The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe’ve got another #HorrorMovieReview episode, which we’re dubbing a #StabbyMovieReview. We watched the 2007 adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist, which was named… wait for it… The Mist. We had fun discussing this, but JR wasn’t as huge of a fan as Clan Stabby. This one was just the hosts, and we opened by talking about our favorite beverages! This was an awesome movie and a fun chat, so what are you waiting for? Seriously, lend us your eyes and ears, you won't b...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 533
The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe’ve got a bonus episode for you! Today we’re here to talk to Jesse James Fain about his story in the A Touch of Aether, An Urban Fantasy Anthology. We talked about their story Dead Wolf and their love of urban fantasy! It was a fun and nerdy quick chat about all of the reasons why we love all things magical and magic adjacent stories. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We...
Mar 07, 2025•22 min•Season 5Ep. 532
The Blasters & Blades PodcastToday we had on the Super Duper Professional Nerd, Mister Dan Jolley. This episode was a lot of fun, we got nerdy about the past, present and future of speculative fiction. Maybe some Time Lords were involved, who can really tell. We talked about our shared love of Skyrim and then we talked about his book series The Demon-Sleuth Scrolls. I was curious enough to bookmark it for the audiobook in production! This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Le...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Season 5Ep. 531
The Blasters & Blades PodcastToday we had a doozie of a food cast episode! We talked nerdy about space westerns, before transitioning over to talk about the speculative fiction that made us! Then we talked about Madam Chloe Garner, Queen of the Fantastical, First of Her Line, about her new series, The Carbon Chronicles. Well, we started with book one, The Flight of the Kingfisher! This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 530
The Blasters & Blades PodcastToday we have on a fellow Army veteran, T.E. Butler to pimp his new #Kickstarter campaign. It’s a long title, but Reiter’s War, An Armored Warrior Panzerter Comic Experience sounds like a lot of fun with some kick butt art! We talked about his nerdy pedigree, our shared Army experiences and finally the universe where these comics take place. 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 ...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 529
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We had on author Herman Hunter today and it was a ton of fun! We stayed on track, mostly, but we talked nerdy and nostalgic. Then we swapped over to talking about his series, The Revenant and the Cult. Definitely sounds like it’d be a fun read! Speaking of fun, I had a blast conducting this 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 th...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 528
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Wowzer, right in the kisser! Today we’re digging into hand-to-hand combat in speculative fiction. We traded blows and barbs, talked shop and fought it out until the buzzer sounded. And we mostly stayed on the topic of fiction when not telling lies and war stories! This time we’ve got Dan Kemp, Doc Spears, Jesse James Fain and Reginald Lewis on to talk nerdy with us. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sor...
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 527
The Blasters & Blades PodcastAhh, the long awaited #MovieReview… we’re here to talk about #TheLastStarfighter! First, we talked about 80s nostalgia and moved on to discuss this amazing film. We had a phenomenal crew on deck to get nerdy with friends. We hope that you have fun with us and join the discussion in the comments section! What are you waiting for? Seriously, lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!!Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt)Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super G...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 55 min•Season 5Ep. 526
The Blasters & Blades PodcastThis episode was too much fun, but in our defense, we WERE left unchaperoned! I talked about all of the nerdy things with Abby Goldsmith, and it was so much fun that it’s illegal in 12 states and the Virgin Islands! We focused on her Torth Series, which has me intrigued enough to bookmark these audiobooks! I really think you guys will love this series too! This was a fun interview, so go check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Joi...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 525
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We dove into the trenches with the fine folks behind the Pogue One Anthology by Raconteur Press. We had on America’s Sergeant Major, Spearman Burke and the infamous Authors DiNote. That would be Christopher DiNote and Jaime DiNote (aka Liska McCabe). It was a lot of fun talking about the unsung heroes behind the armed forces. We call them REMFs, POGUEs or POGs. However you wanna say it, those who support the fighting men had value. They had stories to tell, and ...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 524
The Blasters & Blades PodcastToday we followed the rule of thumb, dodge the big one and survived the Great War. We talked about the legends and lore of the Fallout Franchise. We talked about the games, the show and all of the aspects of this property that we adore. This time we’ve got Jesse James Fain, JR Wise, JT Aralle and Mister McShane on to talk nerdy with us. Now, click the link and get ghoulish with us! Seriously, go check out this episode already. Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 523
The Blasters & Blades PodcastWowzer, what a doozy of a kick ass episode we have for you! We went deep into the wild world of the bromances in fiction and on screen. We had some fun disagreements on some of the bromance fiction. We talked about why it’s often misidentified as gay romance. We gabbed over the reason why these stories are important. This time we’ve got BamBo, Jana S Brown (aka Jena Rey), JR Wise, Matt Bowman and Melissa McShane on to talk nerdy with us. This was a fun interview,...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 48 min•Season 5Ep. 522
The Blasters & Blades PodcastOn today’s Food Cast, we had fun with Melissa McShane about our love of cross cultural foods. Then we talked about all the nerdy 80s movies before moving on to talk about her family saga known as The Crown of Tremontane. It sounded like a lot of fun and I can’t wait to listen to this one when it comes out in audiobook! 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 coup...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 38 min•Season 5Ep. 521
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we’ve got a spicy one! Well the book is, but not the content of this episode! We’re interviewing debut author Emily Tanner about her new book Light Speed Raiders. We talked about her nerdy interests, her love of writing and how she stumbled into the genre. This was a fun one, so enjoy this bonus episode! 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 ne...
Feb 12, 2025•55 min•Season 5Ep. 520
The Blasters & Blades PodcastToday we’ve got a clanker of an episode! We talked to John M Olsen about his hard-ish science fiction series called The Polecat Protocols. We got nerdy, talked about more science than I normally would and generally had an amazing time! If we went too hard into the science, oops. In our defense, we were left unsupervised! 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 co...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 519
The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe’ve got a bonus episode for you! Today we’re here to talk to Kenneth E Givens II about their story in the Deadly Flames, Dragons in Combat Anthology. We talked about their story, The Fellowship of the Unlikely and their love of dragons! It was a fun and nerdy quick chat about all of the reasons why we love dragons and dragon adjacent stories. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun ...
Feb 09, 2025•22 min•Season 5Ep. 518
The Blasters & Blades PodcastWe’ve got a bonus episode for you! Today we’re here to talk to Jesse James Fain about their story in the Deadly Flames, Dragons in Combat Anthology. We talked about their story Fire in the Land of Wolves and their love of dragons! It was a fun and nerdy quick chat about all of the reasons why we love dragons and dragon adjacent stories. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We...
Feb 08, 2025•27 min•Season 5Ep. 517
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We had more fun than should be legal today, as we talked nerdy about what to consider when building or imagining a fantasy military. We flavored it with real world historical examples and icon fantasy franchises. This time we’ve got Charlie Cox, Jesse James Fain, John M Olsen, Nathan Pedde and Robert Tillsley on to talk nerdy with us. 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 (Autho...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 516
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We’ve got a bonus episode for you! Today we’re here to talk to Jordan Campbell about their story in the Deadly Flames, Dragons in Combat Anthology. We talked about their story Ashes to Ashes and their love of dragons! It was a fun and nerdy quick chat about all of the reasons why we love dragons and dragon adjacent stories. This was a fun interview, so 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 c...
Feb 06, 2025•26 min•Season 5Ep. 515
The Blasters & Blades Podcast This was a fun adventure with author Sarah S. Kirk Pierzchala! We talked all over the face, talking literature, science and the deep ideas that make speculative fiction pop for us. We tried to reign in our nerdiness, we really did! 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," "b...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 5Ep. 514
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We’ve got a bonus episode for you! Today we’re here to talk to Axel Quintana about their story in the Deadly Flames, Dragons in Combat Anthology. We talked about their story Curse of the Scaled God and their love of dragons! It was a fun and nerdy quick chat about all of the reasons why we love dragons and dragon adjacent stories. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We're j...
Feb 04, 2025•23 min•Season 5Ep. 513
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We’ve got a bonus episode for you! Today we’re here to talk to Matthew C Lucas about their story in the Deadly Flames, Dragons in Combat Anthology. We talked about their story, The Piper of Strath Dubh and their love of dragons! It was a fun and nerdy quick chat about all of the reasons why we love dragons and dragon adjacent stories. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won’t be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! We'...
Feb 03, 2025•26 min•Season 5Ep. 512
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we had an awesome chat about the paradoxical nature of time travel and time loops. It was a fun chat, and we only just skimmed the surface of what is possible in this temporal space. This time we’ve got David Hensley, Hunter K Wallace, James JE Pittman, Jay Barnson, Len Berry and Michael LaVoice on to talk nerdy with us. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Co-Hosts: JR Handley (Author) (Grunt) Nick Garber (Comic Book Artist) (Super Grunt) ...
Feb 02, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 511
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We’ve got a bonus episode for you! Today we’re here to talk to Nathan Pedde about their story in the Deadly Flames, Dragons in Combat Anthology. We talked about their story The Jotunni: The Zombie Dragon and their love of dragons! It was a fun and nerdy quick chat about all of the reasons why we love dragons and dragon adjacent stories. This was a fun interview, so check out this episode. Lend us your eyes and ears, you won't be sorry!! Join us for a fun show! W...
Feb 02, 2025•21 min•Season 5Ep. 510
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Today we had on a friend of Ranger Nick’s, the one and only Chad McCoskey! We talked a lot about food, folks and fun… or something. We moved on to our love of science fiction classics and the things we enjoyed as wee lads. Then we moved on to talk about the #superhero story called The Red Mist. 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 veteran...
Jan 31, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 5Ep. 509
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We mostly stayed on topic today, so join us as we ramble on about the sword and sorcery genre! We talked weapons, we talked magic, and we let them intersect in a field of awe and splendor that was fun to bloviate over. 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) We work for free, so if you wanna throw a few pennies our way...
Jan 29, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 508
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We might be overly caffeinated, but we got together and talked about the Beastmaster Franchise. This time we’ve got Matthew Jasso and Michael Morton on to talk nerdy with us. We covered all the movies, the campy 1980s movie era and weird factoids that we all got nerdy over. This was a fun interview, so 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 ...
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 507
The Blasters & Blades Podcast We’ve got a bonus episode for you! Today we’re here to talk to MD Boncher about their story in the Deadly Flames, Dragons in Combat Anthology. We talked about their story Back in the Saddle and their love of dragons! It was a fun and nerdy quick chat about all of the reasons why we love dragons and dragon adjacent stories. This was a fun interview, so 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 co...
Jan 25, 2025•22 min•Season 5Ep. 506
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Come one, come all, we have a fun chat y’all! Today we had Melissa McShane on to talk about her Dark Goddess Series. We talked food, her life in India and all things in-between. But mostly, we talked about her second world fantasy series. It sounded fun and I can’t wait to dive in! 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...
Jan 24, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 5Ep. 505
The Blasters & Blades Podcast Climb into the saddle with us as we talk about the wild world of the space western. We talked about the genre, why we liked it and why it appealed to the masses. We had Jana S Brown (Jena Rey), Jesse James Fain, JR Wise and Michael LaVoice on to talk nerdy with us. We talked about a topic we know, and love. You should join us! 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) (Grun...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 504
