Casting for Fun Podcast

Bridgette and Brad Anderson join me for the first time on the show to discuss a wide range of topics: His schooling in psychology, her running a half marathon through Ojai to Ventura, cruises to the Bahamas, getaways to Big Bear, and so much more!

Incubus just rerecorded their classic 2001 album Morning View and my brother Danny returns to help me dive into this great record track by track. Some songs are slightly different, some have very little changes, but all of them are amazing!

In this week's episode of the show, Allison and I celebrate the major milestone of earning my master's degree with Azusa Pacific University! We discuss the experience I had with APU studying marketing and human resources, graduation ceremonies, and the totally awesome 80's themed party we had in my honor!

Happy 25th anniversary to Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace! To celebrate, Nick and Fernando return to the show to discuss important scenes from the film and comment on the lore of Star Wars that George Lucas further developed with this movie. We also reminisce on our thoughts and impressions of seeing this movie for the first time 25 years ago!

Happy birthday to Weezer's Blue album, turning 30 on May 10th! To celebrate, huge Weezer fans Jeremy and Jen Moyes return to the show to discuss this landmark debut album track by track. We also briefly discuss Jeremy's own podcast, Things my Wife Likes, which you should definitely check out!

Tadd and Nick Turner return to the show to discuss the film Field of Dreams for its 35th anniversary. (First released on May 5, 1989.) We go over key scenes from the film and discuss the message presented of relationships between fathers and sons, as well as our love for the game of baseball and baseball movies in general.

The band Silversun Pickups 2nd studio album Swoon just celebrated it's 15th anniversary and James Strong returns to the show to discuss this record track by track and share a funny story of how we met the band after riding the Matterhorn at Disneyland!

My brother Danny returns to the show to discuss the new album from the Black Keys, Ohio Players. We go over this album track by track and discuss where it lands among the bands catalog of music.

Fernando Pineda returns to the show to discuss Pink Floyd's album The Division Bell track by track as it celebrates its 30th anniversary on April 4th.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (first released on April 4, 2014), Eddie Ramirez returns to the show. We discuss the movie extensively (massive spoilers) and play audio clips of some of our favorite scenes from the film to truly demonstrate how amazing this movie is!

Steven Cable returns to the show to discuss the upcoming Dodger Baseball season, how excited we are to watch this team, key new additions to the ball club such as Shohei Ontani, the recent uniform controversy, and preview March Madness 2024!

Happy (belated) 311 Day! In this week's episode, Nick, Derek, and Marcello return to discuss 311's Grassroots album track by track for it's 30th anniversary, which is actually this July but it's never a bad time to celebrate 311! Is this 311's best album ever? Take a listen and decide for yourself.

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!