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

The Water Episode

We talk about "Water" things, from retro sprinklers, to squirt guns, to water parks. Emails us at squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com

Jul 05, 2019•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 122

Summer Memories 3

Stranger Things 3 premieres July 4th 2019, get ready for it with Rad Years Summer Memories 3 now! email us rk@radyears.com or squeezer@radyears.com

Jun 28, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 121

Retro Fast Food and Restaurants 3

Our THIRD episode talking about old fast food and restaurants. Email us at RK@radyears.com or squeezer@radyears.com Links we used on the show Boys Big Boys stuff https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/661/971/2372457/ https://weelunk.com/the-elbys-empire-part-1/ Pizza Hut Priazzo stuff https://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/wordpress/2017/07/20/fast-food-flashback-pizza-hut-priazzo-italian-pie/...

Jun 24, 2019•1 hr 43 min•Ep. 120

Retro Breakfast Cereals 2

We talk about 10 more of our favorite retro breakfast cereals. Wanna emails us? rk@radyears.comn or squeezer@radyears.com Thanks for listening, visit us at radyears.com to buy a t-shirt

Jun 13, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 119

Ghosbusters Again!

We're celebrating Ghosbusters' 35th Anniversary by doing our second show talking only about Ghostbusters! email us rk@radyears.com or squeezer@radyears.com

Jun 05, 2019•2 hr 11 min•Ep. 118

Retro Sci-Fi

We talk about some of our favorite retro sci-fi movies, TV shows, toys and video games. From The Fifth Element, to Star Trek TNG computer games, to Futurama and more! Email us at rk@radyears.com or squeezer@radyears.com and of course visit us at www.radyears.com

May 30, 2019•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 117

Retro Tech & Gadgets

we talk about all of our favorite gadgets and technology from the 80's and 90's including old camcorders, Sony watchmen, Commodore 64, video game wrist watches and more. Don't forget to rate and review us, and email us at rk@radyears.com or squeezer@radyears.com

May 24, 2019•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 116

The Dick Tracy Episode

We talk about our favorite things related to Dick Tracy. The Movie in 1990 was huge for us, and we use that to springboard us into 90 minutes of Rad Years goodness. If you need us visit us at www.radyears.com or email us at squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com

May 17, 2019•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 115

Favorite Video Game Characters

We talk about some of our favorite characters from our favorite video games! Visit us at www.radyears.com or email us at squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com

May 10, 2019•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 114

80's Junkfood

We conclude 80's month talking about our favorite junk food from the 1980's! Visit us at www.radyears.com where we eventually will have new blog posts, or emails us at squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com

Apr 30, 2019•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 113

80's Movies!

We continue keeping April 80's month and this week we're talking about our favorite movies from the 1980's. Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Beetlejuice, Labyrinth, Revenge of the Nerds and much more! Email us at squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com visit us online at www.radyears.com or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE0BqFBd1BslGgGm8i7VL-g

Apr 24, 2019•2 hr 9 min•Ep. 112

80's Music!

We're back, celebrating 80's month (we made April 80's Month) talking about everything Music in the 80's. Feel free to email us squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com . and check out out website radyears.com

Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 111

80's Fads and Trends!

We talk about our favorite fads and trends from the 1980's including, Don Bluth animation, Nintendo, MTV, VCR's, Crash Test Dummies, Fruit Roll-ups.

Apr 12, 2019•2 hr•Ep. 110

80's Toys!

April 2019 is 80's Month! All 80's topics! To kick it off, we're talking 80's toys! email us at squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com

Apr 03, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 109

MORE Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

we talk about 10 more of our favorite TMNT things!

Mar 29, 2019•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 108

Gameboy Games 2

We talk about 10 more of our favorite Nintendo Gameboy games, for our first gameboy episode, check our archives from March of 2017. to contact us email us at squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com

Mar 21, 2019•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 107

Retro Candy Fixed

We talk about all of our favorite retro candy, from Topps Juice Bar gum to candy cigarettes. Check us out on the web at radyears.com and email us at squeezer@radyears.com or rk@radyears.com (Sorry about the first upload, don't know what happened)

Mar 15, 2019•2 hr 4 min•Ep. 106

The Michael Crichton Episode

We talk about the impact Michael Crichton had on our youth, and our favorite things from his works. Books, movies, action figures, breakfast cereals and more!

Mar 08, 2019•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 104

Transformers

This podcast is more than meets the eye! We talk about retro Transformers goodness, from the commodore 64 game, their cancelled breakfast cereal, cartoon movie, soundtrack, beast wars, headmasters, dinobots and more!

Feb 28, 2019•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 103

1984 was RAD!

We talk about awesome things from 1984, including the Kenner Super Powers actions figures, Ghostbusters, The Apple Mac, the Sony Discman, MTV VMA's and much more!

Feb 21, 2019•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 102

Rom-Coms from the 80's and 90's

We talk about our favorite romantic comedies from the 1980's and 1990's. Yes kids, it's a valentines day special.

Feb 14, 2019•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 101

Dollar Store Memories

Do you remember back in the 80's and 90's when Dollar Stores and 99 Cent Stores were the best place to spend your money? We talk about some of our favorite dollar store memories, and reveal the "Hot N' Ready" Challenge.

Feb 07, 2019•2 hr 22 min•Ep. 100

Road Trips

In this experimental episode, we talk about 10 of our favorite retro road trips while taking an actual road trip. Yes, this is recorded in a vehicle, with Squeezer driving. Come on the adventure with us.

Jan 31, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 99

1996 was a RAD year!

We talk about some of our favorite things from 1996, including the blizzard of 96, the death of tupac, the Price is Right 25th anniversary, The Cable Guy, and more!

Jan 24, 2019•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 98