Will gives an update on hip surgery, Christian and Brad detail their personal history, and Brad explains why he doesn’t swear on podcasts but at Disneyland. Brad gives his account of watching Christian masterfully get Felix ready for school, which Christian credits to YouTube channels "Truck Tunes" and "Pink Fong", which leads to a conversation about what happens when you actually engage internet commenters. Christian also compares political nerds to actual nerds, and the guys have a surprising conversation about the history of hip hop and why Beastie Boys "License to Ill" does NOT hold up. There's excitement for "Solo", and questions about whether or not "Infinity War" can capitalize on the "Black Panther" phenomenon.

The episode winds down with a surprisingly heartfealt conversation about how Brad and Will dealt with heartbreak in their life, and could have had the perfect ending if Brad didn't ruin a conversation about accents.

Christian and Captain EO are back at Agent Starling's place for a rollicking conversation that includes Indian food, doughnuts, white guys, DMX evading taxes and stealing cars,and perfecting Twitter jokes. Then, they examine Jessica Jones Season 2 and discuss Stephen Spielberg's aversion to Netflix while supporting an antiquated view of filmmaking. The guys also map out plans for the X-Men, Star Wars and Transformer film franchises, and Christian and Will at long last hammer out their difference with "The Last Jedi". Plus, you'll find out which comedian Christian compares to “The Force Awakens” and everyone shares their excitement for Infinity War.

Christian sits down with filmmaker Patrick Meaney to talk about his work, including his film "Chris Claremont's X-Men".

Christian and Captain EO head over to Agent Starling's house to recap their time with Live, tidy up some unresolved storylines, and dive into the ole viewer mailbag to respond to your comments, cards and letters.

On an all new Bladtcast 271, "Lievcast 2018: The Bladtcast Five Year-and-Two-Month-a-versary", Christian, Agent Starling, Captain EO are joined in studio by their old pal Liev (and his anonymous non-mic'd girlfriend) to look back on The Dennis Miller Show, the early days of The Bladtcast, his decision to be sober and quit smoking at the same time, working multiple jobs with Captain EO, The Wall, and authors actually writing books with their name on them. A conversation about re-watching "Friends" and "Frasier" allows Will to reflect on the passing of actor John Mahoney, which leads to discussion of the greatness of "Newsradio". There's also talk of ex-wives, ex-girlfriends, being "not quite racist", Deadpool 2, and a throwaway question about the Wonder Woman Movie leads to a surprisingly deep conversation about gender roles in media. Will discusses unwanted sexual advances on social media, and the gang takes a Kwok down memory lane and ultimately look back on the greatness that was the Groove Cruise.

On an all-new Bladtcast #270, "Krysten Ritter? I hardly know her!", Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are finally back together in the studio, starting off with some real world talk about Will's impending surgery and a little disagreement between Christian and Jeff that has since been smoothed over. Then, we finally get Jeff's reaction to the Patriots loss in this years' Super Bowl. To keep Will invested, the conversation then shifts to the Batman animated series, Captain EO chimes in about "Too Funny to Fail" the Hulu documentary about "The Dana Carvey Show" and some of the other great original content from streaming services,

there's also a rapid-fire conversation about a variety of series, including "Runaways", "Agents of SHIELD", "The Punisher", "Altered Carbon", "Almost Human" and more as Christian discusses the increasing demands on his time with two kids, including the early stages of potty-training his two-and-a-half year old son Felix. There's an update on Dennis Miller's "Red Circle Sports" podcast, a look back to St. Patrick's Day 2015, Dames and Games, Bladtcasting from the car, and LA weather compared to the East Coast. Christian and Will BRIEFLY disagree about "The Last Jedi" but save the bulk of the conversation for another day, so that the guys can begin planning in earnest a celebratory afternoon with Live to commemorate Christian's belated birthday and the belated fifth anniversary of the Bladtcast -- the results of which you will hear NEXT WEEK on Bladtcast #271.

Christian spends 85 minutes with Mark Cicchini one of the co-hosts of the "Three Sides of the Coin" Kiss podcast, talking about Kiss (of course), Aerosmith, Alice Cooper and more!

Christian and Captain EO are joined by Christian Toto of Hollywood in Toto to discuss the 2018 Academy Awards, the telecast, the awards, the movies themselves and everything else surrounding Hollywood's biggest night.

[NOTE: For the video version of this episode, go to the Bladtcast YouTube Channel]

Christian continues the conversation about the "Black Panther" film and its cultural significance in a SPOILER-FILLED conversation with special guests Alexis Torres and Shalako Gordon.

Christian, Agent Starling and Captain EO are in studio to give their SPOILER-FILLED reactions to "Black Panther", the film's importance, the character, what's next for the Marvel and DC Cinematic Universes and predictions for "Infinity War".