This week we have a real treat. DJ and Dan Ward (over skype) are greeted by three members of the crew of the USS Enterprise. They sit down with Captain James Tiberius Kirk, Mr. Spock, and Mr. Sulu to talk Trek. They even hail some other members of the team and we get to talk with more Captains from the bracket. Remember to vote all week on the Craziest Captain bracket at www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls
Feb 18, 2015•25 min
We're almost there. This week we have Kevin Su, the original guest, on to talk about the final round of out Craziest Captain bracket. We break down the final two competitors and analyze them to determine who is truly the craziest. We also talk with superfan Dan Ward about his take on the bracket and we bring on CTO Caroline Amaba to discuss the next bracket, The Ultimate Android. Vote at www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls all week on the final round.
Feb 16, 2015•1 hr 24 min
What a treat. We have the opportunity to speak with legendary racer and Smash powerhouse, Captain Douglas J Falcon. He won the Grand Prix. He defeated Master Hand. Now he is coming to our Bracketeer Interview segment to talk about his incredible career and some of his amazing future projects. Vote on our Craziest Captain bracket all week at www.madbracketstatus.com/p/polls
Feb 09, 2015•20 min
Thar he blows! We bring on friend of the show Chris Diggins to analyze the Elite Eight round of our Craziest Captain bracket. We determine the Final Four with a winner from the Space, Hero, Sea, and Other divisions. We also get a chance to talk with Tavit from King Post Games, the creators of Moby Dick or The Card Game. He schools us on why Captain Ahab should win the entire competition. We take a look at some of our prospective future brackets and plug a million things at the end. Classic Mad B...
Feb 09, 2015•1 hr 35 min
I hope everyone enjoyed the big game. We recorded an episode of our show LIVE at Jay's Super Bowl party and it is hysterical. We go through the results of Round 2 of the Craziest Captain bracket and we make some predictions on the new round. Musical contributor Nick Porcaro and frequent guest Jay Van Buiten join us as well as Jon Muzikowski a.k.a. Muzik. We get them answer the tough questions. If you could, who would you switch bodies with? What is Captain Kangaroo up to now? What is Captain Fal...
Feb 02, 2015•41 min
This week on Reckless Speculation, we are talking to everyone at special guest Jay Van Buiten's Super Bowl party. We have at least ten different bits of Reckless Speculations that span from Marchawn Lynch's future in football to the halftime show to whether someone is or is not an obscure video game character. And yes we did technically put this up before the game. So if anything here is right, here is proof that we are magic.
Feb 01, 2015•18 min
It's not TV. It's Reckless Speculation! This week we sit down with fellow podcaster Nick Berrios to talk about the best network in all of creation, the Home Box Office or HomeBO for short or HBO for shortest. DJ thinks HBO will be forced to put Game of Thrones on hold until the new books are written because no one has ever stretched one 300 page novel into three two hour long movies with all kinds of new dwarf/elf love triangles and forty five minutes of f*@king Radagast! Nando thinks Westworld ...
Jan 30, 2015•39 min
Big week guys! Big week! We are one week into our Craziest Captain bracket. The amount of votes we are getting is kinda insane. We bring back frequent quest and fellow podcaster Nick Berrios to go through the results of the first round. Nick even knows who some of the guys are! Not all but some. We have a bunch of crazy upsets and the next round of match ups is even crazier. We also go through some Oscar predictions in the beginning because we lack self control. Vote this week on www.madbrackets...
Jan 26, 2015•1 hr 47 min
It is clear that 2015 is going to be the biggest single year for movies since possibly 1994. We have assembled Nando and DJ, along with faithful guest Chris Diggins, to speculate about some of the possible successes and failures that we can look forward to this year. Obviously mega hits like Avengers and Star Wars will be great but what about some of the smaller films? Will Mad Max have a strong enough start to reboot the franchise? Will Pitch Perfect 2 sour Anna Kendrick's popularity? What on e...
Jan 21, 2015•31 min
This week DJ and graphic designer Michelle Coraci sit down to talk with one of the Captains from our Craziest Captain bracket. Digger Harkness a.k.a. Captain Boomerang stops by to give us some insight into his boomerang themed process. He gives us a behind the scenes look at the recent drama concerning the Suicide Squad movie. He also talks about his appearance on Flash and his unbelievably stupid origin story. Vote for Digger and the other Captains at www.madbracketstatus.com
Jan 21, 2015•24 min
This week we have graphic artist Michelle Coraci on to talk about more Crazy Captains. We take a closer look at the round one match ups between the Space, Sea, Superhero, and Other divisions of our Craziest Captains bracket. Some patterns emerge. Are all of the space captains intent on killing their crew members? Are all of the superhero captains incredibly insecure? All of those questions and more will get answered this week.
Jan 20, 2015•1 hr 34 min
Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done. The Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket is over and we are staring our new bracket this week. We bring on actor/comedian Chris Diggins to talk about who we think are the Craziest Captains. We have Captains from the four major Captain divisions; Space, Superhero, Sea, and Other. Vote all week on your picks.
Jan 14, 2015•2 hr 11 min
What's that you say? Paul McCartney is still alive? Do we have an interview for you! Apparently, not only was Paul McCartney killed in a car accident in 1966 and it was covered up by the Beatles BUT Paul McCartney chose to, as a ghost, come on Mad Bracket Status to talk about the truth with DJ and Caroline. He talks about the conspiracy, the afterlife, and all kinds of other stuff. Its great.
Jan 14, 2015•21 min
This is it! This week we finally finish the Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket once and for all. Will is be 9/11 Truth? Will it be the Moon Landing? It will be the Moon Landing. They win. Bracket over. Now onto the future. We bring Mad Bracket Status CTO, Caroline Amaba, on to discuss our new Craziest Captains bracket! This one is going to be fun. Love us again! Also there is a post credits conversation from last week with Zane Schacht about the Star Wars prequels that we thought was too fun to ...
Jan 06, 2015•1 hr 34 min
This week we sit down with Zane Schacht to recklessly speculate about Telltale Games. Best known for their Walking Dead series, Telltale is working on a lot of interesting projects that make is possible for their 2015 to go in a lot of different directions. What will the third season of The Walking Dead look like? Will Minecraft: Story Mode be a success? What will Telltale's next licensed project be? All of this and more on this week's Reckless Speculation.
Jan 05, 2015•38 min
Did we land on the moon? Was 9/11 an inside job? Probably not. That won't stop us from investigating. We bring comedian Zane Schacht onto the show to discuss the Final Match up in our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket. We also discuss the origins of the Jewish holidays and the New York Jets (briefly).
Dec 31, 2014•1 hr 19 min
This week we talk with legendary singer and songwriter Stevie Wonder. We talk to him about his blindness and the conspiracy theory that he is, in fact, not blind at all! He debuts some of his new singles that may or may not be supplemented with some subtle clues to whether he can see or not.
Dec 27, 2014•21 min
This week DJ is totally checked out! He and Nando welcome Ethan Crump back to the show. We talk about some of the recent SONY controversy and we reveal the Final Four in our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket.
Dec 24, 2014•1 hr 36 min
This week friends of the show/Star Wars nerds George Blazeski and Alex Lee join Nando and DJ for Reckless Speculation. They all give their reckless theories on the forthcoming Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens. Also they make fun of the Jets a little.
Dec 17, 2014•45 min
This may be our most incredible interview ever. Jesse Ventura, host of Conspiracy Theory, stops by to sit down with DJ and George Blazeski and talk about the Illuminati but little does he know that all is not what it seems. Some of our hosts have secret agendas that will blow your minds.
Dec 17, 2014•35 min
This week Nando and DJ welcome their friend and non legal council, George Blazeski onto the show. They talk history and reveal the Elite Eight in our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket. They also cover the recent Sony hacks.
Dec 15, 2014•1 hr 22 min
This week we dive deeper into the Sweet Sixteen round of our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket. Kevin Lourenco finally returns from Europe/Ohio. We break down the 9/11 Truth movement, the Paul is Dead theory, Chemtrails, and Jesus' Bloodline. Vote all week to determine the Elite Eight.
Dec 08, 2014•1 hr 28 min
This week on Reckless Speculation, we speculate recklessly on the future of The Flash. We have our MBS co-host and Pop-Break.com's Flash correspondent, Nando bring on fellow Flash fan's and past guests Kevin Lourenco and Emily Hromada to give some of their crazy Flash theories. Emily wonders about Firestorm's introduction. Kevin thinks a main character is going to die soon. Nando explains his crazy theory that Barry's dad is the Man in the Yellow Suit and he is also Eddie in the future. Comment ...
Dec 08, 2014•35 min
This is the first week of our Greatest Conspiracy Theory bracket. We welcome back the voice of Mad Bracket Status, Jackson Kelly, back to go through the first round and discuss some of the competitors. We go into depth on the moon landing, Stevie Wonder's blindness, JFK's assassination, and the pyramids.
Dec 05, 2014•1 hr 46 min
In this week's interview segment, DJ and MBS guest Nick Porcaro sit down with famed astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson. They discuss conspiracies and the moon landing but mostly the $400 that Nick's dad, Ken Porcaro, owes NDT. Apparently Neil Degrasse Tyson's whole career has been an elaborate scheme to get that $400.
Dec 01, 2014•26 min
This week graphic designer and friend of the show Nick Parcaro stops by. We reveal the winner of the Best Billionaire Bracket. We also dive into some of the possibilities for our next bracket. Also Nickleback is terrible.
Nov 24, 2014•1 hr 27 min
This week we recklessly speculate about Ubisoft. On the heels of releasing the 7th entry into the Assassin's Creed series, we make some guesses as to the future of the company. We talk future Assassin's Creed games, Watchdogs sequels, and we even speculate on their hyped up Division. We also get a little off topic and argue over whether games like Halo being buggy is a problem or not.
Nov 20, 2014•1 hr 4 min
Who is the Best Billionaire? We are so close to finding that out! You don't even know, man! On this episode, we invite video game designer Frank DiCola over to talk rich people. We reveal the winners of the Real and Fictional sides of our Best Billionaire Bracket and talk about the final match up. We also talk a bit of Chris Rock and space shirt controversy because we just can't not do that.
Nov 18, 2014•1 hr 41 min
In this week's interview segment, DJ and Stunwin sat down with both Bruce Wayne AND Batman! That's right! They were both there sitting side by side talking to our hosts. They refuted the allegations that they are the same person, talked about the economic situation in Gotham, and even revealed Batman's true identity to the world.
Nov 12, 2014•34 min
This week we reveal the Final Four in our Best Billionaire Bracket. Fan favorite, Stunwin comes on to defend Warren Buffet and hate on Kaiba. We also go into even MORE depth about Yu-Gi-Oh!, which Stunwin hates. Vote on the final four and keep an eye out for the interview we did with Stunwin and a competitor from the bracket that you should be able to listen to later this week.
Nov 10, 2014•1 hr 5 min