The Bladtcast

Christian Bladt welcomes back to the show Eric Conner, Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes and Liam McEneany to talk about "28 Years Later" and the prior films in the series. Plus, there's really a surprising amount of talk about British entertainer Jimmy Saville and a ton of show business name-dropping.

Christian welcomes back to the show Cayley from "Once Over with Cayley" (AKA Lucy Tightbox) to discuss the latest Wes Anderson film, "The Phonecian Scheme" in the context to Wes Anderson's entire filmography. There's also plenty of other talk about upcoming films and, of course, the Simpsons.

In another collaboration with The Grit & Script, Christian is joined by Bill Narducci to talk to Bennett Yellin about the fascinating start to his career, co-writing "Dumb & Dumber" with the Farrelly Brothers, theme parks and so much more!

The GREAT Will Sterling returns to the Bladtcast to discuss his recent trip back to LA to work on his film "That Friend", offer up his thoughts on the most recent trailers for James Gunn's "Superman" and the upcoming "Fantastic Four". Plus., get Will's reaction in REAL TIME to the shocking(ly corny) regeneration of the 15th Doctor on Doctor Who -- AND much more!

Christian welcomes back to the show Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes and Trucker Andy of the All Apologies podcast and Who Are These Podcasts to discuss the final film in the "Mission: Impossible" series, "Final Reckoning", and whether it was a fitting finale to this epic film franchise that spanned nearly 30 years.

Another one of our EPIC MCU episodes, featuring three separate conversations where Christian discusses the latest Marvel film "Thunderbolts*" with special guests David Brody, Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes, Katie Hampton, Eric Conner, Christina the Wisecracking Blonde, Ryan Campbell, Bryan Phillip Cruz and Katie Kawamoto.

Christian spends the entire show with musician/filmmaker/podcaster Nick Greystone. They talk hard rock, heavy metal, horror movies, true crime and Nick's experiences meeting Stuttering John Melendez at Chiller Con and having him as a guest on his podcast, Primal Scream.

Christian spends the entire show chatting with author and illustrator Jeffrey Brown, best known for his books "The Mandalorian and Child", "Darth Vader and Son", "Vader's Little Princess" and "Thor and Loki: Midgard Family Mayhem" about his latest book "X-Men: Days of Future Fun"

In an exceptionally rare audio-only episode, and an even MORE rare episode professionally recorded in a studio, while in town for the Rock n Pod Expo, Christian catches up with his friend Carsen in Nashville, talking about their adventures there, Christian's first-ever trip to Santa's Pub with comedian Don Jamieson, plus reminiscing about their days as NBC pages, talking about music, radio, podcasting, those industries and so much more!

Christian moderates a discussion of the 50th anniversary of Aerosmith's "Toys in the Attic" with comedian Don Jamieson, author Martin Popoff, Mark Cicchini from the Kiss "Three Sides of the Coin" podcast and Ryan Rebulkan who hosts the "Worst of the Best" podcast, and lends his format to the show, as we all try to decide which song we would take off the album if we had to.

To discuss the passing of Val Kilmer, Christian welcomes back to the show Cayley from Once Over with Cayley (AKA Lucy Tightbox from Who Are These Podcasts?) and Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes. Plus, in his prestigious Bladtcast debut, Trucker Andy of the All Apologies podcast and also Who Are These Podcasts. They discuss some of their favorite roles from Val Kilmer's filmography including "Top Secret", "The Island of Dr. Moreau", "The Doors", his one-man shows as Mark Twain and Christian's hot take that he was the best on-screen Bruce Wayne. They also react to some clips from "Life Is Short", "Entourage" and the shockingly brilliant DVD commentary for the film "Spartan".

It's our annual MLB season preview where Christian Bladt looks ahead to what expectations are for the Mets (and the other 29 times) with David "Salman" Weiss, Flobo Boyce, David Brody and Devin Gordon, the author of "So Many Ways To Lose: The Amazin' True Story of the New York Mets, The Best Worst Team In Sports"

In this super-sized super-cut of three conversations from Marvel Movie Talk, Christian discusses the latest Marvel film, "Captain America: Brave New World" with Eric Conner, Liam McEneany, Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes (twice!), David Brody, Katie Hampton, Wisecracking Blonde Christina and Shalako Gordon.

It's our second annual St. Patrick's spectacular where we analyze an installment of the greatest film franchise in cinema history: Leprechaun. This year, it's "Leprechaun 4: In Space" with Cayley from "Once Over With Cayley" (AKA Lucy Tightbox), Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes and Dan Carroll.

Christian continues the Oscars conversation from last week with Bladtcast founding father Will Sterling, discussing Anora, The Brutalist and possible contender for 2026, "Captain America: Brave New World". Plus, Lim McEneany returns to the show in order to join the conversation about the Bob Dylan biopic "A Complete Unknown".

It's our annual Oscars special. This year, Christian is joined by Cayley from Once Over with Cayley (AKA Lucy Tightbox from Who Are These Podcasts), Liam McEneany and Eric Conner to discuss the films nominated, the winners, the losers and the Oscars telecast itself.

Christian Bladt discusses the 50th anniversary of Alice Cooper's Welcome to my Nightmare with Metal Blade Records CEO and host of "100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal" Brian Slagel, Author and host Martin Popoff, Comedian and co-host of "Rock Strap" Don Jamieson and Mark Chicchini of the Kiss podcast "Three Sides of the Coin"

Christian Bladt returns with more reflections on 50 years of Saturday Night Live with another conversation with fellow former NBC Pages. In this episode, he chats with Andrew Tavani and Ron Motta. Plus, an old-fashioned celebrity walk-on appearance from Tom Kelly.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, Christian reflects on the show's legacy and the various opportunities to be around the show with some fellow former NBC Pages: Tom Kelly, Shalako Gordon, Tim Saccardo and Jenni Cramer (Gilroy).

Once again, Christian throws himself a birthday party, which is incredibly festive and not at all pathetic. This year, he welcomes the proverbial "cast of thousands", as he's joined by Bladtcast co-founders Will Sterling and Coltrane, the voice of the Bladtcast Fard Muhammad, legal counsel Jason Blair, court stenographer Gene Barretta, Patron Saint of the Bladtcast Matt in KC, the Raging Rhino John Nolan and America's favorite Brooklyn Boy David Brody.

Christian welcomes back to the show comedian Tom Kelly, who calls in from his car, in a sign that he has gone fully Hollywood after spending two weeks in LA.

In a crossover with the Ejectables and Grit & Script, Christian Bladt is joined by Nick Clement and Bill Narducci to talk to Nick Waters about writing the screenplay for "The Adventures of Ford Fairlane", and his career which also included "Heathers", "Hudson Hawk", "Demolition Man" and "Batman Returns"

Christian starts off this interview special chatting with Terri & Todd from Blond Viper about their song "Represent" and then chats with Drew Cagle about his work with his band The Reputation, including their song "All Figured Out".

Host Christian Bladt chats with Tesla founding member Troy Lucketta and his collaborator Rizz on their new project Rizz & The Believerz. Then, Christian is joined by musician Marcus Nand.

Christian welcomes back to the Bladtcast David Brody and Liam McEneany to discuss the last cinematic gasp of both 2024 and Sony's Extended Spider-Man universe (without Spider-Man): Kraven the Hunter starring Aaron Taylor Johnson and Russell Crowe.

Christian provides a straight-forward matter-of-fact explanation as to why Die Hard is absolutely a Christmas movie. Then, he's joined by Cayley from Once Over With Cayley (AKA "Lucy Tightbox") to discuss this perfect specimen of 80's action. Finally, Mark and Katie Hampton explain how important Die Hard has been, and continues to be in their relationship.

Continuing a tradition that begun last year, Christian welcomes back to the show Cayley from "Once Over with Cayley" (AKA Lucy Tightbox) to discuss a true Christmas classic: Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2.

Christian has two great musician conversations: first up Peter Orullian discusses his ambitious Christmas rock project Symphony North, and then, Grand Funk Railroad co-founder Mark Farner discusses his latest album "Closer to Home".

Christian welcomes back to the show Nikki Bailey, to discuss the greatest Christmas special ever made: Jim Henson's "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas"

Christian welcomes back to the show Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes to discuss a true rarity in the 2,024th year of our lord: a movie that is not just good, but actually GREAT: "Gladiator 2". They also spend a few minutes on "Red One" and "Dear Santa".

Christian spends the entire show with filmmaker Adam Schomer to discuss his documentary "Selling Superman" about one family's 40-year secret comic book collection, which is now available On Demand as a Four Part series.

In an extended an uncensored version of a conversation that was originally presented on Geekscape's "Marvel Movie Talk", Christian discusses "Venom: The Last Dance" with his in-theater companion for the movie, Eric Conner, and also friends of the show David Brody and Adam "Hughezy / The H Man" Hughes.

Christian commemorates episode 616 by exploring the greatest comic book stories from the Marvel Comic Book Universe (AKA 616) with special guests Jeff Winstead, Nate Miller, Eric Conner and David Brody.

The 2024 MLB Playoffs necessitated a first ever for the Bladtcast: a playoff wrap-up special. This postseason had tremendous moments for Mets fans, Yankee haters and Dodgers fans, plus some feel good stories for teams like the Tigers and Royals. Christian talks about the teams with the three highest payroll in the sport with David "Salman" Weiss, "Count" Eric Conner and David "David" Brody.

Christian welcomes back to the show David Brody and Fard Muhammad to discuss Jason Reitman's new film "Saturday Night", about the 90 minutes before the first episode of Saturday Night Live. Plus they talk about their earliest and some of their favorite memories of the show.

Continuing our conversation about the second Joker film, Christian first chats with Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes, and then has an additional chat with Liam McEneany.

Christian talks to comic book scholar Laura Grafton about Todd Phillips "Joker: folie a deux" and the history of the Harley Quinn character and her relationship with Joker.

Christian welcomes back to the show Liam McEneany and Phil Svitek to discuss the latest Francis Ford Coppola film, "Megalopolis" (A Fable).

To look ahead to the 2024 MLB Playoffs, Christian welcomes back to the show our traditional panel of David Weiss (AKA Salman), David Brody, Flobo Boyce and Devin Gordon, author of "So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin' True Story of the New York Mets―the Best Worst Team in Sports". They start off discussing the Mets unbelievable playoff run, culminating in a shocking roller-coaster of a win in Atlanta the day after the official ending of the regular season. Then they look at all the teams in the playoffs and pick who they think has what it takes to win it all.

(From 3/12/14) It's time to get things started with an entire episode devoted to discussing the Muppets with friend of the show Gene Barretta and his brother Bill, who discusses 25 years working with the Muppets and "Muppets Most Wanted".

Christian is joined by Matt Kelly and Katie Hampton to discuss Ron Howard's recent documentary "Jim Henson: Idea Man" and the legacy of the Muppets wtih the Barretta Boys, Gene and Bill Barretta.

To discuss the recent release of Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice", Christian welcomes back to the show Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes, Cayley from "Once Over with Cayley" (AKA Lucy Tightbox) and making his triumphant return since his previous appearance way back on Bladtcast episode #27, Dan Carroll. Because this was recorded on Friday the 13th, they also each discuss a memorable entry in that film series.

After giving you all PLENTY of time to see "Deadpool and Wolverine", we provide our super-cut of conversations that were originally had about the film over on Marvel Movie Talk on the Geekscape Network. Christian has three separate conversations with some great guests: Katie Hampton, David Brody, Nate Miller, Erik Nagel, Eric Conner, Cayley from "Once Over with Cayley" (AKA Lucy Tightbox), Adam "Hughezy" / "The H Man" Hughes, Alexa Cappiello, Jeff Williams and Alana Jordan.

Christian welcomes back to the show Bladtcast founding members Liev and Agent Starling to offer their SPOILER-FILLED reactions to Deadpool & Wolverine. They also revisit with an old friend from the early days of the podcast and a long-forgotten Twitter account from the old Dennis Miller Show.

Christian is joined by Don Jamieson and Carsen to react to Aerosmith's announcement that they're retiring from touring, seemingly forever. They look back on the band's 50 year career, celebrate the highs, scoff at the lows and share some of their personal remembrances of the greatest American rock band.

Christian is joined for the entire show by musician Peter Noone, who talks about his life, career, musical headlines and some of the latest headlines in rock n roll. Later, they're treated to a surprise visit from Jackie The Joke Man Martling.

Christian chats with two great musicians this week: first up, Marc Ferrari of Cold Sweat, Keel and more. Then he talks to Marcus Nand, who is currently touring with Mike Tramp of White Lion.

Christian reviews the latest Star Wars series "The Acolyte" with Kaitlin Cornell, Mark Hampton and Jordan & Erik from "It's Erik Nagel".

For the first time in years, Christian welcomes back to the show Old Man Morin, who is visiting from Australia. They discuss "Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F", now available on Netflix, their whirlwind tour of the greater Burbank, California area, Transformers, GI Joe and MUCH MORE! (As addressed in the episode: the audio is knowingly subpar as Christian intentionally recorded using the built-in laptop microphone.)

Christian welcomes back to the show Dennis Miller and Jon Lovitz to look back on their tenure on Saturday Night Live and celebrate 600 episodes of the Bladtcast.

On the verge of the release of the landmark 600th episode of The Bladtcast, it's a throwback episode! Not only is it an audio-only recording, but Christian sits down with founding member of The Bladtcast Will Sterling, who is preparing to leave California, taking a cross country drive to his new home in New York City's Harlem neighborhood.