Rad History

Nov 26 2024 10 ep. 48 mins 192
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A history podcast ONLY about the 80s and 90s. The music, the movies, the people, the politics, the culture and more. Rad history for our troubled times.

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9. America's Funniest Home Videos

Nov 26 2024 13 mins  
Did America’s Funniest Home Videos not only predict YouTube and social media, but did it invent reality television as well? How did Bob Saget feel about the show? And how did producers make sure that video of Dad getting hit in the nuts was real and not staged. We’ve got laughs from coast to coast because today, Rad History is taking a look at America’s Funniest Home Videos.

8. The Challenger Disaster

Nov 19 2024 76 mins  
It is maybe the one moment of tragedy where most 80s kids remember where they were when it happened. Today, RAD! 80s90s History is looking at the Challenger disaster. Our guest is @fmanjoo

7. The Rubik's Cube

Nov 12 2024 18 mins  
How many possible permutations are there on a Rubik’s Cube? How did the Rubik’s Cube come out of the Soviet block before even Tetris did? And did the creator get rich off of his investment or not? It’s the 50th anniversary of its creation so today we’re looking at the history of the Rubik’s Cube.

6. The Answering Machine - With Toni Trucks!

Nov 05 2024 67 mins  
Did you know that we could have had the answering machine decades before we actually got to buy one? Why the 1980s and 90s was an unusual time for an innovation explosion in communications technology. The history of the whole AT&T/Ma Bell breakup by the government. And how much did YOU beg your parents to get your own phone line in your bedroom? The guest this episode is the actre

5. Fernando Valenzuela

Oct 29 2024 17 mins  
Why was Fernando Valenzuela’s screwball so difficult to hit? Why did he have that crazy pitching motion that batters initially laughed at? And was he the first great Mexican American baseball icon? We’ve got Fernandomania today, because Rad History is tackling the legend of the recently departed Fernando Valenzuela.

4. Calvin And Hobbes - With Daniel Kibblesmith

Oct 22 2024 92 mins  
Was Calvin And Hobbes the greatest comic strip ever? Or maybe a great work of art of the 20th Century? Why did Bill Watterson disappear? Was Calvin "good" (morally)? Was Hobbes "real"? Why were there never any toys? Would we ever really want Calvin and Hobbes to come back?

3. Goldeneye 007 - With John Gruber

Oct 15 2024 53 mins  
Did Nintendo try to kill GoldenEye 007 before it was completed? Why did Shigeru Miyamoto keep telling the development team to tone down the violence. And why did the famous multiplayer aspect of the game almost didn’t happen? It’s slappers only on Rad History, because we’re diving into the history of THE game of the late 1990s, GoldenEye 007.

2. Blockbuster Video - With MG Siegler

Oct 08 2024 83 mins  
Why was Blockbuster so successful? Was it the DVD that killed Blockbuster? What was the deal with late fees? Is there any way Blockbuster, not Netflix, could have won out in the end? Special guest: Venture Capitalist and Writer MG Siegler!

1. The Golden Girls - With Christina Warren

Oct 08 2024 61 mins  
Among other things, learn how Miami Vice inspired the Golden Girls, how the Golden Girls helped finance the making of the movie Reservoir Dogs, whether or not Betty White and Bea Arthur hated each other, where the Golden Girls house was, and the real ages of the actresses when they were playing Golden Girls.

Introducing: RAD! 80s90s History!

Sep 06 2024 1 mins  
Announcing the new history podcast, RAD! 80s90s History! Coming October 9.