Chris Aballo's Podcast Experiment

Chris continues last week’s gathering with Andrew, Ryan and Jack to get nostalgic about the 90s.  The boys reminisce about defunct stores from their youth, lay out songs and bands they never need to hear again, remember their earliest albums, and Chris finishes the Nirvana rant he began in CAPE… Continue reading The post CAPE 186: Stupid and Contagious appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris, Andrew, Ryan and Jack return to the studio without an engineer to keep them in line.  The guys get the full explanation about Andrew’s recent work injuries while Jack unveils his Ming Chen impression.  They also dig into the insane Texas abortion laws, dissect the definition of patriotism, and… Continue reading The post CAPE 185: A Christian Sandwich with Heathen Bread appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris teams up with Andrew and Ryan to acknowledge the beginning of Pumpkin Spice season, with some shocking confessions thrown in.  Andrew also defends his alleged devil worshiping and the trio breaks down the new Metallica tribute album The Blacklist. Continue reading The post CAPE 184: So There Was A Starbucks… appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Andrew finally returns to join Chris and Christian on this week’s episode.  The trio talks about fan funding of all sorts, from the Onlyfans debacle and the appeal of Patreon to failed crowd funding websites and when it’s not okay to be asking fans for money. Continue reading The post CAPE 183: If You Have Any Knowledge… appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris reclaims his position as host and is joined by a packed house!  Ryan and Jack return along with Jon Beecroft and Joe Weber (Comics, Cartoons and Craft Beers podcast) plus Criss Madd (Engineer Criss Jr) as this sextet starts with ranting about Nirvana and babies, moving on to issues… Continue reading The post CAPE 182: Crazy From The Heat appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Guest host Jack DeFranco is joined by Ming Chen and Ryan Taggart to geek out over their toy collecting fetishes.  Along the way, they dig into films and TV shows such as Star Wars, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, G.I. Joe, Transformers, The Real Ghostbusters, Batman and tons of others whose… Continue reading The post CAPE 181: Nerds With Friends appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris and Christian finally sit down to discuss The Muppets, but not in some stereotypical fanboy way.  They share their introductions to the world of Jim Henson’s creations along with their unabashed love for the characters, as well as how it shaped their approaches to creativity and their perspective on… Continue reading The post CAPE 180: The Lovers, The Dreamers and These Two appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris opens up the CAPE archive to give you an hour of previously unreleased audio mixed with some Patreon exclusive bits in Volume 1 of the From The Archive series. These shenanigans include the usual suspects that are Andrew, Jack and Ryan, with Ming Chen, Criss Madd, Christian Cordes and… Continue reading The post CAPE 179: From The Archive – Volume 1 appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris does a solo episode to pay tribute to his favorite record store Vintage Vinyl, which just closed for good after 42 years. He shares stories from his first trip, the many in-store appearances he attended (and tried to attend), the very first Record Store Day, and how it felt… Continue reading The post CAPE 178: Goodbye, Vintage Vinyl appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

The first ever midnight livestream went off last Friday and it’s now available here for your listening pleasure.  Chris is joined by Ryan and Christian to celebrate Jack’s birthday, even though the conversation covers everything but that.  Hear about the surprising promo Chris filmed at the last minute, misinterpreted Facebook… Continue reading The post CAPE 177: There Goes My Egg appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

For the first time in the history of CAPE, there is a Chris-less episode!  Guest host Ryan Taggart takes over and welcomes his friend Caroline (@glimmerofhop) to talk all about the convergence of beer and Instagram.  These two enthusiasts discuss their love of craft beer, the local brewery scenes in… Continue reading The post CAPE 176: Beerstagram Takeover appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Comedians Joe Weber and Jon Beecroft (hosts of the Comics, Cartoons, and Craft Beers podcast) join Chris and Christian to perform some decent impressions, tell their darkest jokes, and get buzzed in the process.  They also ask Chris to elaborate on his podcasting experience with both CAPE and The Only… Continue reading The post CAPE 175: A Three-fum with Joe Weber and Jon Beecroft appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris and Ryan return to Zoom as fluctuating weather forces the show to skip the studio this week.  As they venture back out into a semi-normal world, the boys talk about their unusually short day at the boardwalk, Chris describes a car accident that nearly canceled April’s live show as… Continue reading The post CAPE 174: A Dashboard Full Of Fries appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris talks one-on-one with Mike Zapcic about basically everything you’d expect: how he ended up working at Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, run-ins with various celebrities at conventions, how “Comic Book Men” came to be, and a lot of Ming Chen mockery.  Chris also clarifies Mike’s side of a… Continue reading The post CAPE 173: Let’s See How This Plays Out with Mike Zapcic appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris and Andrew are joined by Munch and Sha, the hosts of Respek The Blackout Podcast.  The guys share the origins of their show and how it has evolved into a showcase for adult talent.  They also talk about emceeing swingers events, how OnlyFans has changed the game for women,… Continue reading The post CAPE 172: Explicit As F**k with Respek The Blackout appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

The foursome from The Only Podcast That Matters reunites at A Shared Universe PodcaStudio for the first time in 2021.  Chris, Andrew, Ryan and Jack kick off the show with good news about the availability of CAPE and TOPTM.  Then Jack takes everyone through his weight loss journey, Ryan explains… Continue reading The post CAPE 171: I Want Proof Of Derf! appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris is joined by the hosts of The Extended Branch, a show which explores the business and fraternal aspects of freemasonry that is also co-hosted by Andrew.  Billy Bilbow and Kevin Cotter join the conversation as Chris aims to find out what it’s like having Andrew as your leader, what… Continue reading The post CAPE 170: If I’m Promised Pancakes, I’m In appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

In the second part of their half serious/half humorous mental health discussion, Ryan opens up to Chris and Andrew about his anxiety, panic attacks and how therapy helped him overcome feelings he’d buried long ago but still needed to face.  Andrew and Ryan also share how they’ve been mentally and… Continue reading The post CAPE 169: Mental Health Part 2 – I Am The Void appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

Chris, Andrew and Ryan sit down for an overdue discussion about mental health.  In the first of two episodes on the subject, Chris discusses how he first came to recognize anxiety, the day his first panic attack led him to the emergency room, and when he decided to finally begin… Continue reading The post CAPE 168: Mental Health Part 1 – Caffeine and Hatred appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.

The show makes its triumphant return to A Shared Universe’s Eatontown studio where Chris is joined by Andrew as well as Engineer Criss Jr.  The trio gets into the continued issues with the Apple Podcasts app, Andrew’s family trip to the Philadelphia Zoo and his struggles with the recent downpour… Continue reading The post CAPE 167: Peacocks Are Fabulous Turkeys appeared first on ChrisAballo.com.