Podcast Rundown 9/14/2015

Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling Podcast

Episode 264 Edinburgh LIVE with Damo, Nikki Storm, John Robertson, & Dylan Gott

Episode 265 Edinburgh LIVE with Drew Galloway, Kyle Kinane, Graham Clark, & Max

Episode 266 Jeff Jarrett

Great conversation with Double J talking a lot of his early days in Memphis wrestling, they also talk a bit about Global Force Wrestling and his time in WWF.  I could have listened to them talk for hours.

Jim Cornette Experience

Episode 90 Chael Sonnen

The always outspoken Chael Sonnen lets us know about UFC, wrestling, Roddy Piper, his gig in Global Force Wrestling and more.

Talk is Jericho

Episode 168 Sasha Banks

The boss talks about breaking in in Mass at Chaotic Wrestling, getting into WWE and the start of the Diva’s Revolution and how she wouldn’t settle for the 90’s T & A wrestling. 

Episode 173 Jado & Gedo

The bookers of NJPW and former teammates of Jericho in “Team No Respect” give us some insight in their experiences wrestling around the world.  Their broken English is a bit difficult but well worth the listen.

Episode 174 Prime Time Players

Great conversation with this duo talking about the early versions of NXT, becoming a team, breaking up for no reason, teaming up again, and Darren Young talks about what it was like after coming out.

Steve Austin Unleashed

Episodes 246 & 248 Vampiro Part 1 & 2

Interesting interview stretching over two episodes, at times I felt that Vampiro was being upfront and truthful, other times I felt he was working us with the over the top tales.

Episode 238 Johnny Mundo

Excellent conversation about leaving WWE, making it on the indy’s, Lucha Underground, getting into the movie business as an actor and stuntman. 

How Did This Get Made

Episode 118 Furious 7 LIVE w/ Adam Scott

They just love them some Fast & Furious, nothing more needs to be said.

Joe Rogan Experience

Episode 682 Mark & Chris Bell

The brothers talk about powerlifting, drug abuse, their brother’s death, Chris’s movies “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” and his new documentary “Prescription Thugs.”  Very long, and very good conversation.

Episode 690 Ronda Rousey & Edmond Tarverdyan

This is essentially a 2.5 hour shoot interview covering the entirety of Ronda’s fight career, mistakes she’s made along the way, and where she sees the future.  Her trainer Edmond chimes in his point of view.

The Moth Radio Hour

Motherlove, Money, & War

A gambler with a destructive streak tells himself he can beat the odds one last time, best-selling author Jamaica Kincaid is sent to live with her aunt after the birth of her little brother, and award winning journalist and documentary filmmaker Sebastian Junger spends years covering war.

Bill Yosses & Christine Kalafus

A White House executive pastry chef describes landing the job of a lifetime and an amateur baker decides to try her hand at making cakes for a living.

Ophira Eisenberg & Brian Babylon

Ophira Eisenberg lands a coveted role in the school play and Brian Babylon runs a side business at his summer job.

Oreos, Heaven, and America’s Most Wanted

A mother gets surprising news in the maternity ward, a man is addicted to cookies, an elderly woman get a “ticket to heaven” and a musician helps the FBI capture one of America’s Most Wanted.

The Nerdist

Live from SDCC With Sir Ben Kingsley and Peter Capaldi

Amazing, amazing, amazing!  Ben Kinsley talks about the movie that made him get into acting and more.  Peter Capaldi talks about a band he was in with Craig Ferguson, becoming The Doctor and more.

Live from SDCC with Tom Hiddleston, Guillermo Del Toro,& Maisie Williams

Hiddleston & Del Toro talk about upcoming film Crimson Peak and other films.  Maisie Williams talks about Game of Thrones.  Great Podcast. 

Mystery Show

Episode 3 Belt Buckle

Starlee's friend finds a belt buckle in the gutter that was very unique and ornate and after 30 years of having it he wants to know who it belongs to.   

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Podcast Rundown 8/15/2015

Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling Podcast

Episode 260 Drew Gulak

Former CZW Champion and Indy Standout Drew Gulak talks to Colt about his career and where he wants it to go.

Episode 261 5^th Anniversary

This podcast features Colt talking about himself and the direction of the podcast.  Also he airs a portion of a 2012 premium podcast with Keven Steen (Owens) which is interesting based on where Steen’s career was and where he saw it going, especially when you consider where it is.

Episode 262 Truth Martini (The Border)

This episode is similar the Cliff Compton Nigeria podcast as this entire show is Truth talking about is issues getting into Canada for the biggest show of his career for Ring of Honor.  Fantastic!

Episode 263 Edinburgh LIVE Part 1: Gardo, Sha Samuels, Brendon Burns, Carl Hutchinson

No real direction, just Colt talking to a couple wrestlers and a couple comedians, all wrestling related though, at the Fringe Festival.  It’s hilarious all through-out!

WOOOOO! Nation with Ric Flair

Episode 13 Mark Madden

Ric and Mark talk about sports, WCW, and more in a great conversation between friends.  Mark has a unique perspective about his time in WCW and for DDP. 

Jim Cornette Experience

Episode 87: Live from Charlotte

Recorded at the NWA Legends Fanfest in Charlotte, NC

Talk is Jericho

Episode 161 Ian Ziering

Ian talks about he thought both Sharknado and 90210 would flop, clearly he was wrong.  Great conversation that flies by.

Episode 164 “Mr. Belding” Dennis Haskins

This has become one of my favorite’s podcast interviews!  Mr. Belding talks about what he did before acting as a road manager for one of the Alman Brothers.  What the character Mr. Belding means to him and how it doesn’t bother him that he was typecast as the character.

Episode 166 Roddy Piper Memories and New Day

Very funny chat with the members of New Day, well worth the listen.

How Did This Get Made

Episode 115: Sharknado 3 Oh Hell No! (with Scott Aukerman)

I didn’t really find this one funny, but Jason Mantzoukas is always a pleasure to listen too.

The Moth Radio Hour

Kate Braestrup & Pilar Siman

A Warden Chaplain helps others deal with death after facing her own tragedy, and a college freshman falls in love at 11pm Mass.

Camp, Cars, Cockroaches, and the Kremlin

A girl at summer camp tries to keep up with her sophisticated fellow campers, a writer loses a treasured pair of pants, a young man accused of stealing ends up living up of his car, and a writer lands in Moscow on the eve of a revolution.

Live From The Moth GrandSLAM

Taped live on July 15, 2015 in Brooklyn, New York.

Arthur Bradford & Laura Gershman

A man spends his second wedding anniversary in jail after getting picked up on an outstanding warrant from the Parks and Recreation department, and two sisters are dropped off at the mall as part of their mother’s elaborate ruse.

The Nerdist

Stand Up Cluster 2015

A series of stand up acts from Baron Vaughn, Megan Neurigner, Kyle Clark, Cameron Esposito, Carlos Delagdo, Dave Thomason, Al Jackson, Sara Schaefer, and James Adomain.

Paul Rudd
A really great conversation between Chris and Paul about everything from their dead dads and Antman. 

Mystery Show

Case 2 Britney

I first learned of this show listening to the most recent “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” podcast.  Starlee Kine created this podcast after listening to “Serial” deciding that she wanted to solve mysteries that no one else could solve.  Although this isn’t her first case it was the one that they spoke of on “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me.”  This episode is about her friend who wrote and book that did not do well and is hard to find, even she the author cannot find it. 

One day her friend saw a photo of Britney Spears carrying her book and wants to know why and if she liked it.

Case 1 Video Store
In this first case Starlee investigates her friends claim that on a Sunday she went to a video store for the first time, signed up for an account, and rented a movie.  When she went to return it the next day the video store was closed, had gone out of business and the inside of the store was empty.  This was in 2005. 

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Podcast Rundown July 27, 2015

WOOOOO! Nation with Ric Flair

Episode 12 Jim Cornette

Jim calls in and Ric and he share tales of the Midnight Express, Jim Crockett Promotions, what Jim is up too now and a lot more.

So Ric Flair has s Podcast and you would thinks being a huge Ric Flair fan I would be all over this, well I tried it and I didn't like the first episode.  It was with Kurt Angle and I simply didn't like anything about it.  I didn't really enjoy this one and I think it has to do with the fact that they talked a lot about the JCP days.  I'll check out others now from that time frame.

Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling Podcast

Episode 258 Lance Hoyt

Lance talks about breaking into wrestling, how he started with TNA, his cup of coffee in WWE and becoming Big in Japan

Episode 259 Providence LIVE

Featuring Nick Gage, Rich Palladino, Joey Ryan, Steve “The Turtle” Weiner, and Team Tremendous

Recorded live at Fete Music after Beyond Wrestling, a few good stories would like to hear longer podcasts with Nick Gage and Team Trememdous.

Talk is Jericho

Episode 156 Scott Baio

The former team heartthrob talks about his career and his longevity in Hollywood.  It’s clear though that he knows nothing about Chris Jericho.

Episode 159 Raven

Most of this episode is Jericho talking with his son Ash.  The portion with Raven is about 40 minutes long and way, way too short.  He did record more later that evening and will release that later.  The Raven part is fantastic, I can’t wait for the future episode.

Episode 160 Randy Blythe

The Lamb of God lead singer talks about his upcoming book but mostly about his time in a Czech Prison where he spent 37 days on a manslaughter charge.  Very interesting, I will probably buy his book.

Steve Austin Unleashed

Episode 236 Eric Van Wagenen

Eric Van Wagenen is the Executive Producer and Showrunner for Lucha Underground on the El Ray network.  Get the behind the scenes story on how the show came about and what he feels the future of the program is.  Van Wagenen also worked with Steve on Tough Enough in 2011, and has worked on several Mark Burnett shows.

How Did This Get Made

Episode 113 Live Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze with Adam Pally

Filmed in New York City, as always it’s hilarious and of course Jason Mantzoukas makes 9/11 jokes.

Episode 114 Runaway with Rhea Butcher

I’ve never seen this movie, nor do I want to.  Not my favorite episode, took me a few tires to get through it.

The Moth Radio Hour

Blue Men, Psychopaths, and a Bad Date

After many years in the legendary Blue Man Group a performer makes a profound connection with an audience member, a world-renowned neuroscientist identifies patterns in the brains of psychopathic killers, and Saturday Night Live alum Rachel Dratch meets a debonair man at a cocktail party and dares to think he might be Mr. Right.

Snow White and the Screaming Meemies

A 5 year old girl is caught stealing by her mother, a shy writer gives her first ever interview on national V, a child gets caught in the shelter shuffle of the foster system, and a wilderness search and rescue teacher goes out on a ledge to help a young man.

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Podcast Rundown May 19, 2015

Colt Cabana’s Art of Wrestling

Episode 249 Kevin Sullivan

The Taskmaster shares how he got into wrestling, experiences over the years working on booking committees, life in WCW and so much more.

Episode 250 Disco Inferno

Disco talks about his time on the indy’s before signing with WCW, his time in WCW and what he did after, why he didn’t go to WWE.  He also talks candidly about his arrest for running and illegal poker game.

The Ross Report

Episode 62 Bobby Roode

Great interview with Roode discussing his career not just all things TNA, he was in WCW doing dark matches the last couple weeks they were around before the WWE purchase.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Unleashed

Episode 214 & 215 Shane Douglas Part 1 & 2

Really good interview with Douglas about all aspects of his career, some stories I had heard before and others were new to me.

Family Friendly Show

Episode 217 & 219 Dixie Carter

Candid conversation with the President of TNA, what she did before the wrestling business, how she got into it and her thoughts on the past, present, and future of TNA.  Part 2 also features Jim Ross.

Talk is Jericho

Episode 139 Sheamus

Sheamus talks about his most recent return to WWE, his new look and being a heel.  He also goes into his WWE Tryouts and his early years in the UK.

Episode 140 Billy Corgan

Fresh off signing with TNA as part of their creative team Corgan talks about his role there, Revolution Pro Wrestling and his upcoming tour. 

Episode 141 Paranormal Dean Ambrose

A unique episode has very little wrestling is talked about and instead they discuss Sasquatch, their own ghost and UFO experiences, and more.  Really good one! 

Pipers Pit

Episode 54 “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey

Piper talks to his namesake about getting into Judo, acting, stunt work, their mutual love and admiration for Gene Lebell, and her recent Wrestlemania experience. 

How Did this Get Made

Episode 110 The Island of Dr. Moreau

It was a good episode but I apparently like this show a lot for Jason Mantzoukas who wasn’t on this episode.  It was good but he could have made it so much better.

The Moth

Mother, Mommy, Mama, Mom

Molly Ringwald finds herself in the principal’s office with her daughter, a young man navigates life with his single mom, a boy who loves Barbies is terrified at the thought of playing tackle football, and a daughter contemplates how to face her mother’s death with grace.

 

Podcast Rundown May 6, 2015

Podcast Rundown for May 6, 2015

Colt Cabana – Art of Wrestling

Episode 247 Scott Norton

I was always a fan of Scott Norton and this is a great conversation.  I knew he was an arm wrestling champion but I didn’t know he was briefly in Over the Top and won the Arm Wrestling tournament that the film put on.  He talks about wrestling in Japan, WCW and what he’s doing now. 

Episode 248 Cardiff Live! With Harry Smith, Bob Holly, & Steven Lynskey

Recorded live in Cardiff, Wales in the UK at the Showmasters Comic Con.  Really good interview with Bob Holly and Harry Smith, I learned a side of both of them that I hadn't known before.  Here is the video of the Original Tiger Mask Satoru Sayama "training" his students that Harry speaks of in the podcast.  Bob Holly's reaction is hilarious!

The Ross Report

Episode 61 Shawn Michaels

I’m a huge fan of Jim Ross on commentary and Shawn Michaels is one of the all-time greatest, so this podcast has all the potential in the world to be great, but I just couldn’t get into it.  This is a recurring theme with me and Ross’ podcast.  They all seem to deteriorate to how the boys today don’t get the same experience back in the day because the territories don’t exist anymore. 

Episode 62 Bobby Roode
Great interview with Roode about his early career and his insight in TNA.  Ross of course has to bring up home wrestling isn't as good with the territory days and how wrestlers aren't as good as they used to be.  I realize it's his opinion but he brings it up every episode. 

Stone Cold Steve Austin Show

Episode 211 Mark & Chris Bell

Mark Bell is the founder of Super Training Gym and Chris is a documentarian who has released two films to date, the first “Bigger, Strong, Faster” which was fantastic and his upcoming feature that seems equally as interesting, “Prescription Thugs.”  Check this podcast to hear all about prescription drug abuse including Chris’ own battles that he filmed for their flick.  Mark talks all about training tips, how he got into powerlifting and more.  Great listen, well worth checking out.

The Joe Rogan Experience

Episode 423 – Gene LeBell

The legendary “Judo” Gene LeBell talks about the first ever MMA fight that happened in the United States back in 1963 and he was one of the competitors.  He talks about who he trained with, who he’s training now, and so much more about mixed martial arts.  A must listen! 

Talk is Jericho

Episode 138 Lance Storm on Extreme Rules & Larry King

I didn’t listen to the Larry King portion of the show.  Lance Storm provided good insight on the PPV and I always like listening to his recaps with Jericho.

Episode 137 Monday Night Wars - Bischoff vs. Prichard
This Podcast was recorded Live on the day of the Royal Rumble and is a unique talk about the Monday Night Wars that I hadn't heard before.  Bischoff has the worst memory which is about dates and events at times.  I simply can't believe that he didn't know that when Monday Nitro started it was a 1 hour program and didn't go to two hours until May of 1996 and didn't hit 3 hours until December 1997. 

The Moth

Farms, Fish Banks, and an Iron Roof

All of the storytellers in this hour are New Voices Fellows from the Aspen Institute.  A leading advocate for food security must reassess her won relationship to food, a young man dreams of an iron roof for his family, a pragmatic idealist learns to really listen to her friend, an a marine expert tries to

Parties, Plans, and Police

A Son plans the party of a lifetime for his mother, a cancer patient seeks out the men who have shaped his identity, and a little boy visits his Lieutenant father of the police station.

Crime and Forgivness
A retired pickpocket remembers when he first enrolled in pickpocketing school, a young woman recounts the difficulty of being a Mormon in New York City, and the victim of a random stabbing faces his attacker in court.
  

Biff & Ted’s Excellent Podcast Adventure

Episode 21 Chaotic Wrestling Owner Jamie Jamitkowski

Great listen, learn about Chaotic Wrestling and how they came to be.  Most importantly hear the story of Vince McMahons only independent wrestling appearance.
 

The Nerdist Podcast

Episode 666 Eliza Coupe

New Hampshire native and Scrubs alumnus Eliza Coupe stops by the Nerdist Podcast to talk about her life, her upcoming projects, and the fact that she rights every day in an almost obsessive manner.  Great listen!

How Did This Get Made

Episode 108 Con Air live with Seth Grahame-Smith

This episode is awesome! These guys are in love with Nicolas Cage and listening to them talk about it is hilarious. 

 
Episode 109 Face Off live with Randall Park
Again this is an awesome episode, they love this movie with passion and still manage to point out it's faults. 

Wrestling Podcasts

I’ll spare you the history of podcasts, but let’s just say they really started to take off in 2004.  In 2011 Colt Cabana launched his podcast “The Art of Wrestling” and even though there was been dozens and dozens of wrestling podcast since then Colt’s although may not be the first is definitely the best. 

I had heard about it before but I didn’t start listening until May 2014 and that was because I wanted to listen to episode 193 the live Wrestling Road Diaries Too show as I was very excited to watch the Wrestling Road Diaries Too DVD when it was released. 

After that 1 episode I was hooked and since then have listened to all available episodes and am currently downloading episode 240.  This weekend I will be attending the Boston Pro Wrestling Marathon with featuring a live Art of Wrestling podcast taping.  I couldn’t be more excited about that!

Some of my favorite episodes feature Cliff Compton, Luke Gallows, CM Punk, Cesaro, and too many to mention.  I really like the format of Cabana’s podcast, it always starts out with a brief add, the opening theme, a monologue by Colt that leads into to song of the week which is wrestling related, then another well done ad by Colt and then the podcast begins.  The average time of this opening is usually less than 10 minutes and goes by fast.  The average conversation, not an interview, last about an hour, and then Colt concludes with a summary plugs and upcoming events. 

What I like the most is Colt never interrupts the conversation with advertisements and he is really good at getting people to open up but mostly it just sounds like two friends chatting.  Also all of Colt’s podcasts are done in person and not over the phone.  To me the quality this brings to the product far exceeds that of simply audio but enables them to interact much better off of each other’s body language and lessens the chance that they will talk over or interrupt each other.  By far this is my favorite podcast. 

There are so many other wrestling one’s out there that it’s hard to keep track.  My podkicker app doesn’t have the greatest search feature for podcasts, and it also depends on the show is posted to the internet as well. The other wrestling podcasts I have or currently listen to are;

Chris Jericho: Talk is Jericho

Jim Ross: The Ross Report

Steve Austin: two shows a week, one family friendly and one unleashed

Roddy Piper: Piper’s Pit-pod

Taz: The Human Podcast Machine

All of the podcasts are pretty good The Human Podcast Machine is just getting off the ground.  They all utilize interviews over the phone, so the audio can be tinny, and sometimes they have interview in person.  But these are interviews for the most part, not conversations, the only one that does more of a conversation is Christ Jericho. 

Also these do not exclusively have wrestling guest on them, Taz does to date, but people from all walks of entertainment, so I don’t listen to them all.  My biggest issue with all but Taz is the number of commercial breaks, they start with an ad, have a long intro, another ad, then during the interview a couple ad breaks and they conclude with more ads.  These podcasts can be anywhere from 90 minutes to over 2 hours long with the interview being only an hour of this time.  Ross is the worst for rambling and it just gets boring.  I find myself skipping ahead to the interview. 

Colt’s is the only one that I listen to the whole thing from beginning to end and the only one that I listen to every episode guaranteed, but his a strictly wrestling podcast.

Other podcasts that I listen to include:

The Nerdist Podcast – featuring Chris Hardwick and regular co-hosts Jonah Ray and Matt Mira featuring guests with celebrities and as well as episodes called hostfuls that have no guest at all.  They discuss and many topic from their personal lives and pop culture.

The Moth – a Public Radio show featuring storytelling taped at live events around the country.  They range from comedy to drama and can be pretty heart felt at times. 

How Did This Get Made – hosted by Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas each episode has different guest featuring deconstruction and mockey of bad films.  They have even featured Hulk Hogan films No Holds Barred and Mr. Nanny. 

All of them are worth checking out.

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