We start off with out with our high-powered, ever-loved segment, “The Good, The Bad, & The Shits”! We dig into topics from Hitler plaguing an entire facial hair style for the rest of eternity, to rehashing CTS Episode #1 & why we have never released it, seasonal decor, our podcast geography demographic, overshadowed current and former MLB players, & SO MUCH MORE!

For this edition, we finally brought in longtime listener and Casting The Spotlight advocate, as well as a good friend of the podcast, Ian Lalk. We dive into a wealth of conversational topics; the major pitfalls of micromanaging, pros & cons of the climate in some US states, the MLS being brought to our hometown of St. Louis, how everything essentially came from nothing, Elon Musk wanting to build a civilization on Mars. For the very first time we also introduce Ian to “The Good, The Bad, & The Shits” and SO MUCH MORE!

For Episode #46, we take the audience back old school between just the two co-hosts and deliver a masterful, honest episode in which we open up about our start up and vision for the podcast, how it’s progressed, & what’s come of it. We talk sports and record-breaking, the highs of success/downfalls of perfectionism, Hamburger Helper, Bill Burr, Albert Pujols’ final season on the St. Louis Cardinals, & SO MUCH MORE!

CONTENT SPOILER WARNING: For our 45th Episode we finally managed to get two guests of the past, but also two of our very best friends, Ethan Walther & Tyler Stephens to rejoin the cast for a nearly 3 hour entertainment & content-filled impassioned conversation. We dig into the recently released Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi as well as multiple theatrical films, such as The Batman and upcoming like Thor: Love & Thunder, pro wrestling, is coffee more natural/better for you than energy drinks? We have a very lengthy edition of the ever famous, “The Good, The Bad, & The Shits” segment, & so much more!

Casting The Spotlight 3-Year Anniversary Special to the date hosts none other than #Top2 professional wrestlers & great friends of ours, Savanna Stone & James Brady. For the first time in 3 years, Brady & Stone return to their Midwest stomping grounds for a wrestling show and encapsulate their current trials & tribulations for friends and audiences alike. We dig down deeper in this episode than probably any episode that has come before, as all parties involved share very real experiences to those listening. We talk pro wrestling, past struggles & heartbreaking hardships, giving life even more purpose following the deaths of close friends & loved ones, and so much more. We promise you this is an episode you will always remember, as we touch upon the listener’s heart & soul like never before. We encourage all to tune in for this very special episode.

After a slew of unprecedented guests & some extremely depth filled conversations, the two co hosts take the hot seat back and we dive into upcoming content whether it be Obi-Wan Kenobi, Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings show to air. We get into old, ridiculous stories from our first jobs and working in food, to current events & dealing with new apartment ownership douchebaggery, & so much more! We have a classic round of “The Good, The Bad, & The Shits” to top it all off & send ‘em home happy!

We bring Brendon Sebaugh back in the studio to murder with laugher and promote thought-provoking conversation like only the man can. His first solo episode as a guest on the podcast we talk nostalgia & 90’s/early 2000’s cartoons, why it’s important to see both sides of the spectrum politically, LeBron James, Brendon talks preparing for his wedding, feeling the effects of the COVID era, sweet vs. unsweet tea, the ever-trending downfall of instant gratification, & SO MUCH MORE! You’ll want to hear this one folks!

This episode we finally brought on our good friend and recently MMA turned official UFC Fighter, “The Phenom”, Evan Elder. We got deep with conversations about diet & taking care of your body, wanting to leave a lasting, meaningful legacy behind after death, why making a positive impact on the world still matters greatly, we talked In-N-Out Burger, air fryers, why My Chemical Romance’s album, “The Black Parade” holds a special place with Evan, and introduced him to our ever-famous, “The Good, The Bad, & The Shits” segment. All this & so much more! HUGE episode!

For the first time in two & a half years, our extraordinary great friend Rick Sauce re-enters the Casting The Spotlight studio. Since his last appearance, the podcast has had tremendous growth, a wealth of guests, and extremely impassioned conversations and thought-provoking points. We were delighted to bring Sauce back in to chat and ramble over St. Louis style food & city originals, deja vu and experiencing life moments that leave us wondering if they were real or unreal, the trauma and result of sustaining brain injuries, NFL offseason moves, Sauce’s ongoing feud with Frontier Airlines, are Hall of Fames credible or not? All this and SO MUCH MORE! Join us in this 40th Episode milestone!

FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, we bring in Devin Andrews, the brother of one of our two very own co-hosts. The longtime awaited episode offers no shortage of topics as we dig 3 1/2 hours deep into older-to-younger brother terrorization and pranks, 90’s original cartoons and how they impacted television for the better, Nirvana, meat & chicken farms, the path for the world going forward. Is there still hope & a future? Or are we all doomed much sooner than later? All this and SO. MUCH. MORE. You’re not going to want to miss this one folks!