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To celebrate the thirtieth episode of QCUncut, host Sean Leary brings in longtime friend and artistic collaborator Rick Davis, to talk about his wide-ranging and entertaining career on the local arts scene, from his days as a stand-up and the local famous "Casino Rock Island" guy to his dramatic work on "Lobby Hero" and film work with My Verona Productions on "Your Favorite Band," "Dingo Boogaloo" and various short films, to his many years as a popular entertainer at Comedy Sportz to his new gig as a motivational speaker. It's a fun and funny conversation, for episode 30 of your podcast for uncut, uncensored, unedited conversation!

David Casas talks about his upcoming benefit show Applause for Paws for the Kings Harvest Animal Shelter, Jan. 20. Casas also talks about his busy and successful year as a magician, including gigs in Las Vegas and around the midwest, including appearances on Chicago TV station WGN and at the Chicago ComicCon. He also chats about his plans for 2019, including a regional tour.

Actor, comedian, writer, director and all around good guy Doug Kutzli shows up on the latest episode of QCUNCUT, your source for uncut, unedited, uncensored talk with local newsmakers. There might be one or two salty words on this one, so keep that in mind if you play it with kids around. That said, there are also plenty of funny stories about Doug's life in theater and plenty of joking around between Doug, Sean, and Tristan Tapscott, who shows up for a cameo appearance at Theo's and regales us with his fantastic tales. Doug and Tristan are here to plug their latest show, "A Christmas Carol," running Dec. 8-22 at Countryside Community Theater. For more information, see Home.

Anya and Nick talk about the upcoming extravaganza Dancing With The Q-C Stars, coming up from 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 at Jumers, Rock Island, as well as their dancing and performing careers in the Q-C area and their home grounds of Cleveland, Ohio!

Maddux Whitmarsh, a 12-year-old junior high student, and her mother, Liz Mayer, have a lengthy, compelling and emotional discussion with Sean Leary about the bullying issues Maddux has faced as a pre-teen member of the LGBTQ community and a creative outsider. She relates her story and we talk about our own stories of bullying and school issues and discuss potential solutions and actions to alleviate and ultimately hopefully eliminate the bullying problem. Maddux also performs one of her favorite songs and talks about how the creative arts have helped her and her friends.

The creative forces behind Ballet Quad Cities talk about their upcoming show, Paris En Pointe, which features a melange of wonderfully choreographed dance inspired by beautiful French art. It's a unique and powerful artistic combination, and Sean Leary talks with the creators about their inspiration, behind-the-scenes stories of it being brought to life and collects various other colorful anecdotes.

Sean has a lengthy and intriguing conversation with Rock Island Mayor Mike Thoms about various projects and goings on around the city, including new business development, the former Walmart situation, the fate of the courthouse, the Blue Cat switch-over, District events and plans and more!

Sean talks with Gwen Tombergs, the president of the new Quad City Storm hockey team, beginning its inaugural season this fall at Moline's TaxSlayer Center, about the new team, the challenges in starting up the business, drawing in fans from hockey fanatics to the casual observer, and more!

Muscatine born-and-raised and current Quad-Cities-based magician David Casas talks about his exploding career in the magic business, including his beginnings as a performer, his time in Las Vegas and his upcoming magic camps and classes at the Spotlight Theater in Moline, as well as his upcoming web show The Magic of David Casas debuting soon on QuadCities.com and OnMuscatine.com!

Connie Wilson has written over 40 books, interviewed celebrities around the world and has been reviewing films as long as Rex Reed. In this animated and entertaining conversation, she talks about her novels and other books, her latest award-winning screenplays, her various meetings with celebrities and other interesting travels.