Burgers
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This week the boyz are joined buy Adam Crosse for an in depth conversation about the cullinary marvel that is: The Burger. We chat fast food, restaurants, and home made versions and variations and then Adam and Matt take us on a cross country journey through regional specialty burgers. We are shockingly on topic this ep. Warning: You WILL leave this episode hungry for burgers... Is this rad? Is eating in your car alone? Weekly Rads: Kyle – Pat Finnerty (youtube channel) and Bobby Fingers (youtube channel) Adam – New Valve game “Deadlock” (new game) and My...
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Sports Uniforms
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This week Kyle and Burnside are joined by comedian Chris Calogero for a chat about the fashion side of sports. The aesthetic of American sports uniforms has evolved a great deal over the last 70 years. Shorts have been short then long then short again. Sleeves has been both mandatory and optional. Bold, ill advised color combination have been proudly displayed. Some good old fashion TIR, enjoy folks! Articles with uniform images: Pre-Order “Husky Boy” out August 29th Is it Rad? Are maraschino cherries rad? Weekly Rads: Kyle – Strange Darling (movie) Burnside...
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We've Got a Lot to Talk About
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Joe Kaye returns to the show along with Nicole Yates, Laura, Kyle and Burnside to chat about the fall movie season, a “legal” way to watch the Drew Carey Show, plus we dive deep into the upcoming Universal Epic Universe park while Burnside asks “what's that?” Fun stuff! Weekly Rads: Kyle – Dots Homestyle Pretzels (food) Matt – The Drew Carey Show on Plex (hard to find show) Joe – Wildwood (upcoming Leika movie) and the Saturday Night trailer (movie trailer) Nicole – Upcoming 2 part David Chase documentary (show) Laura – Fantasmas (show) Check out Burnside...
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Sandwiches
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Kyle sit down with comedian Nicole Yates for a chat about the great things you can put between two pieces of bread. Nicole hails from the great city of Philadelphia and apparently they have strong opinions about sandwiches. What really makes for a good cheese steak? Can a meat be too salty? Plus, numerous music tangents that have some good stuff. Weekly Rads: Kyle – Olympic Climbing (sport) and Lemoncello La Croix (beverage) Matthew – The Gravy Big Matt (sandwich) Nicole – Lavern and Shirley (show) and Cricket (sport) Check out Burnside playing video...
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Murderpuss Photoshoot
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Kyle gathers Anna Valenzuela, Brandie Posey, and Rae Mystic as they bask in the afterglow of shooting the album cover for Anna's upcoming album “Murderpuss” and have a wide ranging conversation that involves a shocking about of talk about rollercoasters. Try to remind yourself that everyone is covered in a little bit of fake blood while they're talking, it makes it more fun! Is this rad? Is it rad to lose in the olympics but in the process everyone learns how big your dick is? Weekly Rads: Kyle & Matthew - Trap (movie) Check out Burnside playing video games...
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The This Is Rad! 10 Year Anniversary Episode
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This week the entire This Is Rad Family gets together to look back at 10 years of podcasting. The eras! The guests! And of course, The Tangents! Thank you to everyone who has ever listened to This Is Rad! This wouldn't be possible without you. Is this rad? Are hugs from Kyle Clark rad? Weekly Rads: Kyle – Flying Saucer Boogie by Eddie Clectro & his Roundup Boys (song) Matthew – Joysticks (1983) (movie) Frank – Old VHS tapes of Dic dub of Sailor Moon, Gigantor, Outlaw Star (VHS tapes) Adam – Midnightsumo (twitch channel) Laura – The lady who put the message on Matt's...
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No Values
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Kyle sat down with Keith Carey and Jordan Leigh for a No Values Festival post-mortum. They chat about aging punk rockers, the new guard of bands that are amazing, and then we just make jokes about The Misfits for like easily 30 minutes. Very fun. Plus, the boys saw “Twisters” and they wanna tell you about it! Is it rad? Are numb body parts rad? Weekly Rads: Kyle – Twisters (movie) Matthew – Twisters in d-box (movie in d-box) Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's...
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Table Top RPGs for Kids
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This week the boyz are joined by Linus Needer for a chat about the art of running a Table Top Role Playing Game for kids. Kyle has been running a TTRPG at his job and Linus also runs campaigns for kids. The break down how they've streamlined games for kids of different ages, slowly intergratring game mechanics, and ways to add some razzle dazzle to your game.This ep is niche as hell but it's a lot of fun. Check out Linus' youtube page: Is it Rad? Food served “family style” WeeklyRads: Kyle – We're not here to be loved by Fleshwater (album) Matthew – Little Cesars'...
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A Tribute to Air Conditioning
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This week the boys are joined by the hilarious Seth Pomeroy for a chat about the real hero of summertime Air Conditioning. Yes, glorious AC! Cooler of rooms. Friend to the warm. Savior of the meltable. We gush about keeping cool in the summer time. ? Is it rad? Is “white people” taco night rad? Kyle – A quiet place day one (film) / the concept of sketch comedy Matthew – The Magic Prank Show with Justin Willman (show) Seth – Taskmaster (show) Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside Get Kyle Clark's I'm a...
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Karaoke
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Kyle, Matthew, and Laura sit outside in Kyle's backyard and have a chat with Alex Blugerman about his love for Karaoke. We were gonna do a second hiking episode and then all the sudden we'd been on topic chatting about Karaoke and it seems pretty irresponsible for us to not roll with the change. A great example of how change can be a good and helpful tool for personal growth. Anyway, uh, we debate Happy Meal toys and its gets shockingly dark. Oh, and Laura gets some good zingers on Matthew! Sign you name up on the list and get ready to sing along with the crew... Is it rad? Happy...
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Mike Bockoven talks Vincent Price on This Is Rad!
This week we welcome FantasticLand author Mike Bockoven to the podcast. As anyone listening in the last few months know, Mike's book FantasticLand is one of Kyle's new favorite books. Mike was in SoCal for a wedding and we were lucky enough to convince him to come hang with us. We talk plenty about Mike's awesome book including where the idea came from and the process of getting it written while balancing a job and a family (super inspiring stuff!) plus Mike also celebrates the illustrious career of Vincent Price. You'll learn a ton of stuff about the iconic actor that you might not have known. It's an interesting guy coming on to talk about another interesting guy. Plus we answer listener questions about both Vincent Price's career along with some fun questions about Mike's book. If you haven't checked out FantasticLand you owe it to yourself to give it a read. Plus, his next book The Pack is out this July.
Weekly Rads:
Kyle: The Lucky Chops (band)
Matthew: LAN Parties! (lifestyle)
Mike: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay (novel)
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