Dangersplosion!

Episode 32: Head Cannon: Attack the Block

February 16, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MB

Brent and Corey welcome back artist/animator Adam Dix (from our Hereditary episode) to celebrate his new show, The Cuphead Show!, dropping on Netflix on Friday! We also discuss his current work on The Great North, whether or not you could use a broken lamp as a cattle prod, the kill-the-dog trope, and Anish Kapoor being devoured as the result of a frivolous lawsuit. Get cozy in your dumpster, cause we're gonna be here a while!

Episode 31: Head Cannon: Alien

January 19, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MB

Brent and Corey chat with Corey's iO chum Darkus Beasley about the 1979 classic Alien. We also discuss Koko the gorilla's obsession with nipples, baby cupboard emergency slides, and swap car accident stories. Settle into your favorite Lite-Brite pod next to the leaky chains room and join us!

Episode 30: Head Cannon: Scream

January 12, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.2 MB

Brent and Corey welcome Head Cannon's first repeat guest and Drew Barrymore doppelganger, Nicole Bruce, to break down 1996's meta whodunit slasher, Scream. We discuss COVID 99, creepy visits from The Baron, and the time an intruder crawled in through Corey's bedroom window. Make yourself some stovetop popcorn and settle on in!

Episode 29: Head Cannon: Death to Metal

December 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

Brent and Corey celebrate the release of 2021's Death to Metal with actor Charlie Lind and the director of the film, The Peter Jackson of Iowa himself, Tim Connery. We discuss waterboarding with blood, Hollywood nepotism, movies as pancakes, and, of course, all about the movie! Turn away from your sinful life of low rise jeans and pizza buffets and bathe in the redeeming light of Head Cannon!

Episode 28: Head Cannon: Audition

December 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MB

Brent and Corey speak with their old chum JT Robinson about the 1999 Japanese film Audition, Japan's Love Hotels, and battles between prostitutes on dinosaurs and robot Benjamin Franklin, all while wearing our new Ed Gein Yeezys. I promise it's a good time, cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.

Episode 27: Head Cannon: Freaky

December 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Brent and Corey chat with friend and playwright Emily Goodson about 2020's Freaky, Keanu Reeves's dog wife and dog children, the development of our Public Bathroom Review app, and whether we came from our fathers' left, right, or center ball. Pop your earbuds into your ears (or the ears of whoever's body you're inhabiting) and let's go!

Episode 26: Head Cannon: Jeremy London Interview

November 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MB

Brent and Corey chat with actor Jeremy London (Mallrats, The Babysitter, Party of Five, 7th Heaven) about his extensive career, usurping drama teachers, London's Most Wanted Pepper Jelly, and There's a Big Rock Coming At Us! The Movie. Lower yourself down the dumbwaiter and join us in the vault!

Episode 25: Head Cannon: The Conjuring

November 17, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MB

Brent and Corey chat with fellow ComedySportz Indianapolis alums Mookie Harris and Kelsey VanVoorst about stand-up compared to improv comedy, eating tacos on a witch's tree stump, the Sexorcist, and LSD as a 70's college requirement in this episode all about 2013's The Conjuring. Possess this episode now!

Episode 24: Head Cannon: Re-Animator

November 10, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.6 MB

Brent and Corey speak with the always-entertaining Josh Halterman about 1985's Re-Animator, cannabis farming, Han's Gruber's Powdered Beef, blowing up suburbia with bazookas, and why John Mellencamp can go to hell. Find a good spot to plop your head and let's go!

Episode 23: Head Cannon: The Void

November 03, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB

Brent and Corey chat with good friend Tracy Rowland about 2016's The Void, accidentally chopping off hands, drinking sake with a neti pot, catching toxoplasmosis from 4D movies. Hurry up birthing your little tentacle monster and tune into the show!

Episode 22: Head Cannon: The Exorcist

October 27, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

Brent and Corey chat with Corey's fellow Second City alum Julia Williams about seeing movies with deaf people, accidentally pulling into the Pentagon, the combination library/Long John Silvers, and taking multiple poops on the scraps of the Exxon Valdez. I claim no negative energy from this podcast!

Episode 21: Head Cannon: Doug Jones Interview

October 20, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 49.5 MB

Brent and Corey chat with legendary Hollywood actor Doug Jones about being Chris Elliott's body double, the necessity of firing a mime bank manager, wrestling Jim Carrey in a teddy, and his work on projects like Mystery Men, Hocus Pocus, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, and so much more! Don't be a hot, sweaty ass wrangler; check out this episode!

Episode 20: Head Cannon: An American Werewolf in London

October 13, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.2 MB

Brent and Corey chat with our good friend Mike Jeffers about 1981's An American Werewolf in London, poppin' seltzies in a bathtub full of Orbeez, getting our balloons stolen by naked Americans, and crushin' on 80-year-olds. Don't ask us for food; we don't have any!

Episode 19: Head Cannon: Mandy

October 06, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

Brent and Corey dive into debauchery and depravity with friend and Twitter darling Anthony Pederson (aka Octopus/Caveman) about 2018's Mandy, sex shops, jerk-off booths, prison experiences, the death penalty, and our crusade to end discrimination in pornography. Strap in, amigos! It's gonna be a long three days!

Episode 18: Head Cannon: Fright Night

September 29, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 56 MB

Brent and Corey reconnect with longtime friend Nicole Bruce to discuss 1985's Fright Night. We talk about Brent's toilet issues, Hollywood from Mannequin (and unfortunately Kristy Swanson), Indianapolis' own Sammy Terry, and Nicole's incredible, amazing 31 Days of Halloween, where she changes her face into an entirely new person everyday. Check her out on Instagram @ nicolethebruce!

Episode 17: Head Cannon: Bram Stoker's Dracula

September 22, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Brent and Corey chat with Corey's friend from The Second City Chicago, Jack Hutsey, about 1992's Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula. We discuss, making out with Walt Whitman, Twizzler-Man, A Very Madea Dracula, and the inherent horniness of vampires. Lay right down on our old, dusty, bedbug infested bed and let us chow down on your bangers and mash!

Episode 16: Head Cannon: The Thing

September 15, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.3 MB

Brent and Corey chat with a friend from ComedySportz Indianapolis and lecturer/instructor of creative writing and media arts & science at IUPUI and Ball State, John King, about the 1982 film, John Carpenter's The Thing. We discuss how the movie is basically Animal House in Antarctica, the worst parts about having children, Downton Abbey, and the importance of cuddles. So cop a squat, pass the scotch, and stare at us distrustfully as we sink down into the frigid cold together!

Episode 15: Head Cannon: Shutter Island

September 08, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB

Brent and Corey wander into an isolated world of danger and intrigue with Chicago-based improvisor Claire Saskowski as we cover 2010's Shutter Island. Join us as we struggle to discern reality from fiction, and chat about our good friends Leo DiCaprio, Jean Claude Von Damme, and Eddie Von Halen. In the immortal words of Gwen Stefani: We ain't no hollow back girl!

Episode 14: Head Cannon: The Cabin in the Woods

September 01, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 51 MB

Brent and Corey hang out with Chicago-based comedian Meaghan Pelissier to talk about 2011's The Cabin in the Woods. We discuss the monsters, the lore, and the behind-the-scenes of the movie, as well as aggressive winking and that time Corey stepped on TJ Miller's foot. So grab a random trinket from your basement and join us!

Episode 13: Bonus Material! Head Cannon: Candyman

August 27, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 16.7 MB

Brent, Corey, and guest Ryan Ruckman went off on a tangent talking about, like, 30 movies that had nothing to do with Candyman, so it got cut from the episode! BUT it was too good to leave on the cutting room floor, so in this special bonus material we talk about Dune, Cool World, Insomnia, One Hour Photo, Dreamcatcher, What Dreams May Come, Death to Smoochy, Dr. T and the Women, Popeye, True Detective, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Failure to Launch, Starship Troopers, RoboCop, and many others...

Episode 12: Head Cannon: Candyman

August 25, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.6 MB

Brent and Corey catch-up with the gem of the Indianapolis theatre scene, Ryan Ruckman! Just in time for the release of Nia DaCosta's new Candyman movie, we revisit the original, 1992's Candyman. In our most musical episode yet, we discuss Ryan's time with Defiance Comedy's boy band BroZone, the real crime that inspired Candyman, how many buttcracks Klingons have, and Corey gets off on a tangent about how much he loooOOOOOoooooOOOOoooves Kendrick Lamar. Say "Head Cannon" five times in the mi...

Episode 11: Head Cannon: The Evil Dead

August 18, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB

Brent and Corey talk with their fellow former ComedySportz Indianapolis alum and sommelier extraordinaire Ella Raymont about wine, fake Shemps, and Sam Raimi's 1981 horror classic The Evil Dead. Grab a quick protein and let's go!

Episode 10: Head Cannon: Freddy vs Jason

August 11, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.7 MB

Brent and Corey catch up with a friend from ComedySportz Indianapolis, Daryl Hollonquest, for a raucous conversation about 2003's ridiculous Freddy vs Jason. We also discuss the connections of famous ComedySportz alum like Dan Harmon and Derek Mears, and Corey's experience with Southern Indiana redneck cornfield parties! It's like a big ol' poop in the mouth!

Episode 9: Head Cannon: The Good Son

August 04, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

Brent and Corey speak with their good friend JR Mcintire about 1993's The Good Son in a wide-ranging conversation about everything from what shows we like and are watching now to what kinds of devious things we did as kids! Listen to this episode; don't eff with us!

Episode 8: Head Cannon: Hereditary

July 28, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

Brent and Corey discuss 2018's Hereditary with good friend and animator Adam Dix, who has worked with Disney, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network on shows like Sofia the First, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, DC Super Hero Girls, Boss Baby, and Netflix's upcoming The Cuphead Show!, among others. We dive deep into the most disturbing movie we've covered on the show so far, and somehow end up talking about Wes Anderson for a while.

Episode 7: Head Cannon: It

July 21, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MB

Brent and Corey speak with Tasia, a writer and expert on all things Gaimon, Lovecraft, and King, to compare the 1990 miniseries Stephen King's It with 2017's It and 2019's It Chapter Two! We also discuss the inventor of chicken nuggets and U.S. government cheese caves.

Episode 6: Head Cannon: It Follows

July 14, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MB

Brent and Corey catch up with Corey's former Second City Conservatory classmate Alexandra and her fiancé Gus to discuss 2014's It Follows. We ask: Who is the last person you would want "It" to appear as? How could the curse be used for good? and How the heck do you get your leg back in that position?

Episode 5: Head Cannon: Army of the Dead

July 07, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.6 MB

Brent and Corey are joined by their dear friend Aubrey to discuss 2021's Army of the Dead. How does it stack up against Zack Snyder's other movies? How does it stack up against other zombie movies? Find out right here!

Episode 4: Head Cannon: Sleepaway Camp

June 30, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MB

Brent and Corey discuss Sleepaway Camp with guest James Capps. Is it a representative trans narrative? Is it a hot, problematic mess? Can it be both at the same time? Either way, everyone wins when the camp pedophile falls into the 120 gallon soup pot!

Episode 3: Head Cannon: Inhuman Kiss

June 23, 2021 00:00 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MB

Brent and Corey dive deep into Thailand's folklore and the mythical creature krasue with the 2019 Thai film Inhuman Kiss. Let your head detach from your body, bringing all your organs and entrails with it, and join us on this journey!

Episode 2: Head Cannon: Annihilation

June 16, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MB

Brent and Corey, along with our special guest Jordan Owens, discuss the movie Annihilation. Is it a metaphor for self-destruction, or cancer, or a Lovecraftian tale, or maybe a Dark Tower adaptation? Possibly all of the above? Explore all this and more in the second episode of Head Cannon!

Episode 1: Head Cannon First Horror Movies Ever

June 09, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Check our brand new podcast endeavor, where your hosts Brent Owens and Corey Jefferson cover 15 of the earliest horror movies ever made, spanning 1896-1913, and including titles like Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and the Damnation of Faust.

Episode 53: Episode 53

May 12, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MB

Wherein we talk with dear friends and Defiance Comedy members Matt Kramer, Molly North, and Zack Joyce about how NFTs are like the Hatfields and McCoys, Tupac's hologram as a JEOPARDY! host, destroying a possessed demon couch, and so much Quantum Leap talk. Music by Raja Kumari, Madlib, and President Tightrhymes

Episode 52: Episode 52

April 21, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Wherein we talk with writer/actors Emily Goodson, Charlie Lind, and Luke McConnell about their upcoming movies and off-Broadway shows, the tradition of naming your stepdad, tattoos of wolves, suns, and hummingbird skulls, and ironically f*ing Billy Mitchell. Music by Rico Nasty & Kenny Beats, Blackthought, and Junglepussy

Episode 5: Blast from the Past: Episode 5

April 15, 2021 00:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MB

Wherein we talk with our old friends Dustin Henderson and Jordan Owens.

Episode 4: Blast from the Past: Episode 4

March 24, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.6 MB

Wherein we talk with our old friends JR Mcintire and David Britton!

Episode 3: Blast from the Past: Episode 3

March 10, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MB

Wherein we talk with our old friend Josh Halterman!

Episode 51: Episode 51

March 03, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MB

Wherein we chat with a couple of our oldest friends, chef and owner of d'Vines Sasha Divine, and competitive foot-bagger, frisbee golfer and construction company vice president Jordan Owens about the Candy for Monks program, the most dangerous toys, eating geriatric salmon, and getting lost in Death Valley. Music by Th1rt3en, Menahan Street Band, Blu and Oh No, and Trademarc.

Episode 2: Blast from the Past: Episode 2

February 25, 2021 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MB

Wherein we talk with our first guest Adam Nahas!

Episode 51: Blast from the Past: Episode 1

February 11, 2021 00:00 - 51 minutes - 35.7 MB

Wherein Brent and I test out a pilot episode with no guest.

Episode 50: Episode 50

February 09, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MB

Wherein we talk with writer Chris Brecheen about being a writer, GameStop stock manipulation, buying lube from Amazon, and the most badass thing anyone has ever said on Dangersplosion! Music by Little Simz, Moon Hooch, Noveliss, and Melt Yourself Down http://www.chrisbrecheen.com/

Episode 49: Episode 49

January 27, 2021 00:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MB

In which we speak with actor and writer Todd McGinnis about his newly released book, Buzz Aldrin punching everyone in the mouth, the origin of the name Dangersplosion!, and how Brent is an ayahuasca shaman. All music (except a BroZone song) by MF DOOM (as King Geedorah, Madvillain, Viktor Vaughn, and Danger Doom). RIP to one of the greatest emcees ever.

Episode 48: Episode 48

December 31, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 45 MB

Wherein we speak with actress/model Michaela Duerson about holiday cooking tips, black people winter solstice magic, Black Lives Matter, and, believe it or not, Kids in the Hall and Survivor come up YET AGAIN! Music by Machinedrum feat. Freddie Gibbs, BroZone, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and Talib Kweli

Episode 47: Episode 47

December 22, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MB

Wherein we talk with Mike Jeffers and JR McIntire in our holiday episode about Christmas movies, anthropomorphic tattoos, getting bought out by Boston Rob, and buying cigarette from ol' Skype McCloud down at the 7-Eleven. Music by President Tightrhymes, SCRAM, Daughterman, Princess Gassafras and President Tightrhymes https://scram-band.bandcamp.com/album/ep-2 https://daughterman.bandcamp.com/releases

Episode 46: Episode 46

December 16, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 49.4 MB

Wherein we speak with Aubrie (AKA That Pesky Prostitute of Twitter) about her experience as a sex worker, paying David Hasselhoff to break up with your girlfriend, why the Detroit airport is all in Japanese, and Brent's job teaching adult math in an olde timey saloon! Music by Junglepussy feat. Gangsta Boo, 7 Days of Funk, Quasimoto, Angry Blackmen

Episode 45: Episode 45

December 07, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

Wherein we speak with actress, improvisor, scientist, and cake decorator Tracy Rowland about her experience on Schitt's Creek, murder mysteries and escape rooms, Grandma's Fibonacci foot, and the fact that THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE! Music by Tune-Yards, Deap Lips, BroZone, and Misled Children & Clutchy Hopkins.

Episode 11: Episode 44

November 24, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MB

Wherein we talk with Anthony Pedersen (Octopus/Caveman) about late onset pegging fetish divorce, whether or not Stevie Wonder can see, head, leg, and dick transplants, and his bid for future Governer of California! Music by DJ Quik & Problem feat. AMG, President Tightrhymes, Beastie Boys, Chumbawamba, and Lou Bega.

Episode 10: Episode 43

November 23, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 45.4 MB

Wherein we speak with public speaking aficionado Jon Colby about bigfoot Myspace Tom killing JFK, getting your meatlog caught in the wood chipper, ordering pepper jelly from Jeremy London, and an in-depth dive into the benefits and detriments of improvisational comedy training on everyday life! Music by Blu and Oh No, Rapsody, President Tightrhymes, and Kendrick Lamar.

Episode 42

November 18, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MB

Wherein we talk with healthcare professional and anti-racist Kendra Will about the current reality of COVID, addressing racism as a white person, if Brent's thing is infected or not, and life, the universe, and everything. Music by Sa-Roc, President Tightrhymes, and Fuktronik. Links: https://thematrixredpilled.wordpress.com/ https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/ https://www.indysurj.org/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/WomenReshapingIndiana/

Episode 41

November 11, 2020 07:46 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

Wherein we talk with our good friend David Britton about his upcoming comedy album The History of the Universe, his podcast Do You Know What Time It Is?, his website StoriesAboutWizards.com, the shocker assassin, and so much more! Music by DJ Shadow feat. Danny Brown, Madvillain feat. Quasimoto, Dizzee Rascal feat. Ghetts & Kano, and Princess Gassafras & President Tightrhymes (https://presidenttightrhymes.bandcamp.com/album/songs-in-the-key-of-fart)

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