The Bladtcast

Christian is joined in studio by comedian David “Salman” Weiss to preview the 2017 MLB Playoffs, and talk stand-up Comedy, Star Trek Discovery, Blade Runner 2049 and county fairs. Christian also notes the passing of TOM Petty and the shooting in Las Vegas. (NOTE: Recorded October 2, 2017)

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are in studio together to talk about "Marvel's The Inhumans", "Dunkirk", the new "Duck Tales", Daniel Tiger, the sheer number of episodes of the Bladtcast, Damage Control, effective teleporting, Christian's grandmother and the film "Tootsie", a rare invitation for his grandfather, the Hobgoblin, Jeff's reaction to the original "It" TV mini-series and a surp...

Agent Starling finally saw Spider Man homecoming and wants to talk about it, a mere 11 weeks after Christian and Captain EO first saw it...and they let him, in a spoiler-filled summation of the movie, which leads to an equally spoiler-filled discussion of Marvel's "The Defenders" Netflix series. There's also a surprising amount of talk about female teachers who sleep with male students, excitement...

The conclusion of Christian's sit-down with writer Tim Saccardo starts off by dipping into the ole Bladtcast mailbag with some comments from our friend Jason Blair. Christian also discusses the complete and utter lack of demand for the "original 120" episodes of the Bladtcast. They then discuss their time in the Wolf Films "Law & Order" trenches, then Tim traces his professional career from "Ten I...

In the first of two special episodes that prove if you become old, you run into everybody again, Christian is joined in studio for a return visit from "Community", "Vice Principals" and "American Dad!" writer Tim Saccardo, where they pick up the conversation from Bladtcast episodes 10 and 11 (re-purposed for Bladtcast 242), including: sage-like advice from Al Bundy, TV short-hand, and a surprising...

To prepare listeners for the next two episodes' conversation with "Community", "Vice Principals" and "American Dad!" writer Tim Saccardo , this episode revisits a conversation with Tim from 2013*, joined in studio by Christian, Coltrane, Agent Starling and Liev, talking about starting a career in television and writing for it. (*NOTE: This episode is comprised of previously released material from...

On Bladtcast #241, "We're Gonna Good Night Tonight, Brois" (which was recorded in early August), Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO talk about the Bladtcast opening the finer subtleties of podcasting and Christian longs for the ability to podcast on cassette, while Will lets listeners behind the curtain about somewhere he used to work. There's also a conversation about the Super Mario Bros....

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are together in studio, joined by Bladtcast Uber Fan Matt in KC, to thank him for sending them amazing Bladtcast mugs, and to welcome the first-ever Bladtcast sponsor, The Clean and Happy Soap Company. They discuss "Iron Fist" and the "Justice League" trailer, and there's also some behind-the-scenes discussion of what goes into the intro of every show and t...

Christian is joined in the studio by Brad Morin to discuss the art of podcasting and some great obscure ones, their thoughts about the upcoming slate of X-Men movies and their favo(u)rite X-Men comic book moments, their first comic book memories, who could replace Steve Rogers as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, their love of GI Joe, the importance of graphic text for kids learnin...

Christian is joined in studio by his friend Brad Morin of WWPD.Net to discuss "Transformers: The Last Knight", which is also discussed with Agent Starling and Captain EO. Then, Mark Hunt of "Podcast of the Apes" Skypes in to discuss "War for the Planet of the Apes".

In preparation of next week's in-studio visit from Brad Morin (AKA Old Man Morin,AKA LoBrad), the Bladtcast proudly presents one of our Repurposepalooza episodes, featuring an appearance Christian made on Episode 2 of Brad's "LRDG II (Inappropriate Interviews)" podcast on 5/22/16. They discuss podcasting, Ice T, their infamous 1998 Martha's Vineyard trip, the art of karaoke, a conversation about e...

It's an all-star all-Doctor Who roundtable discussing the announcement of Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor (and the first female doctor), plus a spoiler-filled look back at Season Ten and Peter Capaldi's run as a whole with Christian, our own Agent Starling. "Superfandom" author Zoe Fraade-Blanar, Shirley Hot who is the owner and proprietor of The Pandorica Restaurant in Beacon, NY, and fr...

Christian, Agent Starling, Coltrane and Captain EO are together again for the most honest, real talk in the history of the Bladtcast, with each of them discussing the latest developments in their personal lives. Plus, they make plans for an all-impression episode, begin planning Jeff's 30th birthday (which may or may not include Dames & Games), the term "gentlemen's club", Coltrane's penchant for...

Christian, Agent Romanoff and Captain EO (AKA Jeff 1) are joined by "The Alternate" creator, Jeff Winstead (AKA Jeff 2) to discuss Spider-Man in general, and specifically the new "Spider-Man Homecoming". The first portion of the episode is spoiler free, but, once the warning is given, the spoilers fly fast and furious (but not too fast, too furious).

On Bladtcast #233 - "Late Late Tonight Starring Fard Muhammad" Christian and Agent Starling welcome friend of the show Fard Muhammad back to LA, discussing what he's up to while he's in town, looking back fondly on the old Dennis Miller Show and some of their other favorite shows, movies and comedians, personal fast food preferences amongst the guys, and Orson Welles, which leads to another visit...

In one of the most Not-Safe-for-Work Bladtcasts ever, Christian is joined in studio by Captain EO for a fun (yet spoilery) conversation about Wonder Woman leads to a horriffic conversation about the derivation of the term "limp biscuit" which is the definition of "Not Safe for Work". Coltrane joins in via the phone for a discussion about why they would never have joined a fraternity, and then reac...

Christian catches up with our friend Mark Hunt (AKA Rafe Guttman) to talk about a host of topics from Train spotting 2 to Rafe first discovering Classic Doctor Who on TV when he was a kid, attending his first convention,the first three episodes of the current season 10 of Doctor Who, an upcoming movie and television inspired trip Mark and his wife are planning to take to the U.K., Danny Boyle's fi...

Christian and Agent Sterling sit down and offer their SPOILER-FILLED rave reviews of the "Wonder Woman" movie, comparing it to super hero movies that have come before, while also discussing the awareness, perception of the character and her relevance as a female role model and feminist icon. They also discuss the other relevant female super heroes are, and where Spider Woman and Ms. Marvel rank on...

On a mammoth super-sized Bladtcast, Christian sits down with his friend, former Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on-air personality Dan Reynish, who was in LA for the latest of his rock and roll road trips to see U2. They discuss the pros and cons of being a part of bands' fan clubs and on their message boards, the pros and cons of concerts where bands perform albums in their entirety and trying...

Christian sits down with "Dennis Miller Show" favorite Jonathan Hoenig of Capitalist Pig to talk about his new book, "The Pit: Photographic Portrait Inside the Chicago Board of Trade". They also chat about the economic stability of the airline, fast food and concert industries, health care, and, most importantly, asks about the best pizza in Chicago.

Captain EO Skypes in from K'un Lun to chat with Christian and Agent Starling to FINALLY provide the Bladtcast's official SPOILER-FILLED review of Netflix's "Iron Fist" series, while looking ahead toward the Defenders, where Iron Fist should STILL be the funny one, and hoe he's getting the Thor treatment. Then, Agent Starling discusses a brief flirtation with starting to watch Gotham again and why...

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are together again to give their SPOILER-FILLED and 100% honest opinions of "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2", starting with how Will missed the first two minutes of the movie, and including the overall number of jokes, the soundtrack and score. They imagine a potential collaboration between Stallone and Wahlberg and discuss how movies in general focus on ju...

Coltrane and Captain EO finally get the opportunity to truly celebrate the New England Patriots improbably second-half comeback against the Atlanta Falcons. Be warned, Pats-haters, they really bask in the glow of Tom Brady here -- and, sorry, Colts fans, Indianapolis gets hit with a lot of shrapnel. Then, they discuss how 48% of millennials say they prefer to have sex BEFORE the first date and a s...

Christian and Captain EO are once again joined on the phone by Coltrane for the second installment in the "Cotrane's Corner Hat Trick", which includes discussion about spam bots following the Coltrane Leaks Twitter account, Agent Starling's hip hop crew, a study that people are having sex 9 less times per year in the late 90s, the tricks online dating sites utilize to squeeze more money out of the...

On Bladtcast #223 - "Coltrane's Corner Hat Trick (Part One): I'm Not Sayin', I'm Just Sayin'" the guys check in on Coltrane's believe that crazy eyes equals crazy hot, and not-so-hot equals just plain crazy. There's further analysis of bedroom and millennial slang, TV suggestions, and discussions about cheating and the super rich.