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Hosted by Mark Bland, The Q is a current affairs and pop culture show with a political twist. Weekly the guys interview actors, writers, artist and a revolving cast of characters to bring you multiple views of some of the most controversial and engaging topics of our time.
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Now displaying: 2017
Jun 20, 2017

Mark Bland, Producer Bobby and Jason Kull are not novices to the world.  Having been around the block a few times, the guys are pretty mentally grounded in right and wrong.  But the first topic of the show this week tests the moral high ground of the guys as a whole.  

Otto Warmbier is a US college student that was in North Korea for 17 months before he was brought home this past week.  Otto was in a coma the majority of that time and when he returned to the USA he passed away a few short days later. Of course with Mark being a lightning rod for discussion, Mark was attacked for his opinion on the Otto situation on Twitter and social media.  Mark and the guys discuss the unwarranted attacks on him and why Otto was in trouble in the first place.  You just don't steal. It doesn't matter where in the world you are, the sentiments are the same.....stealing is bad.  

Also, Mark hasn't tested with sound on the show in a while and decided to break it out during the show. This comes on the heels of discussing secret rooms and eventually a discussion on the Supreme Court saying it is OK for sexual deviants and sex offenders to maintain social media. Enjoy! 

Jun 12, 2017

Jason Kull and Mark Bland are back after a hiatus and the first thing up is the James Comey Testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee. James rolled, bobbed and weaved to the committee.  Did he say anything that would incriminate Trump, probably not. What about anything to help Trump...probably not.  In all the two guys will discuss what you should have taken from the testimony in general. After that, Mark and Jason talk about the fact that Puerto Rico has elected to join Statehood in the USA.  Will Donald Trump/Congress allow this to go through....find out what the guys think.  Finally Mark breaks down the 10 best movies "loosely based" on true stories. Think hard and see if you guessed correct.

May 30, 2017

Let's just face facts.  Having Allies in War is strategically important to the success of a country in a War. And with the world on edge and arms discussions at the highest levels since the Cold War, it would only benefit the USA to have good allies. Unfortunately when you hand the keys to the country, to a man that clearly has no couthe and tends to go out of his way to attack and degrade the leaders of our allied countries, you are gonna end up worse for wear. And after this first trip to the middle east to meet leaders in that area, and his handling of the secret info from the Manchester attack, Trump is starting to piss allies off. Mark and Jason Kull discuss the impact that this could have.

Also, Mark went to Six Flags St. Louis again and had another issue. Although this time it wasn't with treatment of people. Mark seems to have found a serious issue with sizing at park.  He discusses on the show.

Finally,do you think that Jason is a badass?  Well Mark gives Jason a personality test to see if he is a badass. Find out where Jason falls.

May 22, 2017

Mark Bland the host of the Q has been completely out of touch with why people in the South, a major win point for Trump, voted so blindly.  Always believing if he figured out the reasoning, that he could apply it across the board and get a better picture of how things happened.  Then the makers of SERIAL, the podcast, did a new one called "S-Town". 

S-Town was brought to Mark's attention by the website VOX.com and it focuses on an eccentric man from a small town outside of Tuscaloosa, Alabama named John B.  John calls up NPR and This American Life to come do a expose on his town and a murder that happened there (we won't say anymore for fear of spoiling).   It's a great podcast but Mark caught something in the show and when he heard it, it literally was a "gotcha moment" politically for him.  The Fuck It Theory.

The Fuck It Theory explains it all in detail and Mark, along with producer Bobby and Jason Kull, break down the theory and discuss it's merits within the context of the 2016 Election.  Plus Trump made his first Foreign trip to the Middle East and man did some weird Orb stuff happen. All this and much more on the new episode of the Q.

May 15, 2017

James Comey has been fired by Trump and Mark is all hot and bothered by the decision because who will they replace him with?  Brandon Travis and Jason Kull join the show to discuss and focus on the corrupt tendencies of Donald Trump these past 115 days. 

But Mark has a bigger message on the plate and we don't think it would go over well nationally.  Saturday Night Live has done a fantastic job with the Trump and Spicer parodies...maybe TOO GOOD a job.  Mark discusses the impact of the parodies on the national consciousness and whether it would be a good idea to continue them or not.  Find out what the guys said on this fast paced show.

Finally, Mark brings up the top 10 Shower Thoughts of all time and the guys breakdown whether they are worthy of the distinction or not.  All this and much more on this episode of the Q!

May 8, 2017

France has made a decision that couldn't come at a better time.  Marie Le Pen, considered the Donald Trump of the election, was sent packing with her tail between her legs after centrist and logical thinker Emanuel Macron won in the hotly contested French election.  This was a dagger to the hearts of hard core Right wing media and supporters who thought after Brexit and Trump, their ship had come into harbor.  But alas, they were wrong.

On top of that, Producer Bobby and Brandon Travis help Mark kick around the idea that the FAKE NEWS attempt near the end of the French election was an attempt to sway the election.  Then Brandon decides to tell his story of what he called FAKE NEWS within his own life.  Was it truly fake news or not....Mark and Bobby discuss.

Finally, the Boy Scouts hit the news in the past week when a girl was given the chance and authorized to join the Boy Scouts.  But Mark doesn't see the value in this and it turns into a heated debate between all three men as they breakdown their personal ideals to figure out if this Scout decision was a good thing or bad thing.

 

May 1, 2017

Another rousing week of Trump and the stupid was so high Mark couldn't bare to talk too much Trump and his first 100 days in office.  Eventually Mark gets around to discussing it but not before his guest Dan Buffa, a known St. Louis sports writer and movie reviewer, jumps in to lighten the mood.

First up is discussions on the St. Louis Blues and the predictions of how deep into the playoffs these guys are gonna go.  Then Mark gets into Dan's background and what other sports Dan enjoys...but outside of the USA.  

Then Mark and Dan shift into Trump talk which leads into movie talk.  Mark originally made a snide comment on Twitter to Dan trying to goad a discussion...Dan retorted and stated he would be willing to come on the Q and discuss movies.  So now Dan is here and he's no slouch when it comes the the movie game. Mark tells Dan about this game regarding picking a movie from every year that you were alive.  Well that doesn't last long and these two movie fans really get into discussing sequels and everything else about movies. 

Apr 24, 2017

What happens when you bring Jason Kull and Brandon Travis together in a room??? Well you get this episode of the Q.  The two guys join Mark to discuss the current situation with North Korea, but more from the point of view of Europe.  

Currently France, one of the main tenants of European power, is in the middle of an hotly contested election....and....it's starting to look like another "Trump-esque" victor in Marie Le Pen is on her way to overall victory. What does this mean for the region and the United States regarding the new tone set? Well that all gets discussed.

Finally Mark and his guests take a letter from a listener regarding Mark's tendency to have tournaments of pop culture and put unlikely things against each other. A listen named John sends in his 4 Disaster movies and wants us to match em up. Find out what movies are on the list and see if you agree with our choices and eventual winner. 

Apr 17, 2017

Did he really say that???? Yep. Sean Spicer stuck his foot in his mouth again and called concentration camps, "Holocaust Centers".  But the funny thing is that it's not event he biggest story of the week.  More crazy Trump things happened and Mark, Bobby and Jason dive in head first to all of them.  

Trump decided to go and drop the MOAB in Afghanistan and now the world is on edge because its the largest non nuclear bomb the USA has.  And with North Korea constantly shooting their own rockets towards the USA, everyone knows that a potential nuclear showdown might happen sooner than later.

Also. a guy decided to jump on Facebook Live and start killing people while streaming it.  This is some crazy stuff that leads to a discussion about the death penalty and the guys talk about their stances on the issue because of the Arkansas lethal injection stuff going down in the next 10 days. 

All this and more on the Q! 

Apr 11, 2017

School Shootings, Bombing Syria and Governors giving up their seats of power, it's all in a normal week for one Donald J. Trump and for the Q staff to dissect. 

First up, Jason Kull and Producer Bobby slip back into the seats of producer and co-host to help Mark break down all the fun.  But it's the school shooting that opens the eyes of Mark and the team to where they are eventually gonna go with the show. A Murder-Suicide takes the life of a teacher and 8 year old student in San Bernadino and this raises the the good ole 2nd Amendment question in the eyes of everyone on the show.  Everyone but Bobby, which triggers the most morbid episode of the Q possible.  Bobby brings up the validity of the school shootings before he breaks down the door of crazy things that happen on the internet. This leads to a discussion of death and suicides on the internet that are filmed and the guys discuss all of it.

After that, it's Super Syria time as the boys discuss our friend of the show, Donald J .Trump decided to throw down the proverbial gauntlet and let the  world know that after he tells people in need they aren't welcome, he'll be the first to kill their eventual killers...but only after those people are already dead and can't benefit from Trump at all. 

All this and much more on the Q!

Apr 4, 2017

Producer Bobby returns on this late episode of the Q.  Trump has been trying to downplay this Russia stuff and it's not going well at all.  Now they are finding new evidence of his potential collusion during his campaign and he is in full retreat mode. Mark Bland, Producer Bobby and guest Brandon Travis look into all this sweet content and discuss it voraciously. Plus the Gorsuch nomination is in limbo and Mark breaks that down for all the "nuclear options" people.

But the fun don't stop there, cause Mark has some grooming questions for Bobby and he re-iterates a story from when he was going to the doctor.  Where the story goes, no one will see this coming at all.  But then Mark brings up some conspiracy talk because Brandon is guesting again and this leads to the discussion with Producer Bobby about Sandy Hook and many other things. Then the boys try to figure out what makes the Top 5 conspiracy theories of all time.  So who do you think made that list?  Find out on this new episode of the Q.

Mar 27, 2017

Nope, this is not a Vanilla Ice album from 1991...It's the newest episode of the Q. This week we welcome Brandon Travis a extreme sports junkie that is heavily into Base Jumping and Skydiving.  Brandon discusses his early days of getting into the extreme sports and what those first few times were like.  Also, he took a not so travelled route to base jumping and spills the beans on that.

The guys get into to talking about Trump and how he was unable to get the repeak of Obamacare done even though he had majorities in both the House and Senate.  Plus Mark breaks out a list of all the google shopping searches in the United States on a yearly basis and we find out that one state out there is huge into buying and looking for Borat Mankini's. Really??? Find out what state by listening to the show! 

Plus Brandon hits the Hotseat to answer random questions about his life. All this and much more on this episodic piece of political impact! 

Mar 20, 2017

Funny man Jonathan May joins Mark Bland and Jason on this episode of the Q.  Firs things first, Mark discusses how the bracket is looking for his March Madness picks. Next the guys get into Jonathan May and his past.  Jonathan talks about his time a Military police officer and dealing with suicides and other assorted issues that happened.

Next up, Mark and Jason get into discussing the newest Trump news including Kellyanne's newest statement on the state of microwave's in the US.  Also how being dismissive to Angela Merkel and not shaking her hand could have deeper implications as the US wades through the treacherous path of daily existence in the USA.  

Finally, throughout the show, Mark stops and asks Jonathan assorted questions about  growing up Black and the affects of White culture and black culture on him a as person.  Including asking him his opinion on the newest Mike Brown video that came out in the last couple weeks. 

Mar 13, 2017

It's been a few years since the Mike Brown/Ferguson incident and the family claimed that Mike would never rob a store.  But the only evidence that was ever presented was a security tape from the store the morning of the shooting.  It showed Mike manhandling a store owner/employee after he was told he couldn't have some cigarillos.  So everyone assumed, here is this thug that is trying to knock over a liquor store and that eventually lead to his death.

BUT NOT SO FAST EVERYONE....seems that the St. Louis County PD and Attorney knew of more video from that same store the the night before (technically in the early morning of the day of his death) where Mike Brown came in, made some sort of deal with the employees and then handed the exact same bag of cigarillos over to the employees for safe keeping....until the next morning when he shows back up for them.

Mark and Alex Elias discuss this need video in detail and discuss the ramifications if there are any new points of view to take from this.  They discuss the why and how of the case regarding this new info and if the rioting would have still happened or not.  

Mar 7, 2017

Trump can't stop himself. He is a detriment to our country and himself at times.  On this episode we break down the NEXT (the guys refuse to say newest because it seems 2-3 things happen NEW each day) big situation with him...Supposedly Obama (former not involved in World politics right now at ALL) wire tapped Trump Towers to spy on Trump during the 2016 election and campaign.  Everyone in the world knows its a desprate plea to get any news fodder off himself cause he is just not a good person. The guys decide to break it all down and discuss the potential end game for Obama if any existed at all or not.

Also, Mark and Jason Kull decide to take some questions from the listeners.  They discuss Top Documentaries you need to see and also impart some great advice that anyone can use. This and much more on the new Q! 

Feb 28, 2017

Well another week and we can't stress enough how outlandish the Trump presidency has become.  Spending more than an entire year worth of travel of the previous president, in one month or fake Swedish security people coming on FOX news to try and bolster the already dismal BS story from years earlier....it's just another day in the Trump Presidency. So as usual Mark and Jason Kull have to discuss the most prominent political stories of the week and give their opinion. We understand they DON'T have to...but they do and people enjoy it. 

Also, Bill Paxton passed away shortly before the show and the guys reminisce about their favorite past movies and TV shows he was involved in. This leads to a deeper conversation about the careers of other well known people and what they have accomplished in the business of movies too.

Feb 20, 2017

300 shows is not an easy thing to accomplish and the Q with Mark Bland has finally taken the leap and made it after 7 years.  On this show, Mark is joined by Jason Kull and Producer Bobby as they think about the past years and where they are compared to when they started. 

But the show hits its normal stride as Mark, Jason and Bobby decide to tackle two specific topics:  The first being Trumps amazing 3rd FAKE attack that never existed at all, but his team keeps making them up.  The Second being his new found fascination of denouncing the media and challenging the credibility of their profession.  Mark see's this more as people calling other peoples opinions they disagree with as fake news.  It's not Fake news and the guys explain why.

Finally Mark brings up some questions from the fans and listeners and this leads to one of the best endings to a show that we have ever had.  One question leads to a discussion about the worst things about Porn....this brings up Bobby's story and review of a movie from when he was younger that levels the crew.  Great stuff and you don't wanna miss it.

Feb 13, 2017

On this episode of the Q, we return to our podcast format due to an unforseen situation arising at the radio station we were on in St.Louis.  Due to this infraction, The Q chose to disengage our relationship with the station and move on with life.

Jason Kull is here to discuss Mark's new theory that Donald Trump's decisions seem to be coming from a potential illness.  Also Mark directly alludes to the fact that there is tons of video and proof of Trump's inability to read.  Shouldn't the president of the US be able to read well?  Well seems like half the population in the US doesn't care.

Also, the two guys tackle some dilemmas and discuss if there was anyone in history that you could get into an Argument with, who would you like to verbally tangle with?  Hitler, the Pope, Nostrodamus...who?  Listen to find out who our guys said.

Feb 6, 2017

We love callers on the Q.  They are what really makes our show special.  But sometimes the callers are special themselves.  On this episode, we focus on the need for someone to put Trump in a checks and balances type situation.  His entire team is going off the rails and making weird and dumb claims that are hurting his brand and Presidency. 

First up, we discuss Kellyanne Conway and her need to create fake and false massacre's to fodder the Muslim Ban that trump enacted.  Kellyanne went on another political show on TV and stated that because of the "Bowling Green Massacre", that's why the ban is needed.  Only problem is that It never happened and she completely made it up again.  Another Alternative Fact.

Then the guys take some callers and they decide to go in blind and see what the fans of the show are thinking.  May have been the wrong idea.  The callers definitely were the star of this show, so saddle up and take a listen....prepare to be entertained.

 

Jan 30, 2017

Matt Krueger is back and what a show to return for. The President Donald Trump has had a busy first week in office and at the end of it he decided to Ban people from 7 specific Middle Eastern countries that have terrorist ties.  But the issue is that he left a few other countries that are also terror based off the list. Why?  Well maybe he has economic ties to those countries, or maybe he doesn't feel they are a threat at all.  Regardless, the hashtag #MuslimBan seems to be taking the entire world by storm as country after country denounces this US stance.  People are taking over airports and we discuss whether this is all justified or not.

But first, Kayo Bracey joins the show to discuss hip hop and growing up in North Carolina over the past few years with all the confederate flag talk and now Trump becoming the president.  He tells us a little about his upbringing as well as his influences coming from the home of hip hop legend Petey Pablo.

All this and much more on the Q!

Jan 23, 2017

Well He's the Preident now and with that starts the reign of Donald Trump.  And right off the bat, Trump sent new White house Press Secretary Sean Spicer out to let the media know, "We don't like you!"  All because the world showed pictures of the small turnout for the inauguration of Trump.  Welp, that's kinda life and reality can be tough to swallow sometimes.

But it didn't stop there....The next day on Meet the Press, Chuck Todd pushed the issue of why Sean Spicer went out to everyone the previous day and lied about the pictures from  a point of spite it seemed like.  Kellyanne Conway decided to put the breaks on and stated that Spicer had uttered some "Alternative Facts" which is just another phrase for LYING.  

So Mark and Jason along with Steph on the board, decided to delve in this week and discuss the Alternative facts.  As well as an Alternative Universe we seem to be in now.

 

 

Jan 11, 2017

Will he keep a single promise he made to the people of the United States?  Matt Krueger jumps in and joins Mark, Bobby, Jason and Schep to break down these ideas and promises.  The guys tangle it up about whether Obama has created more divisiveness or not during the 8 years that he was President.  Matt throws out a laundry list of things against Obama that Mark and the team discuss and bat down in a rapid fire session of political talk.  Definitely one of the best discussions we have had on the show.

But that's not all.  Rob Schamberger from the WWE joins to talk about his early interests in being an artist.  Rob explains where and why it came to him and what some of his favorite paintings are.  From his time working in KC's indie wrestling scenes to his first WWE opportunity, we discuss it all with him.

Finally the listeners sent in some great questions and Mark picks the brains of the crew to find out what the Rarest thing's they own are...and... If there is some unheralded history note that deserves more respect and notoriety than any other.  

Jan 3, 2017

Well it is the new year of 2017 and the guys on the Q have an amazing show lined up for you.  First up is their guest retired prowrestler and amazing artist Dartallion Allen.  Also known in wrestling as a Eric Allen, Dartallion joins in the show to fullfil Marks long legacy of bringing some personal buddies on the show and this one fills out the Trifecta! Dart discsusses his earliest influences and how he did some tryout work with Marvel.  Plus Mark and Eric go down memory lane to remember exactly when they crossed paths for the first time.

From there, Jason Kull and Schep jump in handily for the discussion about Donald Trump and what is going on for this year.  Mark has a list of predections he's calling now and many of them seem to have a common theme....listen in to find out what that is. Finally Mark and John have a good ole verbal tug of war regarding Scheps background in politics and when he decided enough was enough and went Republican.

 

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