This Is Rad!

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

Listener Questions #2 Part 1 03/26/2020

DC Comics 03/25/2020

Thinkin' About Girls 03/18/2020

Thinkin' About Girls This week Kyle and Matthew welcome Tara McKinney to the show. Kyle met Tara years ago when she started working as a camera operator on Talking Dead. Over the years they've become friends and it turns out Tara is a hell of a writer. This is her first podcast and while we never quite nailed down a topic we ended up on a pretty solid groove for a conversation. The title comes from the fact that if Kyle or Matt got too nerdy Tara would just space out and think about girls. She's really fun and this was a great last episode before rad goes into quarantine. Concerning all the health issues, This Is Rad wants to you know we've set up plans so that unless like the whole grid goes down, we will still be bringing you episodes every week. What those look like is going to be a fun learning experience for all of us, but we just want you to know that for as long as every body is cooped up at home (or out in the world, if you're still out working) that we will be right here with you. Everybody stay safe and go wash your hands. <3 Kyle, Matthew, and Laura Weekly Rads: Kyle – Discord (software) Matthew – Ori and the Will of the Wisps (video game) Tara – Vita and Virginia (movie) We started a patreon. Check it out: check out Laura's new designs on TeePublic!!! Guys, Kyle's new album Absolute Terror is offfically out!!! Get it wherever you stream music... no for real... do it now... please... This episode is sponsored by use the promo code RAD and get 20% off your first order. (and tell em Sacky sent ya!) Check out our merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/this-is-rad Also! Check out march for Kyle's record label Radland Records https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4109261-radland-logo 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/13585121

Zombies 03/11/2020

Zombies This week Kyle and Matthew welcome Khalid Salaam for a chat about the living dead and their place in pop culture. Khalid explains his parents unorthodox use of horror movies as a tool for punishing him as a child. But that which scares you as a kid often draws you in with fascination as you get older. Kyle and Khalid have worked together in various capacities over the years and despite the fact that they both work on a show about re-animated corpses, they explore a much broader scope of the zombie. We talk classic (and underrated) movies. The best (and not the best) video games. Turns out there are books about zombies. There is a lot of zombie media out there to choose from and they give you some picks for their favorites. But part of the appeal of the zombie narrative is the concept of “survival horror” and the boys explore this topic quite a bit as well. Plus, we got our fair share of hot riffs. Even if you are sick to death of zombie BS in pop culture this episode might remind you that there was once a time where the “Z” word did no elicit groans and eye rolls. Go back with us to a simpler time... Weekly Rads: Matthew – Joy and Anticipation (abstract concepts associated with enjoyment and good feelings) Kyle - Golden Day by Ceci Beats (song) We started a patreon. Check it out: check out Laura's new designs on TeePublic!!! Guys, Kyle's new album Absolute Terror is offfically out!!! Get it wherever you stream music... no for real... do it now... please... This episode is sponsored by use the promo code RAD and get 20% off your first order. (and tell em Sacky sent ya!) Check out our merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/this-is-rad Also! Check out march for Kyle's record label Radland Records https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4109261-radland-logo 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/13499030

Cooking 03/04/2020

Listener Questions #1 02/26/2020

“Fly Fishing” 02/19/2020

SCUBA Diving 02/12/2020

Religious Punk Rock 02/05/2020

Religious Punk Rock No! Don't run away! This is a super interesting episode I swear! For a few years Kyle has been trying to get our guest Ray Camacho to come on for this topic. Ray is in a super rad band called Sacer and studied theology in college. These two passions have lead to him having an impressive knowledge of faith based punk bands. Religious punk has been around almost as long as punk. The idea feels inherently contradictory and yet numerous subcultures and subgenres exist and thrive today. We chat about different faiths and the bands that have come out representing them. We also just have some interesting chats about the ideas of religion and the complicated relationship between religion and culture. Its a different kind of episode but I swear it's got lots of good bits and riffs. Also, we want to once again take a second and thank everyone who has joined our Patreon. We are so overwhelmed by your incredible support! Weekly Rads Kyle – The Troop by Nick Cutter (book) Burnside – Waffle House Coffee mugs (object) Laura – The Witcher 3 (video game) Ray – Cheer (netflix series) also as a group rad, Mexican food sure is great! We started a patreon. Check it out: check out Laura's new designs on TeePublic!!! Guys, Kyle's new album Absolute Terror is offfically out!!! Get it wherever you stream music... no for real... do it now... please... This episode is sponsored by use the promo code RAD and get 20% off your first order. (and tell em Sacky sent ya!) Check out our merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/this-is-rad Also! Check out march for Kyle's record label Radland Records https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/4109261-radland-logo Also! Laura started an online store for her art! Go buy all of her stuff!!!https://www.teepublic.com/stors/lmknight?ref_id=8178 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/13018715