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Shit Shooters Episode 8: The Power Snuffleupagus Holds

This week! Nicky and Wyatt shoot the shit once again! PBS Youtubers! Perplexing Top Tens! Animaniacs... Reanimated! The Muppets revisited! Succession on HBO! The creative processes of our two hosts and how they feel about how they've developed and how they've learned to collaborate with not ...

Let's Go!! Rider-Cast Part One: Episodes 1-8

For the first proper patron-exclusive miniseries at Explode When Defeated, we wanted to do something special. So as a special treat to anyone that's stuck around since the video essays and in tribute to Kamen Rider's upcoming 50th anniversary we are doing a full examination and celebration o...

Shit Shooters Episode 7: Where's My Muppets?! or, Joe Biden's Rainbow Arrow

Had two titles that were too good so we just had to use them both.On this 7th Shit Shooting Session, Wyatt and Nicky talk about some more things they've been chilling out with, like that new Cartoon Saloon film Wolfwalkers, Gears Tactics, a touch of political shit-talking, some first impressions...

Episode 12 - Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)

Mothra fights dinosaur.This week, we're right back to two of our favorite monsters in Mothra vs Godzilla! We talk about the history of the film as well as its status as both a sequel to the original Mothra and the next step in Godzilla's history. Also Nicky makes a reference to Gears of War ...

Shit Shooters Episode 6: The Hell Week

We've got a chilled out, kinda exhausted episode for y'all this week where we talk about That Thing That Happened This Week, Dr. Stone, Joe Pera Talks With You, Winnie the Pooh rankings and other stuff (mostly shonen). Ok now back to recovering from this stressful week.If you're not foll...

Shit Shooters Episode 5: We Kinda Forgot About Halloween

In this week's episode of shit-shooting goodness we talk about Wyatt's new Switch Lite and what he's been playing on it and Nicky gives a longer and more in-depth update on their playthrough of Shin Megami Tensei. We also have brief discussions about Spyro's evolution as a series, De...

Episode 11 - Atragon (1963)

On this week's Discuss All Monsters we have another brief episode with our discussion on 1963's Atragon, a sort of turning point in the creative powers behind Toho's monster movies thus far. We talk about the movie's stance on nationalism and the way out-of-touch leaders try to halt ...

Shit Shooters Episode 4: The Monkey's Paw Don't Curl In No More

Comin' at ya a day late with another Shit Shooters! In this episode, Nicky and Wyatt talk about some more Berserk, some Winnie the Pooh, some new school Ikenfell-ian JRPG goodness, some old school evil style Shin Megami Tensei JRPG goodness, and the eternal monkey's paw that looms over them ...

Tiny delay on this week's Sh!t Shooters (10/25/20)

While I'm PRETTY sure we haven't made any specific promises on the release of our off-topic podcast every week, I might as well come out ahead of things this week and say that we'll be delaying this week's episode by a day.We record and edit this podcast super on the fly, like litera...

Episode 0: Transformers: The Movie (1986)

Hair Metal, Character Death and The Late Orson Welles!That's right, today as a treat for you all and as the first official side-podcast for the 5 dollar tier we're giving you guys the FIRST Explode When Defeated podcast ever recorded! Last Summer while we were setting everything up to do Dis...

Shit Shooters Episode 3: Bonne Lecture!

Today we've got a MEGA-SIZED session of shit shooting for you all. We talk about some recent puzzle games, the modern anime classic Your Name, some Gerard Way comics, Crash Bandicoot 4 and impressions on BOTH of the currently airing Toei tokusatsu shows: Machine Sentai Kiramager and Kamen Rider ...

Episode 10 - Matango (1963)

On Discuss All Monsters this week, we're talking about the bleak cult-classic "Matango" from 1963: a film that honestly speaks more for itself than anything else. It's a fairly straightforward tale so the episode this week reflects that with a shorter runtime. We talk about some of t...

Sh!t Shooters Episode 2 - RNG Soap Opera

This week, Wyatt and Nicky shoot some more shit! Explode When Defeated brings to you an absolutely STACKED episode including topics such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Fungies, and 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. We've also got a rundown of Nicky's recent journey through all the numbered Yakuza ga...

Sh!t Shooters - Episode 1: Pivoting With The Sniffles

Hello and welcome to our new-old off-topic show, Shit Shooters! We used to have a show like this called This Is Not A Tokusatsu Podcast where we did anything but talk about tokusatsu, but now that Explode When Defeated is thinking of tackling more than just tokusatsu, we're taking that limitatio...

Episode 9 - King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)

On this week's Discuss All Monsters, our hosts tackle the behemoth monster party that is King Kong vs Godzilla. They play with the format a little bit as the result of a certain host ignoring their duty, but Nicky and Wyatt still find time to talk about all of the movie's special effect high...

A Smaller Update Attatched to that Other One

Hey! Just as a tiny update, with zero downside to you, we'll be relaunching the Discuss All Monsters podcast one week early. As I said in the last update, we're with the Greenlit Podcast Network now and they've scheduled us to run ads on Spotify and other platforms this week so we'll...

Important Update for Patrons (Relaunch in October!)

Hey! It's been a while.There's no excuse for keeping you all in the dark about what's going on with Explode When Defeated, especially when it's been a little over two months since the last update. I thought there would be a chance to provide a little something to tide everyone over, ...

This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast 013: Thanks for Chilling

In this final (for now) episode of This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast, Nicky and Wyatt talk in more detail about Explode When Defeated's extended hiatus, some upcoming stuff for Wyatt's channel It's Only Magic, and discuss cool and fun topics like timely protest music, Yakuza Kiwami 2, AI: ...

Not Exploded. Not Defeated. (A Temporary Retreat)

Hello.I've been bad at keeping up updates, and for that I'm sorry. I know most of you follow me on Twitter, listen to the weekly off-topic podcast, or know me personally so you're probably aware that Explode When Defeated is going to be on hiatus for the month of June because of a health...

This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast 012: Tough Recommendations

In this episode of This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast, Nicky and Wyatt discuss the big PS5 announcements and go over some of the highlights and the lowlights (yes there were lowlights), and then they talk a little bit about Shonen Jump as a magazine in 2020 and why Chainsaw Man is a manga to watch goin...

This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast 011

For information, resources, places to donate and more check out the Black Lives Matter linktree.Also donate to:Black Visions CollectiveReclaim the Blockand here is the 5 dollar itch.io bundle that goes towards the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the Community Bail Fund that we mentioned...

Kamen Rider Blade: Peace, Love and Understanding | Explode When Defeated

In which I get carried away talking about Kamen Rider Blade, an awkward, cloying masterpiece of a Tokusatsu show. It's one of my favorite things on the planet.After an entire fucking SAGA of YouTube blocking this video, causing me to waste literal DAYS of my LIFE re-editing and re-uploading it t...

This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast 010: Don't Make Long Videos

Nicky is currently in hell trying to upload their giant Kamen Rider Blade video for you guys, so in the meantime take this quick leisurely podcast by your ol pals where we talk about Sega games and Looney Tunes.Blade video incoming... whenever YouTube decides to stop fucking with me.

This is Not A Tokusatsu Podcast 009: Dragon Style

This week, Wyatt and Nicky talk about treating themselves with nice things, like Xbox Elite Controllers, or old Japanese Sega Saturn games. They also talk about the gay camp classic She-Ra, and that new She-Ra too! Oh yeah, and some Yakuza and Dragon Quest for good measure. It's a fun one this w...

This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast 008: Brand New Awww Man...

In which Nicky and Wyatt air out some grievances about the last 6 episodes of Studio TRIGGER's new anime Brand New Animal. They also talk about other, less frustrating things like Forza Horizon for the Xbox 360, Defunctland being a perfect YouTube channel, Xiaolin Showdown being better than you ...

Episode 8: Gorath (1962) | Discuss All Monsters!!

On this month's episode of DISCUSS ALL MONSTERS!!, Wyatt and Nicky discuss the literal clash of planets that is Toho's 1962 science-fiction/suspense film GORATH. In Gorath, our hosts find a bit of a hidden gem in Toho's catalog, even if it's light on the whole monster thing. So our f...

Update 5/7/20: No TINATP This Week, Sorry!

Due to some general tiredness on our end, we're gonna hold off on doing This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast this weekend and just like, chill out for the weekend. We should still have that one week-early preview for the new Discuss All Monsters up though so there will still be some of that good #Con...

This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast #007: I Swear to God if Any of You Steal...

Complete title: I Swear to God if Any of You Steal The Podcast Name I Came Up With This Week, I Will Find You and Perform Dangerous Wrestling Moves on Your Ass, Free Podcast Names Do NOT Come With Your Patronage to Explode When Defeated.(Sorry about the slight echo, there was a bit of a technical sn...

Return of Ultraman: Here to Stay | Explode When Defeated

In the wake of Eiji Tsuburaya's sudden death, Tsuburaya Productions could have done any number of things to try and craft a lasting legacy without the man that started it all. What they did was decide to push Ultraman even further. Return of Ultraman is messier, more personal, and more imperfect...

This Is Not a Tokusatsu Podcast #006: Time for Trigger Talk

In which Nicky doesn't have a whole lot to talk about because they're deep in work on their next video, but Wyatt has a LOT to talk about. It's a lot of talk about Studio Trigger's recent catalog and some of their opinions on the stuff, with some added Youtuber recommendations and ge...