Casting for Fun Podcast

In a special Friday episode of the show, Nathan Cross returns to discuss the classic grunge rock album Superunknown by Soundgarden as it celebrates its 30th anniversary. (First released on March 8, 1994). We discuss the album track by track, our love of the band itself, and what the album means for rock music in general. This album is one of my all time favorites so definitely give this episode a...

Friends of the show Nick Turner and Marcello Ambriz return to discuss the legendary album from Bob Marley and the Wailers, Exodus. We go over this record track by track and discuss why reggae music is so impactful in music history. The Bob Marley bio pic One Love is also briefly discussed.

Tim Welling returns to the show to discuss the off season moves for the LA Galaxy and why we're particularly excited for this upcoming MLS season. I briefly go over recent entertainment news at the top of the show.

Frequent guest and friend of the show Nick Turner returns to discuss everything related to Super Bowl 58 and the unveiling of the Kobe Bryant statue at Crypto.com Arena.

Though technically it's not celebrating an anniversary, my wife Allison joins me to discuss the classic No Doubt album Tragic Kingdom track by track. I also pay a special tribute to Carl Weathers. No Doubt talk with Allison starts at the 8:55 mark.

Davis Bench returns to the show where we break down Incubus's A Crow Left of the Murder track by track for its 20th anniversary.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Alice in Chains Jar of Flies EP, (January 25, 1994) Nathan Cross returns to the show to discuss interesting facts about the EP and give our take on all seven songs from the release.

In this week's episode I review the book The Ins and Outs of In N Out by Lynsi Synder, current CEO and granddaughter of the company's founders. I also go over a few recent entertainment stories like new music from the Black Keys, the War of the Rohirrim, and announcement of a new Star Wars movie starring the Mandalorian and Grogu.

Joel Tibbet returns to the show to discuss his family's long history with the Tournament of Roses parade including the year that his father served as the president of the parade. We also discuss the recent Day of Depeche Mode announced for the city of Los Angeles last month.

Jeff Haskins and Nick Turner return to the show to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of their classic album, 1984, first released on January 9, 1984. We discuss the album extensively and go over each song track by track, as well as talk about how awesome of a band Van Halen was.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, friend of the show Eddie Ramirez returns to discuss interesting facts about the movie and dissect certain memorable scenes including "I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you!" and "My friends, you bow to no one." Have your tissue box ready!

It's the 100th episode of the show! A live stream took place on Monday night, December 11, 2023 and Allison and I were joined by many awesome guests to discuss the year that was 2023. Here are time stamps for each guest: Tim Welling 1:25, Steven and Weston Cable 11:33, Nick Turner 21:15, Kimmy and Nathan Cross 29:55, Nathan Wolfe 42:38,and Johnny Hernandez 1:05:30.

In the 99th episode of the show I do a track by track review of the recently released album by the band Iration entitled Day Trippin'. It's really good! I also randomly review the 2010 remake of the Karate Kid. (It's not so good!) But I am still very excited about the idea of Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio teaming up for a Karate Kid movie!

Eddie Ramirez returns to the show to do a deep dive into Loki season 2 and the overall character arc that he goes through in the MCU. We also discuss other MCU related news.

My older sister Adriana joins me for game night! We play a sitcom trivia game with my wife Allison hosting. The trivia questions are based on The Office, Parks and Recreation, Community, Stranger Things, and Arrested Development.

Christopher Hartman joins me for episode 96 where we discuss him attending the Danny Elfman concert at the Hollywood Bowl, performing with his concert band at SoFi Stadium, and his various adventures at Disneyland, among many other topics.

Lots covered in this episode: details about live streaming the 100th episode of the show, a special tribute to Matthew Perry featuring my wife Allison, and my thoughts on the recent album releases from Duran Duran and OMD.

Peter returns to the show to discuss the Back to the Future trilogy. We go over why we love the franchise so much, interesting facts about all three movies, and answer the question of if we met the younger version of our parents as teenagers, would we have been friends with them?

The regular Star Wars crew of Nick, Fernando, and Chris return to discuss the Ahsoka show on Disney+, massive spoilers!

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the historic 1988 World Series victory of the LA Dodgers, Jeff Haskins and Tadd Turner return to the show to discuss fascinating aspects of that championship, and why we and the city of Los Angeles loves the Dodgers so much.

Nick Turner returns to discuss the Made by Google 2023 event, Pixel phones (particularly the Pixel 8), and other cool stuff related to Google.

My brother Danny joins me in this week's episode to discuss a wide range of topics: his love of the Philadelphia Eagles, the top 5 episodes of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as voted by fans, the Google Pixel 7 phone, the 10th anniversary of Agents of Shield, and much more!

We're celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Nightmare before Christmas on this week's episode! (About a ,month early, but everyone celebrates Halloween early, right?) My sister Monica returns to discuss fun facts about the movie.

I discuss the Netflix show The Toys that Made Us and other streaming shows that I'm currently enjoying and go over recent sports news and what's been going on with me and my family in this solo episode.

Steven Cable returns to the show to discuss the craziness of college football, the friendly rivalry between he and his wife Holly when it comes to cheering for USC and UCLA, preview the upcoming NFL season, and much more!