Casting for Fun Podcast

We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of TV's greatest Super hero dramas, Heroes on this week's episode. I go into briefly the breakout stars of the show, the concept of 'Save the cheerleader, save the world,' my all time favorite episode 'Company Man,' and so much more! I also address what went wrong in later seasons of the show.

To conclude the Summer and Fall of Rock 1991, I discuss the final two albums of the era, Blood Sugar Sex Magic and BadMotorFinger, going over the main singles and interesting facts behind each album. I also rate my order of the seven albums that make up the Summer and Fall of Rock 1991. At the top of the show I discuss the Dodgers, USMNT, and recent music that I've been listening to. Chili Peppers...

Nathan Cross is back on the show and we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Killers second album Sam's Town. We discuss all twelve tracks, interesting facts about the album, the story of how random fans are brought up on stage to perform For Reasons Unknown with the band, and much more! The Killers definitely busted the sophomore slump on this album!

One the greatest and most important albums in music history celebrates its 35th anniversary, Nevermind by Nirvana. Friend of the show Davis Bench returns to the show to dive into all twelve songs (13 if you include the hidden track) and discuss interesting facts about one of the key albums from the Summer and Fall of Rock 1991.

We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of the early 2000's comedy Zoolander starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. One of many movies that the two of them have done together. My brother Danny returns to the show to discuss this movie extensively, favorites scenes, jokes, the many cameos appearing in the film, and much more!

For a special bonus episode this week, friend of the show Nathan Wolfe returns and we dive into the recent Nintendo Direct presentations that Nintendo just put on. We discuss what games we're excited about, the live action Legend of Zelda movie coming in 2027, bucket list locations to visit like the Nintendo Museum in Japan, and of course, the HD from the ground up remake of Ocarina of Time. Novem...

Continuing on with the Summer (and Fall) of Rock 1991 35th anniversary, we dive into Pearl Jams' monumental debut album Ten on this week's episode. The early history of the band, a track by track review of the album itself, and other cool facts about this landmark record in rock history!

We're celebrating the 35th anniversary of perhaps Nintendo's greatest console of all time, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System! My younger brother Danny returns to the show where we discuss the history of the console, the rivalry between the SNES and the Sega Genesis, the legendry Paul Rudd commercial advertising the console, and lastly our top ten SNES games of all time!

Continuing with the Summer of Rock 1991 35th anniversary, we're diving into the number one selling heavy metal album of all time, Metallica's self titled record commonly known as the Black Album. Hard rock enthusiast Davis Bench returns to the show to dive into all 12 tracks, give our thoughts and impressions, and discuss why this album stayed on the Billboard top 200 for 800 combined weeks, one o...

On a special Monday episode of the show, my wife Allison returns to dive into the original run of feel good comedy, Ted Lasso! We discuss the early iterations of the character going back to the skits that streamed on NBC's YouTube channel, the development of the show for Apple TV+, applying the wit and wisdom of Coach Lasso into our everyday lives, and much more!

35 years ago over the span of just under two months, seven legendary rock albums were released. In this week's episode we celebrate the first two of these incredible seven albums, Use Your Illusion I & II by Guns N' Roses. Over the next few weeks we will also dive into other noteworthy rock albums of the era with special guests.

To tie a bow on all things World Cup, podcast regular Eddie Ramirez returns to discuss the championship match between Spain and Argentina, the third place game between England and France which felt like a championship game, and everything else that went down over the past six weeks of amazing soccer! There was also a little pop culture event that took place this past weekend called Comic Con, you...

Hey Yo! We're celebrating the 30th anniversary of one of Professional Wrestling's great storylines ever, the night that Hulk Hogan went bad and everything leading up to it! Danny Pineda returns to the show and we discuss the various intriguing stories lines presented on WCW tv leading up to that fateful night in Daytona Beach on July 7, 1996.

We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of the best sequels ever, the Karate Kid Part 2! Danny Pineda returns to dive into this classic from the 80's, discuss the unique setting of taking the franchise outside the confides of the San Fernando Valley, and the great performances from Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. Spoilers as usual!

More World Cup action coming at you here on the Casting for Fun Podcast! Eddie Ramirez, Sean Luevano (making his long awaited return to the show), and I dive into our favorite aspects of the tournament thus far, discuss the recent upsets from the round of 32 (Paraguay over Germany?! Morocco over The Netherlands?!) and get you ready for the massive USA vs. Bosnia game tonight, July 1st!

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of beloved 80's classic comedy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, friends of the show Davis Bench and Nathan Wolfe both join me to discuss favorite scenes, interesting facts about the movie, the influence that the Ferris Bueller character has had on pop culture, and much more!

Part 2 of the World Cup 2026 recap sees Nick Turner and I discuss the exciting USA victory over Australia, the GOAT discussion between Messi and Ronaldo, stadiums across the land singing Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver, previewing the USMNT last group stage game against Turkey, and much more!

In the first episode recap of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, friend of the show Nick Turner returns to discuss the inspiring and exciting first game from the United States Men's National Team, including goals from Florian Belogun, the own goal by Paraguay, the reversed yellow card issued initially to the U.S. then reissued to Paraguay, and so much more! We also dive into highlights for some of the other...

My kiddos Avery and Liam join me for our annual traditional end of school year episode to talk about their life highlights including game winning softball hits, learning piano, painting Super Mario Bros. themed masterpieces, what they learned from their teachers this past year, and so much more!

The quirky, odd ball comedy with Jack Black, Nacho Libre, turns 20 this month and to celebrate, friend of the show Joel Tibbett returns to discuss our favorite scenes from the movie and how we quote the movie in our everyday lives! At the top of the show I briefly preview the 2026 World Cup and pay tribute to the recently departed Anthony Head (Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Nacho Libre tal...

On a special Friday episode of the show, good friends Derek Dupre and Nick Turner return to celebrate the 25th anniversary of 311's From Chaos album. We dive into this 311 classic, track by track, and discuss the famous music video for the song You Wouldn't Believe with Shaquille O'Neil and the infamous performance that Shaq did with the band for the KROQ Weenie Roast that same year, 2001. For the...

Friend of the show Steven Cable and first time guest Brig Landmeier join me to celebrate the 40th anniversary of an 80's classic movie, Top Gun. We go over favorite scenes from the film and discuss interesting behind the scenes aspects such as the reshot romance scenes of Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis and the story of the aerobatic pilot Art Scholl who tragically lost his life during filming and s...

Show regulars James Strong and Nathan Wolfe are on the podcast together for the first time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of an all time classic, the Queen is Dead by the Smiths. We go over all ten songs extensively and dive into why we love this band so much.

Doubling up for this week's episode of the show as my younger brother Danny and I review two albums recently released by bands we enjoy quite a bit: Iration and Social Distortion. There is a loose connection between the two albums that we go over during the episode. From the smooth reggae rock sounds of Iration to the hard hitting punk rock rifts of Social D, these are two new albums you should de...

We're celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Heath Ledger classic movie A Knight's Tale on this week's episode of the podcast. Show regulars Kimmy and Nathan Cross and Brianne Frodsham join me to go over favorite scenes, the use of modern music in a medieval action/comedy movie, and much more. I do briefly discuss the passing of comic book legend Gerry Conway and the recently released trailer for...