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The Q Now

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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Dec 31, 2022

On this new years eve 2022, we save the best for last.  Ed Reggi, an accomplished actor and improvist, joins the Q to discuss what he has been doing these last few years since we seen him, Covid and more Covid and politics has been ravaging the world and Ed has been handling his business the way he sees fit.  So it is time to catch up with the snomageddon viral star! 

First up, Ed and his significant other purchased a house a few years back with some land and Ed has been fixing it up ever since. The guys get into talking about the housing structures in the old days of St. Louis looked, and how they try to emulate it with a more modern feel. This leads to Mark discussing his own home and the layout and how it can be bothersome at times. 

Next, as the year closes, a lot of things happened in the news politically and otherwise. Mark and Ed tackle the news stories. First the Queen of England passes away and the two reminisce about their thoughts and nostalgia of watching here as they grew up and what she meant to our world. On top of that Russia invades Ukraine and the Jan 6th committee did their thing and people are paying the price now.  All this and much more is discussed on this year in review! 

Finally, Mark decides to field a few questions with Ed Reggi, go as far as to invite Ed's husband to come on the show in the future and discuss their relationship and life together. Mark has interviewed Ed a few times, but never talked with his husband about the real Ed Reggi...find out if Ed is willing to make this happen or if he put the kobash on it real quick. 

Dec 24, 2022

Well well well we are here and it is christmas time in the city of St. Louis, Mo. Santa Clause has his list and is checking it twice. Now it's time for him to make a call to the Q with Mark Bland and Jason Kull so he can let them in on what it is like to be Santa Clause in 2022! 

Also, The January 6th committee has released it's recommendations for the Insurrectionists like Donald Trump and these are not charges that should be ignored at all! Trump, Meadows and others purposely decided to incite insurrection and lie about everything. The committee figured this all out and recommended charges from the DOJ. The guys discuss! 

Variety put out it's cool list of the 100 best movies and there are some surprises compared to past lists. That is what makes this list that good. They take a lot of things into account including influence on others and popularity. You might be surprised at their Top 20 as Mark and Jason break it down. 

Finally you can't go without hearing from Adam Sandler and his famous Chanukah Song! Mark and jason then discuss some of the worst gifts others got for xmas and how it affected them. All this and much more on this episode of The Q! Merry Christmas to you and your families from the Q! 

Dec 17, 2022

Welp it seems Mark posted something to social media and it caught him some flack. But it's not that national kinda flack that typically is associated with a social media post...it's more localized and people calling offline to challenge what the post said. 

On this Episode of The Q, Alex Elias joins Mark and Jason Kull to discuss Mark's recent post where he claimed in his prime athleticness, Mark said he was as good as any other professional athlete  and just as athletic. Now Mark didn't say he was a professional football player and could beat Micah Parsons in football today....BUT... back in his prime, with all things working properly, he was as athletically gifted as a Micah Parsons or other professional athletes. Alex vehemently disagrees with this and argues that Mark could never have been the same caliber as a All Pro Football player....But then Mark starts breaking down his size, his sport, what they wear versus a heavily padded football player....Does Mark change the mind of Alex, listen and find out! 

Then Mark and the guys discuss the Brittney Griner prisoner swap where Donald Trump came out and said he could have done the prisoner swap for Paul whelan back in his presidency, but he decided not to do it. Just like the wall he didn't build and the Covid he didn't stop. The gentleman discuss the upcoming announcement of his Trump NFT cards, Viktor Bout (the other half of the prisoner swap) and explain how the negotiations between the biden Whitehouse and Putin went regarding the Prisoner Swap. 

Finally Mark and Jay wants to really get to know Alex a lot better and starts to ask some difficult questions of Alex. This comes on the heels of a personal friend that is dying that Mark had a chance to talk with and it made him emotional and want to find out more about his personal friends. Alex, Jay and Mark discuss the questions as they pertain to their lives in 2022. 

All this and much more on the new Q! 

Dec 10, 2022

Well Marcus Boston is back on the show to help us close out the Best Action Movie since 1980. The guys are down to four competitors for the best movie. Lethal Weapon (80s), Terminator 2 (90s), Inglorious Basterds (2000s), Winter Soldier (2010's). Who will reign supreme in this final discussion, we are going to find out but first!

A local STL broadcaster got caught with a third DWI. This bothers Mark because of the number of DWI's that this gentleman got. They discuss this and the attacks that Mark endured for stating what everyone else was already saying. 

It was a great week for moderates and democrats in the USA. Georgia had their runoff election between Warnock and Herschel Walker. Walker entered the situation talking about werewolves and Vampires and election fraud and all of it...BUT IN THE END...the most mind numbing thing happened after the republicans lost the election. They blamed it on something they did and pretended to be confused by their own actions....The gents discuss all of this.

Finally Marcus explains that he is not a fan of Christmas, but he also shares it with a birthday. So based of this, Mark and Jason press down to find out some info regarding the uniqueness of having a birthday right next to christmas. Plus Marcus explains that his Mom had a unique way of delving out presents for both the birthday and christmas, which just peaks more interest and brings up more questions. 

Dec 3, 2022

It's been a a grind but we are finally at the final brakcet of the Tournament of Pop Culture: Best action movies since the 1980's. On today's show is the final 2010's bracket and it is a doozy! And Marcus Boston, joins Mark and Jason Kull to break down all of it and get a final winner! 

First up Marcus is back and RACE is all over the news and Kanye is going crazy helping right wing nazi sympathizers get more well known and all of it. Maybe Marcus can make some sense out of all of this. But to get there, we discuss colonization, the former queen of england and how things are lookes from perspective and time. The USA is a very shallow existence with 300+ years under it's belt. But other parts of the world are thousands of years older and have writen history from 3000-4000 years ago. Places in the middle east and around the birthplace of civilization. Marcus, Mark and Jason break this down and discuss Race in the US versus the view of Racism in the world. 

Then Marcus lets out once again that he is choosing not to go to his 20 yr High School Reunion. This gets Mark and Jason discussing the time Mark went to his 20 yr reunion and it was in Ferguson the night of the Mike Brown situation. Mark relays the thoughts and feelings of that and how he was pointed out as one of "those people right there" and how he needed to "they all need to die". It was a wild reunion story that has been brought up before, but this leads to Marks major discussion on Elon Musk and the craziness that has hampered this world we live in since Covid in 2020. Elon seems to have gone off the rails and the men discuss! 

Finally, It's time for the TOPC: Best Action movies since 1980 and in this final round, we are focused on the Movies of the 2010's. And Action movies to boot. Which Mission Impossible made the list? Does Django Unchained have an unfair advantage? What movies were on the list that you wanted but they didn't make it. Well to find out you have to tune in and let the gents break down the movies and the bracket for you! 

Nov 26, 2022

The tough guys are back and ready for this first week of the holiday season! 

First things first...JSO is back and ready to talk with Mark and his Number 1 enemy, Jason Kull. JSO starts off on the right foot explaining his most recent championship grab at MMWA wrestling in St. Louis. Him and tag partner are now the Heavyweight Tag Champions and the EGO has blown up to all time highs. 

This leads to a discussion about everyone's favorite topic, Donald Trump and this time his former ATTY. General Bill Barr who is now an anti Trump conservative. But the guys are confused at how you can sit there today with this disdain for Trumps moves, while you ignored and turned the other cheek to everything when you could have easily put an end to Jan 6th and all of it. 

Next up, JSO decided to bring his wife to the studio and the rule in Radio is simple, do not come in the studio if you are unwilling to jump on the mic. Cause that is a norm in the business. Well Lindsey O'Connor joins Mark and Jason to discuss what the courting for JSO was and the type of game he spit to get her interested in him. This leads to other questions later on in the Hot Seat that JSO has to defend! 

Finally we are in the 2000's region of the best action movies since 1980 (barstool bracket). We bring in JSO to discuss this decade and help us whittle it down to Kill Bill or Gladiator or 14 other options that compile to give you a great list of movies in the action category between 2000-2009. So join us as we break it all down on this episode of The Q! 

Nov 19, 2022

On this episode of the Q, Mark Bland is joined by John Scheper and Jason Kull.

First up, Scheper calls in to discuss the ramifications of the Mid-Term Elections and what went wrong for the republicans. Was it the bad candidates? Was it the amount of money spent? Or is it something Mark brings up? All this gets hashed out and the gents discuss Trump running again in 2024!

Next its been a week for everyone watching the Herschel Walker saga. But don't fret Mike Pence is right there to also be involved in the game to. Plus some of Trump announcement and things he is going to work on. Regardless, all these sound bites happened in the past week and Mark and Jason discuss what these people are saying to America right now! Like Herschel Walker who's obviously a vampire buit now wants to be a Werewolf. Why? Because Werewolves can kill Vampires! 

Finally, it's the 1990's region of the best Action movie since 1980.  The first round was amazing and this round has some heavy hitters like The Matrix, True Lies and the Fugitive. Did the movie you want make the cut? Maybe or maybe not...but when this is done we are half way through these decades and have two final four contenders! 

Nov 12, 2022

On this episode of the Q, Marcus boston once again jumps into the guest seat to discuss his upcoming event where he is auctioned off for Charity. 

The soulardians been rocking with Mark Bland for a few years, and now there is one more reason to love them...Marcus the host is being auctioned off to the lovely ladies of STL. But let us not forget....

2022 Midterm Electiosn happened this past week and it was not the RED WAVE that the republicans been stating for months and months leading into the election. Instead what people got was what Mark the host said would happen...a very close election and the Democrats eeking it out. Well the eek out part is still left to be determined because of Herschel Walker and Warnock in Georgia, but the even stevens seems to be in the books. What was supposed to be a red wave turned into a blue equalizer for Mid Terms. Mark Bland is joined by Jason Kull along with Marcus to discuss. 

Mark been noticing the social media posts for Marcus historically and now are not matching up the normal way. Mark feels there is something more to this need for Marcus to play up the single life card. Deep inside Marcus want's love and Mark has some important questions that the ladies of the Purple Gala will be needing to hear to make sure they getting the right man of their dreams...or is Marcus a tease and single man for life. We discuss and find out. 

Finally, an impromptu tournament of pop culture shows up out the blue for Q. Mark was looking around and ran into a multi-section TOPC for best Action movie since 1980. Now Mark did not produce this one, so it's not his choices for the competition. But is the movie you thought would be there, even on the list of movies. It's broken down by1980's, 90's, 2000's, 2010's. Four sections with a grand finale for the four surviving movies. Who wins and loses. Join us to find out! 

Nov 5, 2022

Ahh we made it to the midway point of life. The 2022 midterms are here everyone and Mark Bland is joined by a bevy of gentlemen to discuss all the upcoming fun we will have this week! 

First up Mark sits down and talks with Mike Eise and Jonathan May about the way the government and elections in the USA are setup. Eise believes this is all contrived and ptu together by the Media and the powers that be to keep the country separated on purpose. Mark and Jonathan seem to think that peope naturally gravitate the way they want and that creates the separation just like in the animal kingdom. Can we get these guy to agree?

Next up, KSDK channel 5  in St. Louis (the NBC affiliate ksdk.com) lends their political coordinator to the Q for a interview. Mark Maxwell joins the show to discuss how this election will proceed forward after the 2020 election denying. Mark and the boys discuss the potential for republicans to use their congressional advantage to bring libs to their knees as well as what are the topics and ballot options people are talking about going into this Mid-term. 

Finally Mark and Jonathan bid adieu to Mike Eise and continue to break down the ballot initivatives for Missouri in the 2022 election and this leads to some movie talk. Mark and Jonathan both saw the movie Barbarian and had differing opinions on the outcome of the movie and who the focus should be on. Be careful, they do discuss some "spoiler" styled stuff. And then Dr. Love is back in the house as the two discuss a guy and his unwilling dating partner! 

All this and more on this episode of the Q! 

Oct 29, 2022

For the first time in a few years (cause of COVID) we are putting out a Halloween Spooktacular! Drew Pinson and Jason Kull join us to jump in on the special edition of the show! 

First up, there was a school shooting in the St. Louis Area this past week and the gunman left a manifesto. But within that manifesto was something interesting that seems to be a theme popping up. Mark, Jason and Drew discuss the shooting as well as this theme and new way to attack the national issue going forward. 

Next up, Biden is pushing to get rid of bad banking, credit and loan fees. Airline pork fat fee's and things of that nature. But this is a problem that Barack Obama already tackled in 2009...so why is it back on the table in 2022...well conservatives ruined the world for 4 years and now we are here...the guys discuss.

Finally it is the Halloween Spooktacular and with that, it's time for one more tournament of pop culture before the season ends. Are you into movies. What about Halloween/Horror movies? Well then we have the competition for you....we are doing the Best Horror Movie of All Time...so did your movie make the list? Did your movie go deep? All this and much more on this amazing show sponsored by John Beal Roofing.

Oct 22, 2022

WElcome back to another week on 1280AM/105.3 fm KYRO and on this weeks show we got one Mr. John Scheper joining the program along with Jason Kull! 

First up it is Homecoming for Mizzou Football and John Scheper calls in from the game to talk with the boys. Off the top, there have been a few people getting run over in football games in the news, and this past week was no different for the Alabama/Tennessee game the other day. With a lady running onto the field, she was taken down by a Alabama football player and now everyone is all Devante Adams about the situation...but who was in the wrong, the guys discuss. 

Next up is a massive discussion on the 2022 Mid Terms and what is coming up in the next few weeks. John, Mark and Jason make their predicitions on what will be the outcome of the 2022 midterms as well as discuss what needs to be done by the Democrats if they want to maintain or win in November. But John see's it as the republicans opportunity to lose this one. Who is right, well listen and find out.

Finally, we are closer to Halloween and that means more fun with the season of the spooky. Mark decides to break out a bucket list of things that you can do to get the most out of your halloween season. Have you been to a costum party? What about dunked your head for apples? So many options so few minutes to spare. 

Oct 15, 2022

We are slowlying moving towards Halloween and each week we wanna give you a little fun for your spooky october! Drew Pinson and Jason Kul join Mark to discuss some of the nations biggest Stories this week! 

First, Alex Jones ordered to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to Sandy Hook families for years of lies that the school shooting was a hoax. The gentleman discuss this and it leads to one of the best skits the boys have ever done on the show. 

Next up,  The guys tackle the internet in 2022 and how it affects the Gen X'ers vs. The Millenials. There are ways one group looks at things and interacts with the internet as opposed to the other group. But who really is getting it right...and what about social media and the internet that has changed how we approach things. Plus Elon Musk is now getting involved in politics and influence in the Ukraine war, but is that his place? The guys discuss.

Finally, everyone loves a great halloween costume. So Mark dug through the pile and found the Top Halloween costumes for 2022. Did your favorite make the list. Is a classic on there. Why did Velma make this list. All of this is discussed on this episde of The Q!

Oct 8, 2022

It's Halloween time and on the Q we live for the scary time of the year. Sure we love the other times, but something draws us to this time of year with the leaves changing and the air getting cooler. 

So on this episode, Jonathan May and Jason Kull join Mark Bland to focus on a few things and give their thoughts.  Up first is Herschel Walker and Kanye west and this cache of new fangled republicans that just choose to be wild, show everyone their worst side and then expect everyone to be cool with it. Antonoi Brown from football (also) gets brought up as well as the hijinks of Rand Paul. 

Next Jonathan May and the guys get into talking about movies and music and everything. Then Mark asks Joanthan if he could remake a movie with an all Black cast, what movie would he do and who would be cast. This leads to Jonathan claiming he would put out some movies called "Blacked" where he directed them and the casts were all black, but super well known movies like Forrest Gump. 

Finally since we are talking Halloween, Mark decides it's been a while since they done a tournament of pop culture on the Q and he wants to do the 2022 Halloween Candy competition. So saddle in and find out if your favorite candy to eat made the cut, and how deep it went into the competition. 

 

Oct 3, 2022

On this weeks episode of the Q, Drew Pinson and Jason Kull are back to discuss life and politics with Mark Bland our host. 

First up, Mark has some thoughts on a local newspaper and the relationship he has had with them in the past. They are putting out the same material today as they were 20 years ago, but they are not giving focus to those that truly impact and influence out the market. They hang their head on "movie stars" who got lucky and "music artist" that never give back. Mark and the guys discuss these opinions.


Next up, as we are finally breaching that normalcy that is life, and with people coming back to concerts and events...Mark is wondering who fell of and who is still bringing it. This turns into a referendum on Bruno Mars and where he stands in the anals of music history. Is he The Weeknd and Michael level, or does he run more on Tier 2 or 3 when it comes to power and success within that world. Mark and the boys go back and forth wondering who the larget and most successful tours in music history are and who are the most influential of all time. A great discussion on the music business and some edgy comments that will catch people off guard. 

finally, Mark and the guys decide to take on some unpopular opinions and conspiracy. Mark asked the gentlement to bring in their favorite conspiracy theory to discuss and this get's into some interesting things. Was JFK just randomly shot by Lee Harvey? Do lizard people exist and run our government....tune in and find out ho weird it can be in the USA!

Sep 24, 2022

Dirty of the XFL/ST....wait a second...nope! You can't say that anymore. Jason Spurgeon of the The XFans show which discusses the XFL and their league is joining us on this episode to discuss a few things that we have on the Table.

First up Dirty drops the bomb that they are no longer the XFLSTL talk show anymore. They are now the Xfans show and the XFL called him directly to ask him to change the name of his program. And he and his co-host did do that. So from here on out, they are the Xfans!

Next up Trump has been sued again. This time Letitia James of the SDNY has sued trump and his children for the fraud they committed with his charities and vouching from pricing on his properties that were lets say less than valuable as stated. So once again Trump in hot water for literally everything he ever does, which is always pretty shztty. 

Then the guys discuss a local issue that happened with their sister radio station and a local news anchor. This then leads to disussions on Valdamir Putin and his decision to call up draftee's for his Ukranian war. Only problem is that if you are forcing your citizens to fight and fill in the gaps, you aren't as big and tough as you have pretended. It's all coming undone and the guys are here to let you know! 

Finally what starts as some opinions that are not as popular as people think, Mark and the boys start discussing the Homerun chase going on in the MLB. At one time we had Bonds breaking records, but those days are tarnished...but should they be. Mark brings up the need for history to show that McGwire and them weren't using banned substances in the late 90's when they hit for those records. So Judge in NY might get there/did get there but he still has others to catch. 

All this and much more on this episode of the Q!

Sep 17, 2022

Drew Pinson and Jason Kull join Mark Bland on this episode where the gentlemen decide to remember the Queen of England who just died in the past week. After decades of reign, the most recognizable person in a Monarchy has passed to the other side. It's such a big deal that they released a press release that states Trump is not invited to the funeral at all. Crazy to think....

Also, Mark is becoming really beaten down about how every time something happens in the music or movie business, it immediately is brought down a notch or two by people being too woke. The latest craziness is people using AI to make the trailer for Disney's new Little Mermaid with a white girl instead of a black lead. Mark thinks this is way way over the top, but also questions why there is a need to constantly play with things on purpose to create division. 

Mark and the guys talk about homophobia, racism and many other issues that pop up quite often even though in practice there really isn't much that "happens" regarding those topics. And Mark believes those topics are only a focus for a launching point. Everyone doesn't need to complain and whine about everything all the time. Not every Joke is an attack on a whole culture. Some things are just funny in thought and the moment. The world is insensitive and now people are being too sensitive to everything all the time. Now Trump threatening people and the libs are all for it...but it's sensitivity again! 

The gentle touch on this topic multiple times in the show.

Finally Mark has Drew and Jason faceoff in a game of Trivia to see who is the trivia master of the Q. Who won? Who knew more? Which person seemed to guess too much? All this and more will be answered in this weeks finale! 

Sep 10, 2022

This episode of the Q touches on a lot of things! First up our guests are Jon May and Jason Kull. Here is everything we touch on:

- Werewolves

- Haunted halloween with the Q and Jon May

- Being scared of inanimate objects
- Joe Rogan

-  Jake Paul Vs. Anderson silva
- MMA vs Boxing skills

- Dr. Rick and progressive commercials

- The word GLIZZY and it's meaning

- She hulk Twerking/Black Elves in Lord of the Rings

- Racism and the people who represent culture in mainstream in 2022
- Crazy ways the other parts of the world handle their criminals

- Iceland and it's beauty
-Swingers and upside down pineapples

- Donald trump and special masters request/FBI Raid Mar-a-lago
- why is trump not in jail yet with all this evidence?
- Sex out in the woods and whether it's fun or not
- Taking on relationship issues and questions

All this and much more on this amazing episode of the Q! 

Sep 3, 2022

MMWA has a Sept. 10th event coming up and they sent over their guy, the South Broadway Savior....JSO... to be our guest on this new episode.

First up Mark wants to find out about the wrestler and his background. Hailing from STL, Mark and his co-host Jason Kull find out that there is a former Junior Blues Player who had a shot at a major university that historical in our great country and it ain't Harvard. This leads to convos about Pro-Wrestling and the business and JSO's eventual rise to popularity.

It's not been a good week for Trump. It seems the documents he took were so secret even the FBI had to get clearance to view them for investigating. Which really just whittled the culprits down to Trump and Pence technically. And since the world knows Pence was attacked on Jan 6th, it doesn't seem to point to anyone other than Don. But Mark tries to put the way we look this and other things in perspective throughtout this show. 

Finally Mark and the boys discuss AI and how it won a competition for digital art at the Colorado State Fair and how close we are getting to ourselves eradicating ourselves. And then it's time for the one and only JSO to jump on the hotseat and answer some random questions to make himself feel important and to help us learn of the AVATAR OF EXCELLENCE and who he is! 

Aug 27, 2022

Donald Trump is in serious hot water. He took stuff he shouldn't have and now it comes out that he took A LOT. 

On this episode of the show, Mike Eise joins Mark to discuss the brand new student debt relief bill that has everyone talking. The Biden admin has realized keeping the promises seems to help them get notice and keep them in the good graces. The dems have put forth a Debt relief bill for college students, effectively wiping $10,000 in debt off their books. Mark and Mike rip into this amazing development.

Donald Trump seems to have taken 700+ documents including top secret documents from his time in the White house. As Mark explains, everyone thought it was a couple things he shouldn't have when the story broke. Now we realize he was harboring tons of info to selll to terrorists and bad people against the USA. This is a former President and in centuries past...Aaron burr would have already taken out this treasonous person. The guys discuss.

Finally We discuss some of the background in the world of Poker for our friend Mike eise. He answers some questions that Mark has been wondering for a while. All this and much more on this episode of the Q! 

Aug 20, 2022

Mark Bland and Drew Pinson attack the stories of the week.

First up is Liz cheney and her need to win her primary in Wyoming. Now Wyoming believes anything Donald Trump says. There is no real verification for anything the choose to do and they chose to fire Liz Cheney. So now they are the party of criminals and losers. Mark and Drew discuss how this is different than any other year in the history of ever.

Second, the guys focus on what was being traded and bandied about by Trump during his raid in the past few weeks. It's said that ole Donnie had classified secret nuclear documents he took from the archives...and they FOUND those specific documents. Not easy to get ones either. So this was a decision by a treasonous person against the USA. 

Finally the new documentary TrainWreck: Woodstock '99 came out and Mark wants to discuss it a bit and focus on Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit were to blame for the rioting and dangerous atmorsphere...but they were already pissed before Fred Durst and company showed up. 

All this and much more on this episode of The Q! 

 

Aug 12, 2022

Well well well it seems our friend Donald Trump was busy running around the White house and secret archives grabbing documents he shouldn't have and storing them at Mar-a-Lago. And the FBI figured it out. Then they went and searched and found those exact documents they were looking for. Trump claimed it was a political poloy, except they found the stuff. So how was it politics? 

Mike Eise and Jason Kull join to discuss this latest story in the world of the former president. Mark then reminds the world that Alex Jones and his text's ae out there floating around. With all this connecting back to Trump in many ways, we are finding out that the republican voters were the fools the Q always claimed they were. 

Next up the guys focus on candidates for the 2024 presidential election because Mike wants some younger blood in the office to focus on pressing issues of 2022. This makes sense and many have claimed Trump, Biden and all of the people of the past few years are just too old to be handling these things. 

Finally, Mark Discusses how conspiratorial people tend to take things in the media and alter them to fit their perception and try to lie to people. There are big networks like FOX where they all read the same speech after trump took office...so it is real that people use media to swerve others...but it's usually Trump and conservatives that are doing it. 

Jul 30, 2022

Do you know what the Mandela Effect is? Well it's this idea that you remember things in a similar but wrong way from the way it was originally presented. Well welcome the Q's version of that! Mark Bland our great host seems to be Mandela'ing himself all over the place on this episode. Drew Pinson and Mike Eise join to discuss a few different things and the episode takes an interesting turn. 

First up the gents discuss Drew Pinson and his harrowing adventure at his job the other night. Drew was involved in an active shooter situation and goes into detail discussing his involvement and everything surrounding it! This comes on the heels of what is going to be the most rain to fall in a 24 hour period in St. Louis history. Drew gets caught in this torrential rain storm while trying to calm down from his life flashing before his eyes. All this and more, so check it out!

Next up, there are people in the republican party that think they are going to have a civil war. How many of these people fall into this category? Well the guys discuss the potential for civil war and if the 30% of republicans is indicative of Trump supporters or just an angry amount. 

Finally, Mark and Drew get into a debate. Mark is discussing something regarding his background with LGBTQ and makes the comment that the culture tends to bring out and flourish in the world of the arts and other great things. Drew feels mark is stating things in a prejudice way. Mark being older thinks he is fine describing the situation and how people will view what he said. Then comes the challenge for all LGBTQ people to listen to the episode and let Mark and the guys know if it sounds prejudice or if it's Drew overvaluing it too much? 

Jul 23, 2022

Missouri State Senate candidate joins Mark Bland, Mike Eise and Jason Kull for a few minutes to discuss his senate campaign in a Red State like Missouri and what his plans are for the future of the state and country. 

First up, the guys get to know a bit about Mr. Sinclair and his focus for the rest of the campaign. This includes the constituents in the district 2 area for the state of Missouri. Michael is focusing on Term Limits for judges and the SCOTUS, plus he wants to better our infrastructure and women's rights are heavily on his mind. This all gets Mr. Eise amped up to discuss the electoral college and how voting is used in the USA today. All this leads to a discussion about Uvalde and gun reform in the US, and specifically in the state of Missouri. 

Then it's time for Michael to jump into the Hot SEAT and do what the others before him did...answer the questions! And he does, while also getting people amped up to change more laws and things in the USA, just off his answers alone. A candidate of merit!

Finally Mark and the guys sit back to discuss some other things that affect adults. Parenting! Mark is at home with the kids while they are summer break and he is realzing that they come to him and say they are bored more than ever before. This ties back into some discussion the guys had with Sinclair earlier in the show and how the kids or ingesting entertainment now compared to the past...will something be worked out...find out on this episode of the Q!

Jul 16, 2022

So Eric Greitens decided to put out a commercial in St. Louis stating that he is HUNTING RINO's (Republicans In Name Only).  This is kinda crazy since he is openly using language and visuals that are feeding his sycophant lifestyle of wanting to hurt people. Why? Well we discuss this on the newest Q. 

Jonathan May and Jason Kull make their way back to the table to discuss the stories in the news. This includes the January 6th hearings that just happened (again) and we found out that the Oath Keepers were aware of the plot a few weeks before as shown through text messages. Plus one of the men there at the inssurection has had a change of heart and testified against Trump and all the conservatives. 

Next up is the police video and surveillance video released by the media of UVALDE and their lack of effort trying to save the Robb elementary kids. It's kinda sickening and makes adult very angry when they see this video. 

Finally, to get away from those evil and bad stories, Mark lightens it up a bit with a game of Choose you House and What Movie or TV show would you live in. Hilarity ensues and everyone had a blast. check out this new episode of the Q!

Jul 10, 2022

Drew Pinson joins on this show with so much going on, it's hard to keep up. 

First things first, Mark Bland and Drew Pinson tackle the 4th of July Shooting in Highland Park, IL and the subsequent Jayland Walker shooting over the 4th of July weekend. But it's tough for Mark to keep coming on the show discussing kids getting shot up for no reason, or another unarmed person being shot and killed. It's taking it's toll on everyone and these men discuss.

Next Mark talks a little about the business of wrestling and how the people in the business today come from a different background  than others in the past, and with so many differing backgrounds, the needs of the wrestlers over the years have developed behind the scenes assistants and other people that help with their careers. This comes from a story about Buff Bagwell firing his social media person. This then turns to a discussion about outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and how he needs to resign (and did after this show).

Finally Mark and Drew decide to take on soame questions of love and this leads to Drew explaining his background in the world of bartending and working in places where KINK is a thing. Download and find out more! All on this episode of The Q. 

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