COVID-19, movie theaters, restaurants and much much more!

Christian is joined by comedian David "Salman" Weiss and Melissa Weinstein to look ahead to the virus-shortened 60-game 2020 MLB schdule and make their predictions on through the World Series winners.

Christian chats with musician Mike Tramp about his time in White Lion, his solo career, his new solo album "Second Time Around", the times we're living through, the world we live in and much more!

Christian sits down for two one-on-one interviews: the first is with former Styx frontman Dennis DeYoung and then with Marc Labelle of he up-and-coming band Dirty Honey.

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO connect distantly once again to try and figure out if we can still laugh at the world, but realize that we probably can't. They also talk about Jeff's impending move, Christian's temporary relocated lifestyle in Orange County, Dave Chappelle's suprirse special, race, politics and (most importantly) Wonder Woman 84 being delayed yet again.

Christian sits down with musician Dave Pirner to talk about his new book of lyrics "Loud, Fast Words", the latest album from Soul Asylum, "Hurry Up And Wait", his career and much more!

Christian sits down for the entire show with comedian Don Jamieson, formerly of VH1 Classic's "That Metal Show", currently of Compound Media's "That Jamieson Show". They talk about his new album "Denim & Laughter", their shared appreciation for Alice Cooper and Kiss, going to concerts, doing comedy before bands, what the future of performing might look like and much more!

On Monday, June 1, 2020 at 9pm PT, Christian, Will and Jeff went live to have an honest conversation about current events: the death of George Floyd, protests, violence, looting and everything in-between. There was also a spirited conversation with the live chat.

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are joined by friend of The Bladtcast and creator of "The Alternate" Jeff Winstead to discuss the first six issues of his comic, influences, the state of the industry today and comics in general.

Christian is joined by musician Ron Keel to discuss the Ron Keel Band's new album "South X South Dakota", the single "Red, White & Blue" and the accompanying video. They also discuss Southern Rock, his career (including being produced by Gene Simmons) and the future of the touring industry.

Christian Zooms with Agent Starling and Captain EO to discuss the announcement of The Zach Snyder Cut of Justice League headed to HBO Max for 2021, the finale of Will's podcast "The Motivation Report", the need for Will to don Eric Carr make-up for Friday's Kissed Alive Facebook Live concert, plans for live-tweeting Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, Jeff's upcoming change of address, giving the...

Christian chats with Jason and Vinny of Kiss tribute band Kissed Alibe to discuss their upcoming live streaming concert on Facebook, music in general, the short-term future of live performing and much more!

Carsen of "Big D and Bubba" and "Country with Carsen" makes her triumphant return to the Bladtcast via Zoom into Christian's dining room to discuss the different levels of lockdown throughout the country, the current state of Nashville, working, working out and streaming TV shows. They also theorize about the eventual return of concerts, what that will look like, shows that are being rescheduled o...

Christian chats with musician Mitch Perry about his new song "Believe" and then with musician Joey Sykes about his new song "Let's Get Through This".

Christian is joined by friends of the Bladtcast Tom Kelly, Jason Blair and Mark Hunt to share their thoughts on the first season of "Star Trek Picard", their hopes and expectations for season two and share some Star Trek memories.

Christian catches up with the delightful Lauren Lograsso to discuss their time together on "The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro", her own podcast "Unleashing Your Inner Creative", her career (musical and otherwise), quarantining with her parents in Michigan and more more!

Professor of Media Studies at Boston College and co-author of "The Comedy Studies Reader", Matt Sienkiewicz returns to talk about the future of scripted entertainment in this age of socialdistancing, Quibi, HBO Max, worst films viewed in a theater, good and bad date movies and much more!

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO stream live once again, this time ostensibly to celebrate "Star Wars Day", May The Fourth Be With You, and they do legitimately share some Star Wars memories and favorite moments, but, things go pretty far off the rails, mostly because someone is drunk-eating a jar of peanut butter. Which, of course, is very much ON-BRAND for The Bladtcast.

Christian, Agent Starling, Captain EO and Coltrane are back together to commemorate the Bladtacst anniversary that no one asked for, but also no one can run away from. They also chat with Matt in KC, David Hines and attempt to talk to Dominicus Saxon. [A video version of this episode was streamed live on Saturday 4/24/2020, the archive of which can be found on the Bladtcast YouTube page.]

Christian chats via Zoom with Agent Starling, Captain EO, and, making a cameo for about half the show, Xia Anderson! Christian and Xia share some of their text interactions, Will explains a grooming decision, Jeff talks about how glad he is that there won't be an NFL season now that Gronk is joining Tom Brady in Tampa, everyone comments on life under quarantine and states easing social distancing...

Christian connects with Bladtcast "Down Under" Bureau Chief Brad Morin to compare and contrast life under lockdown in Australia and the US, toy soldiers, GI Joe, comics, movies and so much more!

Christian conducts two interviews socially distant: the first with author Kimberla Lawson Roby and the other with Megadeth's David Ellefson.

Christian chats with old friend comedian David Weiss, best known as "Salman" from The Dennis Miller Show, to talk about how to navigate isolation, quarantine and lockdown, including what to read, what to watch, how to plan for a distance seder this Passover, and a light spoiler-free discussion of "Star Trek Picard".