We announce our ticket giveaway for the Chargers vs Cowboys preseason game. A lot of great things have been happening at training camp including the return of Shawne Merriman and a proper battle going down at the Running back position. We also look at news around the AFC west. We introduce our first edition of The Bolt Beat hosted by Jason Reed. In Fan Focus we meet Fred aka Tha_Frederation and learn all about his fandom. We finish up with some Ask Boltfam questions.  Natedog Brewery Episode Chapters The Bolt Beat - 18:31 Fan Focus - 28:00 Ask Boltfam - 38:09

Happy Friday from the Charger Chat. We take a look at camp quotes. Players and Coach’s alike are excited about the direction of the team. Hayley Elwood released a new article on Chargers.com in which she interviewed Trey Pipkins. We learn a little more about his mindset going into the season. We finish with another Craig Experience looking at some standouts at camp thus far. Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 22:03

The pads are officially on and it’s time to see what we’ve got. We look at quotes after the first day of padded practice. Coach Staley and Corey Linsley had some encouraging words about this team and it’s players development. We meet up with Jason Reed from Bolt Beat to get his thoughts on training camp thus far. We also announce our partnership with Jason who will be giving us a brand new segment on Charger Chat. We get a little musical with this Fan Focus. We feature Longtime Charger fan Aris from the band The Rift. Please go vote for the Rift here: https://theopenact.com/2022/the-rift. We finish up with your Ask Boltfam questions including the continued saga “Wool Perro”. Zion Johnson’s Professional Hugging Service Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 16:15 Fan Focus - 26:45 Ask Boltfam - 34:36

Players are on the field, fans are in the stands. Life is good. We celebrate our 200th episode here at Charger Chat. Thank you for everyone who continues to listen and be a part of our shows. We look at all the news from training camp. Coach was able to attend day two of camp and gave us a full run down of what he saw and his experience. We finish up with a great installment of The Craig Experience all about Madden ratings. Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 37:56

Oh boy, one day until the first official day of training camp. Coach rejoins us to help us get ready. We take a look at the most recent DHBC BBQ with a special video. We have to look at the most recent Madden ratings of Justin Herbert’s. With Justin Herbert’s new contract looming we look at the most recent contract for Kyler Murray that has a very unique clause. We head to Vegas to meet DHBC Chapter President Dan for Bolt Insight. In Fan Focus we meet up with Mario From Central Valley. We finish up with all of your amazing Ask Boltfam questions.  The Nine Pound Club Episode Chapters Bolt Insight - 19:12 Fan Focus - 32:58 Ask Boltfam - 47:35

The ramp up to training camp is in full effect. We say goodbye to a Charger beat writer  Gilbert Manzano as he leaves the Chargers to cover the Rams. Shawne Merriman recently announced he is doing a new version of “Pimp My Ride” with West Coast Customs. This time it is called Bolt My Ride. We finish up with another awesome edition of The Craig Experience.  Episode Chapter: The Craig Experience - 8:48

The end of the off-season break is closer than ever. We take a look at the most recent DHBC BBQ and an now infamous Piñata. Over at ESPN’s Get Up Chris Canty puts two of our beloved bolts in his top 5 most overrated players. There is hell to pay. Also big shoutout to Breiden Fehoko and his recent engagement. We head down under to meet Alister from the Thunder Down Under podcast. In Fan Focus we head to Oregon to meet long time Charger fan Bill. We finish up with all of your Ask Boltfam questions.  Sock Off Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 9:48 Fan Focus - 27:15 Ask Boltfam - 35:55

It’s a light news week for the Chargers, but that’s not gonna stop us. We look at a Justin Herbert’s 2nd annual gold invitational. Also some more speculation around who our starting right tackle and Trey Pipkins is the hot name right now. We wrap up with another fantastic Craig experience all about Asant Samuel Jr. Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 11:04

The newest Bolt baby has arrived. Coach isn’t able to join us… he’s on diaper duty. We celebrate birthdays on this episode. Not only Coach’s new addition but also Joey Bosa. We look at his appearance on the Drue Tranquill Podcast and some of his very insightful comments. We welcome on DHBC President Reekay to tell us all about the Diehard Bolt Club. We head to Nevada to meet Theron for Fan Focus. We finish up with your Ask Boltfam questions and pick three winners of the Shock Therapy magazine.  Episode Chapters Bolt Insight - 8:03 Fan Focus - 24:01 Ask Boltfam - 33:41 Tranquill’s House of Raw Meats

Welcome back to another Friday episode of Charger Chat. With Coach still on baby watch he was able to sneak away and chat it up. We look at some Isaiah Spiller videos recently posted on social Media. We have to talk about the Baker Mayfield departure from the Cleveland Browns who we face week five. We look at a new mystery that is surrounding Rivers Lake. We have a great Coach’s Corner featuring a listeners question. We finish up with a Craig Experience all about Sebastian Joseph Day. Episode Chapters: Coach’s Corner: 9:07 The Craig Experience: 25:01

Happy 4th of July. We are back with another action packed episode. Philip Rivers recently was interviewed and gave us all what we had been waiting for… His thoughts on our new QB1 Justin Herbert. Coach Staley recently made an appearance at Wimbledon and literally cannot turn off his coaching brain. We welcome on Patrick from DHBC Central Valley for Bolt Insight. We head to Arizona to meet lifelong Charger fan Mikey for Fan Focus. We finish up with a big dose of your Ask Boltfam questions. Coach sneaks out of baby watch to join us for one funny Ask Boltfam question.  Jay Rob’s Warehouse of Indestructible and Non-Flammable Cribs and Petty Toys Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 11:27 Fan Focus - 23:03 Ask Boltfam - 36:11

Happy Friday everyone! We look at Charger news including Julian Edelman’s rank of the top 3 Wide Receivers in the league and our boy Keenan Allen is at number two. Also the top jersey purchases for the NFL and Justin Herbert makes the cut. Craig gives us his grade for the Chargers offseason so far in the Craig Experience. We finish up with a new edition of Bolt History. This week featuring the most feared Chargers defensive line of all time. The late 70’s to early 80’s “The Bruise Brothers”. Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 12:15 Bolt History - 29:10

We are in the dark days of the off-season. But we are here for a good time and a long time. One of our listeners Gavin Gibson represented us at the top of the Ben Lui mountain in Scotland. We look at training camp dates and get excited for what’s to come. We welcome on Bobby the DHBC Chapter president. We learn about repping the Bolts in Bears territory. For Fan Focus we meet up with Bryce From Temecula and learn about his Chargers origin story. We wrap up with your hilarious Ask Boltfam questions. Gooster’s Mustache Wax Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 09:08 Fan Focus - 17:49 Ask Boltfam - 29:34

Welcome back to the Charger Chat. We welcome our good friend and new podcaster Jen Mills to the pod family with her Mills on the Mic podcast. Chargers recently released a Mic’d up with Coach Lombardi, we take a look at that as well as two new articles featuring Justin Herbert and Trey Pipkins. Coach brings back his Coach’s Corner segment. He breaks down the importance of setting the edge and why Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa are so good at it. We wrap up with another edition of The Craig Experience.

Off-season camps are over and that leaves us sitting on our hands waiting for the season to start. We celebrate Father’s Day and congratulate some new Charger Dads. We welcome on Bolt Dad for this weeks Bolt Insight. We meet Danny from San Marcos who has an amazing story of how he became a Charger fan. We wrap up with your hilarious Ask Boltfam questions. Matt Feiler’s Viking Camp Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 8:28 Fan Focus - 29:31 Ask Boltfam - 42:20

Chargers Media day just happened and the hype train has left the station. We look at Chargers news and notes. At one of the recent pressers the news of Derwin James labrum surgery was revealed. We also dive into quotes from Coach Staley, Joey Bosa, and Khalil Mack about what this defense should do. News of more courtroom drama from the Spanos family recently came out and we dive into that. We finish with a Craig Experience about Chris Rumph and a Bolt History about Charger Legend Ron Mix.   Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 29:28 Bolt History - 41:14

Huggin has returned. We have a jam packed episode for you we kick off with the news of our newest signings Isaiah Spiller and JT Woods. Our entire draft class is now contractually obligated to kick ass for us. Breiden Fehoko’s new Blockbuster Boyz nickname gets some traction with the gang. This past weekend there was another meet and greet this time with Donald Parham Jr. We welcome on Arturo and Antonio from DHBC Mexico for our Bolt Insight. We head to San Diego to chat with long time fan Michael Haas. We finish up with some hilariously polarizing hypothetical questions.   Huggin’s Huggies   Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 9:43 Fan Focus - 30:22 Ask Boltfam - 46:48

We’ve got another Friday episode of Charger Chat. We look at more Los Angeles Chargers OTA quotes from week 3. This week it’s Donald Parham Jr., Kyle Van Noy, DC Renaldo Hill, and the one and only Ladanian Tomlinson. While at The Chargers Invitational Golf Tournament LT gave his thoughts on new Chargers RB Isaiah Spiller. In addition the first commercials for Nickelodeon’s Slime Cup have been airing. It will feature QB1 Justin Herbert. We finish up with with another awesome Craig Experience.   Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 20:13

Welcome back to the Charger Chat. With Kev still on vacation pretending to be a wizard in Orlando. Wooldog and Coach take the reins. We look at more OTA news including sound bites from Players after some time with new teammates. We welcome on Ryan from Arizona for Fan Focus. We finish up with your Ask Boltfam questions.   Bosack Snack Shack   Episode Chapters: Fan Focus - 19:39 Ask Boltfam - 27:36 

The Big Bear himself has ended his hibernation early and joined the team for OTA’s. We look at Chargers news as well as Wooldog being featured in The Directors new preseason hype video. We have a new edition of The Craig Experience as well as a new Bolt History featuring Paul Lowe. Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 9:01 Bolt History - 22:47

Happy Memorial Day Boltfam. We look at interviews from players after the first few days of OTA’s. Justin Herbert feels miles ahead from last year. We welcome on former Chargers Hanik Milligan and Courtney Van Buren. We learn about their time as Chargers and where they think this team can go this year. We head to Georgia to meet Dillan for another edition of Fan Focus. We wrap up with all of you Ask Boltfam questions.    Commercial is The Milligan Mafia   Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 12:53 Fan Focus - 29:57 Ask Boltfam - 37:36

Happy Friday! We look at Charger news and what the old internet is saying about our very own Justin Herbert. NFL analysts and players have high expectations for number 10. Peter King recently released his NFL Rankings and we are right at the top. We finish up by diving into a new episode of The Craig Experience. He looks at what are still places of need on this roster.    Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 11:22

We’ve got a jammed packed episode this week. We checked out Drue Tranquill’s podcast with Justin Herbert and boy did we learn a lot more about our QB1. OTA’s have begun, we look at who is participating and who is not. We welcome on The Director himself. We talk all things Chargers and maybe a little Star Wars too. We head down under to meet Greg from Australia for our Fan Focus. We finish up with a directors cut version of Ask Boltfam.   WoolDog’s Soft Bread Rolls   Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 14:21 Fan Focus - 36:52 Ask Boltfam - 49:09

We take a look at quotes from our new Chargers at rookie minicamp. In a recent interview Rashawn Slater said Coach Staley messaged him "Get your mind right” after the trade for Khalil Mack. While on his honeymoon he put his drink down and got to work. We have another Craig Experience. He looks at his favorite games on our schedule. We finish up with a Bolt History. Mike Modlin takes a look at our 1994 Playoff game against Miami that lead to tour first Super Bowl appearance.    Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 12:48 Bolt History - 22:28

We’ve got a jammed packed Tuesday episode. We are proud to announce we are teaming up with the Diehard Bolt Club to be their official podcast. We take a deep dive on the announced schedule as well as the insanely awesome Anime release video. We welcome on Chargers RB1 Austin Ekeler. We learn more about his side projects as well as his insight into where the team is now and expectations for the future. For Fan Focus we get to chat with Christine from Las Vegas. She made a Chargers draft pick and gave us the viral Family Trust Respect as part of her announcement. We finish this bad boy up with your Ask Boltfam question.  Joey Bosa’s House of Anime   Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 13:15 Fan Focus - 31:35 Ask Boltfam - 39:17

We kick off shouting out a Hong Kong who is ready for the season to start. We look at the Chargers travel this year, they travel a whopping 23,000 miles during the season. We welcome on DHBC chapter president Matt from Minnesota. We learn more about the organization and its goals to bring in more fans. We finish up with our weekly dose of the Craig Experience. Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 10:24 The Craig Experience - 18:44

What a crazy week. We look at new additions Bryce Callahan and Kyle Van Noy. Coach reminisces about playing football with Van Noy in high school. We welcome on Charger 6th round draft pick Ja’Sir Taylor to Bolt Insight. We learn all about his journey to the NFL. For Fan Focus we meet  a long time fan Matt from Iowa. We finish up with some amazing Ask Boltfam questions. Van Noy’s Corduroys   Episode Chapters: 18:17 - Bolt Insight 31:41 - Fan Focus 40:06 - Ask Boltfam

We are back with another Friday episode. We honor the legend Junior Seau 10 years after his passing . We welcome on James Ebo for a Bolt Insight. He gives us the inside scoop of what it was like to be at the Draft. Craig takes a look at our draft and gives us his insight on some of his favorites.    Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 5:28 The Craig Experience - 19:02

We have successfully made it through the draft! We come out on the other side having fortified multiple position groups. We look at all of the draft picks including first rounder Zion Johnson and go over what Coach Staley and others had to say about them. We welcome on international Charger fan Gavin Gibson from Scotland for our Fan Focus. We wrap up with your Ask Boltfam questions.  Ortho P. Dick   Episode Chapters: Fan Focus - 26:40 Ask Boltfam - 35:41

We get together for the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft. We welcome on some special guests; Craig aka TopFlyt3, James Ebo from the front row of the draft, Coach Lago from Draft Fest at Sofi, and Coach Sr.  We read real time to the pick of Zion Johnson. We have fortified this offensive line. Justin Herbert sleeps well tonight.

It’s so close we can taste it. The NFL Draft is hours away. We look at the Draft Fest at Sofi featuring Snoop Dogg. Tom Telesco had a recent press conference leading up to the draft. We learn a little more about what the Ninja Tommy T may do.  We welcome on Mellany from Oxnard for Fan Focus. In Bolt Insight we catch up with Steven Haglund from Guilty as Charged to talk about the draft. We wrap up with your Ask Boltfam Questions.  Batman Vs. Spielberg

The time has come for the mock draft no one asked for. If you’ve been with us since the beginning you know to take these with a grain of salt.  Wooldog, Coach, Huggin, and Craig bring you a 3 round mock draft. We then move over to the Craig experience where our man dives deeper into the draft possibilities. We finish up with a Bolt History from Mike Modlin all about the Chargers and Raiders rivalry.  Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 20:06 Bolt History - 39:16

They’re back! Don’t panic, the players are back at the facility. Yes! We checkout some quotes from new Charger players at the podium. Donald Parham was recently featured in an LA Times article by Jim Miller all about his injury and his road back to the field. We welcome on Aaron from Texas for our Fan Focus. We wrap up with all of your Ask Boltfam questions.  Charger Chat Endgame   Episode Chapters:  Fan Focus - 11:14 Ask Boltfam - 17:35

Happy Friday! We look at the Kenneth Murray Chronicles. We got a big surprise from his Instagram account. With the news of his surgery we look at what that means for his performance last year. Chris Hayre joins us to talk about the Chargers offseason and what we he thinks the Chargers might do in the draft. We have another great Craig Experience in store for you.    Episode Chapters: 11:37 - Bolt Insight 27:42 - The Craig Experience

The draft is on the horizon and believe it or not there is still a lot of Charger news. We welcome new kick and punt returner DeAndre Carter. How does he fill the shoes of Andre Roberts? Rumors of a contract for Derwin James before the season starts is floating around. We look at more Keenan Allen comments from twitter. This time about a PFF post. We welcome on Ramon from Los Angeles for Fan Focus. We finish up with your Ask Boltfam questions. Sleep With Me   Episode Chapters: Fan Focus - 14:02 Ask Boltfam - 23:30

Happy Friday, Coach and Wooldog take the reins in this episode. We look at a recent comment made by former Charger Uchenna Nwosu. We have a fresh episode of The Craig Experience. We finish off with Bolt History all about Don Coryell. Mike Modlin welcomes on special guest Anthony from Brooklyn.   Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 11:09 Bolt History - 23:24

Well well well, lookie what we have here. Coach Kyle is back from vacation which means the three amigos ride again. We take a look at Chargers news including a Keenan Allen tweet that fires back at some sports analysts. We welcome on Ricky from Oklahoma for a Fan Focus. Then finish up with a healthy dose of Ask Boltfams. The Drone Boyz

Well hello friday. We look the most recent episode of “All In” as well as new playoff overtime rules and how that’s going to make a difference for the Chargers.  We are pumped to welcome on the one and only Matt ‘Money” Smith. We learn more about his perspective on our team and our future. We wrap it up with another Craig Experience.    Episode Chapters Bolt Insight - 15:43 The Craig Experience - 40:02

We are back with another jam packed episode. Kyle “The Coach” Duggin is on vacation and does some sideline reporting from Mexico. We dive into the Tyreek Hill news and how big of an impact his departure will have on the Chiefs. We also bid farewell to fan favorite Kyzir White who packs up and heads to the Seattle Seahawks. We have a unique Fan Focus this week. We meet Chris from Minnesota who has recently joined the Bolt Fam after being a long time Cowboys fan. We finish up with all of your Ask Boltfam questions. The Draft Grocery Store   Episode Chapters: Fan Focus - 19:34 Ask Boltfam - 28:37

We look at news from around the league. We dodged a major bullet when we hired Brandon Staley and skipped on Urban Meyer. We look at some of the stories from Urban’s  first and only year as coach. We have a great episode of The Craig Experience as well as A Bolt History all about the origins of the Chargers.    Episode Chapters: 13:01 - The Craig Experience 21:36 - Bolt History

We are back with more news from our beloved Chargers. We look at rumors surrounding Kyzir White and his possible departure. We recently added some fresh faces to the roster. We picked up TE Gerald Everett and Punter JK Scott. Tommy Telesco was on the Pat Mcafee and gave some amazing insight including how he told Brandon Staley they got Khalil Mack. We welcome back on fan favorite Anthony from Brooklyn for our Bolt Insight. We meet up with Tyler from Idaho for our Fan Focus. Tyler recently met Justin Herbert for his make a wish and we get the full story. We finish up with your hilarious Ask Boltfam questions.  Señor Snapped: The WoolDog Story   Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 18:52 Fan Focus - 39:36 Ask Boltfam - 47:11

Happy belated St. Patricks Day. We get together to look at some of the players we let walk. We also brought on a new addition as well a familiar face. Chase is on the case. We meet up with Dave “Coach Sr” Duggin in Bolt Insight. He gives us his thoughts on what we’ve done so far in free agency and why it’s so different from the past.    Episode Chapter: Bolt Insight - 19:50

Time to Ce-le-brate good times come on, and celebrate. Tom Telesco and the Chargers organization brought their check book and made an historic free agency start for our Chargers. We trade for Khalil Mack. We sign: WR Mike Williams, CB JC Jackson, DT Austin Johnson, DT Sebastian Joseph-Day, and K Dustin Hopkins in a very short time period. We talk about all of these amazing moves. We have a Craig Experience for you all about the Khalil Mack trade. We head north of the border to meet Charger fan Brent from Winnipeg in Fan Focus. We wrap up with one of our biggest Ask Boltfam yet.    Bolt Bold Wine   Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 27:11 Fan Focus - 35:51 Ask Boltfam - 43:08

We are back and get ready for free agency and the draft. We look at the players who were interviewed by the Chargers at the combine. We jump back in the Delorian and head back to the 1960’s with Mike Modlin to learn about a Chargers legend Lance Alworth. 

The Combine is finished. We got a good look at some potential Charger draft picks. The free agency rumor mill is getting louder as we inch closer to the beginning of free agency. We welcome back on Chargers fan of the year Jen Mills. We learn more about her experience as our representative. For Fan Focus we head to Brooklyn, New York to meet long time fan Anthony. You don’t want to miss this one. We finish up with your Ask Boltfam questions. Episode Chapters: Bolt Insight - 23:40 Fan Focus - 37:30 Ask Boltfam - 1:00:15

We look at the upcoming international games this year, one city is a bucket list destination for one of us. We get ready for the Combine and look ahead to our upcoming free agency. Craig gets us ready for the combine, he gives us tips to look for. We welcome on Andrew from the new Bolt Bros Podcast. There is a surge of excitement for our team and we wanted to feature a hard working group of brothers who love the Chargers just like us.    Episode Chapters: The Craig Experience - 11:09 Bolt Insight - 23:16

We are in the heat of the offseason. The Combine and free agency are upon us. We look at some Davante Adams to the Chargers rumors. Our boy Herbert hit a hole in one this week and have to give his accuracy a shoutout. We welcome on former Chargers offensive lineman Chris Hairston for a Bolt Insight interview. We head to San Diego to meet Kea for Fan Focus. We learn all about her prom proposal to Justin Herbert. We finish up with some hilarious Ask Boltfam questions. Episode Chapters:  Bolt Insight - 10:29 Fan Focus - 28:05 Ask Boltfam - 37:28   Chong Li’s Dojo

We are back with another fun filled Friday episode. The story of the week comes from Coach Kyle who got himself in an interesting pickle with Chargers backup QB Chase Daniels. This one should not be missed. Craig brings us another Experience as he gets ready for this critical offseason. Mike Modlin has a fantastic Bolt History this week featuring the 1982 “Freezer Bowl”.   Episode Chapters:  The Craig Experience - 12:28 Bolt History - 25:28

We are back from our week off and ready to dive back in. We have lots of news to catch up on. We look at the Super Bowl and some petty Eric Weddle comments. We have some new faces on our coaching staff.  We dive into our new coach additions and subtractions. We welcome on Kristen from Yetiorknot. She shares what it was like when her dolls made it to the players they were fashioned after. We head to Mexico to meet Marcelo in another international Fan Focus. We wrap up with another Ask Boltfam. To say we missed this segment is an understatement.    Episode Chapters: 20:55 – Bolt Insight 32:38 – Fan Focus 43:42 – Ask Boltfam Raiders Ultra Soft

We sit down with Chargers Cornerback Ryan Smith. We chat about his recovery and where this defense can go next year.