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In the 50th episode, Sean Leary talks with his longtime friend and artistic collaborator Tristan Tapscott, about Tapscott's lengthy and eclectic career around the local arts scene, as well as their many collaborations and various interesting and scurrilous rumors surrounding them. It's a fun, funny, interesting and eyebrow-raising free form discussion you won't want to miss.

Steve Ash talks about this weekend's Planet Funk Con at the TBK Bank Entertainment Center, aka the Bettplex, and all the guests, from Butch Patrick to the Nasty Boys and more, as well as the various comic book and fantasy vendors, anime, cosplayers, quiddich tournaments and more!

QC Pride Week festivities kick off this Saturday, and Sean Leary has all the details with a lengthy conversation with the fun and creative folks behind the scenes for the massive event! We at QuadCities.com are proud to be a sponsor of the Quad-Cities Pride Week!

Local illustrator and artist Ashley Rogers talks about hosting the Q-C Planet Funk Con, coming up June 21-23 at the BettPlex, and all the cool stuff it offers. She also chats about her own background as an artist, growing up loving comics and geek culture, current scene stuff and movies, greater inclusion in superhero movies and geek culture, and more!

A few weeks back, QuadCities.com broke the story about Comedy Sportz leaving the Establishment Theater after May 25, now, Patrick Adamson, owner of CSportz, gives all the details in an in-depth conversation about the move, the future of the group, and a look back on their time in the Establishment.

Longtime area arts and theater notable Lora Adams talks about the upcoming Black Box Theater show "Silent Sky," as well as other upcoming theater productions, and her work with area PBS affiliate WQPT.

Local comedienne and actor Tori House talks about her guest-hosting gig with the Village Idiots for their Saturday Evening Live gig this weekend, as well as her work in improvisational comedy with Second City and Comedy Sportz, her acting with Prenzie Players, how she got her start and more!

Local author and podcaster William Pepper talks about his creative process, his new book, how he became an author, his podcasting career with Atari Bytes and It's A Podcast Charlie Brown! and more!

Jamie Toal, guitarist, vocalist and songwriter from the influential and impactful Quad-Cities band Tripmaster Monkey, talks about the band's reunion for a new album and live shows, as well as the band's '90s heyday signed to Sire and Elektra Records. He chats about how his wife got the new project started, what it's been like with the guys getting back together, what the new music will sound like, and various other details and anecdotes.

Local author Jason Platt, the mastermind behind the new Little Brown nationally-released book "Middle School Misadventures," talks with Sean about his creative process, the road to becoming a best-selling author, parenting and more in this fun and relaxed episode of QCUncut!