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For our final installment of Radtober 2024, we are joined by comedian Veronica Shea (@veronicanow) for a chat about the phenomenon of people living inside the walls of other people's homes. Veronica has been stumbling down this rabbit hole and shares with us some wild stories. For extra fun, hold the phone on speaker next to your walls so you can listen with the person living inside YOUR house. Happy Halloween from This Is Rad! Weekly Rads: Matthew – Kid that caught the Grand Slam ball at the World Series (moment) Kyle – Salem's Lot (movie) Veronica – Fat Bear week (week) ...
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In this installment of Radtober 2024, we are joined by Elizabeth Teets (@elteets) to discuss Catholicism in horror cinema. This ep was pitched during Elizabeth's episode early this year and we've been excited to finally bring her back. We look at different ways horror cinema has utilized the imagery and mythology of the Catholic Church. Plus we all give our pitches for our own Catholic horror movies. Go get Elizabeth's book “Isn't She Great” wherever you find quality books! Is it Rad? Are pens rad? Weekly Rads: Kyle – Knotts Scary Farm, Getting to improv with the...
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This week the boyz are joined by Dustin Meadows and Michelle Weiser to chat about the 1994 seminal goth masterpiece, The Crow. The movie exists in the shadow of a tragic back story and sometimes feels a little lost in modern genre cinema. A not so great remake this year was a bit of a bummer but as a positive, it has sent many folks back to watch the original. Both Kyle and Michelle share their discovery of the film later in life, while Dustin discusses has encounters with the movie on VHS as a teen. We also chat about the glorious soundtrack and James O'Barr's original comic. Some fun...
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Our first ep for Radtober 2024 is a two for one! First, after many years, Kyle has finally sat down with a horse girl. This has been a podcast dream for many years and thanks to our guest Gillian Sieker it is finally a reality. After the horse chat, Kyle and Gillian worked together at a haunt last year and they tell some fun stories from the fog machine filled trenches. Plus, Gillian helped inspire a project Kyle is working on. Check out Ride On: Therapeutic Horse Riding Is it Rad? Is the peu peu platter rad? Weekly Rads: Kyle – V/H/S Beyond (movie) Burnside –...
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This week Kyle, Matthew, and Laura are joined by the hilarious Rachele Friedland (@rachelefriedland) to discuss the TLC relationship reality show “90 Day Fiance”. The crew learn the show is about green card marriages, which none of them guessed. They also discuss which Sex in the City lady they are. More Samantha's than you'd expect! Plus, podcaster sleep habits. Pre-Order her comedy album “Certified Delightful”! Is it rad? Are baseball caps Rad? Weekly Rads: Kyle - Christine Little (comedian) and Cookie Monster's Instagram (good follow) Burnside - Cleveland...
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After a brief hiatus the boys (and Laura!) return with an episode about knowing thyself. Aaron Marsh (@aaronmmarsh) has had a wild life and in the last year on his podcast he's began processing a lot of stuff. Three out of four people on the episode are currently in therapy and we get several perspectives on different approaches people take to therapy. They break up the heavy with some fun side bits but really dig into the positive reasons to see a therapist. Check out Aaron's podcast Putting Up with Aaron Michael Marsh for more talk about mental health! Weekly Rads: Kyle - The...
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This week Kyle is joined by Kaitlyn Holmes to chat about their experience this summer working at a summer camp. They chat about working with kids and what kind of personalities are drawn to child care and education. Also what it is like to have to share a wall with Kyle. Plus, they are able to weave in tangents ranging from teen fashion tumblr to the Universal Studios escalators to Gen-Z's idea of 9/11... Is it rad? Are label makers rad? Weekly Rads: Kyle – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (movie) Mathew – Monkey Business and Beach Day (Baskin Robbins ice cream flavors)...
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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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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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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...
info_outlineThe Martin Duprass (@themartinduprass) return to the show to chat about the year that birthed the dawn of the Willennium, 1999. They talk about the wildness of the Y2K era. Plus, lotta good movies came out that year.
More importatnly: The Martin Dupras have done a remake of Kevin Smith's 1999 film Dogma based on their memories of the movie having not seeing it for a while. It's a wild ride.
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Is It Rad:
Is charcuterie for dinner rad?
Weekly Rads:
Kyle - Where's My Utopia by Yard Act (album)
Matthew – Carnival Cruise and that moment a bunch of things happen at the same time and then you realize you are at the exact correction latitude and longitude that you should be on the earth, or whatever... (vibe)
The Martins Duprass – The soundtrack to the film DawgMuh (Jeremy) Thrift Stores (Lauren)
Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside
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