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is is rad, or is it sad? that's what we're here to tell you !! each week zach and lexi will pick a topic from life, pop culture, weird american monuments, or whatever other garbage they can come up with, and tell you definitively what is rad and what is sad. new episodes every monday

Rad or Sad Podcast


    • Nov 22, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 45m AVG DURATION
    • 82 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Rad or Sad

    Goodbye (For Now)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 23:43


    So long, goodbyeI'll see you when I see youYou can pick the streetI'll meet you on the other side

    This is Not an Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 0:57


    Zach and Lexi will be back soon! Work/Life balance, folks!!

    Ep. 75 - Our Personality Quirks (ft. Trish Pickelhaupt)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 56:34


    Zach and Lexi celebrate the big 7-5! Happy being old, Raddies and Saddies. As part of the festivites, the crew brings on a friend to discuss the weird things their brains do.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-75-our-personality-quirks-ft-trish-pickelhaupt

    Ep. 74 - Smells

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2021 56:10


    Zach and Lexi take advantage of their podcast format for a topic that is truly best discussed in an audio only setting— smells. Good smells, bad smells, all of the smells. This episode's a real stinker.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-74-smells

    Ep. 73 - The Oregon Trail

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 42:37


    Zach and Lexi are headed west! Hop in the ol' covered wagon as the Rad or Sad Crew heads out along the Oregon Trail (the video game, they do not have the wherewithal to survive the real thing).Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-73-the-oregon-trail

    Ep. 72 - Fictional Pets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2021 46:49


    Zach and Lexi go through the pantheon of great pets from fiction, and decide which ones to bring into their household and which ones to kick to the curb. Just kidding, they would never do that that's mean!!Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-72-fictional-pets

    Ep. 71- Coming of Age Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 54:49


    Zach and Lexi put themselves in their high school shoes and rank the pantheon of coming of age movies. How will they do that, you ask? Why, through the power of friendship, of course!

    Ep. 70 - Our Fictional Crushes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2021 43:27


    Zach and Lexi are reunited to talk about all those hotties and quirky characters that they, along with some Raddies and Saddies, have been crushin' on.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-70-our-fictional-crushes

    Ruh Roh!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 1:09


    Sorry everyone!!!

    Ep. 69.5 - The Letterboxd Games

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 50:58


    Zach and Lexi dive down the rabbit hole of their favorite movie review/comedy gold site, and somehow come out with a quiz show on the other side.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-695-the-letterboxd-gamesOur Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/radorsad

    Ep. 69

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 1:54


    Episode 69? Nice B)Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-69

    Ep. 68 - Our Moms

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2021 26:24


    Zach and Lexi celebrate Mother's Day today by doing what all good children do: calling their moms.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-68-our-momsFirst Twitch stream is May 10th at 8pm EST, follow us hereee: https://www.twitch.tv/radorsad

    Ep. 67 - YA Novels We Grew Up On

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 61:13


    Zach and Lexi are back and ready to reeeeaaaad, baby. They crack open some childhood favorites, confess to AR Point sins, and rediscover their childlike wonder, if only for a moment.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-67-ya-novels-we-grew-up-onFollow us on Twitch: twitch.tv/radorsad

    Ep. 66 - Toys We Grew Up With (ft. Ella Dawson)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 65:01


    Zach and... Conor ?? That's right, no Lexi this episode. Instead Zach, Conor, and their guest, Ella Dawson, talk all about the toys of their childhoods. From huge Lego sets to weird squish toys, to things that weren't even toys at all, get ready for a nostalgic spiral into Toyland.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-66

    Ep. 65 - Reddit AITAs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 51:05


    Zach and Lexi— the ultimate deliberators of morality— scour r/AmItheAsshole for conflict and strife, deciding once and for all who is or is not The Asshole.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-65-reddit-aitas

    Ep. 64 - Conferences

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2021 55:25


    Zach and Lexi take us back to the temporarily divided rooms of attending conferences. Poorly styled dress clothes? Oh yeah. Boxed lunches? Of course. Fleeting, teenage love? Wouldn't be a real conference without it.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-64-conferencesOur Do We Like EpisodeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0svhejWTEPRXjUu2kN2COr?si=YBvaBGzBQk-PsK_zwflaxQApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/24-w-zach-and-lexi/id1534604445?i=1000511556265Our First Gleecap EpisodeSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5g7XQZZ6lH2INl7RNFM0Rz?si=1sdykQ8sTbCft1DOr_RgOgApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/s2e20-prom-queen-with-lexi-zavala-and-zach-st-clair/id1517814926?i=1000511486060

    Ep. 63 - Radio Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 62:20


    Zach and Lexi pull some games out of the vault and decide whether these radio classics are rad or sad. Also in this episode Zach is drunk.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-63-radio-games

    Ep. 62 - The Rad or Sad Spelling Bee (ft. Ryan Mersmann)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 67:07


    Zach and Lexi bring on a friend to try something a little different... It's a battle of the wits and the letters as the Rad or Sad crew see if they've retained anything from the spelling tests of days past.

    Ep. 61 - Canadian Children's PSAs

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 54:21


    Zach and Lexi get some international radness and sadness from two new friends! Robyn and Eric Kanius, two Canadian podcasters and the hosts of Do We Like?, bring us some of the weird PSAs that graced their childhood televisions.Check out Beaned Media and all their podcasts: beanedmedia.com

    Ep. 60 - Valentine's Day Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2021 54:47


    Zach and Lexi celebrate Valentine's Day with the internet's date ideas and a game designed to destroy their love.Episode thread: https://www.radorsadpodcast.com/episode-threads/ep-60-valentines-day-special

    Ep. 59 - Malls

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 60:28


    Zach and Lexi revisit the hallowed halls of the malls of their youth. They bounce from store to store, stop by the food court, and maybe snag a graphic tee or two.

    Ep. 58 - Would You Dilemmas, the Devilish Rathers Pt. 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 58:53


    Zach and Lexi bring us the latest installment in this thrilling trilogy of card games, hard decisions, and weird, weird energy.

    Ep. 57 - Battle of the Birth Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 54:41


    Have you ever stopped to wonder about the immense cultural influence you are connected to but mostly missed out on by being a baby the year you were born? Well, Zach and Lexi did, and now they're duking it out to see whose birth year is the raddest. We'll sell you your whole seat, but you'll only need the edge etc. etc.

    Ep. 56 - Our Media Diets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2021 57:42


    Zach and Lexi make a mellow episode this week talking about cool people, good reads, and a whole lots of recs.

    Ep. 55 - Muppeting Our Favorite Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 49:22


    Zach and Lexi have shamelessly mined social media for topics and recast their favorite movies as Muppets! Honestly, are we even a little surprised?

    We'll Be Right Back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 1:16


    Zach and Lexi are taking the holidays off! Rad or Sad will return on Monday, January 11th, 2021.

    Ep. 54 - Our Christmas Traditions

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 59:53


    Zach and Lexi lay out all the raddest and saddest parts of their family Christmas traditions both past and present.

    Ep. 53 - Fictional Bears

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 56:57


    Zach and Lexi had no idea just how many fictional bears there are, and so today they're digging in like never before! It's the wonderful bears you know and love with fun twists and deeeep rabbit holes along the way.

    Ep. 52.5 - Country Meats Meat Sticks

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 29:57


    A bonus episode ?? Is it Christmas already ??? Zach and Lexi tracked down the glorious meat sticks that Lexi used to sell for fundraisers, and so— naturally—​ the Rad or Sad team tries them all.

    Ep. 52 - Things We Had to Sell as Kids (ft. Our Parents)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 67:22


    Zach and Lexi dissect their indoctrination into capitalism a.k.a. the fundraisers they had to sell stuff for as wee children. In the process, they drag all of their parents into the mix.

    Ep. 51 - Things We Got In Trouble For In School (ft. Renzo Stainer)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 57:16


    Zach and Lexi bring on a longtime Raddie and Zach's cousin, Renzo, to talk about all the most wild, disgusting, and/or accidentally violent antics from our school days.

    Ep. 50 - LTRs Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 44:51


    Zach and Lexi commemorate the 50th episode of the 'cast by still being in a relationship!! They revisit the LTR rads and sads from the first episode, and build on those with what they've learned since then.

    Ep. 49 - Pets

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 60:04


    Zach and Lexi remember all the furry little friends they've had in their lives and talk about the rads, sads, chaos, and cutness of pet ownership.

    Ep. 48 - Game Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 58:12


    Zach and Lexi take it easy in the midst of these hell times with an evening of board games, trivia, and straight chillin'.

    Ep. 47 - As Seen on TV Products

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 54:25


    Zach and Lexi dive into the most specific childhood television watching memories: the raddest and saddest of As Seen on TV Products.

    Ep. 46 - Halloween Songs

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2020 45:53


    Zach and Lexi celebrate the season with the old standards, some modern classics, and a few proposals for new additions to the Halloween canon. Stay spooky, kids.

    Ep. 45 - Getting Lost in the Sauce

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2020 65:13


    Zach and Lexi finally do what we've all been waiting to be done: they rank the sauces. Strap in.

    Ep. 44 - Ask Us Anything!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 66:09


    Zach and Lexi answer all the hard-hitting, hilarious, and otherwise ridiculous questions that you lovely Raddies and Saddies sent to the 'cast.

    Ep. 43 - Would You Dilemmas, the Devilish Rathers Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2020 48:59


    Zach and Lexi return to a classic game of wits, rathers, and devilishness.

    Ep. 42 - Summer Camp

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2020 52:26


    As this summer comes to a close, Zach and Lexi look back on their summers— from about a little over a decade ago.

    Ep. 41 - Mario Kart (ft. Greg Houser)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2020 53:23


    Zach and Lexi bring on a good friend and a heated kart competitor— Greg Houser— to get into the nitty-gritty of everybody's favorite Italian plumber racing game.

    Ep. 40 - Foods Made to Taste Like Other Foods

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2020 77:19


    Zach and Lexi subject themselves— and you— to another food episode, woooo!! They have sought out all the best, worst, and strangest foods that taste like other foods.

    Ep. 39 - TV Shows We Grew Up Watching (ft. Conor Burke)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 74:33


    Zach and Lexi bring on a friend and host of GleeCap Podcast, Conor Burke, to discuss the television that turned them into the people they are today.

    Ep. 38 - Dream Homes (ft. Molly Gardner)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 63:28


    Zach and Lexi bring on a good friend— and someone who knows much more than them, though that bar is low— to take a peek into the future of their living situations.

    Ep. 37 - Maine

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2020 57:04


    Zach and Lexi took a (socially-distanced and masked) trip to Maine, and they brought back all that hot Maine goss.

    Ep. 36 - Carnivals, Festivals, and Fairs

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2020 56:10


    Zach and Lexi relive all the death-defying rides, artery-clogging foods, and bizarre regionalisms of the carnivals, festivals, and fairs they grew up with.

    Ep. 33 - Childhood Foods (ft. Gerit Wagner)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 69:41


    Zach and Lexi are joined this episode by Gerit Wagner, friend and knower of foods. They dig into their best and most horrifying childhood eating habits.

    Ep. 32 - Better Tonight Show Hosts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 62:27


    Zach and Lexi discuss what makes or breaks a great talk show host, and who they think should dethrone Jimmy Fallon.

    Ep. 31, Pt. 2 - Dream Animated Movie Cast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 49:10


    In Part 2, Zach unveils the talented cast of his dream animated movie and Zach and Lexi make the movie. Oh yeah, they make the movie.

    Ep. 31, Pt. 1 - Dream Animated Movie Cast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 42:57


    In Part 1, Lexi teaches us a whole bunch about animation and tells us which whose vocal talents would make it into her movie.

    Ep. 30 - Would You Dilemmas, The Devilish Rathers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 47:26


    Zach and Lexi face the hardest challenge of their lives: a card game.

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