The Bladtcast

Christian is joined by friends of the Bladtcast Gene Barretta and Jason Blair to discuss the great new documentary "Won't You Be My Neighbor" about Mister Rogers: what they thought of the film, what it made them think about and how it made them feel. They also talk about how the show impacted them when they were younger and how differently they view it as parents.

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO get together to talk about "Ant-Man and the Wasp"... eventually. First, there's a lot of talk about "Deadpool 2", DC comic books, movies and television, Marvel's Netflix shows, and beer. There are different levels of spoiler curtains brought down throughout the episode, so you can definitely start the episode if you haven't seen the movie, and listen to a l...

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are back in the studio to finally drop down some freestyle beats over the Bladtcast theme song. They also introduce the world to DJ Tanner, and have some in-depth comic book conversations that include "Gods and Monsters", "Age of Apocalypse", Marvel's "What If?", "Civil War", the Hobgoblin, the Osborne Family, and an update on what the guys are reading and...

Recorded on location in Knoxville, TN, on 6/24/18, the morning after Dennis Miller's two shows at the Bijou Theater there, which will comprise his upcoming comedy special, "Fake News, Real Jokes", Christian is joined by fan-favorites Fard Muhammad, Rafe Guttman (AKA Mark_Hunt) and Paul from Kentucky to share their thoughts about the performances, their respective trips to Knoxville, and share some...

Our second-ever FlashBladt, where we mine the cassettes from our archives of the original incarnation of The Bladtcast, which was a series of tapes circulated amongst friends. This one is the end of the year review of 1983, where Christian, Jeff and Will talk about the year in music, TV, comics, but mostly movies, and mostly Return of the Jedi. It's a look back at a simpler time when fans could ag...

Christian is joined for the entire show by host-writer-producer-artists-menswear designer Michael Shirley The episode starts off with a lesson in the dangers of pre-recording a podcast a month before you're going to post it, as this episode, as originally recorded on May 12, started off with more than 20 minutes of excitement about the reboot of "Roseanne", so, Christian and Michael had to record...

Because the world is a better place if Chris Claremont is part of something that's #281, Christian sits down with author Chris Claremont for an insightful conversation about his legendary 17 year run on the X-Men titles, his thoughts about the comic book industry today, why super heroes shouldn't get married, the importance of multi-layered adversaries, the TV adaptation of his co-creations "Legio...

Christian, Captain EO and (surprisingly!) Will Sterling are in the studio to offer their SPOILER-FILLED reactions to "Solo: A Star Wars Story", joined by special guest Dave Dorman, who also discusses his variant cover for DC's Action Comics #1000 and future Star Wars films, including the recently announced Boba Fett film.

Christian and Captain EO are joined in studio by Amy Cassandra Martinez for an in-depth, spoiler-filled review of “Deadpool 2”, but that doesn't start until the 34:30 mark. Prior to the spoiler curtain comes down, there’s a lively conversation about the Bladt You Tube, a review of last week’s episode and Christian teases forward a couple of very exciting episodes of the Bladtcast. Amy also gives a...

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO sit back with some popcorn for the world premiere of the Bladtcast theme song from Sharable Texas! There's also the birth of the great DJ Tanner, hip hop talk, a story from Captain EO about an awkward wedding date, and Christian discusses a very unique night in Vegas with Liev.

On our second SPOILER-FILLED conversation about "Avengers: Infinity War", Christian is joined by friend of the show Rob Laurich to discuss the film, the comic books that inspired it, and where we go from here. They also look ahead to Deadpool 2 and Solo. Also, a very special anniversary message from "Gene Simmons".

Christian, Captain EO and Agent Starling are together again to offer their SPOILER-FILLED review of "Avengers: Infinity War", provide theories of what happens next, and theorize as to whether the DC Cinematic Universe is capable of something on this scale.

Will gives an update on hip surgery, Christian and Brad detail their personal history, and Brad explains why he doesn’t swear on podcasts but at Disneyland. Brad gives his account of watching Christian masterfully get Felix ready for school, which Christian credits to YouTube channels "Truck Tunes" and "Pink Fong", which leads to a conversation about what happens when you actually engage internet...

Christian and Captain EO are back at Agent Starling's place for a rollicking conversation that includes Indian food, doughnuts, white guys, DMX evading taxes and stealing cars,and perfecting Twitter jokes. Then, they examine Jessica Jones Season 2 and discuss Stephen Spielberg's aversion to Netflix while supporting an antiquated view of filmmaking. The guys also map out plans for the X-Men, Star W...

Christian sits down with filmmaker Patrick Meaney to talk about his work, including his film "Chris Claremont's X-Men".

Christian and Captain EO head over to Agent Starling's house to recap their time with Live, tidy up some unresolved storylines, and dive into the ole viewer mailbag to respond to your comments, cards and letters.

On an all new Bladtcast 271, "Lievcast 2018: The Bladtcast Five Year-and-Two-Month-a-versary", Christian, Agent Starling, Captain EO are joined in studio by their old pal Liev (and his anonymous non-mic'd girlfriend) to look back on The Dennis Miller Show, the early days of The Bladtcast, his decision to be sober and quit smoking at the same time, working multiple jobs with Captain EO, The Wall, a...

On an all-new Bladtcast #270, "Krysten Ritter? I hardly know her!", Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are finally back together in the studio, starting off with some real world talk about Will's impending surgery and a little disagreement between Christian and Jeff that has since been smoothed over. Then, we finally get Jeff's reaction to the Patriots loss in this years' Super Bowl. To keep...

Christian spends 85 minutes with Mark Cicchini one of the co-hosts of the "Three Sides of the Coin" Kiss podcast, talking about Kiss (of course), Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and more!

Christian and Captain EO are joined by Christian Toto of Hollywood in Toto to discuss the 2018 Academy Awards, the telecast, the awards, the movies themselves and everything else surrounding Hollywood's biggest night. [NOTE: For the video version of this episode, go to the Bladtcast YouTube Channel]

Christian continues the conversation about the "Black Panther" film and its cultural significance in a SPOILER-FILLED conversation with special guests Alexis Torres and Shalako Gordon.

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are in studio to give their SPOILER-FILLED reactions to "Black Panther", the film's importance, the character, what's next for the Marvel and DC Cinematic Universes and predictions for "Infinity War".

Christian is joined from Australia by our pal Brad "Old Man" Morin for a simulcast with his Cast Dice Podcast where they go FULL NERD with a painstakingly in-depth discussion of what Christian considers to be the "Greatest Comic Book Story of All Time", The Dark Phoenix Saga from Uncanny X-Men #129-137.

Christian is joined in studio by comedian David "Salman" Weiss and via Skype by friend of the Bladtcast Jason Blair to recap Super Bowl LII, the commercials, the halftime show and, of course, "Star Trek Discovery".

Coltrane calls in and he and captain EO dive right into the Patriots-back-in-the-Super-Bowl talk. Then, the conversation shifts to the Aziz Ansari story, the French law that will fine you $100 for complimenting a woman in public, navigating the waters of consent, and Captain EO's outreach with the Dutch.