The Left Hook

Mark Bland and Jason Kull realize it ihas been a crazy week in the world. We had a man jump on stage on live tv and decide to slap a fellow artist. And this wasn't just anyone, this was WILL SMITH and he slapped comedian CHRIS ROCK...and at the Oscars of all place.  But the breakdown on this goes deeper and Mark discusses with Jason about the implications for the people that were watching at home...

Things  in this episode of The Q with Mark Bland, Andy Echele and Jason Kull. Plus a guest feature by Baseball insider Michael Bruhin - Being Liberal or Conservative  - Britney Griner situation and the potential fall out -popularity and how it works worldwide - Michael Bruhin chats up Baseball coming back and who to watch for - Lia Thomas winning the NCAA womens championship - Grifting in religion...

Pam Hupp is a bad bad person and no one knows this as much as Russ Faria.  On this episode of the Q, Mark Bland is joined by Jason Kull and Mike Eise to discuss the newest changes to the Russian/Ukrainian war.  First up, the President of Ukraine has now come to the USA hat in hand and asked for US to be directly involved in the war with Russia. The US has held back recently with the Polish jets bu...

The USA has an issue and that is the fact that Britney Griner is currently being held in a Russian Prison for getting caught with hash oil. She is also homosexual and that is a "no no" in Russia. And the Russians have invaded Ukraine and might be starting a World War again...so Britney is in a really bad spot.  On this episode we discuss all this and welcome our guy Jonathan May back to the show t...

Mike Eise and Jason Kull join as Mark Bland and the Q return to the broadcasting airwaves of St. Louis on 1280AM KYRO.  Every single saturday from 1 to 3pm (cst) The Q will bring the best in Indie Political discussion and Pop Culture to the world as it has done for over a decade!  On this episode Russia has decided to invade the Ukraine and Mark discusses with Mike and Jason about this issue and h...

From day one, Bob Anders has been instrumental in the career of Mark Bland. And with the recent decision to join forces and create Pardon My Podcast...it was time for Mr. Anders to bring his charm to the Q for an episode. And he did not disappoint.  A lot going on in the world and first up is Mark and Bob waxing poetic on the days of yore and how all this fell into place in the first place. Mark s...

On this episode of the Q, Jason Kull returns on the heels of Joe Bidens first year in office to discuss the leader and his accomplishments.  But that's not all that is happening. It seems Trump and his family are in hot water with the Southern district of NY and the Supreme court is unsealing all documents regarding Trump and January 6th 2021. This will not bode well for the former President who l...

The Q is known for tapping into the Urban Dictionary aspect of the world and bringing you guys the newest and fresh lingo that is being used worldwide.  We brought you "Soaking" on the "Soakening" episode of the show (ep. 483). So we brought back our friend and former co-host with Mark, BJ Lange and his friend Sara Patterson, to discuss a new thing happening in the world of Jeeps and off roading c...

Ahh it's christmas time and that means people that been away a while show up to have a sit down and a convo with our host. And this week is no different.  Brandon Travis returns to the airwaves to discuss life and what has been happening in his world. Brandon was last seen before Covid started in early 2020...now at the end of 2021 (almost 2 years later), he returns with stories! But this is not a...

Mark welcomes Jonathan May and Tuffy Brandon back on the show! And an exciting and deep show it is!  First up, Mark and the guys discuss the Alec Baldwin bombshell interview where he claims he never pulled the trigger. To make a claim of that nature so publicly he would have to be telling the truth or else it's an immediate flamethrower to his entire life and career. But is he telling the truth. T...

Oh so much has happened. Rittenhouse has been freed. The guys in the Amhaud Arbery case are found guilty...and the focus of White people in the eye of the American justice system has been decided for now.  Andy Echele joins Mark this week to discuss many subjects and topics. First up Mark and Andy discuss the fallout from the Rittenhouse verdict. Why was it self defense? Was the Judge biased? Who...

Welcome back to another episode of The Q. On this weeks show, Gary Weed and Mark Bland connect back up to discuss all the top news stories going on in the world.  No news story of the past week was more discussed than the story of 22 yr old Henry Ruggs of the Las Vegas Raiders NFL team. He decided to take his car home at 2am in the morning and run into a lady and her dog at....156 MPH!!!!!!! That'...

It's Halloween again and Mark brings on Q show normie Jason Kull to discuss what's happening in the world and where we are going! First up Mark mentions he is involved with a new podcast called "Pardon My Podcast" with Bob Anders. Mark brings up he was asked who is the worst person on the Liberal side in media and the worst on the conservative side since Trump left office. Mark and Jay break down...

Our next Tournament of Pop Culture has the best Summer Movies (movies based in or around summer) as we came live for Always Forward Media to the Urban Arts Expo at the BottomLine in Soulard, MO. Some true heavyweights of Film on this competition and will you agree with the winner? Did you pick it to go all the way. Well we break it down on this Tournament of Pop Culture.

Another exciting week on the Q. Mark Bland is joined this week by an old friend of the show and our co-host Gary Weed. The guest of the week is none other than Sam Arcobasso the head of Sarko Industries.  Sam came to us a few years back with an interesting story and has returned as a man of comfort and ease. Sarko is a company designed to put high end marketing professionals and businesses with cl...

This is an interesting show. First up Mark and Jonathan May welcome Tuffy Brandon to the show to discuss the current stories of the day.  First up, the guys breakdown some common misconceptions about race and culture in 2021. Mark and Tuffy discuss prejudice and racism, helping map it out better for people out there that might not understand the focus and reasoning for why they boxed and framed th...

On this new episode of the Q, St. Louis funnyman and actor Jonathan May joins to discuss the Afghanistan take over by the Taliban.  First up Mark and Jonathan discuss the take over of Afghanistan by the Taliban! As with anything within touching distance of Trump, this entire thing wreaks of bad Trump decisions and trying to leave people holding the bag. The soldiers in the field were already livin...

On this episode of the Q..... Mark is joined by Gary Weed and Jason Kull for this romp through life in 2021....on this episode: Facebook Jail is an issue for many and they have discussed it multiple times on the show...but this is the current set of stories and reasons why our favorite guests in their current time-outs!  Simone Biles has already achieved more than many in her sport ever will. The...

Mark made a decision not to long ago to come back to the sport of Professional Wrestling and this episode just goes through some things he's thought about on his way back into the business. Mark invited Marcus Boston to join him on this forray into discussion and some of the things he's working on. But not all is lost....Jen Psaki is the press secretary for Joe Biden. And his team is not taking an...

We have a fun thing we have been doing for years on the Q called the Tournament of Pop Culture.  When we were approached by Always Forward Media for some live shows, we decided to break out the format and try it in front of a live crowd. It worked great and people have been asking for more ever since.  On this first live forray, Mark Bland and Gary Weed host the Best Will Smith Movie as their firs...

Southwest Owes Me for sure. Mark comes home fresh from one of the bigger vacations him and the family has been on for the first time since before Covid. Mark took the kids to Disney World but the Trip did not get off on the right note and Mark is here to spill all the tea on that situation and put Southwest Airlines in their place.  On top of that, Jonathan May joins the show to discuss the Floyd...

Since becoming partnered with the Always Forward Media Group, Mark Bland and The Q have some cool things planned.  On this episode of the Q, we debut the show called Another Fxcking Monday. Monday's are different for everyone and everyone has differing mondays in their lives. Some people's Mondays start on Thursday, for others it just the typical Monday is Monday....regardless there is a whole wee...

Jonathan May and Mark Bland decide to tackle some cultural things like they are used to discussing.  First up Mark has an issue with people coming after him for discussing the Semantic aspect of a online convo he was having recently. People accused him of being insensitive because he discussed the definitions and primitive language of past time periods and how words were and weren't used in specif...

Oh another amazing week and another amazing Q show.  Producer Bobby and Jason Kull drop by to discuss all the happenings in the world. The show starts off discussing the recent Always Forward Media get together and how the Tournament of Pop Culture went over so well! This leads to a discussion about Will Smith movies, but not giving away the winner, some of what was discussed on the taping of that...

Another week and another new Q show. This week Gary Weed drops in and discusses the new things going on in his world and ours.  First up....Mark doesn't want to discuss the next shooting for another week in the country. There seems to be a new one each time and everyone has their wishes and wants for how they are viewed. Mark explains his reasoning for not wanting to discuss the newer shooting sta...