In this nostalgia-packed, mushroom-fueled episode, Woody and Tyler plunge headfirst into the pixelated madness of one of the strangest movies of the 1990s…
The Super Mario Bros. movie.
Yes—the live-action one.
Yes—with Bob Hoskins.
Yes—that one.

Released just weeks before Jurassic Park, this movie was supposed to be a surefire hit. Instead, it became one of the most confusing, chaotic, and accidentally brilliant disasters ever to grace the big screen.

This week, we explore the bizarre legacy of the first-ever video game movie, complete with:
🦎 Dennis Hopper as a cornrowed, germaphobic Koopa

🔧 A de-evolution gun that turns punks into Goombas

🍄 Sentient fungus that’s actually… Daisy’s dad?

🚗 Car chases on bumper rails

💃 A nightclub brawl featuring Big Bertha and thieving plumbers

🎮 And of course, the unforgettable moment when we learn Mario's full name is… Mario Mario

We’ll break down our favorite ridiculous scenes, behind-the-scenes drama, and why (despite everything) this movie might actually be… kind of amazing?

If you grew up in the '90s, loved Nintendo, or just enjoy watching beautiful disasters evolve into cult classics—this episode is for you.

Jump into the warp zone with us.

Because sometimes the weirdest misfires are the ones we remember the most.
And that… would be rad.

Here's the link to the Morton-Jankel Cut:

https://archive.org/details/super-mario-bros-1993-the-morton-jankel-cut-extended-vhs_202207

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SHOW INFO:

Hosts & Producers: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence

Recorded At: Midnight Radio Studios

Sound Wizardry: Woody Brown (Sound Design, Editing, & Music) & Tyler Bence (Mixing, Mastering, & Art Design)

Outro Jam: "Ghost Story" by The Modern Society

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In this mind-bending episode, Woody and Tyler dive headfirst into some of the strangest, most compelling time travel stories ever recorded.

We kick things off with the eerie case of Sergei Ponomarenko—a man who allegedly disappeared in 1958 and reappeared decades later... without having aged a day. Then, things get even weirder.

From the possibility that the Roswell crash was actually a time machine from Earth’s distant future, to a bizarre theory involving a cosmic tug-of-war between Fish-Man and Sasquatch, to the mysterious case of a cell phone factory thief in 2003 who claimed he was from the future—we're exploring the wildest corners of the time travel phenomenon.

We also revisit the idea that UFOs might not be extraterrestrial at all, but human-built crafts from centuries ahead... and question whether the Men in Black might actually be time travelers themselves.

If you’ve ever wondered whether timelines can be bent, broken, or rewritten altogether—this one’s for you.

🌀 Was Roswell a crash from our future?👔 Are the Men in Black temporal agents?📱 Did a man from 2036 really vanish from a jail cell?

Join us as we explore the stranger-than-fiction tales of time travel and what they might be telling us about our past… and our future.

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• Outro Jam: "Ghost Story" by The Modern Society

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This week on That Would Be Rad…

What if your entire life—your memories, your relationships, your struggles, your dreams—was nothing more than a line of code?

What if you’ve already lived 54 million other lives…
...and just don’t remember any of them?

In this mind-bending episode, we dive headfirst into simulation theory through the lens of two radically different but equally fascinating thinkers:

First, we explore the work of physicist Melvin Vopson, who believes time might not be what we think it is—and that entire lifetimes could be compressed into mere minutes of “real” time outside the simulation. From entropy-defying data to philosophical ties to the Bible, Vopson’s theories blur the line between science, spirituality, and something far stranger.

Then we take it a step further with Dr. Roman Yampolskiy and Alexey Turchin, who aren’t just asking if we’re in a simulation…
They’re trying to HACK it.

We’ll break down their ideas on how we might uncover glitches, communicate with the system’s architects, and (maybe) crash the whole thing.

Whether you’re curious, skeptical, or already halfway through building your own digital escape plan—this episode is for you.

So plug in, tune out, and question everything.
Because if the simulation is real… the clock might already be ticking.

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SHOW INFO:

• Hosts & Producers: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence
• Recorded At: Midnight Radio Studios
• Sound Wizardry: Woody Brown (Sound Design, Editing, & Music) & Tyler Bence (Mixing, Mastering, & Art Design)
• Outro Jam: "Ghost Story" by The Modern Society

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