The Whole Cogan

Dan's post-it notes

While Dan attempts to tell about his doll collecting, the conversation takes multiple side tracks about short dates, long interviews and gorillas.

Casey shares some of Europe's clothing differences with Dan.

Lots to unpack in this episode:German Sausages vs. American Hot DogsVending Machines and Airport ExperiencesDubai Water MenuArtisan S'moresToo many K's. Are More Ks Necessary?Martial Arts CornerThief in the Taekwondo Dojang and the Thief-catching Magic PowderPowder Time Travel4th of July in the USA

Dan describes surviving his Krav Maga belt test.

Casey has a ghost encounter in his home.

Casey tested for his new taekwondo belt with a bunch of kids. Dan is preparing for his upcoming krav maga belt test.

Dan and Casey share some of their challenges of being new to martial arts at an advanced age.

Casey contemplates his new bionic hips. Dan has just come back from a trip to Santa Fe which opens several cans of Santa Fe worms... aka more stories.

Dan has a nickname conundrum and mixes some sports drinks. Casey went on a long hike and is still working out his hip situation.

Casey has a minor situation with his architect as well as a special performance at his taekwondo class. Dan contemplates his outfits for street clothes week and comes to terms with crab maga injuries.

Casey talks about the Kessler Syndrome because maybe we don't have enough things to worry about right now, and going to London to do a job that got cancelled as soon as he arrived. Dan has a leg situation and a wrist brace that comes with its own foley.

Casey and Dan get their asses, balls, heads and faces kicked in their respective martial arts classes.

A contemporary art gallery's exhibition and the horse that was involved... An FBI encounter about an alleged international art theft conspiracy... The pug and the balloon.

Dan describes a horrific car crash involving a Ferrari and a cow to a telemarketer.

Casey coughs his way through a train ride to Frankfurt for a corporate event. Dan gets sassed by his smart scale.

Dan goes for an evening run and jogs through a cloud of crack.

Dan buys cheese that is made with real cheese. Casey meets a German connection guy with no connections. Dan gears up for MMA.

This episode was recorded in December of 2025 but never aired. So for those of you who are already feeling nostalgic for Christmas, this is for you.Casey talks about the Christmas party that his German taekwondo school put on. Things got a bit awkward.

Dan has an epic encounter with Javelinas.

Dan't paper route. Casey's airplane hookup.

Dan doesn't know Casey's birthday | Neither Casey nor Dan can guess people's ages | Dan does cowboy karaoke on Bourbon Street in New Orleans.

Casey's village has a unique Christmas tradition. Dan learns that driving a car for longer doesn't necessarily make you safer.

Dan partners up with an amped-up training partner in Krav Maga.

Casey is in Hamburg for an artist residency. Dan ponders adopting a grandpa so that he can become a great grandpa.

Casey gets his yellow belt. Dan tries on cups and gets strangled by a Viking. Also cats.

Casey and Maggie go to Oktoberfest in Munich.

Monster truck rally in the back parking lot of Casey's local grocery store.

It's a long one. Dan and Casey cover a lot of material including taekwondo, cartoons, Oktoberfest and buying bras at Victoria's Secret.

Dan comes back from Vancouver a changed human.

Dan and Casey chat about their individual martial arts journeys and end again with celebrity farts in jars.

Casey's village has a party for the volunteer fire department. Dan dominates a raffle in Vegas and wins a platter for his chips.

It's a grab bag of stories that Casey dug up from the internet, including mishandled body parts, cocaine pigs and farts in jars.

Casey's volunteers to do a public taekwondo performance, despite not knowing yet what he is doing. Dan likes to watch the fight scenes and doesn't care about the romantic tension that has been building up between the witch and the warlock.

Dan pitches the civilisational benefits of marriage puppets and Casey talks Otters, their rockets, and the cute and slightly creepy pouches that they put them in.

Casey resumes Taekwondo after a fourty-one year break. Dan has a new therapist who's extra long nails might be deal breakers.

Casey fixes the internet. Dan has an accidental puppet experiment.

Dan made a ham radio with his 1980's teacher. Casey experiences a haunted hotel room or zombie prisoner during his stay in Darmstadt.

How many cakes is too many cakes for a grown-ass birthday boy? How many steps to Kevin Bacon's balls? 

Casey and Dan are on location at the Phoenix Swap Meet, perusing odd weapons, questionable clothing choices and interesting characters amongst a sea of gas generators.

During Casey's visit to Phoenix, he and Dan attended a Taekwondo class at the school that Casey attended when he was eight years old. They were able to interview the Master of the school, Master Peishan Kang, a 73 year old 7th degree black belt who charmed the doboks off of them.

For the first time since beginning this podcast, Casey and Dan were able to record a show while sitting in the same room. Casey travelled to Phoenix after being in New York and the two had an adventurous 24 hours. Casey also talks about why, while living in Phoenix, he had a short-lived nickname of Balls Max.

Casey is in New York for an exhibition after being interrogated at US customs. Dan works on his handle for Reddit. Casey's failure to return a fist bump leads to a new takedown move involving Tic Tacs. 

Why do we only have two operating systems for our phones and computers? - What message would you tell your younger self? - Casey hates puns (or at least when people feel the need to point out that a pun has just been spoken).

Casey spots beavers in the wild, Dan fixes his appliances and some skeletons are released from the closet.

Casey gets a DNA test but still does not know what percentage Neanderthal he is. Dan earns a blue stripe for fixing his ice machine.

Dan has a mental meltdown at a fancy restaurant seated next to a booth of point-one-percenter rich kids.

Does Casey really have a lifetime membership to a taekwondo place that he hasn't used since he was a child? Have orcas really been wearing dead salmon as hats?  

Dan does a janky escape room that's half broken. Casey tries his best to enjoy his nearly square-shaped 'Mexican' burrito in Dresden.

Casey's painting studio is next door to a German Kegelbahn (9-pin bowling) alley. His neighbours, who are mostly rather old, try to break into his studio to gawk and leave presents in the bathroom.