The MJCast is an audio podcast that discusses topics and news as it relates to American singer and entertainer, Michael Jackson, and the Jackson family. The podcast was founded in 2015 with the goal of keeping Jackson’s legacy alive by interviewing guests who were closest to the singer. The MJCast continues to release new episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.[1]
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| Language | English |
| Length | 15-329 minutes |
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| Audio format | MP3 |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 148 (as of September 24, 2022) |
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| Original release | February 13, 2015 – present |
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| Website | The MJCast |
Format
editThe podcast was founded by Jamon Bull and Q Gabriel-Smith. Bull and Elise Capron are the show hosts. Charlie Carter is the show's audio producer. There are three distinct formats: The first format is regular news and discussion episodes. Secondly, there are roundtable discussions on specific topics like albums and videos. The third format is special interviews with guests who knew and worked with Michael Jackson personally and professionally. Some of their past guests include Michael Jackson's nephews from R&B singing group, 3T, brother Tito Jackson, Jacksons's personal photographer, Steven Paul Whitsitt, American sculptor, Diana Walczak, Jackson's 2005 trial lawyer, Thomas Mesereau, choreographer Vincent Paterson, Savage Garden's frontman Darren Hayes, pianist and keyboardist John Barnes and many other Jackson family members, Jackson friends, celebrities, and musicians that worked with the star.[1][2][3]
Acknowledgements
editIn 2017, The MJCast was acknowledged by Mashable and Rolling Stone when they called for boycotts of the British comedy special Urban Myths for their portrayal of Jackson, which prompted the entertainer's daughter, Paris Jackson, to vehemently object to Joseph Fiennes portraying her late father.[4][5] In 2021, The MJCast was interviewed by Podcast Magazine. The publication focused on the hosts and their reasoning behind doing the podcast, the history of the show, and the show's success.[1]
Episodes
edit| # | Episode | Air Date | Runtime |
|---|---|---|---|
| 000 | Testing, Testing, Testing! | February 13, 2015 | 15m |
| 001 | I Love to Tour! | February 22, 2015 | 1h 51m |
| 002 | They turned it Into a Glee Episode | March 8, 2015 | 1h 41m |
| 003 | Syl Mortilla Special | March 20, 2015 | 1h 7m |
| 004 | That's Enough Plugging! | April 4, 2015 | 1h 57m |
| 005 | Kerry Anderson Special | April 9, 2015 | 1h 23m |
| 006 | Tommy Organ Special | April 20, 2015 | 39m |
| 007 | We Come in Peace | May 3, 2015 | 2h 41m |
| 008 | Xscape Origins Special | May 22, 2015 | 2h 15m |
| 009 | Sausage Fest? | June 5, 2015 | 1h 46m |
| 010 | Vindication Day 10th Anniversary Special with Tom Mesereau | June 13, 2015 | 2h 4m |
| 011 | June 25th Special with Darren Hayes | June 24, 2015 | 2h 21m |
| 012 | Hair Cast | July 11, 2015 | 1h 56m |
| 013 | Take a Fire Department to Cool Her Down | July 25, 2015 | 2h 23m |
| 014 | Traveling With a King | July 25, 2015 | 1h 15m |
| 015 | Brad Sundberg Special | August 28, 2015 | 2h 14m |
| 016 | Jermaine Jackson is the Lord of the Rings | September 12, 2015 | 2h 23m |
| 017 | No Kaiju! | October 7, 2016 | 2h 17m |
| 018 | Can You Hear My Footprints? | October 19, 2015 | 1h 51m |
| 019 | Thriller Night Halloween Special With LaVelle Smith Jr. | October 30, 2015 | 1h 23m |
| 020 | Taj Jackson Special | November 15, 2015 | 3h 5m |
| 021 | Man Crush Monday | November 29, 2015 | 2h 31m |
| 022 | Moonwalk Talk Simulcast | December 14, 2015 | 3h 17m |
| 023 | Christmas Extravaganza! | December 24, 2015 | 5h 9m |
| 024 | They've Got Chalk to Sell | February 16, 2016 | 3h 15m |
| 025 | Right Place, Right Time... Black Magic | February 27, 2016 | 3h 20m |
| 026 | Diana Walczak Special | March 12, 2016 | 2h 31m |
| 027 | Sony/ATV Purchase Roundtable | March 25, 2016 | 2h 36m |
| 028 | Just the Two of Us | April 9, 2016 | 2h 10m |
| 029 | Just the Q of Us | April 21, 2016 | 1h 11m |
| 030 | Rob Hoffman Special | May 06, 2016 | 1h 42m |
| 031 | Making Michael Special With Mike Smallcombe | May 28, 2016 | 1h 16m |
| 032 | Dammn Baby, Dammn Indeed | June 04, 2016 | 2h 17m |
| 033 | Vindication Day Special with Scott Ross | June 12, 2016 | 2h 42m |
| 034 | June 25th Special with Kevin Stea | June 25, 2016 | 2h 35m |
| 035 | MJ101 Special: The Performances | July 09, 2016 | 2h 15m |
| 036 | The Other Bernie Sanders | July 23, 2016 | 2h 48m |
| 037 | The Land of the Piñata | August 06, 2016 | 2h 40m |
| 038 | Michael it's Your Birthday, Happy Birthday Michael | August 28, 2016 | 3h 36m |
| 039 | A Kind of Deflated Pepsi Logo | September 11, 2016 | 5h 4m |
| 040 | The Gold Pants Brigade | September 25, 2016 | 3h 50m |
| 041 | Michael Jackson & Prince Roundtable (Part 1) | October 8, 2016 | 3h 36m |
| 042 | Michael Jackson & Prince Roundtable (Part 2) | October 22, 2016 | 2h 39m |
| 043 | Thriller Night Special feat. CJ DeVillar | October 30, 2016 | 3h 29m |
| 044 | World Music Awards 2006 10th Anniversary Special | November 15, 2016 | 1h 15m |
| 045 | Dangerous 25 Roundtable (Part 1) | November 26, 2016 | 3h 12m |
| 046 | Dangerous 25 Roundtable (Part 2) | December 3, 2016 | 2h 20m |
| 047 | The Dangerous Philosophies of Michael Jackson Special with Elizabeth Amisu and Karin Merx | December 12, 2016 | 3h 36m |
| 048 | Season Two Christmas Special | December 16, 2016 | 2h 53m |
| 049 | Season Two Mix Tape | January 14, 2017 | 2h 16m |
| 050 | Tito Jackson Special | February 18, 2017 | 1h 31m |
| 051 | He’s a Lover, Not a Fighter | March 5, 2017 | 3h 10m |
| 052 | Michael Prince Special | March 19, 2017 | 3h 35m |
| 053 | You Don’t Feel it Coming? | April 4, 2017 | 3h 29m |
| 054 | CJ DeVillar Special | April 12, 2017 | 1h 46m |
| 055 | You’re Muted for Two Weeks | April 29, 2017 | 3h 1m |
| 056 | Remixed by Nick* Special (Urban Jungle Mix) | May 14, 2017 | 1h 58m |
| 057 | We Are Not as Young as We Look | May 25, 2017 | 2h 29m |
| 058 | Vindication Day Special (Pirates in Neverland: The Michael Jackson Allegations) | June 13, 2017 | 3h 5m |
| 059 | June 25th Special with Isabelle Petitjean and Brice Najar | June 24, 2017 | 1h 48m |
| 060 | The Laura Comedy Hour | July 7, 2017 | 2h 33m |
| 061 | Jonathan ‘Sugarfoot’ Moffett Special | July 21, 2017 | 2h 17m |
| 062 | They Didn’t Need an Expert to Say That | August 7, 2017 | 4h 1m |
| 063 | Q Q&A | August 17, 2017 | 1h 13m |
| 064 | Vincent Paterson Special | August 28, 2017 | 1h 41m |
| 065 | Hector Barjot Special | September 16, 2017 | 1h 20m |
| 066 | Long Hair Don’t Care | October 7, 2017 | 3h 28m |
| 067 | Joseph Vogel Special | October 21, 2017 | 1h 45m |
| 068 | Thriller Night Special with Ola Ray | October 30, 2017 | 1h 19m |
| 069 | C Q&A | November 15, 2017 | 2h 30m |
| 070 | Nobody Gonna be Payin’ Us | December 1, 2017 | 2h 10m |
| 071 | MJ101 Special: Bad 30 | December 18, 2017 | 2h 50m |
| 072 | Season Three Christmas Special | December 24, 2017 | 3h 38m |
| 073 | Season Three Mixtape | January 9, 2018 | 2h 24m |
| 074 | J Q&A | February 17, 2018 | 2h 8m |
| 075 | I’m a Strange Guy | March 23, 2018 | 2h 26m |
| 076 | MJ101 Special: Thriller 35 | April 6, 2018 | 2h 50m |
| 077 | Let’s Make HIStory Special with Brice Najar A | April 21, 2018 | 1h 30m |
| 078 | That was a Q-incidence | May 4, 2018 | 2h 19m |
| 079 | Bryan Loren Special | May 19, 2018 | 2h 9m |
| 080 | A Good Kind of Weird | June 6, 2018 | 2h 23m |
| 081 | Vindication Day Special with Aphrodite Jones | June 13, 2018 | 1h 50m |
| 082 | June 25th Special with Damien Shields and TJ | June 23, 2018 | 3h 25m |
| 083 | Reflections on Joseph Jackson Roundtable | July 1, 2018 | 1h 15m |
| 084 | Judith Hill Special | July 12, 2018 | 1h 28m |
| 085 | For all the YANA Lovers Out There? | July 28, 2018 | 3h 1m |
| 086 | Dick Zimmerman Special | August 17, 2018 | 1h 39m |
| 087 | Happy 60th Birthday MJ! | August 29, 2018 | 1h 49m |
| 088 | Janet Got Busy | September 22, 2018 | 3h 19m |
| 089 | John Barnes Special | October 14, 2018 | 2h 5m |
| 090 | Thriller 3D Roundtable | October 27, 2018 | 2h 8m |
| 091 | The Rarest of Beards | November 22, 2018 | 2h 44m |
| 092 | Humanitarian: The Real Michael Jackson Special | December 9, 2018 | 1h 47m |
| 093 | Season Four Christmas Special | December 24, 2018 | 5h 29m |
| 094 | Harrison Funk Special | January 13, 2019 | 3h 34m |
| 095 | Leaving Neverland Roundtable | February 3, 2019 | 2h 33m |
| 097 | Bill Whitfield Special | March 16, 2019 | 2h 1m |
| 098 | We Had a Break…Allegedly… | March 31, 2019 | 3h 37m |
| 099 | Leaving Neverland Q&A | April 18, 2019 | 1h 50m |
| 100 | Brad Buxer Special | May 5, 2019 | 2h 35m |
| 101 | Taryll Jackson Special | May 18, 2019 | 2h 11m |
| 102 | Eggs for Breakfast | June 8, 2019 | 1h 53m |
| 103 | Vindication Day Special with Larry Nimmer | June 13, 2019 | 57m |
| 104 | June 25th Special with Jenny Winings | June 25, 2019 | 2h 3m |
| 105 | Don’t Forget Your Lanyard | July 12, 2019 | 2h 17m |
| 106 | That’s Why I Do the Hashtags | July 27, 2019 | 1h 27m |
| 107 | Allan ‘Big Al’ Scanlan Special | August 23, 2019 | 2h 9m |
| 108 | Back to Square One | September 19, 2019 | 2h 29m |
| 109 | Michael Trapson Special | October 5, 2019 | 2h 1m |
| 110 | Thriller Night Special with Paul Black and Adam Green | October 26, 2019 | 3h 11m |
| 111 | It’s Not a Hangover | November 19, 2019 | 2h 17m |
| 112 | Oiling Lanes | December 18, 2019 | 2h 33m |
| 113 | Season Five Christmas Special | December 24, 2019 | 4h 15m |
| 115 | Kevin Dorsey Special | March 15, 2020 | 2h 13m |
| 116 | We’re All Experts in the Rearview Mirror | April 8, 2020 | 1h 55m |
| 117 | Howard Bloom Special | May 3, 2020 | 1h 44m |
| 118 | Steven Paul Whitsitt Special | May 26, 2020 | 2h 36m |
| 119 | HIStory 25 Roundtable | June 21, 2020 | 3h 21m |
| 120 | I’ve Found Peace Within Myself | July 5, 2020 | 2h 38m |
| 121 | The New Adventures of Charlie Thomson | August 2, 2020 | 2h 42m |
| 122 | Eddie Garcia Special | August 29, 2020 | 2h 32m |
| 123 | The Story of HIStory Special with Pez Jax | September 20, 2020 | 2h 10m |
| 124 | Travis Payne Special | October 23, 2020 | 2h 27m |
| 125 | It’s All for Love | December 4, 2020 | 2h 33m |
| 126 | TJ Jackson Special | December 17, 2020 | 2h 29m |
| 127 | Season Six Christmas Special | December 22, 2020 | 2h 50m |
| 128 | An Exotic Location Called Ohio | February 20, 2021 | 2h 44m |
| 129 | Talitha Linehan Special | March 20, 2021 | 2h 10m |
| 130 | An Evening With Charlie and Jamon | April 17, 2021 | 3h 00m |
| 131 | A Tale of Two Estates | May 3, 2021 | 3h 11m |
| 132 | Aileen Medalla Special | June 5, 2021 | 1h 15m |
| 133 | Vindication Day Special With Carol LaMere | June 12, 2021 | 2h 3m |
| 134 | My Father Was Ready to Go | August 1, 2021 | 2h 42m |
| 135 | Christian James Hand Special | August 27, 2021 | 1h 35m |
| 136 | Living My Danish Gay Life | September 18, 2021 | 2h 51m |
| 137 | He Is Not Committed to the Lean | October 25, 2021 | 1h 48m |
| 138 | 30th Anniversary Celebration Roundtable | November 29, 2021 | 2h 41m |
| 139 | Invincible 20 Roundtable | December 16, 2021 | 3h 41m |
| 140 | Season Seven Christmas Special | December 24, 2021 | 2h 49m |
| 141 | Janet Jackson Documentary Roundtable | March 19, 2022 | 2h 21m |
| 142 | Reflections on John Barnes Roundtable | April 11, 2022 | 2h 11m |
| 143 | Sonic Fantasy Special with Marcos Cabotá | May 7, 2022 | 2h 1m |
| 144 | We Love All the Charlies | May 27, 2022 | 1h 54m |
| 145 | Vindication Day Special with Brett Barnes | June 13, 2022 | 2h 25m |
| 146 | Cascio Tracks Removal Roundtable | July 5, 2022 | 2h |
| 147 | Big British Q&A | August 12, 2022 | 2h 25m |
| 148 | It’s Been a Minute | September 24, 2022 | 1h 58m |
References
edit- ^ a b c "The MJCast: Furthering Michael Jackson's Reach". November 9, 2021.
- ^ "The story behind the album and CD cover for Michael Jackson's 1995 'HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I'". August 29, 2016.
- ^ Rogerson, Ben (March 21, 2022). "Michael Jackson and Marvin Gaye piano/keyboard player John Barnes has died, say reports". MusicRadar.
- ^ Haysom, Sam (January 12, 2017). "Michael Jackson's daughter tweets reaction to Joseph Fiennes casting". Mashable.
- ^ Legaspi, Althea (January 12, 2017). "Paris Jackson Blasts Joseph Fiennes' Michael Jackson Part". Rolling Stone.