When co-host Dale is feeling lazy, the guys sub in one of their sisters. This week, Traci Blades sits down in the Las Vegas studio with Scott Wallis to discuss Billboard magazine’s greatest pop star of the 21st century; Rolling Stone magazine's top 100 songs of 2024; the most popular dog names of the year; insane concert ticket prices; the National Rodeo Finals hit Sin City this week and next; Stoli vodka files for bankruptcy in the U.S.; Universal Pictures spends a wicked amount of dough to pro...
Dec 04, 2024•29 min•Season 15Ep. 438
It’s the special Thanksgiving Eve episode, y’all! Why not take Dale & Scott on the road with you on your way to grandma’s house? They’ll keep you moderately entertained for a spell as you navigate the bad weather, inevitable delays, and clueless crowds at the airport. (You know those folks who only fly once a year gum up the works like no one else. It’s maddening. Try not to scream at them since it’s a holiday week, okay? Be kind. Cuss ‘em out inside your head.) Anyway, this week the guys ar...
Nov 27, 2024•28 min•Season 15Ep. 437
This week Dale & Scott are talking about Betty White’s new USPS stamp; ask who will win the battle between “Gladiator II” and “Wicked” this weekend (the Wickednator, anyone?); Peter Dinklage is NOT dead despite a viral TikTok video; Jake Paul, Mike Tyson, and Netflix break records last Friday night; John Krasinski is named People’s Sexiest Man Alive for 2024; the Piña Colada turns 70; Froot Loops are all over the news; 130 hamsters escape on a commercial airplane; Oakland’s airport doesn’t g...
Nov 20, 2024•36 min•Season 15Ep. 436
Your good ol’ boy cowpokes, Dale & Scott, are back in the saddle with a silly new episode they’re calling, Hootin’ Leads to Hollerin’. It’s ready for your ears, y’all…if you’re not the fainting type. This week’s show DOES NOT include any politics (everyone and their mother has been doing that for the last week)…but we do have Costco’s expensive butter mistake; Mattel accidentally(?) advertises porn to kids; the iconic voice behind AOL’s mail has died; idiots will buy anything on vacation, li...
Nov 13, 2024•39 min•Season 15Ep. 435
Halloween is almost here, y’all! And since it’s the spookiest week of the year (or is that NEXT week, because of what’s happening on November 5th here in the States?), so this episode is titled, “Minced Deer Ankles Mixed with Raccoon Ass.” You’ll have to listen to the show to find out where THAT delectable title came from. Hosts FrankenDale and DracuScott are in their secret underground haunted lair talking about monsters who don’t return their shopping carts; naive lottery winners who think the...
Oct 31, 2024•43 min•Season 15Ep. 434
Dale & Scott are asking, “Is It Real…Or Is It Memorex?” on this week’s all-new episode. That’s A.I. they’re talking about and how it’s already affecting everything we do…everywhere. And it ain’t going away. Plus, all the crazy Thanksgiving products you didn’t know you needed; Doritos is on a collaboration kick; Lay’s wants you to come up with their next new flavor combination; shrinkflation is a thing but some companies are retreating; you can make a major DIP at Burger King (more like a bat...
Oct 23, 2024•38 min•Season 15Ep. 433
This week’s episode is called, “Oh Mon Dieu,” and it’s full of pop culture goodness, y’all. We’re talking about behind the scenes of “Vegas Vacation” courtesy of actor Ethan Embry; we finally watched “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and we loved it; Las Vegas’ Delano might be getting a big makeover; Reba returns to the sitcom world with “Happy’s Place;” “Slow Horses” and “The Diplomat” get reorders; Bath & Body Works has a questionable candle; people are proud of stealing hotel breakfasts; Cirque d...
Oct 16, 2024•44 min•Season 15Ep. 432
We’re all over the place this week with Scott’s visit to the Global Gaming Expo and all the new slot machines on their way to casino floors; Dolly Parton donates big time to hurricane relief; Imagine Dragons announce a New Year’s Eve show in Las Vegas; Mötley Crüe signs up for a residency at Sin City’s Park MGM; Ghostface will stab again in “Scream 7,” this time with the return of Neve Campbell, but not until February 2026; kickass shows “Reacher” and “The Night Agent” get new season orders; Col...
Oct 10, 2024•38 min•Season 15Ep. 431
What the what?! We’re talking about MGM’s new $2 billion development in Dubai complete with a teeny tiny Sphere; every basketball court in the U.S. has been photographed from space; Maria Carey is apparently recording a new Christmas song this year; 7-Up has a new Shirley Temple flavor for the holidays; Alaskan Fat Bears are making the news in more ways than one; Southwest Airlines announces their new seating plan; ‘Mean Girls’ Day is upon us once again; and, all the rest of the pop culture news...
Oct 02, 2024•34 min•Season 15Ep. 430
This week, our 15 year old pop culture news & views podcast is looking at the unhealthiest fast food cheeseburgers (it’s ain’t McDonald’s by a long shot!)…Crumbl’s $1 Billion cookies…KFC’s pricey ice bucket…New Kids on the Block are coming back (they aren’t so new, y’all)…Weird Al will get weirder next summer (did you know he’s still around?)…the National Toy Hall of Fame announces their twelve nominees for 2024…a new White House experience in our nation’s capital lets regular old people vis...
Sep 25, 2024•28 min•Season 15Ep. 429
Episode 428 is ready for your ears, dear friends and enemies… While Dale is on assignment, this week’s Swish Edition episode is hosted by Scott from Las Vegas, and his lifelong best friend Kristin from Northern Virginia. They count down the last few days of summer with Earth, Wind & Fire…ask why REAL ID enforcement is being pushed back YET again (it’s criminal, y’all)…they’ll tell you where you can buy a Pop-Tart scented candle (if you’re so inclined)…Darth Vader will live forever through AI...
Sep 18, 2024•48 min•Season 15Ep. 428
Dale & Scott are back after their Summer hiatus, joined in the Las Vegas studio by longtime Swish Edition listeners Melissia & Jeremy who are in town from Florida. This week we’re all talking about people behaving badly on airports and airplanes; legally becoming a member of the Mile High Club high above Vegas; how sharing all-you-can-eat food at Applebee’s can get you arrested; apparently 1 in 10 mothers regret the name they gave their baby (Elon Musk's baby momma's gotta be on that lis...
Sep 11, 2024•58 min•Season 15Ep. 427
Before Dale & Scott take the Summer off to work on some special projects, they’ve got all the pop culture silliness of the past week. They’re talking about the Chicago-area “Home Alone” house hitting the market; Marilyn Monroe’s house being ripped down (or NOT, as the case may be; Elvis’ house is safe from the evil doers; Evel Knievel’s son Kelly owns an Evel pizza place in Vegas; a documentary about the 1980’s brat pack is coming to Hulu; the Power Slap championship series is making Dana Wh...
May 29, 2024•40 min•Season 14Ep. 426
This week we’re asking ALL the pop culture questions of the week: Have we reached the peak of wokeness with wall-to-wall trigger warnings? Can Kayne West repair his reputation by making porn? Is Diddy’s goose cooked? Could Tom Brady have been a better sport during and after his celebrity roast? Will the Evel Knievel Museum survive in downtown Las Vegas? Will the new Uber Shuttle revolutionize ground transportation? Will you try McDonald’s Grandma McFlurry? Will the “I Know What You Did Last Summ...
May 22, 2024•39 min•Season 14Ep. 425
Co-hosts Dale & Scott are back behind their golden mics talking about singer John Legend and multi-hyphenate Chrissy Teigen as they start a healthy pet food company; Welch’s introduces a line of canned cocktails; a Disney World restaurant has been awarded the world’s first theme park-located Michelin star; “Hollywood Squares” to get a reboot by CBS; Dave & Busters will start letting customers wager on their games; Carnival Cruises once again wins the customer service award against idiots...
May 15, 2024•32 min•Season 14Ep. 424
From the 60th anniversary of the iconic “Viva Las Vegas” movie and song to the Big Nude Boat cruise coming to Miami early next year, we’ve got a lot to tell you this week. Plus, we’ll tell you about the people who accidentally shipped their cat to Amazon; Caitlin Clark’s payday; Oreo’s curious new flavor combination; Jennifer Aniston is developing a reboot of 1980’s “9 to 5” movie; we’re digging “Franklin” in Apple TV; streaming hits “Acapulco” and “Hacks” both return this week for season 3; Ten...
May 01, 2024•33 min•Season 14Ep. 423
We have an absolute abundance of pop culture silliness to talk to you about this week, y’all! Dale & Scott discuss Taylor Swift’s new mega-album; a series of asshats who prove what we already believed: humanity is doomed, including the disgusting people who yanked a small bear cub from a North Carolina tree to take photos with it; Tesla continues to slip big time, including a Cyber Truck recall; an “Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” sequel is in the works with the original cast; ...
Apr 24, 2024•35 min•Season 14Ep. 422
On National Haiku Poetry Day (yeah, it’s a thing), Dale & Scott are talking about the new Monopoly board game movie; California’s snazzy new overnight train service; the popular BarkBox subscription service is planning to launch private jet charters for dogs; U.S. stamps are on the rise yet again (but it won’t save the forever-troubled USPS, y’all); Hollywood is on a serious reboot craze (think “Melrose Place,” “Scary Movie,” and “Legally Blonde,” among others); the crazy reason Oakland, Cal...
Apr 17, 2024•44 min•Season 14Ep. 421
Dale & Scott are back with an all-new episode featuring the piece of space junk that landed in a Florida man’s house; the continuing advancement and fear of artificial intelligence; rock band KISS’s $300 million payday; Pat Sajak announces last night hosting “Wheel of Fortune;” Jennifer Lopez pivots to a greatest hits tour; HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” wraps up in a most perfect way; Tropicana is chock full of asbestos that needs to come out before it’s knocked down; Las Vegas to get a new a...
Apr 10, 2024•37 min•Season 14Ep. 420
For Dale and Scott to talk about women’s college basketball, you just know it’s because something crazy happened. So, we’ll start with record-breaking Iowa star Caitlin Clark’s amazing offer from a couple of rappers, then segue into the “Titanic” door prop selling at auction; SunChip’s five minute solar eclipse offer; all of the ways brands tried to pull a fast one this April Fool’s Day; Jerry Seinfeld’s new Pop-Tarts movie; Disneyland plans to ditch gas engines; the return of “Loot” and “Hacks;...
Apr 03, 2024•41 min•Season 14Ep. 419
Dale and Scott got a major earful this past weekend when a rogue casino bartender spilled some MAJOR beans, hence the title of this week’s episode. They’re also talking about Star Wars Blue Milk coming to grocery stores and Darth Vader appearing on and in the Empire State Building; Mr. Beast has a new Amazon Prime game show coming; there are more Las Vegas Sphere Residency rumors; Jason Bateman signs up for another Netflix drama series; the hosts ran into two CNN anchors at the Golden Knights ho...
Mar 27, 2024•36 min•Season 14Ep. 418
Take Two - Dale & Scott are celebrating the arrival of Spring with the breaking James Bond casting news; JLo has cancelled several concert dates; what’s up with the mysterious stolen Pittsburgh Penguins bobbleheads; the Super Bowl streaker’s motivation; Bruno Mars’ supposed massive gambling debt; Margaritaville is closing forever at Las Vegas’ Flamingo hotel after two decades; and, much more pop culture silliness of the week.
Mar 21, 2024•36 min•Season 14Ep. 417
Co-hosts Dale & Scott are talking about the real “Roseanne” house hitting the market (the exterior, anyway); Cookie Monster’s real given name; being SHOCKED by recent government efficiency; Taylor Swift is probably already being courted by the NFL for the next Super Bowl; social media star Jake Paul to fight retired boxing legend Mike Tyson; what do you think about being asked to round up for charity; Campbell’s has a ‘no duh’ new soup; Neve Campbell to return to “Scream” franchise; why did ...
Mar 13, 2024•30 min
It’s a wild week, including IHOP flavored potato chips; Madonna is perpetually late and she doesn’t care; Richard Branson gives away 160 cruises; we learned what a Roper Romp is; a scorpion bites a man on his junk; sequential royal flush pays big money; Sony to open movie studio in Sin City; the proposed A’s stadium looks like the Sydney Opera House; single men are disgusting; the iconic Sopranos’ diner booth is sold for big bucks; and, much more pop culture silliness of the week.
Mar 06, 2024•40 min•Season 14Ep. 415
Celebrating co-host Scott’s Double 27th (a few days early), we’re talking about Apple’s big electric car news; Apple says not to put your wet phone in rice; a douche steals Girl Scouts’ cookie money; the moon lander tips over; do Leap Babies age as fast as we do?; TMZ and other outlets call bedbugs a crisis (spoiler alert, it’s not!); The Florida Man Games are a hoot; Wendy’s introduces surge pricing; Delta announces a special eclipse flight; and, much more pop culture news and views.
Feb 28, 2024•28 min•Season 14Ep. 414
This one’s a dozy—we’re talking about preserving tattoos; a nifty new pizza place and bar called Happy Camper; Rachel Dolezal gets canned again; George Santos sues Jimmy Kimmel; JLo is in marketing overload for her new album & tour; the dictionary has new words and phrases to keep up with our weird times; one of Coke’s secrets; and, a John Wick experience is coming to Sin City. All that, and microwaved stuffed animals, this week on your favorite comedy and pop culture podcast of all time....
Feb 21, 2024•41 min•Season 14Ep. 413
The 14-year-old comedy and pop culture podcast makes a triumphant return. Co-hosts Dale Blades & Scott Wallis couldn’t let their baby wither away, so they’re back behind the mics—with cocktails in hand—in their Vegas studio, talking about all the silly news from the worlds of celebrity, entertainment, travel, and various oddities of life. The revitalized show is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, at swishedition.com, and everywhere else podcast lovers get their audio info-tainment.
Feb 14, 2024•42 min•Season 14Ep. 412
We started this show in 2010—wow! For the past 13 years, we’ve covered all the silly pop culture subjects with wit & snark and had a ball doing it. We appreciate our dedicated listeners, but it’s time for something else. We hope you enjoy this final show (for now b/c we never say never) and hope you’ll join us for an ALL NEW show debuting in October. But first, listen up as frequent guest Jacqueline joins us to talk about all the craziness of the week, live on tape from sweltering Sin City....
Jul 25, 2023•32 min•Season 13Ep. 411
As Dale & Scott wind down the Swish Edition podcast with their second-to-last episode (don’t worry, they’ll be back with a new show in October), they’re talking about MGM Resorts & Marriott’s new 20 year deal; a Hallmark Christmas cruise; Aretha Franklin’s handwritten will; Miranda Lambert’s hate for selfies; a “90210” reunion; Zuckerberg bulks up; Twitter’s poopy response to the media; a haunted mansion for sale; why the Hollywood strike makes sense; and, much more pop culture goodness....
Jul 18, 2023•31 min•Season 13Ep. 410
The boys are talking about the Meta’s Twitter killer, Threads; Ricky Martin is now up for grabs; McDonald’s is catering weddings?!; Delta will drive you to your plane in a Porsche; Princess Leia’s dress fails to sell; a dozen of Siegfried & Roy’s exotic cats get a new forever home; Madonna cancels North American dates; pop stars keep getting hit on stage; Vegas locals CAN win Megabucks; Taylor Swift could make over $1 billion on her tour; and, much more pop culture goodness.
Jul 11, 2023•32 min•Season 13Ep. 409
