Chad the Birdcast

It's February and that means we're stayin in, grabbin sips and flippin through the ol vinyl collection of ME! To close out the month, here's the Chad Classic Finale and it's allll about MUMMIES!  GET TO CLASS!  And  BUY SOME STUFF  Recorded LIVE at the  Paper Machete 02/22/25 and then from back in the day 07/21/18 at  Chicago's Historic Green Mill Cocktail Lounge &nbs...

It's February and that means we're stayin in, grabbin sips and flippin through the ol vinyl collection of ME! This week I went all-in on my favorite thing you humans have ever done (besides mozzerella sticks and Tubi): SCIENCE! Not one but two reports of my hypin up the greatest of disciplines, one from this week about Asteroid 2024 YR4 (you're not gonna wanna miss a thing, there) and then some cl...

Yup it's cold, it's snowing and I'm going through some old memories from the vault. This week I bring you my history of Malört from last CLASS! live from the Lincoln Lodge and then I pull a post-Superbowl (GO BIRDS!) Chad Classic from February 2018!  GET TO CLASS!  And  BUY SOME STUFF  Recorded LIVE at the Lincoln Lodge  01/16/25 and then from the  Paper Machete...

In which I go out to SEA!!! Join me, lads, to the open waters whereabouts the rumblings be dark and beefy and the lungfish grow to a ripe old age. I talk pings and nuclear threats and then pop on a five year old (almost to the DAY) Chad Classic from the vault, perfect for any voyage.  GET TO CLASS!  And  BUY SOME STUFF  Recorded LIVE The Paper Machete 02/01/25 and 2/11/17 at Ch...

Get up, it's 2025 and we're plungin in. You're not in the Birdcast anymore, the news is too bleak, it's too freaky out there so we decided to portal to Pinball City and totally took you with us, sorry. I'm goin all in on my love and allegiance to the silver ball with an entire month of pinball madness, hijacking your usual programming with my favorite thing you humans have ever done and also figur...

Get up, it's 2025 and we're plungin in. You're not in the Birdcast anymore, the news is too bleak, it's too freaky out there so we decided to portal to Pinball City and totally took you with us, sorry. I'm goin all in on my love and allegiance to the silver ball with an entire month of pinball madness, hijacking your usual programming with my favorite thing you humans have ever done and also take...

Get up, it's 2025 and we're plungin in. You're not in the Birdcast anymore, the news is too bleak, it's too freaky out there so we decided to portal to Pinball City and totally took you with us, sorry. I'm goin all in on my love and allegiance to the silver ball with an entire month of pinball madness, hijacking your usual programming with my favorite thing you humans have ever done and also proba...

Get up, it's 2025 and we're plungin in. You're not in the Birdcast anymore, the news is too bleak, it's too freaky out there so we decided to portal to Pinball City and totally took you with us, sorry. I'm goin all in on my love and allegiance to the silver ball with an entire month of pinball madness, hijacking your usual programming with my favorite thing you humans have ever done. And also ther...

It's the last ep of December and 2024! Which must mean it's time for the 2024 Winter Holiday End o'the Year Roundup Spectacular! Yeah, I just came up with it but let's go, it's cold. For this holidazzlin finale, I deliver my final report of the year right to you, America! Stay tuned post report for a very special meta end of the year interview that'll take us out until next week when we get back t...

It's STILL December! And that must mean it's time for the 2024 Winter Holiday End o'the Year Roundup Spectacular! Yeah, I just came up with it but let's go, it's cold. For this holidazzlin episode, in a post-Christmas cozy corner, I pull some classic reports from December's past from the shelf and put em on the turntable just for you.  GO SEE BILL AND CHAD'S BELATED CHRISTMAS CAROL!  GET...

It's December! And that must mean it's time for the 2024 Winter Holiday End o'the Year Roundup Spectacular! Yeah, I just came up with it but let's go, it's cold. For this holidazzlin episode, I give America a gift from Tokyo and learn that if you believe and are a good bird then Santa will be on your podcast and if you don't believe me, go to Q101's YouTube and you will feel the magic!  GO SE...

It's December! And that must mean it's time for the 2024 Winter Holiday End o'the Year Roundup Spectacular! Yeah, I just came up with it but let's go, it's cold. For this holidazzlin episode, I drop some spicy takes on the mild salsa that was Chi-Chi's (IFYKYK) and then take you behind the scenes where the great Bill Larkin and I are rehearsing for Bill and Chad's Belated Christmas Carol our ONE N...

It's December! And that must mean it's time for the 2024 Winter Holiday End o'the Year Roundup Spectacular! Yeah, I just came up with it but let's go, it's cold. To begin this Holidazzle Season, I call up my old pal Julia Miller (Co-Artistic Director/Director of Marketing) of the iconic  Manual Cinema  and we talk art, holidays, puppets, Candyman (CAUTION: ONLY SAY IT ONCE!) and her incredible car...

It's the time of the season for seasonings and the time of year when I lay low cuz y'all get in a pre-turkey berserk rage and I can't run fast. So while I hide in the bunker, here's a classic holiday best-of episode featuring not one but FOUR Chad Classics from Thanksgivings past. So put this in your cornucopia and I'll see you in December.  GO SEE BILL AND CHAD'S BELATED CHRISTMAS CAROL!  Recorde...

In which I defy gravity reporting on the great WICKED packaging biff and get into it with the great Kieron Harrell .  GO SEE BILL AND CHAD'S BELATED CHRISTMAS CAROL!  Recorded LIVE at  Chicago’s Historic Green Mill Lounge on 11/16/24 and then from the Birdhouse in Your Soul courtesy of Jeppson’s Malört: The Official Drink of the Apocalypse  Come find me in all your favorite places including my Dis...

ART ALERT! Put on your culture pants cuz we're getting the paints out and doin some artistic expression. First I talk about the great Oisterwijk Warhol Heist of 2024 (totally not a metaphor for anything) and then I get to hang with Graig Weich ( BeyondComics. TV ) and talk some legendary geekery!  GO SEE BILL AND CHAD'S BELATED CHRISTMAS CAROL!  DOWNLOAD GEKIDO!  SUBSCRIBE TO GRAIG'S YOUTUBE FOLLO...

Whelp. Anyway, you can jaywalk legally in NYC now.  Recorded LIVE from my lil hole in the wall (which I own, don't assume anything) courtesy of Jeppson’s Malört : The Official Drink of the Apocalypse  Come find me in all your favorite places including my Discord   Featuring “Promises” by the Barrerracudas and a snippy of “The Wasteland” courtesy of Ross Bugden Twitter: Instagram For commissions/sc...

The Halloween Spooksnackular is on! Thrill to Halloween-ONLY episodes for the rest of this month cuz if you can keep your Christmas trees up til February than you can handle this! On the grand finale of the Spooksnackular: I dive into the pumpkin bucket of Halloween history and get to the movies with the great Dr. AC ( Horror 101 ; Hidden Horror ) and we talk all the horror we've been snacking on...

The Halloween Spooksnackular is on! Thrill to Halloween-ONLY episodes for the rest of this month cuz if you can keep your Christmas trees up til February than you can handle this! On this penultimate episode of the SCREAMson: I get mad about you getting mad about robots in Wal Mart and reveal that all this time I've been studying how to summon a demon! The Demon Overlord of Fright Fest at Six Flag...

The Halloween Spooksnackular is on! Thrill to Halloween-ONLY episodes for the rest of this month cuz if you can keep your Christmas trees up til February than you can handle this! On this ep, POE-rfect for the SCREAMson, I get after it about Edgar Allan Poe (courtesy of the fine folk at Poe Baltimore ) and then into with Isabella Gutierrez ( Channel Zero ; CHUCKY ) about her career in horror. THE...

The Halloween Spooksnackular is on! Thrill to Halloween-ONLY episodes for the rest of this month cuz if you can keep your Christmas trees up til February than you can handle this! In this terrifying BOO-nus episode, I summon via a haunted ZOOM the great writer Joshua Hull ( Glorious; Mouth; Underexposed: The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made )  Check out Underexposed and Glorious and Mouth and PRE-ORD...

The Halloween Spooksnackular is on! Thrill to Halloween-ONLY episodes for the rest of this month cuz if you can keep your Christmas trees up til February than you can handle this! In this terrifying tale, I unearth a Chad Classic from October of 2023 where I break down the reason for the SCREAMson and then sit down with Katherine Rife and William Morris, the illustrious Heads of Programming for th...

The Halloween Spooksnackular has begun! Thrill to Halloween-ONLY episodes for the rest of this month cuz if you can keep your Christmas trees up til February than you can handle this! To start this off, we're talking schlock, horror, and cult movie greatness old and new. I pull a classic from the shelf and put on my eulogy for Roger Corman from May 2024 and then get on the Zoom with the Schlocksmi...

In which I survive Riot Fest as Batman becomes the first superhero with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and then I sit down with some of the stars from High Stakes who convince me that improv is good.  Catch Clued-In: An Invitation to Die For at Second City's UP! Comedy Club Oct 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st!  NEW POE-RFECT MERCH IS ALIVE Come catch me Oct 4-6th at The international Edgar Allen P...

In which I go to space just to look around before the line gets too long and get even higher talking alignment, shrooms and ghosts with the iconic Chicago musician comedian Jamie Shriner.  Get in on the Jamie Shriner experience now and check out Corn Baby anytime!  NEW POE-RFECT MERCH IS ALIVE Come catch me Oct 4-6th at The international Edgar Allen Poe Festival and Awards Recorded LIVE from the P...