Casting for Fun Podcast

35 years ago over the span of just under two months, seven legendary rock albums were released. In this week's episode we celebrate the first two of these incredible seven albums, Use Your Illusion I & II by Guns N' Roses. Over the next few weeks we will also dive into other noteworthy rock albums of the era with special guests.

To tie a bow on all things World Cup, podcast regular Eddie Ramirez returns to discuss the championship match between Spain and Argentina, the third place game between England and France which felt like a championship game, and everything else that went down over the past six weeks of amazing soccer! There was also a little pop culture event that took place this past weekend called Comic Con, you may have heard of it. We dive into that too! World Cup talk starts at 2:42 and Comic Con talk starts at 28:00.

Hey Yo! We're celebrating the 30th anniversary of one of Professional Wrestling's great storylines ever, the night that Hulk Hogan went bad and everything leading up to it! Danny Pineda returns to the show and we discuss the various intriguing stories lines presented on WCW tv leading up to that fateful night in Daytona Beach on July 7, 1996.

We're celebrating the 40th anniversary of one of the best sequels ever, the Karate Kid Part 2! Danny Pineda returns to dive into this classic from the 80's, discuss the unique setting of taking the franchise outside the confides of the San Fernando Valley, and the great performances from Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita. Spoilers as usual!

More World Cup action coming at you here on the Casting for Fun Podcast! Eddie Ramirez, Sean Luevano (making his long awaited return to the show), and I dive into our favorite aspects of the tournament thus far, discuss the recent upsets from the round of 32 (Paraguay over Germany?! Morocco over The Netherlands?!) and get you ready for the massive USA vs. Bosnia game tonight, July 1st!

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of beloved 80's classic comedy, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, friends of the show Davis Bench and Nathan Wolfe both join me to discuss favorite scenes, interesting facts about the movie, the influence that the Ferris Bueller character has had on pop culture, and much more!

Part 2 of the World Cup 2026 recap sees Nick Turner and I discuss the exciting USA victory over Australia, the GOAT discussion between Messi and Ronaldo, stadiums across the land singing Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver, previewing the USMNT last group stage game against Turkey, and much more!

In the first episode recap of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, friend of the show Nick Turner returns to discuss the inspiring and exciting first game from the United States Men's National Team, including goals from Florian Belogun, the own goal by Paraguay, the reversed yellow card issued initially to the U.S. then reissued to Paraguay, and so much more! We also dive into highlights for some of the other games and get you ready for USA's big game against Australia.

My kiddos Avery and Liam join me for our annual traditional end of school year episode to talk about their life highlights including game winning softball hits, learning piano, painting Super Mario Bros. themed masterpieces, what they learned from their teachers this past year, and so much more!

The quirky, odd ball comedy with Jack Black, Nacho Libre, turns 20 this month and to celebrate, friend of the show Joel Tibbett returns to discuss our favorite scenes from the movie and how we quote the movie in our everyday lives! At the top of the show I briefly preview the 2026 World Cup and pay tribute to the recently departed Anthony Head (Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer). Nacho Libre talk with Joel starts at the 9:20 mark in case you want to skip ahead.