Brainstorm with Leo Allen of Voluntary Input and Profound Simplicity - Main Event

We throw on the helmet and strap in for a weird, wild ride this week as we watched the 1983 sci-fi family dramedy Brainstorm, featuring the ill-fated star-crossed lovers Christopher Walken and Natalie Wood, in the film that would prove to be her last, as she died tragically and mysteriously while this film was down for the holidays. Leo Allen host of the Voluntary Input podcast and the mind behind the music project Profound Simplicity joins us to discuss this gem from his youth. What would our lives be like if we suddenly had a virtual reality experience that stimulated all of our senses like in this film? How could this technology be exploited and what's one of the obvious prurient first uses that it would be used for? Don't worry, those questions--along with many others--are addressed in this week's installment of the Unkind Rewind.

Brainstorm can be streamed for free at Hoopla or on the Internet Archive.

Leo Allen can be found at his website: leojallenjr.com

His music released under the moniker Profound Simplicity can be found on YouTube: youtube.com/@profoundsimplicity 

His podcast, Voluntary Input, should hopefully be back up and running in early 2025, and can be found here or wherever you get your pod on.

All music in the show was composed by Divorcio Suave. 

Josh Duggan can also be heard with co-host Adam Schwitters on the seminal Law & Order: SVU podcast, Munch My Benson.

Play CineQuote, your daily movie quote trivia game which Sean McGrath co-created. 

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