The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got first time guest Charli Cox and podcast veterans David ‘Shady’ Shadoin, Jesse James Fain and Teri Kay Jobe to talk nerdy with us. We talked about the basics of the Harry Potter universe, but there is certainly room for more chats on this subject! This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) Nick Ga...
Nov 14, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 473
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got a kick butt interview with debut author Jessica Grace Vargas! When she’s not taking the comedy world by storm, she writes the words and chats with us about all of the cool nerdy things! We spent way too long talking about the food we love and aliens, lots of aliens. But we also chatted about her YA SciFi romance novel The Evolver. This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handl...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 472
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today is Veteran’s Day in the United States, or Remembrance Day if you’re from anywhere else. Because we’re a veteran owned and focused podcast, we decided to gather some veterans to talk about our service and how we’re represented in fiction. We gathered an amazing crew of crusty veteran creatives for this panel! That’s right, we had David Hensley, John Epple, Reginald Lewis, Rick Partlow and Shane Gries come on to talk shop with us. This was a fun interview, s...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Season 4Ep. 471
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we have a fun chat with an awesome panel about all things fae! We had on a kick butt crew with us to talk about this fun topic. We talked about what our favorite fae was, who has done it well and what the rules are. This was a fun interview, so check it out. Co-Hosts: JR Handley Nick Garber Madam Stabby Stab We work for free, so if you wanna throw a few pennies our way there is a linked Buy Me A Coffee site where you can do so. Just mention the podcast in ...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 470
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got a fun chat with you today, talking about Pick Your Own Path books with R Max Tillsley. We talked about his quirky Aussie heritage and then about our love of books where we got to choose the path our characters took. Then we talked about his Tangled Fates Series of pick-a-path books. Seriously, go check out this episode! Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on thi...
Nov 07, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 469
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another thruster busting panel for you today as we fly high with the pilots of the Top Gun franchise! We had an august panel of witty weirdos on for this one; David Hensley, Jesse James, MD Boncher and Nathan Abrahams were top notch, and we think you’ll like hanging out with them! We went far afield; we got lost in the weeds and tilted our lances at the Starlink windmill that failed us with Team Garber. But we had fun and that’s the important part! Ser...
Nov 06, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 468
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got an awesome panel for you today where we get nerdy with all things nomadic in the wild world of speculative fiction. We had Hunter K Wallace, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), Jesse James Fain, Michael J Allen and Shane Gries on to get nerdy with us! We traveled wide and far as we pontificated most joyously. This was a fun interview, so go check it out. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic ...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 467
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another awesome panel for you today as we dive deep into all of the watery monsters we love to fear. We talked about all of the classics, some of the newer lore and had more fun than should be legal! Seriously, this was a fun interview, so check out the episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt) Madam Stabby Stab (Uber Fan) (Horror Nerd) We work for free,...
Nov 01, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 4Ep. 466
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got Isaac Craft, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), Michael LaVoice and Rick Shaw on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about the Spooktober Season, Halloween candy and then we dove into the topic of boogeymen! This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt) W...
Oct 30, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 465
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another amazing #Spooktober panel for you today! That’s right, we had Isaac Craft, Jana S Brown and Teri Kay Jobe on to talk about the mummies! We recorded this over the summer and lost it. We found it just in time for Stabby’s favorite season! This was a fun chat about any and everything mummification related. I am sure we’ll revisit the topic, but this was a good starting point! Seriously, go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you wo...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 464
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another fun talk about an awesome #Kickstarter opportunity. We chatted about Issue 1 of Eddie Lema’s cool #ComicBook titled The End of Zed. We spent an hour chatting about our love of nerdy things and moved on to the second hour talking about robots and his comic book series about the robot Zed. Seriously, if you’re not picking up what I’m putting down this was a fun interview! Go check it out, people. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! J...
Oct 26, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Season 4Ep. 463
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got Isaac Craft, James JE Pittman, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey) and Teri K Jobe on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about monsters under your bed and all of the horrors that could reasonably be included. Ok, some of them were unreasonably included, but still! This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author)...
Oct 25, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 462
The Blasters & Blades Podcast You can run, you can hide… but #Spooktober comes for us all! Have a frightening time with us as we review the iconic and classic Halloween 3 #MovieReview. This time we had Professor Christopher McGlothlin on to talk about this awesome show. This was a fun chat, so what are you waiting for? Seriously, lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Click the link and check out this episode. Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (S...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 461
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Jump out the airlock with us as we review the iconic and classic Alien #MovieReview. This time we had on Len Berry, Michael Morton and Shane Gries to talk about this awesome show. This was a fun chat, so what are you waiting for? Seriously, lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Click the link and check out this episode. Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom," "boop-...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 460
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we have a treat for you! We're having on author and friend of the show, Katie Cross to talk about her #kickstarter and the process she uses to create her masterpieces. We're on our third live episode ever, so we hope we don’t break anything! We’re here to talk about her new book, the Kickstarter funding it and her creative process. This will be a fun interview, so check it out. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're ...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 459
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got James JE Pitman, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), Jess James Fain and MD Boncher on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about all of the coolest monsters that North America has to offer! This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt) Madam Stabby Stab (U...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 458
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Well, it’s Spooky Season, so we decided to pick a movie with magic and witches and two phenomenal actresses as the main characters. That’s right, we’ve reviewed Practical Magic for this #MovieReview episode! This time it was just your crazy and caffeinated hosts, and we walked down our favorite Halloween customs before we dove into this movie! Speaking of this flick, it was an awesome story and worth your time! What are you waiting for? Seriously, lend us your e...
Oct 16, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 457
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Well, it’s Spooky Season, so we decided to pick a movie with magic and witches and a darkly awesome plot. That’s right, we’ve reviewed The Craft for this #MovieReview episode! This time we went long, but it was fun, and we stayed on point talking about the movie and its surprisingly deep themes. Speaking of this flick, it was an awesome story, but we spent as long talking about it as it would take you to watch it. Win-win, am I right? What are you waiting for? S...
Oct 14, 2024•2 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 456
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got an amazing chat with frequent guest of the show, Jana S Brown, otherwise known as Jena Rey. We got nerdy about her new series and dove into this exciting fantasy world that she crafted with love! Plus, there were #necromancers! I mean, they’re all dying to entertain you! This was a fun interview, go check out this episode. Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom," "boo...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 45 min•Season 4Ep. 455
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another kick butt interview with two of the coolest cats in #SciFi! That’s right, we had an interview with David Hensley and JR Handley. Well, he interviewed himself, but the Magic Eight Ball said it totally counts! Anyway, we went long, but in our defense, we had no adult supervision. And we talked a lot about our military service, since it so heavily influenced this story. Then we talked about said story, so check it out! Lend us your eyes and ears, ...
Oct 10, 2024•2 hr 9 min•Season 4Ep. 454
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We found an author who was new to us on had to book her for a chat! This time it was one of you listeners who recommended her and for that we are grateful! We talked time travel, #SciFi and the staples of the genre we know and love! Then we talked about her own book series, The Adventures of Kirk Rogers. This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Ar...
Oct 09, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 453
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another chat with an awesome panel for you today! This time we’ve got James JE Pittman, Matthew Bowman, Michael Morton and Terry Mixon on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about the franchise we know and love, the Stargate Franchise! This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt) Madam Stabby Stab (Uber Fan) (Horror ...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 452
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got an awesome interview with a friend of the show, the iconic Rick Shaw. We went a bit long, spending an hour talking about history and military shenanigans. Then we moved on, talking about everything post apocalypse related! We also covered the book series that Rick wrote in that same said genre. We had a blast, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veteran...
Oct 02, 2024•2 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 451
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another amazing interview with debut author David Hoffer! We spent some time getting nerdy about #SciFiBooks and #SciFiTV with more nerdiness than out to be illegal to have in one place. Then we dove into his novel Melody, a first contact story with #HardSciFi vibes. This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on t...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Season 4Ep. 450
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we had author Matthew Quinn on to talk about The Walking Worm #Kickstarter with Matthew Quinn. We talked about food, speculative fiction nostalgia and his The Long War Series. This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom," "boop-beep" and rhyme with Science Fiction & Fan...
Sep 30, 2024•49 min•Season 4Ep. 449
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got an awesome interview with Ms. Blender Fiction herself! That’s right, it’s none other than Chloe Garner, the Queen of Fantasy! All hail Queen Chloe, First of Her Line! Today we talk about the worlds of Verida, a universe that spanned two years and four series. Maybe more will come, but for now she closes the era and is moving on to play in other worlds. Join us for a trip through memory lane, we’ve got all of the Garner Nostalgia! Even better, we had fu...
Sep 27, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Season 4Ep. 448
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got a fun interview with #LitRPG author Matt Pivots. We talked nerdy about the genre and his stance on it. We covered Matt’s villainous origin story and how he told his wife that he sold a few books. Then we dove deep into his Iron Guild Series which was a lot of fun! Seriously, check out this episode and lend us your eyes and ears! You won't be sorry, honest!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 447
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another interview with Team Holo, this time to talk about Jacob’s new release titled Freelancers of Neptune! We talked about anime, #SciFi and all things in between. This was a fun interview, so go check it out. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abracadabra," "pew," "zoom," "boop-beep" and rhyme with Science Fiction & Fantasy. Co-Hosts: ...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 446
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We've got another interview where we chat about all of the classic comic books that sparked those brave souls creating their own indie comics! This was one the kinds of episodes that Nick Garber loves, because we’re stepping into his playhouse for this one! Well, not his comics… but his favorite topic. Today we had creator and artist Fish Lee on to talk about his Fish Tales #Kickstarter. That, and we talked food and nostalgia. This was a fun interview, so go che...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 4Ep. 445
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We had a fun chat with the folk of Upstream Reviews. We talked about what makes a good book and what we look for ourselves. Then we dive into our own personal favorite books and why we love them. Finally, we chat on the importance of book reviews and why we write them. This was a fun interview, so check it out. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're just a couple of nerdy Army veterans geeking out on things that go "abraca...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 4Ep. 444
