Podcast records refers to noteworthy events and milestones achieved by the podcast, personnel, or any other associated content.
Longest Episodes
Over the course of the podcast, the episodes have gotten progressively longer. The first episode to crest the 2.5 hour mark was The Last Jedi in December 2017. These statistics reflect episodes discussing films, excludes commentaries and compilations, and accounts for the hours and minutes and seconds of the episode given by SoundCloud.
As single guests, Alex Ross Perry has 7 episodes over 2:30 (out of 9 main feed appearances), J.D. Amato has 5 (out of 9 main feed appearances), Emily St. James has 5 (out of 8 main feed appearances), Emily Yoshida has 4 (out of 14 main feed appearances), Jon Gabrus has 4 (out of 5 main feed appearances), Joe Reid has 4 (out of 9 main feed appearances), and Katey Rich has 3 (out of 9 main feed appearances). Jason Mantzoukas and Paul Scheer have appeared together on four episodes over 2:30.
Pod Country for Old Cast has the most episodes over 2:30 with 16 of its 21 episodes eclipsing that runtime. After that it is The Curious Pod of Benjamin Buttcast with 11 exceeding 2:30, Podcast Away follows next with 8 total, then Trainspodcasting with 7 episodes, then Podcast Me to Hell, They Podcast, and Pods Wide Cast follow with 6 episodes, and lastly Pod Hard with a Vengecast has 5 episodes.
List of Longest Episodes
Run times are taken from BlankCheckPod.com.
Episode vs Movie Length
As episodes have gotten longer, they have begun to eclipse the length of the film covered. The first episode to run longer than the film was The Happening as part of Pod Night Shyamacast. Mad Pod: Fury Cast was the first series where every episode ran longer than the film. Halloween is the first episode to run more than double the film's run time.
There have been 4 episodes that are exactly the same length as the run time of the movie: The Man Who Knew Too Little (1:34), Spanglish (2:11), A Star Is Born (2:16), and Edward Scissorhands (1:45).
The shortest films covered on the podcast are several Buster Keaton films with the shortest being Sherlock Jr. at 0:45, followed by Ghosts of the Abyss at 1:01 and Fear & Desire at 1:02; and the longest is Spartacus at 3:17. The average length of the films covered is 1:59.
Miniseries Records
- Main article: Miniseries Statistics
The four longest series by number of episodes are Podcast Away covering the films of Robert Zemeckis (23 ep). Pod Me If You Cast covering the Dreamworks'-era films of Steven Spielberg (18 ep), They Podcast covering the films of John Carpenter (18 ep) and Podward Scissorcast covering the films of Tim Burton (17 ep). Podcast Away spans the most films with 22 total across 23 episodes.
Guest Records
- Main article: Guest Statistics.
Emily Yoshida currently holds the record for most appearances across all Blank Check content. She has appeared on 13 main feed and 3 Patreon episodes.
The youngest person ever to appear on the podcast is Katey Rich's son Charlie. The first ever dog guest was Brendan Hines' best friend Earl.
The fastest to join the Five-Timers Club was Marie Bardi-Salinas at 560 days after her first appearance, followed by Richard Lawson at 777 days, Emily Yoshida at 783 days, and Alex Ross Perry at 1106 days. The longest time between first appearance and joining the club belongs to Chris Gethard at 3432 days. Marie was also the fastest to join the Double Digits Club at 882 days.