This Is Rad!

Kyle Clark and Matthew Burnside share their endless love of rad things with the world.

Video Game Music 05/12/2021

3D Mario Games 05/05/2021

3D Mario Games This week Kyle and Matthew welcome one of Matt's longtime friend and hilarious comedian Grant Pardee to the show to chat about adventures in the Mushroom Kingdom. The Mario franchise could have like twenty episodes about it, so in this episode we are focusing on Grant's love of the 3D Mario games. For the uninitiated, there are several types of games featuring Nintendo's main man. Classic 2D, New 2D that is kinda 3D, humorous RPGs, and many more. We explore the evolution from Mario World for the SNES to the groundbreaking Super Mario 64. Plus, Grant has a hot take on Mario Sunshine. It's also a great episode if you're just looking for some straight up video game talk. A heartwarming reunion of friends and some super nerdy tangents!? Them Rad boys have done it again... Weekly Rads: Kyle - Kuretake Portable Water Color Set Matt – Yakuza: Like a Dragon Grant - Reconnecting with old message board friends on discord, also Sonic Mania (check out Grant's Sonic podcast “The GHZ”, along with his other show, “Grashlyn Party”) Link for a FantasticLand digital pass (gives access to all 10 episodes) The FantasticLand page on Town Hall's website: Go to and subscribe to send in questions for our Listener Questions episodes, to get exclusive bonus episodes, extra content, and access to the This Is Rad Discord server! Check out our merch! Also! Check out march for Kyle's record label Radland Records Also! Laura started an online store for her art! Go buy all of her stuff!!! Follow us on social media or whatever! Twitter: @ThisIsRadPod @kyleclarkisrad @MatthewBurnside @LMKnightArt Instagram: @thisisradpodcast Tumblr: thisisradpod.tumblr.com Bonus Social Media! Kyle's Horror Podcast Everything is Scary with Jen Saunderson @podscary (Twitter) Kyle's Comic “Tales from an Analog Future” @analogfuturecomic (Instagram) Kyle's Record label Radland Records @radlandrecords (Instagram) /episode/index/show/thisisrad/id/18968414

Listener Questions #14 (April 2021) 04/28/2021

Old Time Radio 04/21/2021

T.J. Maxx 04/14/2021

Paul Thomas Anderson 04/07/2021

Listener Question #13 (March 2021) 03/31/2021

Live Music 03/24/2021

Cannabis Cultivation 03/17/2021

Fantasticland (cast chat) 03/11/2021

Computer Science 03/10/2021

World of Darkness 03/03/2021

Listener Questions #12 (Feb 2021) 02/27/2021

Fantasticland 02/24/2021

Fantasticland This week Kyle and Matthew welcome Mike Bockoven, Alysia Homminga, and Michelle Ianiro to the show to discuss their online theatrical mini series adaptation of Mike's book “Fantasticland” Michelle adapted the play and brought everybody together and Alysia is directing and editing the project. They discuss the origins of this project, the process of collaborating remotely, and creative problem solving in the age of Covid. Kyle has a role in the series and asks the trio what their experience was like working on the show. Plus, Matt finally gets to ask what the hell this show is. See below for info about how to see the show. (Also, Kyle has some stand up shows this week and there are links below to tickets for those as well!) Weekly Rads: Kyle – The Before Trilogy (movies) Matthew – Barb and Star go to Vista del Mar (movie) Mike – Let's Go Play at the Adams (book) Aly – Okay Human by Weezer (album) Michelle – The Hunt (movie) Fantasticland series info: Instagram: @thtfantasticland Ticket Link: [inset when link available] Kyle's Shows this week: Weds 2/24/21 Flappers Wednesday Virtual Yoo Hoo Room Show (worth clicking the link just to see the terrible headshot flappers uses from when somebody hacked their system years ago...) Sunday 2/28/21 Full Circle Comedy watch live on facebook! facebook.com/fullcirclebrewingco or watch on zoom meeting ID: 9104467350 Passcode: beerisgood Go to www.Patreon.com/thisisrad and subscribe to send in questions for our Listener Questions episodes, to get exclusive bonus episodes, extra content, and access to the This Is Rad Discord server! Check out our merch! Also! Check out merch for Kyle's record label Radland Records Also! Laura started an online store for her art! Go buy all of her stuff!!! Follow us on social media or whatever! Twitter: @ThisIsRadPod @kyleclarkisrad @MatthewBurnside @LMKnightArt Instagram: @thisisradpodcast Tumblr: thisisradpod.tumblr.com http://www.thisisradpodcast.com /episode/index/show/thisisrad/id/18065360

Stephen King's The Stand 02/17/2021

EPCOT 02/10/2021

Rogue-Like Games 02/03/2021

Listener Questions #11 (January 2021) 01/30/2021

Ghost Adventures 01/27/2021

Disney Afternoon 01/20/2021

Listener Questions #10 December 2020 01/17/2021

Graphic Design 01/13/2021

Graphic Design This week the one and only Laura Knight returns to guest co-host because Matthew lost his voice screaming at the Cleveland Browns. But Matthew could not have had better timing because this week Rad welcomes longtime friend to the show Richard Eden for his first ever solo appearances. What subject could these two titians of Rad combine their knowledge for? This episode is one of the rare treats were we have two talented experts chat about their jobs as graphic designers. In the past year as Kyle's been studying visual art, he's learned graphic design is a thing. So take a seat next to Kyle as he uses this opportunity to learn about graphic design from two talented designers. But don't worry, just because this episode has some educational value, don't think we don't go off the rails a few times to side tangent about Supernatural, Canada, and any number of other topics. As Kyle says at the beginning of the ep, this one is a real humdinger. Richard has been kind enough to produce a reference list for this episode REFERENCES Graphic design software: Adobe Canva CorelDraw Free Tools: Colorspace Flaticon Freepik Losttype Iconsplace Paid Resource: Envato Elements Pose Inspiration: Instagram #motelkey #signhunter #matchboxdesign #bookdesign Pinterest Favorite Graphic Designers: Murmur Leta Sobierajski Art GD Stefan Sagmeister Steve Harrington Typography Lauren Hom Illustration Dana Tanamachi Favourite Graphic Design Books: Know Your Onions (basic reference book) Taschen History of Graphic Design VOL 1-2 Weekly Rads: Kyle – THIS IS RAD HAS A PO BOX!!!! This is not a drill, you can now send stuff to us after an almost three year hiatus. If you'd like to send us something send it to: This Is Rad! (or Kyle Clark) 2470 Sterns St. #198 Simi Valley, CA 93063 Laura – Two great webcomics: Barbarous by Yuko Ota & Ananth Hirsh (webcomic) and Brainchild by Suzanne Geary (webcomic) also Bridgerton (netflix show) plus Folklore by Taylor swift (album) Richard – Zoom q2n (video camera) Go to and subscribe to send in questions for our Listener Questions episodes, to get exclusive bonus episodes, extra content, and access to the This Is Rad Discord server! Check out our merch! Also! Check out march for Kyle's record label Radland Records Also! Laura started an online store for her art! Go buy all of her stuff!!! Follow us on social media or whatever! Twitter: @ThisIsRadPod @kyleclarkisrad @MatthewBurnside @LMKnightArt Instagram: @thisisradpodcast Tumblr: thisisradpod.tumblr.com http://www.thisisradpodcast.com /episode/index/show/thisisrad/id/17520353

Classical Music (history) 01/06/2021

Classical Music (history) This week Kyle and Matthew are joined by music teacher, concert percussionist, and drummer for the incredibly rad band Sad Park, Grant Bubar for a chat about classical music. Grant shares with us how his study of music and working as an orchestral musician has given him an appreciation of classical music and he hopes to share some of what he loves about it with us in the hope that he can make getting into classical music less daunting. We get into the what defines classical music and why the best known composers are best known. Plus Grant gives us a few lesser known or recently rediscovered composers that are starting to be added to the cannon. But, like any good music episode, there is also plenty of talk about modern music, playing music, and the science behind music. We had so much fun with this ep that we will definitely circle back to this later on for a deeper dive into how to listen and what to listen for. If you've never dabble in classical music, this might give you some ways to explore it without feeling totally lost. Bonus! Grant made a spotify playlist so you can explore some of HIS favorite and essential classical pieces: As Matt shares on the episode, he recently had a tragic loss of a close family friend and her daughter. The family has set up a gofund me to help her surviving husband and child. This episode is sponsored by Mack Weldon! Go to and use the promo code RAD at check out to get 20% off your first order! Go to and subscribe to send in questions for our Listener Questions episodes, to get exclusive bonus episodes, extra content, and access to the This Is Rad Discord server! Check out our merch! Also! Check out march for Kyle's record label Radland Records Also! Laura started an online store for her art! Go buy all of her stuff!!! Follow us on social media or whatever! Twitter: @ThisIsRadPod @kyleclarkisrad @MatthewBurnside @LMKnightArt Instagram: @thisisradpodcast Tumblr: thisisradpod.tumblr.com http://www.thisisradpodcast.com /episode/index/show/thisisrad/id/17433554

2020 Year in Radview pt. 2 12/30/2020

2020 Year in Radview pt.1 12/30/2020

Tales from an Analog Future 12/23/2020

Christmas Traditions 12/16/2020

Looking for Good in 2020 12/09/2020

Listener Questions #9 (October/November 2020) 12/02/2020

The Alternative Comedy Boom 11/25/2020

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