TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast
"Elvis is history," Carl Perkins once said, "and anytime anyone or anything becomes history, whether it be Pearl Harbor or Elvis, it will never go away. The world will never tire of his songs."
TCBCast is an unofficial fan podcast featuring co-hosts Gurdip Ladhar and Justin Gausman, along with regular guest co-hosts Ryan Droste and Bec Wyles, plus an array of Elvis fans and experts setting out to better understand that history, and those songs. Tackling topics from throughout Elvis's lifetime and beyond, TCBCast seeks to offer thoughtful, intelligent, heartfelt and honest discourse on Presley's career, his influences, the people who made his work possible, and the cultural phenomenon surrounding his iconography.
TCBCast is not associated with or endorsed by Graceland, Elvis Presley Enterprises, Authentic Brands Group or Sony.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 100 minutes
- Episodes
- 420
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
TCBCast 079: Elvis' Best Album? Elvis is Back! Review
This week, Justin & Gurdip set the needle and crank the volume on the first album Elvis released after returning from the Army, "Elvis is Back!" While Gurdip ponders if it is in fact Elvis' best albu…
TCBCast 078: Live One-Offs
Inspired by Live 1969's rarer recordings, Justin & Gurdip highlight 10 rarely-heard one-off performances Elvis gave throughout his career as a live performer. There's plenty of Elvis Week news and li…
TCBCast 077: Elvis Week Crossover w/The Jungle Room Podcast feat. Jaime Kay
It's been 42 years this week since Elvis passed away in 1977, so for the 77th episode of TCBCast, Justin and Jaime Kay, co-host of The Jungle Room Podcast, sit down for the biggest Elvis-related cros…
TCBCast 076: Paradise, Gurdip Style
Just hold your horses, it's not another movie review right away, but Gurdip is going on vacation, so we're doing a simplified episode with no main topic this week, just news, trivia and Song of the W…
TCBCast 075: La mujer robada (The Stolen Woman), Part 2
This week, we wrap up our film review of 1956's "Love Me Tender," debate if Elvis' character Clint Reno is an antagonist, and whether the film holds up. Then, Gurdip gets gollied up in a cane and a h…
TCBCast 074: The Reno Brothers, Pt 1
In this packed episode, Justin & Gurdip react to the news that Austin Butler will play Elvis in Baz Luhrmann's upcoming biopic, respond to listener feedback, remember legendary Elvis expert, collecto…
TCBCast 073: Best & Worst Elvis Album Covers
Justin & Gurdip discuss the latest Elvis news including casting rumors for Baz Luhrmann's biopic and the newly announced 69 sets. Then, inspired by fan backlash over the American Sound digital releas…
TCBCast 072: Elvis Songs in Hollywood Movies
Justin & Gurdip look to the silver screen for some of their favorite or most interesting sightings of Elvis songs in major feature films. Then, Gurdip says "I Gotta Know" everything about a 1960 B-si…
TCBCast 071: Elvis' Best Album? From Elvis in Memphis 50th Anniversary Review
TCBCast returns from a one-week hiatus for a close look at the landmark 1969 album "From Elvis in Memphis" on its 50th anniversary. From the histories behind each song, to the corporate tensions that…
TCBCast 070: Elvis Novelty Songs
It's the silly hour again as Justin & Gurdip go through some of the strangest, funniest or interesting Elvis-themed novelty songs out there. We have our first ever Trivia victory and then for Song of…
TCBCast 069: Elvis Remixes, Volume 2 feat. Ryan Droste
Gurdip is taking the week off so Justin sits down with Ryan to take a look at some of the harder-to-find remixes and reworkings of Elvis' music in his collection. From classic techno and mashups to r…
TCBCast 068: Elvis is (Almost) Back - Billboard March 28, 1960
Professor Ladhar's class is back in session as Justin cracks his textbook open to March 28, 1960 (the week before Stuck on You first appeared on the charts) to explore the cultural context Elvis was …
TCBCast 067: The First Ed Sullivan Appearance
Justin, Gurdip & Ryan break down Elvis' appearance on the September 9, 1956 episode of Ed Sullivan's "Toast of the Town," then consider the context and impact of the performance. Does it hold up? Is …
TCBCast 066: September 1956 Sessions feat. Ryan Droste
Gurdip & Justin are joined by Ryan for a monumental two-parter. First up is discussion about recent developments and speculation on Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic, then Gurdip pits Justin & Ryan against…
TCBCast 065: Golden Songs of the Week Volume 4
Gurdip & Justin are taking a one-week hiatus in preparation for a massive upcoming discussion covering the September 1956 sessions and first Ed Sullivan appearance, with Ryan Droste joining in next w…
TCBCast 064: Discussion w/Anthony Britch
Justin & Gurdip sit down with longtime Elvis fan & collector Anthony Britch to talk about growing up when Elvis was alive, collecting Elvis, and a wide assortment of topics. Plus, news on a new 4K tr…
TCBCast 063: Red Dead Rio Seco
A different kind of role, a different kind of man! Justin & Gurdip commemorate the 50th anniversary of Elvis' 1969 western Charro! Justin brings Harry Whittington's novelization of the story to compa…
TCBCast 062: LaVern Baker
TCBCast's full topic discussions are back on schedule with a full deep-dive into the life and music of one of Elvis' influences and contemporaries: LaVern Baker. Justin & Gurdip weave in and out of h…
TCBCast 061: We Got Stung
On this episode of TCBCast, Justin & Gurdip talk Shazam and Captain Marvel Jr's influence on Elvis, the prospect of Tom Hanks as Colonel Parker in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic, Gurdip thinks Mexico is…
TCBCast 060: Just Call Us Lonesome
Justin is back! This week, Justin & Gurdip have news about the Million Dollar Quartet spin-off show "Heartbreak Hotel," Justin almost aces trivia and then for Song of the Week, Justin & Gurdip both p…