Casters on Casters: Ben Blacker, Alonso Duralde, and Hal Lublin

We Got This with Mark and Hal

Hal Lublin and Mark Gagliardi

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4.8 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It's MaxFunDrive. And here, for the first time, we give you an exclusive look (well, listen) at the craft of podcasting: presenting Casters on Casters. In this episode, Ben Blacker (Dead Pilots Society), Hal Lublin (Tights and Fights & We Got This with Mark and Hal) and Alonso Duralde (Maximum Film!) take listeners behind the scenes and swap stories about the ups and downs of podcasting. Plus, why does every TV reboot have a character that's a podcaster? And how did COVID change the podcasting game? Listen to find out! If this glamorous, in-depth journey into what makes your favorite hosts tick inspires you, support them by joining as a member at maximumfun.org/join. Edited and Produced by Laura Swisher for Maximum Fun.

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0:00.0	Hello, Nation of Conversation and People of the World.
0:03.2	This is the first day of Max Fun Drive, which of course runs until May 1st, and it's the best time of year to support your favorite shows, such as we got this with Mark and Hal, and tights and fights, to name two and only two, and also the time of year when we go all out to give you the best content and special bonuses
0:21.3	just like this.
0:22.4	Don't forget, you can get involved at maximum fun.org slash join to support either of
0:27.5	the shows that I host, and I will not be mad if you do both.
0:31.4	Just follow the link in the episode notes or visit maximum fun.org slash join.
0:35.6	And now on with the show.
0:39.2	Welcome to Castors oncasters.
0:43.2	Conversations about the art and craft of podcasting
0:46.6	with the masters of the microphone,
0:50.5	the titans of talking,
0:52.9	the rulers of remote recordings.
0:56.0	On today's show, Ben Blacker, Dead Pilots Society.
1:02.0	Hal Lublin, we got this with Mark and Hal.
1:07.0	Alonzo Dorale. Maximum Film.
1:12.3	This is Castors on Castors.
1:16.2	Why don't we start by introducing ourselves on the microphones
1:18.9	and tell folks what our MaxFun podcast or podcasts are?
1:24.2	First of all, my name is Ben Blacker,
1:25.7	and I'm the co-producer of Dead Pilot Society. My partner, Andrew Reich, is the creator of Dead Pilot Society. He's the one whose voice folks have heard in the past. Alonso, as I said, off the air, and I'll say it on the air. I am a fan of your show. Oh, thank you, sir. Tell the folks what it is. Yeah, I'm the co-host of
1:45.9	Maximum Film here on the Maximum Fun Network, which show that I've been doing with Kevin Avery,
1:51.6	Andrea Clark, and our theme is no offense to present company. It's a movie review show that isn't
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