Talking Beards

  Alice Jelley is a World Champion Whiskerina. Hailing from Bath England, Alice had the honor of being crowned #1 Creative Beard at the World Beard and Mustache Championships in Austin Texas in 2017.   She was recently a judge at Come and Shave it 12 in Austin Texas, and we sat down to discuss many things "beard".   It was a pure delight to hang out with Alice and hear about her adventures in the...

  Superstar Whiskerina, Natali Johnston, and Facial Hair League founder, Brett Strauss, sit down at Tried and True Barber and Tattoo in Austin, Texas to have a fun hang-out sesh. We talked about tribute beards and how Natali lives in the dark shadow of her husband, Aaron Johnston.   Brett discussed the changes and improvements he has made to the FHL app and how they are getting ready to celebrate...

What an eye opener this interview was with Douglas Smythe of Phoenix Shaving. He made me want to climb back into the womb to incubate a tad longer to grow into true "manhood". Douglas shared with me techniques of "wet" shaving and his thoughts on the conspiracy of the multi-blade cartridge companies. Tips galore are found in this episode with a true crafter of high quality, tested shaving products...

President of the Corpus Christi Hairy Hooligans, Johnny Rodriguez and I spent an evening talking about how great partial beards are and Beards on The Bay 2018. This competition promises to be a great time and has a star studded cast of judges who are at the top of their game.  Charity is the name of the game and connecting with friends and family is a key part for this club and its leader.     Cor...

Omar Shifrin, president of the Bearded Monkey Social Club is a fellow goatee guy.   His club is putting on an event on March 10th called Beards For Babies   which is to support Lexi's L.A.M.B, a charity to help children and their families who are in local hospitals outside of Wichita, Kansas.   We talked all about the club, how he got involved in the facial hair community and how he has tried to h...

I was joined by one of my most favorite people in the facial hair community, Crystal Davis, President of the Modesto Beard and Mustache Coalition. They have a fun little event planned called Beat'Em by a Hare this coming weekend and we hope you can make it out. Crystal and I also   pretty much "shoot the shit" and talked about a lot of random stuff, so enjoy this candid "friendship chat". We finis...

  Come and Shave it 12 presented by The Austin Facial Hair Club is upon our doorstep and I am joined by club member/event co-captain, Angela Alba-Dirico.   February 24th is the date for this premiere event and beards, mustaches, and creatives from all across the globe will come together for the 12th year of one of the country's best beard and mustache competitions. Angela and I talked about the cl...

  Whisk'er Away 2: A Beard And Pin-Up Prom FEB 10th   Play It Forward STL BAMSTL - Beards and Mustaches of St. Louis- Roughneck Beard Co .   It's time again for the most romantic and special night a VFW hall can offer. Whisk'r Away 2!   Grab your date, grab your formalwear, and grab your tickets! This year will be even better than the last!  Don't forget to put your name in for prom king and queen...

Every beard, or mustache, grower has gone through a few moments in their facial hairs life where it just drives them crazy.  I am joined by MJ Johnson and we discuss the things that irritate us with our beards.  Everyone can relate to at least one Beard Beef that we talk about-we all are afflicted with something that our beards make more difficult for us everyday.  We have made a big commitment wi...

Ryan Gore is the president of the Derby City Whisker Club out of Louisville KY.  We sat down and talked about their upcoming "Whiskermania 3" event and also the previous years of this wrestling themed beard and mustache contest.  Ryan is quite an interesting fella and I love finding common interests with someone other than beards when I interview them!  There are some pretty big named and accompli...

    Small towns can breed some interesting people.  I traveled thousands of miles to meet with an interesting fella, Doug White, and talk all things beard clubbing.  President of the Beards of the Old Northwest Rock Creek Chapter, Doug has a great group of guys surrounding him that really help out their local community.  They all have big hearts and the desire to do good things for those that are...

Joined by some scholarly fellas, The Last Jedi has been a polorizing movie amongst true fans. With the popularity of EP.55 of The Beardcaster, I wanted to get some more opinion on the new Star Wars movie. Happy Holidays on this fun extra episode, hope you enjoy!!! #starwars #thelastjedi #beard #mustache #podcast #podcasts #facialhair

   This years Toys for Tots toy collection was out of this world!!! We collected a record breaking amount of toys between The Beards of the Old Northwest , Rustbelt Whisker Society, and the Steel City Beard and Mustache Club   at Camelot Lanes in Boardman, Ohio.  The only unfortunate thing that happened that evening was this boneheaded podcaster didn't hook up his recorder properly and I lost all...

SPOILERS!!! Be careful listening-Our friend Nicole Tovar from the Dune Sea Garrison, a division of the 501st located in Arizona, Bald Faced Josh, and I discuss the new Star Wars movie, The Last Jedi. We all had some strong feelings about this new movie and we go through a list of what we enjoyed and a bunch of things we didn't like.  Take a listen and agree or disagree, our opinions maybe a little...

Chris Odom from Beards In Review YouTube is this weeks guest.   This page has become one of my new favorites on the interwebs recently covering "beard" topics. His she contains an brief product review, a quick little news segment and a featured beard, or mustache of the week. The Beardcaster was the beard of the week on his episode #14, what a treat that was!   Each episode is a nice bite sized mo...

 Pulpo beard oils maybe some of the most uniquely scented oils out on the market.  Jorge Montes, Pulpo, is the man behind these well crafted scents and the founder of this up and coming beard oil company. Pulpo was one of the first companies that reached out to me well over a year ago to have me try out some of his products.  I️ graciously accepted knowing that I was going to have to give him some...

       Josh Kimm, founder and president of the Hampton Roads Beard and Stache Society and The Beardcaster get together to talk about the Whiskers of War 2017 competition and other assorted bearded fun.   We talked about our distaste of the mustache and a few major reasons we both don't care for mustaches.   Josh talked about a funny situation where he was a victim of a bearded stereotype and we do...

 President and founder of the Murder City Facial Hair Crew, Brad Petrinec talks about the upcoming Circus of Whiskers 3 which benefits the charity, Detroit Animal Welfare Group.  This was quite the insightful interview as we learned a bit about this Hardcore loving mans history in Detroit, Michigan... AKA-the hole in Americas Mitten.  We talked a little bit about the music scene, our hometown spor...

Having a really long beard can sometimes make it hard to dress.  One of these times of years when you need to "dress up" and incoporate your beard is Halloween.  Bald Faced Josh, my cousin/co-worker Eric, and I brainstorm a bunch of costume ideas for a bearded or mustached man to consider when planning a costume this year.  Hope you enjoy-remember to tell a friend about The Beardcaster podcast! ww...

  Raymond Whitsel is a good man with a big heart and a great beard!  Beards Against Drugs is an event on Oct. 28 in Dayton Ohio that has been put together by Raymond, who also owns Synful Beard Oil and Balms.  The event is to benefit Nova Behavioral Health and Brigid's Path, but charities that deal with drug and or substance abuse from newborns to adults.  Drug abuse is something many of us have f...

  Aaron Johnston is a simple man, a simple man the RULES THE WORLD!!!   #1 Natural Goatee in the WORLD joins me, #7, to talk about lots of different things.   This conversation went all over the place, from bearded history, NASCAR, and the competitive nature.   The second half of the interview was during the flight of the bats in Austin TX and we really schmoozed up the World Champion.   This is a...

In this first of many installments of "Facial Hair in the Movies", Bald Faced Josh and I talk about some of our favorite facial hair that we have seen in movies.   Sometimes facial hair can make a character in a movie and sometimes that facial hair can make them iconic. Bald Faced Josh and I talk some of our picks of those mustaches and beards that have stuck out to us over the years of watching m...

     Brett Strauss is a man with a plan.   The developer of the Facial Hair League app and I sit down in Austin to talk all about the FHL app, The World Beard and Mustache Championships, organizing beard competitions, and about being handsome.   Brett is by far one of the greatest people that I have met being involved in the bearding scene and I have been waiting years to sit down and talk with hi...

  Crystal Davis is one hell of a Whiskerina!   We sat down at Worlds in Austin to talk about The Whiskerinas and what drove her to get into the "beard" scene over 2 decades ago.   Being one of only two female presidents of a beard and mustache club in the United States I found myself in a real unique position. I dove into her history and her personal life and what drives her in her nursing and som...

What was it like being behind the Worlds biggest beard and mustache competition to date? Bryan Nelson, the driving force behind the 2017 World Beard and Mustache Championship and the Austin Facial Hair Club, joins me to talk his thoughts on how the Worlds went.  We talked about the production team and all the little things that went into planning this massively successful event. Bryan also talks a...