Casting for Fun Podcast

Massive spoilers as usual! To discuss the second part of the final season of Cobra Kai, Danny Pineda returns to talk about the various story arcs occurring: the kids, the adults, the Mr. Miyagi deepfake, the shocking finale in Barcelona, Spain, and what we think the writers and show runners have in store for us in the final part of season 6 due sometime in 2025.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of one the best rock albums of the 90's, Sixteen Stone by Bush, Davis Bench returns to the show to discuss this amazing record track by track. Interesting facts about the album and the band are discussed.

Josh Dupre joins us for the 1st time on the show to discuss all things 311! Frequent collaborators Nick Turner, Derek Dupre, and Marcello Ambriz also return to reminisce on our times together listening to music, the music industry in general, and very briefly touch on 311's newest album Full Bloom.

The Kidd siblings, Lisa and Mike, return to the show to help celebrate the 15th anniversary of Fantastic Mr. Fox. We go over favorite scenes, our love of stop motion animation, and how brilliant of a film maker Wes Anderson is.

The long awaited 14th studio album from legendary rock band the Cure has finally been released and to celebrate the occasion friend of the show James Strong returns to dive into Songs of a Lost World track by track and discussion our mutual love of this incredible band.

To celebrate the 8th World Series championship in franchise history, frequent guests to the show Jeff Haskins, Fernando Pineda, Tadd Turner, and Nick Turner all return to discuss the momentous 2024 season the Dodgers had! We go over the highlights of the World Series, including Freddie Freeman's walk-off grand slam to win game 1. Lastly, we touch on the impact that Fernando Valenzuela had on the game of baseball and the city of Los Angeles.

Allison and I review a recently released album from one of her favorites artists, Kelsea Ballerini. We discuss her recent album Patterns, track by track, and give our thoughts on the concepts and music that she presents to us. At the top of the show I pay a special tribute to the recently departed City of Los Angeles Icon Fernando Valenzuela.

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of our favorite albums of all time, Danny returns to the show to discuss Make Yourself by Incubus. We go over this landmark album track by track and share why this album was so meaningful to us in the late 90's/early 2000's and why its still so loved to this day.

On this week's episode of the show we are celebrating the 15th anniversary of my personal favorite video game of all time, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves! Gaming enthusiast and friend of the show Nathan Wolfe returns to discuss why we love this game so much and go over key plot points of this all time gaming classic. We are also joined by Emily Rose, voice over and motion capture actress of the Elena Fisher character, with prerecorded comments specifically for the Casting for Fun podcast!

We're talking Dodger post season baseball on the Casting for Fun podcast! Sean Luevano and Nick Turner return to the show to dissect the first two games of the divisional series and our love for Dodger baseball. Marcello Ambriz also joins us with prerecorded comments about game 2 of the series.