The Rad Years

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The Rad Years podcast focuses on the things we loved growing up in the 80‘s and 90‘s

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Episodes

Movies in the Summer of 1995

We talk about 10 movies from the Summer of 1995 that we saw in the Summer of 1995 (of course Congo), Mortal Kombat, Water World, Batman Forever and more

Jul 10, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 423

TV in the Summer of 1995

Summer of 95 was a good summer for watching TV, we talk about 10 things we watched that summer 30 years ago.

Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 422

A Tribute to Junk Food

We pay tribute to 10 of our favorite junk foods we ate as a kid from mozzarella sticks to lunachables to hot pockets and slim Jims and more!

Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 421

A Tribute to Hasbro Toys

We talk about 10 Hasbro toys from the 80's and 90's, from WWF, Doctor's kits, COPS, GI Joe and of course Puppy Surprise.

Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 420

A Tribute to Weekends

We take you through the weekend, Friday Night, Saturday Morning, Saturday Afternoon, Saturday Night, and SUNDAY at various points of our retro lives.

Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 419

A Tribute to Kenner Toys

We talk about 10 toys from the glory years of Kenner Toys

Jun 05, 2025•57 min•Ep. 418

More Shopping Memories from the 80's and 90's

We talk about 10 more shopping memories from when we were kids, from record stores to flea markets, big box stores to super markets and corner stores.

May 29, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 417

Console Wars: Game Boy vs. Game Gear

RK takes Game Gear, Squeezer takes Game Boy and we defend how great these portable systems are.

May 23, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 416

Pop Culture Vehicles

We talk about 10 pop culture vehicles from the 80's and 90's including The Bat Boat, pee-wee's bike, the Aliens APC, and more!

May 08, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 415

Going back to the Mall

We're talking mall memories from the 80's and 90's. RK walks us through the infamous Whitehall Mall in 1993

May 02, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 414

Back to the Arcade pt 3

We talk about 10 more retro arcade games from our youth

Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 413

Retro Wrestlemania AGAIN!

We talk about 10 more moments in Wrestlemania history we love.

Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 412

We Reboot the 80's and 90's

Squeezer and RK pitch 10 different things from the 80's and 90's to reboot in 2025! From Batman Returns to Home Improvement to Dinosaurs Attack cards!

Apr 11, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 411

Hard Video Games

We talk about 10 video games from the 80's and 90's that were very hard for us when we were kids. Including Marble Madness, Contra, Kid Chameleon, Back to the Future, Mike Tyson's Punch-out and more

Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 410

Toy Wars: MOTU vs. GI Joe

RK defends the original Master of the Universe toy line vs. Squeezer defending the 1980's GI Joe toy line. YOU CHOOSE!

Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 409

The Green Show

With St. Patrick's day coming we decided to talk about 10 pop culture things that are GREEN! From Oscar the Grouch, Green Jelly, My Yuk, TMNT, Sour Apple and more

Mar 15, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 408

The Menu Show 2

We talk about menu's from the 80's and 90's of various restaurants like Chi-Chi's Roy Rogers and more

Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 407

Animated Movies 4

We talk about 10 more animated movies from the 80's and 90's including Fern Gully, Heavy Metal, Aladdin, Rover Dangerfield, Feivel Goes West, We're Back and Dinosaur Story, and more.

Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 406

The Red Show

For Valentines Day, we decided to talk about 10 retro red things, from the Jurassic Park logo to Darth Maul himself.

Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 405

We talk about 10 more pop culture chocolate things from the 80's and 90's like king sized candy bars, Mallrats Chocolate Covered pretzels, raisinettes, death by chocolate, Hershey PA, Batman Returns Cereal and more

Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 404

Groundhog Day Show 2025

Relive the rad years podcast again and again week after week. We talk about 10 things we've talked about before.

Jan 30, 2025•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 403

Totally 80's Volume 2

We talk about 10 more topics that are totally 80's RK talks Toy Biz figures, Final Fantasy 1, Rubik's cube, The movies of John Hughes, and McDonald's in the 80's Squeezer talks about Gimmick arcade Cabinets, Sony Beta Decks, Action Movie Beefcakes, TV Show intros and Lego Model Team.

Jan 23, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 402

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