Rad History

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Rad History episodes

November 18, 2025 12. Total Request Live
This episode explores how MTV's Total Request Live changed the evolution of teen culture in media, how engagement with fans and the impact of social media have transformed entertainment for young audiences. The dynamic interaction between producers and fans and artists, laid the groundwork not only for reality television, but for social media.
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26 min
November 15, 2025 11. Bo Jackson Part 2
Part 2 of the Bo Jackson legend. The glory years with the Raiders and the Royals. The ubiquitous ads. The injury that ended his career. What Bo has been up to in recent years.
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24 min
November 10, 2025 10. Bo Jackson Part 1
This episode delves into the remarkable early part of the legend of Bo Jackson. His hardscrabble early life. His discovery of his remarkable athletic prowess, excelling in football, baseball and track-and-field. His extraordinary performances and the impact he had on Auburn football, including the unforgettable Iron Bowl against Alabama, and his recruitment first into professional baseball and then the NFL, ending with his unique deal with Al Davis: baseball first, football second.

Part 2 will go into his professional career.
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23 min
November 27, 2024 9. America's Funniest Home Videos
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.
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14 min
November 20, 2024 8. The Challenger Disaster
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
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1 hr 17 min
November 13, 2024 7. The Rubik's Cube
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.
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19 min
November 06, 2024 6. The Answering Machine - With Toni Trucks!
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 actress Toni Trucks. @tonitrucks
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1 hr 8 min
October 30, 2024 5. Fernando Valenzuela
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.
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18 min
October 23, 2024 4. Calvin And Hobbes - With Daniel Kibblesmith
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?
With special guest @kibblesmith!
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1 hr 33 min
October 16, 2024 3. Goldeneye 007 - With John Gruber
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.
With Special Guest: John Gruber
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54 min

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