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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: February, 2024
Feb 23, 2024

On this episode of the Qnow, Randi McCallian joins to discuss her running for US Congress and the issues inside of Mo district 8 where she would represent if she should win later this year. 

Also Jenna roberson returns for more fun and torture, plus a new Ranker Review game where the guys (and gal) break down the best Cartoon theme songs of all time. Did your favorite make the list? Is another song more deserving? Find out who reigns supreme! 

Finally, Trump is a problem but it seems he keep making his own issues even worse. Mark Bland and Jason Kull discuss Trump, the FBI issues and the Joe Biden impeachment! 

Feb 15, 2024

Marcus Boston is back just in time for the finale of the Tournament of Pop Culture: Cops, robbers, Spies and Assassins bracket!

First up, Marcus comes back to let Mark and everyone know that he is definitely not dating any white women anymore. This comes on the heels of Mark asking Marcus about black culture and how they view black men dating or marrying white women. Mark noticed that many famous black men have white wives and he was curious as to how others view this in black culture. 

Next, The KC Chiefs have become Super Bowl champions...but this didn't stop some people from committing a mass shooting at their parade. Mark, Jason and Marcus discuss the gun isssues in our society and how to fix these things. When shootings are happening at celebrations, you know the country is currently spiraling out of control. 

Then its time to move onto the finale of the tournament of pop culture. The guys have 4 movies that are in the finale. After 64 movies went toe to toe for who stands tall, these men will figure out who reigns supreme. 

Finally, When marcus comes on, Mark needs to figure out why he has so much trouble in the dating world. So Mark asks some Am I the A-Hole questions to both Jason and Marcus to figure out how they process some issues are having and maybe open up a path to figuring out Marcus once and for all. 

Feb 8, 2024

On this episode of The QNow Elad Gross and Maddox join us to discuss stalkers and the Missouri general election! Plus Jenna Roberson joins us again. 

First up elad gross is running for Missouri attorney general and he decides to stop by the QNow for a quick conversation about the election and his plans for the state of Missouri. Elad also breaks down the drama that he was involved in with his former opponent Sarah Unsicker and how he became a spy for the Israeli government (according to her). Plus we find out what kind of hobbies Elad has! 

Next up our host Mark is a huge fan of this viral Sensation from the early days of the internet. Maddox and his takes have taking his website "The Best Page in the Universe" and turned him into a sensation. Coming up in the early days it was difficult for people to get noticed but not for Maddox. Since then Fame has brought him stalkers and issues that he didn't expect. He sits down with our hosts to discuss his life and some of the pitfalls. Plus his new documentary about those pitfalls and bad people. 

Finally we have our last week of the tournament of pop culture. We have broken down cop movies and Robber movies and assassin movies... And finally we have our spy movies. What do you consider a good spy movie? Did your movie make the cut? Do you think we got it wrong on a choice? Tune in and find out who makes the Final Four in our championship next show! 

Feb 2, 2024

On this episode of the QNow we welcome back our friend Andy Echele. And Andy comes back to the show at the perfect time.

 First of Mark is having some issues with some local businesses. So Mark decides to tell the story of what happened and explain to people that they don't have to put up with these types of treatment when they are spending their hard-earned money and being clients of these companies. Mark also brings up a national company that he's been having problems with this year and how they are poorly handling their customer service.

 Next up is the tournament of Pop Culture (week number three)  of the cops, robbers, assassins and spies tournament. 2 weeks have already gone by and now we are up to some of the most dangerous individuals that we've seen in movies yet. Plus there is a moment that is historical in the history of the Q show and it comes courtesy of our guest Andy. Did your movie make it, or did something make you unhappy when you heard that it was on the list... Tune in and find out who won!

 Finally middle-aged is a suffer of a lot of people and Mark has a list of questions that he has to ask Andy and Jason to find out if they officially our middle aged yet. Play along with us and see how many of these you can attribute to yourself. All this and much more on the new Qnow,

Feb 1, 2024

On this episode Jenna Roberson joins Mark Bland and Jason Kull to discuss the ROBBERS section of the TOPC (tournement of pop culture) and politics. 

First up news comes whipping in that it seems some senators and representatives from the State of Missouri House decided to submit articles to incorporate Mutal Combat/Dueling as a way to solve issues at the state level. Mark, being a Prowrestler, and Jason being, not republican, know that this is not a good way to handle these things but are all about it if that's what republicans want to solve their issues. 

Second, the world is being ripped apart in Texas at the border and the governor of the state is threatening the Federal government that it will not remove razor wire from the Rio Grande. We discuss all the aspects of this and if it will lead to war or fighting.

Next up Is the tournament of pop culture. This weeks bracket from the Cops, Robbers, Assassins and Spies TOPC is the Robbers section! Movies where robbery is the focus, but what movie stands to win...well tune in and find out! 

Finally, a ton of time has passed since 100 years ago. There were predictions that people made in 1924 about what life in 2024 would be like. Well we have a list of them on this episode and we are gonna break them down and find out how close to true some of those predictions were. Flying Cars maybe? How bout Jetson styled auto meals cooked to perfection and immediate....well we all know the truth about that. But find out what blew our teams mind when it came to the predictions. 

 

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