The H-Bomb Show: Recent Episodes
Nick Navarre
After an 8+ year wait, we finally, finally have a new album. This is it. Celebrating the holidays and sending us out in style with multiple past guests teamed up for the first time.
Thank you for nearly 6 years. Good day, good night, and good journey.
Guests:
Margo Baetens
Tara Keating
Chris Easom (http://mmmboptastic.com)
The 5th anniversary of The Voice of Hanson Fans - Unofficial and Unfiltered. The show that just won't die is back for our usual summer episode, this time going over the new Crossroads EP, Hanson Day 2021 kinda-sorta getting the event back to normal, the band's appearance on The Masked Singer where we knew who it was 3 seconds into their first performance, and whatever other tangents we wind up at!
Guests:
Nicole Sipple
Tara Keating
Ho-ho-holy cow it's our 5th annual holiday episode! We haven't got much new to talk about since our prior show a few months ago, so for this one we're doing a long overdue project, ranking each hanson net EP from the beginning in 2003 up to today. Plus: some thoughts on the recently released Perennial h net compilation, the usual Babe Miller Christmas message, and other random holiday nonsense. One of our longest shows to date!
Guest:
Nevena Vlajkovic
Something to keep you company while you hide from the current worldwide apocalypse. Obviously Hanson Day was cancelled this year, but we're still able to have a discussion on the new Continental Breakfast (in bed) fan club EP, in a nightmare conversation scenario where all three participants have nearly the same name. Plus we dig in to ridiculous late 90s Hanson rumors, and bid farewell to a long-standing Hanson fan site.
Guests:
Nicole Sipple
Nick Ryan
Special commentary track. Requires the Strong Enough to Break documentary to be played alongside it.
With Nick Navarre & Margo Baetens
Santa delivers on Christmas! We've reached the end of the Wintry Mix tour, as well as the end of the decade. It's time to talk about both! Our annual holiday show is sure to make your season merry and bright.*
*not a guarantee
Guests:
Margo Baetens
Nicole Sipple
Katie Wanta (http://hansonstage.com)
We're back to contribute to your summer vacation with a new hour-plus discussion of all things Hanson 2019, including two new EPs, Hanson Day concerts and events, and even a...new album?? Crank that air conditioning and sit back, or throw this on while you're mowing the lawn to make the time pass quicker. I leave the decision in your hands.
Guests:
Ginger Dzerk
Nevena Vlajkovic
We've got some new music, so it's time to celebrate the holidays by bringing the show back for a conversation about it. Hanson joins the ranks of rock acts like Metallica, Kiss, Devin Townsend, and Deep Purple by performing both new and back catalog songs with an orchestra. What worked? What didn't? How's the live performance? What weird Christmas audio will I edit in along the way?
Guest:
Holly Snider (http://travelingfan.net)
The penultimate episode of The H-Bomb Show features two frequent guests in a discussion on Hanson special events - past, present, and future. We kept the complaints about how long the lines take at Hanson Day...reasonably brief.
Guests:
Holly Snider (http://travelingfan.net)
Chris Easom (http://mmmboptastic.com)
The most requested show we've ever had finally happens, as we crowdsource a list from both listeners and past guests to create the ultimate fan club album, drawing on every Hanson.net membership EP from 2003 to 2017. 22 songs comprise the best of the best...we hope! Get comfortable - this is the longest show to date!
The second half of our two-part series, as a pair of 20-year Hanson concert veterans join me to discuss our memories of the release of Hanson's six main studio albums. As we entered 2006, more concerts, more partying, and more travel became involved in our Hanson endeavors, and memories began to get fuzzy as the years progressed - but we've still got some of our favorite stories and recollections of the latter half of Hanson's studio offerings. Covered this episode: The Walk, Shout it Out, and Anthem.
This episode also includes some important news regarding the show.
Guests:
Nicole Sipple
Margo Baetens
It's 2018! Series 3 of The H-Bomb Show starts now. A two-part series begins, as a pair of 20-year Hanson concert veterans join me to discuss our memories of the release of Hanson's six main studio albums. If you're newer to the band, this will give you an idea of how things were in the early years. If you've been around since 1997, you can come nostalgia trippin' with us. Covered this episode: Middle of Nowhere, This Time Around, and Underneath.
Guests:
Nicole Sipple
Margo Baetens
Winding up the 25 years of Hanson anniversary with your favorite Hanson experiences. Put this episode on, sit down by the fire with friends and family to celebrate the holidays, and relax as they wonder why they're listening to this instead of building a snowman or drinking or playing Xbox.
Guests:
Plenty!
Two for one on this episode! First, we look at the recently released Finally It's Christmas album - going over some highlights, some lowlights, and some unexpected 1997 tie-ins. Then, it's time to check on the predictions people made way back in summer of 2016 for what would happen with Hanson from then up until the end of 2017. If you think people made a lot of accurate guesses, you'd be wrong!
Guest:
Ginger Dzerk
Hanson has given fans plenty of great memories. For Halloween this year, let's totally disregard all of those for a moment and dive into the horrifying things people have experienced due to Hanson...everything from frustrating inconveniences to near-death experiences.
Guests:
Lots!
Keeping it classy on this one. Remember when one of Hanson's 48 former backup guitar players wrote a book back in 1999, talking about his experiences with the band in the days of their early fame? Let's explore that literary masterwork for a little bit.
Our summer series finale.
You sent in your favorite Hanson lines
I read through them for 20 minutes of time
The song selection is varied and vast
Some stories long, others are fast
From Been There Before to You Never Know
It's episode 23 of The H-Bomb Show
Wow, that was awful.
The next stage of the biweekly summer series. We're closing out our five best project with the five best Zac songs. We didn't have to resort to violence to agree on a list of five, believe it or not!
Guest:
Bran Simmons
The next in our biweekly summer series. Here come the five best Isaac songs! What four songs will join "Watch Over Me" on the list? Oh don't complain about a spoiler alert, you knew that song would be one of the five.
Guest:
Ginger Dzerk
The biweekly summer series continues. For this one, we're going to figure out the five best Taylor-centric songs. "That's impossible," you say? Well, uh...yeah. But let's try it anyway.
Guest:
Holly Snider (http://travelingfan.net)
Our biweekly summer series begins! We've got some new music to discuss - the 2017 fan club EP. Does this one reach the dizzying heights of last year's Loud, or sink to the depths of that one year they gave us like 3 live tracks and nothing else?
Guests:
Holly Snider (http://www.travelingfan.net)
Holly Frees
The incredible story of how Hanson directly changed somone's life forever. If you only listen to one episode of this podcast, it should be this one.
Guest:
Morgen Cavanah
It's the One Year Anniversary of the H-Bomb Show! To celebrate, I went to Hanson Day without being a fan club member. Here's what happened. Warning: I talk a lot. Additional warning: I'm giving away some merch on this episode.
Booked a flight to Hanson Day but then saw half the festivities are sold out? This show may help you pass the time in Tulsa.
Guests:
Morgen Cavanah
Heather Walker
This is the tale of Hanson Day Weekend before Hanson Day Weekend existed: Middle Of Nowhere Acoustic. How an album I disregarded when it was released manifested itself at an event 10 years later that renewed my fandom for years. Sit through me talking for several minutes to get to your reward of a never-before-heard Hanson live recording. NO SKIPPING AHEAD!
The internet is a cool new computer thing that is taking the world by storm! Let's talk to experts from some of the most popular Hanson sites about it! And talk about Hanson, too.
Guests:
Katie from http://hansonstage.com
Jo & Chris from http://mmmboptastic.com
Looking back at the 2017 Back To The Island event! Did they find any monsters on the island? You'll have to listen to find out!
Guest:
Holly Snider
It's 2017! Series 2 of The H-Bomb Show begins. Hanson should cover these songs and then maybe put them into their live rotation. Let's make an imaginary RnRnR 2 CD!
Guest:
Nick Ryan
To wind down 2016, we asked why you love Hanson.
Here's the response.
Guest:
Holly Snider
You can never have enough lists, so here's an episode with more! This time we're running through our personal top 15 greatest Hanson live songs. No debating, just lists and discussion. And a few bad words I beeped out.
Guest:
Nick Ryan
Episode 10?! You don't say. This time we're reminiscing about the 2010 "Make It Out Alive" show in Tulsa. I swear this is not just some random filmsy topic that was recorded only because I wanted to make a "haunted" episode for Halloween.
Guest:
Ginger Dzerk
What's coming up in the weeks ahead, and information on how you can be involved in our holiday episode.
EPISODE 9! The finale of our Summer series. Listen up, you 24 songs have done a heck of a job to make it this far. Bad news is, some of you aren't coming out alive. The elite of the elite are decided. Only 80 minutes of Hanson will remain standing...as we present The Ultimate Essential Best of Definitive Greatest Hits: The Collection Anthology 1997-2016.
Guest:
Bran Simmons
EPISODE 8! The penultimate entry in the Summer special series! It's been a long journey, but we're finally up to date on studio albums. Which final four will make it to the elite compilation? You think I'm just going to tell you in the show description?
Guest:
Bran Simmons
We opened up hansonhouse.com, which is still around for some reason. What we found within was the greatest discovery since...I dunno. Geraldo opened Al Capone's vault?
Guest:
Nick Ryan
EPISODE 7! The biweekly Summer series creating the ultimate Hanson compilation continues. This time we gently call to Shout It Out in order to lure some good songs out into the open...then spring forth and trap them on our list!
Guest:
Bran Simmons
Mini-show with a room full of people talking about a stage full of Hanson in Rockford on 9/2/2016!
Guests:
Sarah Balcaitis
Morgen Cavanah
Samantha Lefler
Nick Ryan
EPISODE 6! We're past the halfway point in our biweekly Summer series! This time we're discussing the best and worst of The Walk. A certain member of the band finally gets some props!
Guest:
Bran Simmons
EPISODE 5! Things start to get a little conflicted as we dig into our favorites (and not-so-favorites) of Underneath in our continuing biweekly Summer series!
Guest:
Bran Simmons
EPISODE 4! Our biweekly Summer series continues - creating the ultimate Hanson compilation! This Time Around is a fan favorite album, but we're narrowing it down to the best of the best.
Guest:
Bran Simmons
EPISODE 3! Our biweekly Summer series begins - creating the ultimate Hanson compilation! What Middle of Nowhere tracks make the cut? Only one way to find out...
Guest:
Bran Simmons
EPISODE 2! Talking with some of the most well-traveled Hanson fans on our planet!
Guests:
Nicole Sipple
Audrey LaBrecque
Jen Johnson
Mini-show for 06/01/2016 - get involved! Help me create a Hanson prediction time capsule to be opened in December 2017!
EPISODE 1! Hanson Day! Tulsa! Lines! Rain! Merchandise! Concerts! Karaoke! Cardboard Hanson! Disappointing Lack Of Another One Bites The Dust!
Guests:
Morgen Cavanah
Heather Walker
Nick Ryan