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Andy Echele and Mark Bland discuss the GOP backing of senator Roy Moore and how it affects the view Donald Trump as President of the US. After some political banter, Mark decides to bring up a Which is Better scenario with the Christmas movies Elf and Christmas Vacation. This leads to a deeper conversation about comedic movies and the best ones of the past 20 Years. Did yours make the list? Listen...

Andy Echele and Jason Kull join to discuss the Lavar Ball, LiAngelo Ball, UCLA and Donald Trump story.  Lavar Ball is not happy about Trump stating he helped get his kid out of China...even though Trump probably did help somewhat.  Jason thinks one way about the events and Andy has a completely different stance on what was and should have been done. Listen to find out what happens. Also, Mark deci...

Whether holding up guns at campaign rally's or just touching a 14 year old girl inappropriately, we all know that the republicans and conservatives are going to defend Roy Moore from Alabama.  Why? Well that seems to be the issues we are having but it's still happening.  Jason Kull joins this week to discuss the Roy Moore situation and how we got here. Also discussed is the first of a few of Donal...

A church in Texas is attacked and 26 people are killed in the carnage. Once again the USA is thrust right back into the Gun Control discussion and the president says that it is a Mental Health issue. Find out what guest Andy Echele and Mark Bland think about this newest and freshest mass shooting.  Where will it end and why can't we do anything about it.  Also, Mark hasn't really pushed for anyone...

Similar to the walls of Jericho, the trump administration might have their walls start crumbling in. Mark Bland, Jason Kull and Producer Bobby discuss why they waited so long for this episode. Well, Robert Mueller who has been following Trump and investigating him decided to arrest Paul Manafort, Trumps former campaign manager, for conspiracy against the United States. The guys discuss this. Plus,...

It's been a minute, but DJ Gelner (author) joins the Q for another round in the world of politics and pop culture. Immediately the show starts ripping and roaring right out the gate with Gelner telling guest Andy Echele about his work with GothamClub.com,  a dating site for guys to get tips about women. Andy then lets on about how he is the kink master of all kink and starts describing all his sex...

Halloween is just around the corner and Jason Kull joins Mark to discuss some of the greatest horror films of all times.  The guys read through a list of the greatest horror movies you should know about and add in those films they think you should see. Plus, Trump is on a tear again and it's discussed about his need to repeal and replace healthcare.  Signing executive orders just like Obama did (a...

Las Vegas was the most recent outbreak of gun violence the entire country is talking about and Mark and Andy Echele break down whether there should or should not be gun control. With so many people discussing each time something happens, it's hard to turn away and say nothing. Mark breaks out the idea that this will never go away and how much it will affect the Presidency of Trump. Next up, Mark d...

Have you ever been to Reddit and looked around on the subreddits out of interest? Well Mark has and talks with Jason Kull and Producer Bobby about the justice porn subreddit. Mark discusses how the video and ideals on the subreddit are interchangeable with certain blog stories from Conservative blog websites. There is a ton of correlation and Mark explains how they use it in regards to keeping the...

President Donald Trump decided to turn his ire towards the NFL and NBA this week.  He tweeted out many tweets downplaying the NFL for their allowing of players to kneel during the national anthem.  When the NFL found out, they took umbrage with it and decided to fight back and kneel or even avoid the national anthem outright. Was it right or wrong? Mark and Andy Echele discuss all the things surro...

Matthew Krueger makes his grand return to the Q and it was a busy week in racial justice and inequality here in St. Louis where the show is based.   Jason Kull and Matt discuss the impact of the Jason Stockley verdict and how it played out versus what should have happened.  People immediately jumped into the streets to protest the situation.  Should they be protesting and why are the protests gett...

The Polar Vortex RETURNS!!!! Dan Walsh makes his long awaited return to the Q and jumps in describing life in LA.  Him and his room mate working to get ahead in the world of entertainment. Dan dishes on the way that LA works and what he likes and doesn't like about living there. Then Mark decides to help Dan get a movie but there are stipulations to the job.  From there Mark and Dan discuss Califo...

Oh it's been an amazing week and it just keeps getting better people. First up Producer Bobby is the co-host this week and we start off discussing Black Lives Matter and specifically the fact that there is this push to get people within the movement to stop saying "White Privilege" and start saying "White Supremacy".  Mark and Bobby feel this is change in the narrative for a purpose. Why...Mark ex...

Well it happened....McGregor fought 40 yr old Floyd MONEY Mayweather and it delivered. Conor and Floyd put on a show up till the main event happened and then they put on one more show for everyone.  There was nobody that walked away unhappy with the fight at all.  Jason Kull and Producer Bobby join Mark to discuss the aftermath of the MONEY FIGHT and what it means for Floyd's legacy and where McGr...

Tony Cabral joins the show for the first time in a long while.  First up the two guys discuss this whole Trump phenomena and how we exactly got to this point. Discussing Colbert and Kimmel recently taken it to Trump and whether or not they were just in their statements.  Next the aura of the Confederacy still being a talking point after a lady was killed in Charlottesville and more protesting in B...

Oh it is a good week according to White Nationalist trump supporters.  They came out in droves to the university of Virginia in Charlottesville.  All because a Civil War monument was being removed from the school grounds.  KKK, Skinheads, Nazi sympathizers and White Nationalist (aka ALT-Right) descended on the school grounds the night before and were dressed like yuppie college kids carrying Tiki...

Two special little guests join the show with Sean Vincent and Jason Kull.  They happen to be Mark's children and they fulfill a wish to come on their dads show and talk.  After that, the show kicks into high gear welcoming Sean and diving head first into the Robert Mueller FBI investigation of Trump and Russia. Mueller impaneled a Grand Jury  and Mark thinks this protects him against any chance th...

Jason Kull and Ed Reggi join Mark to discuss the newest member of team Trump and figure out whether this will last or not. Anthony Scaramucci is the new Director of Communications for President Trump and Sean Spicer resigned after he was appointed to the position.  Will Scaramucci be able to handle the daunting job of Trump and his tweets?  The guys discuss in detail. Also, movies come up and the...

Anthony Rogers is not new to controversy.  In the past few years he has made some significant statements on social media regarding Michael Brown and the Ferguson situation from 2014.  He has been back and forth with angry promoters kicking him off paid comedy gigs. AND NOW....Anthony, a previous guest on the Q, is in the sights of the Riverfront Times.  The RFT is a local news magazine in the St....

Donald Trump recently went to the G20 and in our opinion did not represent our country as well as he could.  Jason Kull joins Mark to discuss Ivanka sitting in on G20 meeting on behalf her dad, and his awkward and lonely vibe he gave off. This leads to a report from an Australian journalist covering the G20 that reported on Trump in the most scathing way possible.  The guys play the clip and proce...

CRAZY CHEAP FIREWORKS is the PROUD sponsor of this weeks show. Mark and Producer Bobby are back with a vengeance and Donald Trump makes it all the sweeter.  This week Donald tee'd off on two MSNBC news hosts about their personal lives and took pot shots at Mika Brzezinski for a face lift that was personal and a problem for her.  Then called them good people.  Mark and Bobby discuss the impact of T...

Chris Cyr the holder of the empire that is stlouiscomedy.com , a place for all comedians to find out about all the shows and comedy opportunities that exist in the St. Louis metro area.  Chris is a very funny man who joins Mark and Jason on this weeks episode of the show.   First up Mark and the guys discuss something that is not on the agenda.  Because of June being PRIDE month, Mark brings back...

Mark Bland, Producer Bobby and Jason Kull are not novices to the world.  Having been around the block a few times, the guys are pretty mentally grounded in right and wrong.  But the first topic of the show this week tests the moral high ground of the guys as a whole.   Otto Warmbier is a US college student that was in North Korea for 17 months before he was brought home this past week.  Otto was i...

Jason Kull and Mark Bland are back after a hiatus and the first thing up is the James Comey Testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee. James rolled, bobbed and weaved to the committee.  Did he say anything that would incriminate Trump, probably not. What about anything to help Trump...probably not.  In all the two guys will discuss what you should have taken from the testimony in general. Aft...

Let's just face facts.  Having Allies in War is strategically important to the success of a country in a War. And with the world on edge and arms discussions at the highest levels since the Cold War, it would only benefit the USA to have good allies. Unfortunately when you hand the keys to the country, to a man that clearly has no couthe and tends to go out of his way to attack and degrade the lea...