Talking Beards

The guys get together to talk about the Cleveland Cavaliers latest championship win. Josh and I talk with the child about experiencing his first real championship win being from the area. Lots of other sports talk was had, sport this, sport that. I thought this episode had some good zingers in it so I thought I would share. Previously we had already spent over 2 hours recording a bunch of miscellaneous things, so there are a few call backs that may just go over your head! Hope you enjoy this little taste into the life of The Beardcaster. If you enjoy the show please consider helping me out and making a donation to my Patreonpage. It is easy and you can make a tiny donation, or a large one, it all depends what kind of value YOU feel my podcast is worth. Here is also a few links to some things that you all should check out. This month is going to be crazy busy and I should have some cool stuff by the end of the month, if not before that. Keep your eyes peeled!!! Please check out our new friends at The Rustic Beardsman out of one of my favorite places, Ft. Worth, Texas. We should be hearing a little bit more about them and their products in the coming months. In the mean time check out their website and look through some of their different and interesting products. In the meantime, check out all my social media stuff, subscribe any way that works for your listening enjoyment, Itunes for you IPhone users, Google Play for you Android users.

2016 is the year of the return of the '17 year' cicada. I remember back to the summer of 1999 and this massive infestation of these incredible insects. Spending 17 years underground getting ready for right now!!! Such an interesting experience and learning lesson. Normally I have a guest on to talk about beard stuff but not this week, I tried to interview multiple cicada's. I felt this was an amazing situation and a cool "once in a 17 year" experience that I wanted to document. My son and I went out on Memorial Day with a tip where we could find the first of these visitors to our area. I recorded a walk through the woods with Lukas and I talking about the 17 year Cicada and trying to capture an exclusive interview with this elusive insect. Take a listen as I give some really bad information about the cicada and try to get an insect to talk to me. You can hear the thousands of cicadas 'signing' in the background as we try and unlock the facts of these very interesting creatures that turn our life upside down every 17 years. In researching information about these fascinating creatures I stumbled upon a website called cicadamania.com and found a fun video all about them. Thank you to cicadamania.com for letting us use their audio to help us explain the story of the 17 year cicada. Since I am no expert in cicadas, I needed to reach out to someone who would know better than I would. Take a listen to this very informative episode about an interesting insect that invades our neighborhoods, our pets stomachs, and our hearts. Thanks cicadamania.com for all your help and information!!!

Groomed Gorilla

One of my favorite "beard-o's" in the community, Anthony " The Stache" Fontes joins me for an afternoon of talking about the bearding community. Anthony and I began our journeys around the same time in the world of facial hair competitions. Setting lofty goals right off the bat, Anthony has got his personality all over his styles and has delivered in getting he face, and beard, out there. His approach of style is more of a creative branding of himself and a way to get in front of a completely new audience and share the world of creative facial hair design. Take a listen and find out how Anthony started off growing, competing, designing, and organizing events in the bearding world. This was one fun time with a good guy. He has a great view on the community and interesting thoughts on self promotion. There are many great stories in this podcast. Take a listen and take away some excellent insight from one of the communities well known faces and beards. Thanks to Anthony Fontes and the Wings of Destiny for a fun afternoon!!! Please check out these links below to things we discussed. Subscribe on ITunes, Stitcher, and now GooglePlay. Let your friends know about this podcast and help me try and grow something special!!!

Be sure to call them locally at 330-792-9740 and mention "Burgers and Beards Festival" for the rate. They are giving us this rate for an extended period, but don't wait to book as this is also graduation time and these room book up quickly.

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Master beard grower and competitor Chad Roberts joins me this episode to talk about being a world famous actor and being in the elite group of such famous actors such as George Clooney or Tom Hanks. Chad keeps his ego in check and shares his story and his beard and the formation of the RVA Beard League over 62 years ago. Chad has found himself involved with many local charity activities in the Richmond Virginia area giving back to the community and trying to shed positive light on the bearding and mustache lifestyle. We talk about the history of the freestyle beard style and the development of some of his iconic freestyle designs. Discussion of his grooming processes and products were shared and his inspirations for some of the spectacular creations. Chad is an All-Star in the bearding community and goes above and beyond for his local community and his work in "secret" governmental programs. I consider Chad to be one of the fathers at the fore front of the facial hair movement going on right now. Check out these following links to get more information on things that Chad and I discussed.

Possibly one of the most iconic beards in the history of beards, I was joined by Santa Clause! A few months of rest makes this jolly fella hungry for some perfectly toasted bread and leads him to Morgan's On The Square in Chardon, Ohio, and to me. What a perfect time I had asking Santa the "hardball" questions and finding out some cool history of Christopher Kringle. Possibly one of the most interesting individuals I have ever met, Santa discussed some interesting topics. We discussed his immense knowledge of UFO lore, Viking beard history, Amish culture, and making children happy. Old St. Nick was full of fun stories about beards and other assorted historical facts such as his possible influence of Thomas Edison and thirst of money and power. Sometimes giving coal to those who are all about "power" causes them to turn lemons into lemonade. Santa talks about the imposters found at the local malls and their lack of commitment to the true spirit of what he is about. The Beardcaster is all about promoting good people who have good messages who do good. It was a dream come true to interview the most pure soul around. Take a listen and share with those that you love, Santa isn't perfect-he is just like us. Santa reminds us of the true spirt of Christmas and importance of being good to our peers and family and making children happy. Our children are our future and the love and support we give them help mold them into loving and caring adults, the future of our world.

We are currently gearing up for The 5th Annual Great Lakes Beard and Mustache Championship which is located at the world famous, Cleveland Agora. It is our second year hosting the event and the charity we will be working with is called Youth Challenge. You can click the link for more information on all the wonderful things they do!!! You can also make a donation to them by clicking this------->DONATE!!!!! Thank you to everyone that supports us!!!