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Notable Canadian, Richard Eden, visits Southern California.   Weekly Rad:   Civil War (movie)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #198 2470 Stearns St Simi Valley, CA 93063   Tales from an Analog Future Get it HERE: https://gumroad.com/analogfuturecomic   Get Kyle's album "Absolute Terror" here: https://smarturl.it/absoluteterror       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 re  cord label Radland Records  htt

The boys are delighted to welcome back one of the cooler humans on the planet, Annie Lockwood. Annie has had a wild couple of years that have ended in her living in NYC and working on themed festival cruises. This is one of those episodes where the guest just keeps saying wild things and the boys gasp and giggle. Wanna you wanna hear stories about drunken old people, wrestling madness, and Mini KISS? Grab a boozy milk shake, sit down in the biohazard hot tub, and strap in folks. We are setting sail!   Weekly Rads: Kyle – The Big Flop (podcast) Matthew – Getting buzzed while your best friend's mom gets drunk and dances to a cover band at a dive bar (moment in time) Annie – Seeing Circle Jerks and Descendants live (bands)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus

This week you were gonna hear wild stories of haunted attractions, Texas-style! A little Radtober in the Springtime!   But, there were... issues.   So instead, be bring you another intimate evening with the boyz.   Next Week we will have a guest or your pizza is free!   Weekly Rads: Kyle – Podcast The Ride The Citywalk Orlando Saga: Malltiverse of Madness (podcast series) Matthew – New Season of Taskmaster, new eps Thursdays on their YouTube channel (show)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #198 2470 Stearns St Simi Valley, CA 93063   Tales from an Analog Future Get it HERE: https://gumroad.com/analogfuturecomic   Get Kyle

Burnside's time has come. Brandon Niznik returns to the show with his wife Criselda Valderrama to chat about their new joke book “Dad Jokes for Disastrous Situations”. We discuss the art of the dad joke and what went into compiling this compendium. Oh, hey, before you go listen, what's that on your shirt? Get Dad Jokes for Disasterous Situations  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ4GYN8H?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_dp_4WQ96NHTXDZTZ4A88679&language=en_US    Weekly Rads:   Kyle – And Now for the Whatchamacallit by Psycadellic Porn Crumpets (album)   Burnside – Wavy cut toilet paper (toiletry)   Laura – The Rise and Fall of a Widwest Princess by Chappell Roan (album)   Brandon – The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin (book)   Criselda – Kung Fu Panda 1-3     Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins

This week, a guest fell out and so Matthew and Kyle had a lovely chat. Topics include: upcoming horror movies, employment, and Burnside gives some tips for the times...   Weekly Rads: Kyle – For Forever by The American Analog Set (album) and Late Night with the Devil (movie) and X-Men '97 (show) Matthew – Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (movie)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #198 2470 Stearns St Simi Valley, CA 93063   Tales from an Analog Future Get it HERE: https://gumroad.com/analogfuturecomic   Get Kyle's album "Absolute Terror" here: https://smarturl.it/absoluteterror    Go to w   ww.Patreon.com/thisisrad and subscrib

The podcast returns with another look at the world of immersive theater, this time from an actor's point of view. Libby Rose has been working extensively with immersive theater groups since moving to LA. We listen to her story of getting involved with immersive theater and what it requires from an actor. She tells us about some interesting private immersive performances and some of the wild things she's done.   Weekly Rads: Kyle – Punk's Dead by Soft Play (single) Matthew – The Traitors (show) Libby – A cat meme describing the events of the American revolution but with cats (meme)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #198 24

This week the boys are joined by comedian Uriah Wesman (@uriahjokes) for his incredible story of escaping from not one, not two, but THREE cults. And he's made a one man show about it. Uriah has a great sense of humor and some inedible insights. Plus, we debate if gmail is rad...   Uriah's one man show “Three Cults Walk into a Bar” premieres May 11th at the Lyric Hyperion in Los Angeles. Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/three-cults-walk-into-a-bar-tickets-726865222447   Weekly Rads: Kyle – Problemista (movie) Matthew – RX Bandits playing The Resignation live for 20th anniversary (live) seeing a band that means a lot to you (concept) Uriah – Stop Motion (movie)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut. You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live

This week Kyle and Matthew are joined by artist Maxwell Robinson to chat about puzzles. We try to break down the different subcategories and what types we personally enjoy. Are you a sudoku person or more of a crossword type? Plus, we chat about the various uses of puzzles in video game design. Plus, Maxwell tells the boys the part they played in meeting his wife. Puzzles and Love!   Weekly Rads: Kyle – Dune: Chapter 2 (movie) Matthew – Tangk by Idles (album) Maxwell – TheCrafsMan SteadyCraftin' and Bobby Fingers (craft youtube channels) Game of Shrooms (art project)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #198 2470 Stearns St

The always delightful Joe Kaye (@joecharleskaye) returns to the show to talk about the long running immersive theater experience Sleep No More. Sleep No More is a 3 hour, wordless version of Macbeth told via dance and it all takes place inside of a four story building where each floor is filled with fully explorable rooms where the scenes unfold around you in real time. It is crazy. The long running New York City show is closing in 2024 and Joe Kaye has done the experience several times in an attempt to remember this unique theatrical experience. Strap in. Get inspired. Have your mind blown.   Weekly Rads: Kyle - Traveling Wiburys (band), The Best Show with Tom Scharpling (podcast) Joe - Freeway (1996) (movie) Burnside - New Overwatch patch (patch, for Overwatch)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” whic

This week the boys are joined by comedian Britt Boyd for a conversation that takes us around the world to the island nation of New Zealand. Post Covid (and a divorce) Britt has been traveling the world and recounts her journey to the land of wonder and Peter Jackson set location tours. Plus, we explore how many “lab partners” the average high school student should have...   Weekly Rads: Kyle – Struggler by Genisis Owusu (album) and Bob Marley: One Love (movie) Matthew – Sapporo Premium Beer Can (quality object) Britt – A really nice new backpack (quality object)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #198 2470 Stearns St Simi

The boys are joined by the one and only Jordan Morris for a chat about fighting games. All three share their memories of the 90s fighting game heyday and why they have or haven't stuck with fighting games. They weigh in on the evolution of the Street Fighter series in the wake of the recently released Street Fighter VI. Kyle discusses dabbling in the mysterious world of SNK games. Matt compares fighting games to Overwatch.   Pre-Order Jordan's new comic “Youth Group” https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250789235/youthgroup   Weekly Rads: Kyle - Persona 3 Reload (game) Matt - The Bear season 2 (show) Jordan - High Jack (show)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO B

This week Kyle and Matthew return to the world of pop punk joined by Scene Kids, Cozi Orlen (@scene_kids_improv), Ryan Pigg (@ryanpig), Briana Jones (@brindianajones), and Cat Crawford (@catcrawford),  for more talk about pop punk and emo. Our chat with Pete Buchbauer a few years back talk a lot about local music scenes. This week, we head straight to the warp tour. Plus, all the riffs you could want out of six people sitting in somebody's living room.   Weekly Rads: Kyle – Swamp Thing (2019) (show) Matthew – Palworld (game) Cozi – Medium Gnarly by Swiss Army Wife (album) Ryan – True Detective: Night Country (show) and One Piece (show) Briana Jones - The Sopranos (show) Cat – Habanero peppers (food)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 min

This week the boys are joined by comedian Jeanne Whitney (@___) for a conversation about one of the all time greats in comedy: Larry David. We chat Curb. We chat Seinfeld. We also talk a lot about cake and cake decoration.   Go pre-order Jeanne Whitney's album Passionate Aggressive this Friday 2/2! https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/jeannewhitney/passionate-aggressive    Weekly Rads: Kyle – NAMM 2024 (event), Suzuki Omnicord reissue (instrument), and Teenage Engineering K.O. II sampler (instrument) Matthew – Cheese Ravioli (food) Jeanne – Don't Forget Me by Maggie Rogers (Song/Artist)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #19

This week Kyle sat down with artist Jordan Leigh (@gooneybirdcrafts) for a lesson on the history of Arts & Crafts. If, like Kyle, you didn't know anything about the Arts & Crafts movement before this episode then you are in for a treat. Plus, Jordan tells about her history with wood working and her how she got into her current project making miniature dioramas. Plus, Kyle and Burnside have some updates for the patreon in the intro! Yes! An intro! We haven't done one of those in like five years. Whaaa? Crazy right?     Weekly Rads: Kyle – Block Printing (craft) , not rad: being maimed several times over the course of a few days by block printing supplies (unfortunate event) Burnside – Fargo (season 5) (show)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an a

This week the boys are joined by comedian Andrew Hilary (@andrewhilaryus) for a chat about the TV series Station 11. Based the novel by Emily St. John Mandel, Station 11 deals with the aftermath of a worldwide pandemic. The Max mini series was released in 2021 and Andrew makes a case that we all should check it out. Plus, about a million show recommendations. TV fans this one is for you!   Weekly Rads: Kyle – The Silver Way by Stephen Silver (guy behind the look of Kim Possible and The Clerks animated series) (book) Burnside – The Meltdown Reunion (event) Andrew – New Bits! (creative act)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box

This week, Matthew and Laura are at The Meltdown reunion show so Kyle sat down with his brother Kasey for an episode that has been a longtime in the making. In the last five years, Kasey has gotten DEEP into collecting vintage gaming consoles. He runs us through the evolution of his collection and the tech behind making all these old electronics work properly. You wanna know entirely too much about the Sega Saturn? You've come to the right place!   Weekly Rads: Kyle – Seeing Terror (band) at The Ojai Women's Club (venue), Torena (band) Kasey – Seeing Clippers vs Lakers at the venue formerly known as The Staples Center (event)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO

Kyle and Matthew kick off 2024 with a fantastic chat with comedian and author Elizabeth Teets (@elteets) about the wild world of condiments. What condiment is the easiest to make? Are food stuffs the next frontier for comedian merch? And the boys learn about food laws...   Go preorder her new book “Isn't She Great” https://bookshop.org/p/books/isn-t-she-great-writers-on-women-led-comedies-from-9-to-5-to-booksmart-elizabeth-teets/20266342?ean=9781960869012 Weekly Rads: Kyle – North American Adonis by Buck 65 (album) Matthew – Bobby Kodick is no longer at Activision (event) figuring out what episode of King of the Hill his production artwork is from (ongoing adventure) Elizabeth – Catholic Witches (TikTok phenomenon)   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an

As 2023 draws to a close Kyle and Matthew are joined by Rivers Langley and Carter Glascock for a look back at the year in movies, music, and any number of other ways to mark the passage of time.   Thanks for a great 2023.   Stay Rad.   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a. erson: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #198 2470 Stearns St Simi Valley, CA 93063   Tales from an Analog Future Get it HERE: https://gumroad.com/analogfuturecomic   Get Kyle's album "Absolute Terror" here: https://smarturl.it/absoluteterror    Go to w w  w.Patreon.com/thisisrad and subscribe to send in questions for our Listener Questions episodes, to get exclusive bonus episodes, extra content, a

Kyle is joined by Keith Carey and Brandie Posey for a holiday hang out. They chat music, comedy, and life in general. Plus, Kyle does a bunch of voices.     Weekly Rad: Be the sub you want to see imploded in the world...   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get Kyle Clark's I'm a Person: Director's Cut  You can go to www.kyleclarkcomed.bandcamp.com and pay what you want for the full uncut set from “I'm a Person” which includes 20 mins of unheard material, plus an additional 15 minutes of never released bonus live recordings!   Send Us Stuff! We have a PO Box! This Is Rad! / Kyle Clark PO Box #198 2470 Stearns St Simi Valley, CA 93063   Tales from an Analog Future Get it HERE: https://gumroad.com/analogfuturecomic   Get Kyle's album "Absolute Terror" here: https://smarturl.it/absoluteterror    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

This week Andy Iwancio joins us in the wake of her recent album release, Better Living Through Femistry. We have a lovely chat about music docs that stays pretty shockingly on the rails. We also debate what constitutes a music documentary from a concert film. Also, lots of puns. It's a party.     Weekly Rads: Kyle – Hellfire by Black Midi (album) Burnside – Proud of Myself: I restored a rusty wok and turned that motherfucker into a mirror (emotional response to an event) Andy – Best Day Brewing Hazy IPA (fake beer)     Go buy Andy's F#cking Album! https://music.apple.com/us/album/better-living-through-femmistry/1714831647   https://open.spotify.com/album/0T7JF3LelG6BZWfOkeznuu?si=J2T--rPFTV6BMIQ-WaUOlg   https://amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0CMDGCLBZ?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_WTz3V2fCKIbDban1jPNuNWHAr   https://andyiwancio.bandcamp.com/album/better-living-through-femmistry   Check out Burnside playing video games at https://www.twitch.tv/stayindoorsburnside   Get K