The Bladtcast

On Monday, June 1, 2020 at 9pm PT, Christian, Will and Jeff went live to have an honest conversation about current events: the death of George Floyd, protests, violence, looting and everything in-between. There was also a spirited conversation with the live chat.

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are joined by friend of The Bladtcast and creator of "The Alternate" Jeff Winstead to discuss the first six issues of his comic, influences, the state of the industry today and comics in general.

Christian is joined by musician Ron Keel to discuss the Ron Keel Band's new album "South X South Dakota", the single "Red, White & Blue" and the accompanying video. They also discuss Southern Rock, his career (including being produced by Gene Simmons) and the future of the touring industry.

Christian Zooms with Agent Starling and Captain EO to discuss the announcement of The Zach Snyder Cut of Justice League headed to HBO Max for 2021, the finale of Will's podcast "The Motivation Report", the need for Will to don Eric Carr make-up for Friday's Kissed Alive Facebook Live concert, plans for live-tweeting Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park, Jeff's upcoming change of address, giving the...

Christian chats with Jason and Vinny of Kiss tribute band Kissed Alibe to discuss their upcoming live streaming concert on Facebook, music in general, the short-term future of live performing and much more!

Carsen of "Big D and Bubba" and "Country with Carsen" makes her triumphant return to the Bladtcast via Zoom into Christian's dining room to discuss the different levels of lockdown throughout the country, the current state of Nashville, working, working out and streaming TV shows. They also theorize about the eventual return of concerts, what that will look like, shows that are being rescheduled o...

Christian chats with musician Mitch Perry about his new song "Believe" and then with musician Joey Sykes about his new song "Let's Get Through This".

Christian is joined by friends of the Bladtcast Tom Kelly, Jason Blair and Mark Hunt to share their thoughts on the first season of "Star Trek Picard", their hopes and expectations for season two and share some Star Trek memories.

Christian catches up with the delightful Lauren Lograsso to discuss their time together on "The Tomorrow Show with Keven Undergaro", her own podcast "Unleashing Your Inner Creative", her career (musical and otherwise), quarantining with her parents in Michigan and more more!

Professor of Media Studies at Boston College and co-author of "The Comedy Studies Reader", Matt Sienkiewicz returns to talk about the future of scripted entertainment in this age of socialdistancing, Quibi, HBO Max, worst films viewed in a theater, good and bad date movies and much more!

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO stream live once again, this time ostensibly to celebrate "Star Wars Day", May The Fourth Be With You, and they do legitimately share some Star Wars memories and favorite moments, but, things go pretty far off the rails, mostly because someone is drunk-eating a jar of peanut butter. Which, of course, is very much ON-BRAND for The Bladtcast.

Christian, Agent Starling, Captain EO and Coltrane are back together to commemorate the Bladtacst anniversary that no one asked for, but also no one can run away from. They also chat with Matt in KC, David Hines and attempt to talk to Dominicus Saxon. [A video version of this episode was streamed live on Saturday 4/24/2020, the archive of which can be found on the Bladtcast YouTube page.]

Christian chats via Zoom with Agent Starling, Captain EO, and, making a cameo for about half the show, Xia Anderson! Christian and Xia share some of their text interactions, Will explains a grooming decision, Jeff talks about how glad he is that there won't be an NFL season now that Gronk is joining Tom Brady in Tampa, everyone comments on life under quarantine and states easing social distancing...

Christian connects with Bladtcast "Down Under" Bureau Chief Brad Morin to compare and contrast life under lockdown in Australia and the US, toy soldiers, GI Joe, comics, movies and so much more!

Christian conducts two interviews socially distant: the first with author Kimberla Lawson Roby and the other with Megadeth's David Ellefson.

Christian chats with old friend comedian David Weiss, best known as "Salman" from The Dennis Miller Show, to talk about how to navigate isolation, quarantine and lockdown, including what to read, what to watch, how to plan for a distance seder this Passover, and a light spoiler-free discussion of "Star Trek Picard".

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are joined by friend of the show Jason Blair who details his poorly timed California road trip, social distancing on display, being ignored, how the future might look, Tom Brady vs. Wally West and, of course, Alex Jones.

In the episode that only SHE could guest on, Xia Anderson joins Christian, who continues to be socially distant while chatting about lockdown, socialization (distant and otherwise), content generation, anxiety, and MUCH MORE!!!

Christian Zooms with comedian Flobo Boyce, AKA "Mayor Flobito" of Afterbuzz TV's Star Trek and WWE after-shows. They talk about their very different lives under quarantine, hosting shows together, generating content, dabbling in politics, their shared fandom for the New York Mets and much more!

Christian is once again in his Social Distance Bunker, joined via Zoom by New York-based comedian Thomas J Kelly, who has fled the Big Apple for his hometown roots on Long Island, and comes to Bladtcast Nation from his car. They have a wide-ranging discussion of the global pandemic of coronavirus, sharing their sincere fears, concerns and hopes for its resolution by July. There are jokes, show biz...

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO practice "safe-podcasting" in separate locations, talking about how their self-quarantining and sheltering-at-home-ing is going. They also share their thoughts and fears about the corona virus, our government's assessment of it, the amount of blame the Chinese are due, the media coverage, New York City's war on a very specific and exceptionally intimate sex...

Christian and Captain EO head over to Will's house for a conversation that largely focuses on the corona virus, the media coverage, people's differing reactions to it and how the guys plan to handle it. This was recorded back in that simpler time before we knew so much about it and before it had impacted our lives, way back on Monday, March 9, 2020.

Over a period of 6 weeks, Christian and Xia filmed a short series of Bladtcast vignettes, produced by the incomparable Vito Scutti, the audio for which has now been edited together here taking you through multiple birthday surprises for one another, the Birds of Prey film, TV shows they weren't cast for, a TV show idea of their own, and probably most importantly : breakfast sandwiches.

Christian and Captain EO are back at Agent Starling's place to eat snacks and debate the levels of fame associated with being a part of the Bladtcast, the merits of Tebow Time, a strike levied against the show by Soundcloud, tentacle porn and the meanness of Christian and Xia's friendship. Then, they dive into the primary focus of this episode which is to analyze and dissect the movie that is now...

Agent Starling welcomes Captain EO and Christian back into his home to celebrate Christian's 44th birthday. They get caught up on the last couple of months, including aspiring Bladcast archivist David Hines who has taken it upon himself to re-listen to every Bladtcast starting from episode one. There is also discussion of minor league baseball names, Cincinnati., Philadelphia as a city and the peo...