The Bladtcast

Continuing our annual tradition, Christian Bladt and Christian Toto recap last night's Academy Awards telecast, the winners, the losers, the nominated films and much more!

Christian welcomes comedian Tom Kelly back to the show to talk about some of the latest news from the world of comedy: the passing of Richard Lewis, a comedy club in Seattle cancelling gigs for four stand-ups and Nick Swardson's rough night. They name check Ray DeVito, Joe Mataese, discuss the pros and cons of niche comedy, the price of putting Tom's feet online and MUCH more! Plus, as an exclusiv...

Christian spends the entire show in the same room with the great Rob Laurich, talking about how he ended up in Seattle, his recent and upcoming travels to Japan, Kiss, Marvel Comics, Marvel movies, Marvel TV and MUCH more!

Christian welcomes back to the show our friends Katie Hampton, Ron Motta and Mark _____ Hunt to discuss the four "Doctor Who" specials Russell T Davies did for Disney+ featuring the return of David Tennant and Catherine Tate while also introducing Ncuti Gatwa as the Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday.

Christian throws himself his annual birthday party, this year joined by Will Sterling, Liev (for a little bit), friend of the show Corbie Pyatt in Missouri, the voice of The Bladtcast himself, the great Fard Muhammad and even a flashback video clip featuring our pal Xia Anderson.

Christian welcomes back Zak Schaffer to the show to continue their conversation about the best movies of 2023, the not-so-best movies of 2023 and a little about the Oscar nominations.

Christian welcomes back to the show Zak Shaffer of Two Dollar Late Fee to look back at 2023 in movies and look ahead to the Academy Awards

For our first Bladtcast of 2024, Christian has the pleasure to welcome to the show for the first time Cayley from "Once Over with Cayley" (AKA Lucy Tightbox from "Who Are These Podcasts?" and the Isotopes)

The Bladtcast says goodbye to 2023 with a super-sized collection of not one, not two, but three great interviews from 2023. First up, Christian welcomes Aaron Leigh of Y&T back to the show to discuss his new solo song "Bahia Sunshine" (and have a wonderful walk down memory lane to the time Kiss were on the PBS show 3-2-1 Contact). Then, we meet Leo & Parker of Wings of Steel who talk about their s...

Christian chats with Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals for the first time and then he welcomes back to the show Dale Lytle of the band Angeles.

It's Christmas, so time for another bonus episode! In this one, Christian has two great musician conversations. First up, Tesla's Frank Hannon returns to talk about his new song "Fool's Delight", some of the upcoming touring for Tesla in 2024 and he guarantees that he will record a Christmas song in time for Christmas 2024. Then, Bryan Jay of the Ron Keel Band talks about his career and his latest...

A Life Day Special: Christian shares a conversation he did earlier this month for the Geekscape network, chatting with filmmaker Jeremy Coon about his documentary "A Disturbance in the Force", about the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. Not to be confused with the 1979 Star Wars Christmas album, which we covered in our previous episode.

Our 2023 Bladtcast Christmas Spectacular is a musical one. Christian welcomes the entire gang from the Shitty Song of the Week podcast (Branden, Teresa and Red) to go track-by-track through the 1979 Star Wars Christmas album, "Christmas in the Stars". (Not to be confused with the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, but more on that tomorrow.) It being the Bladtcast, you shouldn't be surprised that the...

Christian and Agent Starling welcome back to the show Thomas Parham to offer their immediate premiere-day SPOILER-FILLED reactions to "Aquaman: The Lost Kingdom". They also discuss the futures of both the DCEU and MCU, plus some exciting changes in Agent Starling's life.

Christian welcomes Carlos Danger of "Insufferable Bastards" back to the show to discuss the highly controversial 1984 horror classic "Silent Night, Deadly Night". They also spend some time with Armando Munoz who just published the official novelization of the film.

Christian welcomes back to the show Rich Kosak of Kiss Tribute Band Mr. Speed to discuss Kiss's final live shows in their "End of the Road" tour, both of which Rich attended at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Christian spends the entire show with radio and podcast host Chad Vice. They discuss broadcasting with a focus on music, the importance of a variety of hard rock and heavy metal in their lives and much more!

Christian has two great musician interviews to share. First up, Jim Peterik of Ides of March and Survivor talks about his new album "Roots & Shoots Vol. 1". Then, Jeff Keith of Tesla talks about their latest album "Full Throttle Live" which includes a cover of the Aerosmith classic "SOS (Too Bad)".

Christian has three conversations about the latest MCU movie, "The Marvels": first up he chats with Jeff Williams Jr. about the press screening they attended, then David Brody, Eric Conner and Katie Hampton discuss how much fun they all had, and finally, an opposing viewpoints from three friends of the show who did NOT enjoy it: Christian Toto, Andy Smith and Dennis Turner. (NOTE: This episode is...

Christian Bladt is joined by Eric Conner, Michael Shirley, Nate Miller and David Brody to review the second season of Loki on Disney+

Christian Bladt is joined by Vinnie Paulino, Liam McEneany and Bill Narducci to discuss the latest film from Martin Scorsese, "Killers of the Flower Moon".

Christian welcomes founding Bladtcast member Will Sterling back to the show to celebrate Joy to the World Day, which is a purely optional holiday where you can officially begin listening to Christmas music on November 1st. They also talk about another important aspect of the season: Kissmas, including their plans to see Kiss perform for the last time in Los Angeles at the Hollywood Bowl this week...

Christian is joined by Carlos Danger of the Insufferable Bastards Podcast to discuss Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The 1974 Tobe Hopper classic? Nope. The 2022 Netflix reboot about influencers or celebrity chefs or some shit.

Christian welcomes back to the show David Brody and Ryan Nilsen to discuss the entire season of "Ahsoka" on Disney+, the legacy of the character and continuing storylines that began in the animated series "Clone Wars" and "Rebels". Plus, Ryan shares his excitement about the Philadelphia Phillies success so far in the postseason.

Two of Christian's most recent interviews: the first with actor-writer-musician Tommy Davidson and then guitarist George Lynch of Dokken and Lynch Mob.