The Shotgun Mike Hostettler Show

Talking to Steven Kubacki

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we talk to none other than author/philosopher/psychologist Steven Kubacki about what happened back in 1978 when he up and disappeared ...

Smoking and The New Trump Record

08 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a long time in the making.  It's a story about a small boy who finds his heart.  Or at least it looks like his heart.  I'...

The Brick Wall Episode

30 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we dive deep into the world of exploration and for what?  You'll never know.  Unless you listen to this episode.  This episod...

The Post Human Always Rings Twice

24 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is part three of my extremely long conversation with my good friend Tim Turner of the Post Human Podcast.  We were tripping hard on LSD so it ge...

Solomon Grundy

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode continues with even more stimulating conversation with my good friend Tim Turner of the Posthuman Podcast.  Tim is one of those controve...

Cold Feet and Magic Mushrooms: The Story of an Interview

15 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a result of the hard work and dedication.  The hard work and dedication that I gave to another episode.  A scandalous episode full o...

Let's Sing and Dance!!

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, there's really nothing too exciting.  I threw that title in, that "Sing and Dance" thing to throw you off.  It'...

Snake Bit Been Bit in the Face: Episode 779

29 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we celebrate the release of the soundtrack to this episode. It's all about cyclically promoting the result of endless cycles of p...

The Return of Gaz Reynolds!

16 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we talk to our old friend and international superstar, Gaz Reynolds!!  We talk about his new tracks (Blow My Mind and She's Mine...

Comeuppance

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I talk and play music that incorporates weird sounds.  That's probably not what you expected, but that's what we specialize...

Anxious Ceiling Fans

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode marks the world premiere of my Shatner-style theme song which was Shatner-voiced by none other than Mike Paine, international voice actor...

The First Episode in Two Weeks

14 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Well everyone, I was going to make a big to do about the fact that I've been so absent from the public eye for exactly two weeks.  This, no doub...

The Return of Curt and Trent

30 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we talk to our good friends Curt and Trent from Round Table Rejects and do we talk about stuff!!  This is what it's all about pe...

I, Ronnoc

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we speak with young filmmaker Ronnoc.  He's only 17 years old!  He's the youngest filmmaker we've ever had on the sh...

The Hands Off Style of Protesting

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I go to a big nationwide protest that occurred on Saturday, April 19th 2025.  There were hundreds of these rallies held all over the...

Ghost Bugs From Space

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I let my instincts take over.  It's the same as when I'm driving my automobile.  I just tune out, tune in and turn the co...

Don't Listen To This Episode!!

09 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is what we used to call a filler episode.  To me, those are the best.  There's no agenda here.  Nobody's trying to win any a...

Contemplativeness

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is a very special episode about laughing and believe it or not, it's still out there...somewhere.  Sure, you never really see it anymore bu...

Non Sleep As Revenge

26 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

I'm writing this as I crouch in the stairwell of a shitty hotel.  The internet is so bad in my room that I had to walk down to the end of the ha...

Time Isn't On My Side

19 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One thing you don't want when you're staying in a hotel for long long periods of time is inconsistent breakfasts.  And bad!  I mean...it&a...

Zip Ties

13 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I pretend that I'm hosting a podcast that's really interesting and not weird.  Support the show

Mike Paine: The Man Behind The Voice

09 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On the episode we talk to Mike Paine but more importantly we listen to Mike Paine, because when you have a prominent voice actor on you don't wan...

Built to Succeed

05 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I deliver one of my most heartfelt monologues.  I didn't want to talk about it a whole bunch in this episode description because...

Marla Gibbs

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It's the beginning of our 18th season!!!  Can you believe it?  Wow.  Who would've thought.  I know I wouldn't have.  I didn't...

Spotify Sucks!

12 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is all to promote my upcoming appearance on "The Great Big Intergalactic" which is a podcast starring none other than my good f...

Variety is the Slice of Life

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode was going to be a big premiere, a sort of "re-birth".  My plan was to be very energetic and act like I'd never done a pod...

Everything Seems Natural

05 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Oh my this is a podcast to be reckoned with and the days of reckoning have arrived.  It sure surprised me!!  Did it surprise you?  Like and leave a...

Absurdist Misdirection

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is dedicated to my girlfriend because she said she likes the episodes where I ramble on endlessly about nothing and so that's what I...

An Interesting Turn of The Screw

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of people think that the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" is the very first movie with all post production, including color grading, ...

Greg Judd from The IDK's

20 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we talk to Greg Judd from The IDK's.  A lot of you are probably thinking "he already said that in the Episode Title" ...

A Quickly Slapped Together News Show About Things That Happened and an Old Draft Board Cartoon

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is an episode where I never once talk about the Friday the 13th holiday that happens every few months.  Could you call that a holiday?  What is...

Our Televised Hard Cock Rock Special

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is an homage to Over the Edge on KTLA.  I was listening to it the other day, or a recording of it I should say, and it reminded me of ho...

Talking With Duane Scott Cerny

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I talk to Duane Scott Cerny.  He is a true renaissance man!  He is the bestselling author of "Vintage Confidential" and &...

How To Be On The Shotgun Mike Hostettler Show

28 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I provide a template for the type of show a guest might be able to expect while walking them through the entire process.  Seems stra...

The 2024 Christmas Spectacular!!

22 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This, of course, is the 2024 Christmas episode.  Originally, I was calling it the 2024 X-mas episode but I noticed people don't do that anymore....

Gaz Reynolds' Fourth Guest Appearance!!!!

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we talk to Gaz Reynolds.  He's been on a million times!!  It's just us getting weird and talking about life in the world....

Drinking Champagne Out of My Blank

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is made for people who have just gone and received major surgery.  If you listen to it right after your major surgery, you'll heal ...

Covid 24: Galactus Attacked Us

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I was feeling down.  Down and out.  Out of time and out of inspiration.  Where could I turn?  What was it that was causing all this mayhem?  What...

Linkin Park Singer’s Secret Life

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I get psychedelic in the hotel room I'm currently holding up in.  I've boarded up the windows and taken out the trash.  S...

Quantum Computing Applications in Competitive StarCraft

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I appear on another guys podcast.  I don't tell him I do a podcast or that I'm using the audio of our conversation in this...

The Trump Re-election Episode

10 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I talk about how even though I'm not a fan of Donald Trump, I knew he was going to win.  I would visit my sister and she'd ...

Nothing Else Has Any Consequence

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is about popular characters from popular old intellectual property pulp magazines also known as comic books.  The word "comic"...

Caesar from The Great Big Intergalactic!!! (Part 3)

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here we are again on this, the final episode of our three part series involving none other than Caesar from The Great Big Intergalactic Podcast.  We ...

Caesar from The Great Big Intergalactic!!! (Part 2)

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we continue our discussion with Caesar from the Great Big Intergalactic podcast.  This episode is part two of our discussion where we...

Caesar from The Great Big Intergalactic!!! (Part 1)

10 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I talk to Caesar from the podcast the Great Big Intergalactic show!!  We talk about everything from Mormons, to not having guests on ...

Mystery Guest-O-Rama

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I made one promise last episode.  But it was a big one.  It was that I would have a guest on to talk about something.  It's this new idea I&ap...

Gaz Reynolds III: Part Three

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here it is!!  The last episode of the Gaz Reynolds trilogy.  I'd spend all day talking about it but why don't you just listen to it?  Why...

Gaz Reynolds III: Part Two

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As with most great trilogies, the second episode is the one that really ties everything together and this episode does nothing to dispel that myth.  ...

Gaz Reynolds III: Part One

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're back after so much time off on vacation and we're back with a super special episode. Why so super special?  Well it's because we...

Elude Yr Confusion: Part One

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode delves into the modern world of organization and the impact it's having on industry.  You have to listen closely but it's ther...

The Post Revival Version Two: Shimmering Waves of Grain

17 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Does anyone know of the band "Head of Femur"?  I don't know if they were ever considered "really" popular.  I had this one ...

The Proof That I'm Not Dead Episode

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I'm just talking and making this movie that I call a Podcast, but this one is short.  There's no mention of pancakes or any...

Get The Ring Back and Prosecute The Scoundrel

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dreams.  Basic dreams.  Basic puffy clouds in dreams and that's what you have here.  Here it is.  Never before and then again but here it is ...

Big Summertime Beach Episode

09 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I take off my glasses and wander around the room with my arms outstretched in front of me.  Just listen and see if I'm telling ...

The Tale of An American Leftist in Mexico

27 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I talk to an American leftist who's living in Mexico.  We talk all about the state of the world, the economic and political clim...

Working for the Man Sucks - Part 4 with Josh From 'Pursuit of Infinity' Which is a Podcast. Not a Band

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we talk about how working for the man is all that matters and there's nothing else.  There's no fun or enjoyment anymore. ...

Why Working For The Man Sucks - Part 3 with Felicity Azura

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I talk to Felicity Azura about why working for the man sucks.  It's a seemingly endless series of nightmare scenarios, con jobs...

We All Came To The Sudden Realization That We Were Probably Never Going To Go Bowling in Cleveland Again

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Are you ready?  Are you ready for this?  Are you sitting on the edge of your seat?  Well sit back!!  You're going to fall off your seat if yo...

Hair Care Tips For The Modern Woman on the Go

04 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we discuss hairstyles that women like to get.  It's very informative!  Did you know a "permanent" wasn't permane...

Dracula Was The Original Batman

30 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Well I'm back to making trippy episodes for people to take drugs to.  I'll sprinkle those in between all the guest episodes.  I figure we&...

Why Working for the Man Sucks - Part 2 with Justin

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I talk to Justin about why working for the man sucks.  He agrees!  It does suck, so there you go - it’s not just me.  But what’...

Why Working for the Man Sucks - Part 1 with Kevin

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Life can get pretty tough out there and you sometimes need something to pull you through.  On this episode, our good friend Kevin is that something a...

Weird Things For Free

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ricky was a young boy.  He had a heart of stone.  He lived nine to five and he worked his fingers to the bone.  He was just barely out of school an...

Having Lunch With Us

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is my homage to the late great Miles Davis.  Most people will never know how much I love Miles Davis, even his Tutu era stuff that every...

Zapping Radar

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this one I return from the long vacation I took to some tropical island.  As I write this, I realize that is exactly what I should have done.  It...

Psychedelic Ramblings

02 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Nobody’s saying I can’t just whip out the podcasts here and there, and why shouldn’t they?  They’re always saying this or that and all times ...

Hindscent is Twenty Twenty

30 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we talk about none other than Otto Fredrik Gideon Sundbäck, the inventor of the modern day zipper.  He doesn’t even have a “zip”...

Double Trouble: Gaz Reynolds and Shotgun Mike Hostettler Back Again!!!

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Gaz is back and we're tearing things up!  We talk about his new tracks, the productions, the music business and just life in general.  Plus we ...

Nothing's Working

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is an episode where I talk about things like that guy from Soundgarden.  The band, not the garden.  Hiro.  Tina Turner once sang a son...

Eclipse Like a Glove

11 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this one, I just quickly produce a hot and exciting episode made for the candidate on the run.  Gibberish is king and so is the rest as things rus...

Blank Francis

06 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode we talk about the lead singer for the band known as Pixies.  It's not "THE" Pixies, as I've been saying my entire...

People Who Knew The Names of People in Bands

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I talk about all sorts of stuff.  I can't really remember what it was because it all happened so fast.  It was like that old jo...

Talking About Things With Curt and Trent

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, we talk to Curt and Trent from RoundTable Rejects about EVERYTHING!!  Not everything but a lot of stuff.  Things that might seem a ...

On This Episode I Just Wait For a Guest That Never Shows Up

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I just wait for a guest that never shows up.Support the show

A Shameless Spool of Spectacle

12 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode comes from the heart.  Not some artificial heart!!  No.  That'd be too easy.  Too damn easy and why are we always trying to make...

There's No Guest Episode

03 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes we need clarification and sometimes we don't get it. That's how we get through the day.  We seek out details to the blurry pictur...

The Kool Moe Dee Oriented Dance Party Episode

26 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the episode I talk about Kool Moe Dee and the beef he had with L.L. Cool J.  A lot of people don't know about this and it was kind of a big d...

Garish Edwards and the International Courtship of Eddie's Father

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is one of those "just whipped it out" episodes.  Some people prefer more vulgar euphemisms and they would fault me for having the word...

Give It Up For Shakespeare

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I was going to a live simulcast with the Republican convention in Las Vegas, but nobody won so there was no party or speeches.  Trump...

Taking Drugs to Make Podcasts to Take Drugs To

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I take a soak in a hot jacuzzi tub and it changes my life.  I don't think I'll ever be able to go back to my pre-jacuzzi d...

Am I Said I

23 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This is another in my free-form guest less period from the early 2024's.  "God knows what he was thinking" they'll say.  Not abo...

Typhoid Mary

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I'm done spoon feeding the public.  This episode starts my new era of thought provoking expressionism.  Or something like that.  I didn't...

Suddenly It’s Fall

11 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I do that "chatroom roulette" which I invented a million years ago and so many "podcasters" have ripped me off tha...

Master Kush

09 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We're back and we're stronger than ever!!  On this episode, I do the entire episode in full effect with the jumping around and what not.  ...

Land of Legend: The Lost Episode

05 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a real experimental episode.  I had taken so many magic mushrooms that I don't know what I was even talking about.  I don'...

The Endliest Time of Them All

28 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is a new beginning of sorts.  It's more like the end of what started as a new beginning but became one of those things that never s...

Nuclear Acid Rain is Destroying the World

18 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I was going to do a deep investigation on Chuck Norris and talk all about him and play clips of him talking about himself but that di...

Be Warned By My Lot

10 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is one of those times where I looked at the calendar (in my mind...I don't have a calendar on the wall or anything) and realized it'd b...

Undertones of the Plot

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I just sit around and think about where I've gone wrong in life.  Why did I drop out of nursing school?  What was I thinking?!?...

Gaz Reynolds

02 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode I talk with none other than international sensation Gaz Reynolds.  We talk about his meteoric rise on the music scene, his inspiratio...

Beside a Shell of a Man

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this one I talk about what I meant to do but couldn't due to a certain eventuality that sidetracked me completely.  It's like a wash out...

Once I Was An Elevator But Now I Am A Clone

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is the big episode!!!  That's right!  I finally did one.  I wasn't going to but then I just stopped caring and bam!Support the show

LIVE Coverage of Biden Speaking After Meeting Xi Jinping

16 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Well this episode is exactly what the title says.  It's both informative AND full of information!!  Listen now to hear Shotgun Mike's uniq...

Dylan Saves The Blarney Stone

14 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There's no telling what could happen after you listen to this episode.  Are you going to live out all your dreams or is the world going to end i...

Guaranteed Fit

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When you're pumping out a podcast of this magnitude, you need to know your limitations.  Support the show

Francy Free Fepisode For Fun

07 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is the result of a long drawn out period of introspection combined with short bursts of social interaction and the occasional recreationa...

The Process of Mind

03 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There's a dream I once had.  It was a dream about podcasting.  A "podcasting" dream.  And where did it get me?  Well, it got me rig...

The Big Yearly Halloween Episode

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's the big yearly halloween episode that everyone always clamors on and on incessantly about.  And this one's no different.  Who are the...

Fictional Town

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I think someday, far into the future, the world is going to be a very plain and normal way...and nobody will notice.  Nobody but a few "fringe&q...

All The Sides You Know

23 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever wondered what happened to George Clooney?  Not a lot of people have.  You can't blame them.  I mean...what is he?  An actor?  ...