The Grapes of Rad

Topics include: Genevieve marched in Washington DC, what to do now that Trump is President, Aaron’s band opened for Aaron Carter, the latest from Kirk Cameron’s podcast, The Joker reads Trump tweets, Nick brings a game: Christian song lyric or passage from 50 Shades of Grey, and we play more Smash Mouth than is even close to appropriate. You’ve got homework, Listener! Write a fancy food-critic’s review of Taco Bell’s new Naked Chicken Chalupa, then call 206-414-9RAD and read it to us on the voicemail!

Happy 300 episodes, everybody! To celebrate, we held a live call-in spectacular, and you guys didn’t disappoint. Besides taking your live phone calls, this special episode features Listener Ryan’s White Hot Top 5, Nick dancing for everyone on the livestream video, and apparently Genevieve has lived everywhere you do. All that and much, much more as we celebrate too much of a good thing. Thank you SO MUCH for listening. We love you guys.

Merry Christmas, Listener! We got you something… A Holiday Spectacular! Join Aaron, Nick, and Genevieve as we play our favorite holiday bits from years past and present: original Christmas songs, parodies, Awful Poetry, and more! Tune out your family’s nog-fueled shouting matches with the dulcet tones of Deez Grapes. Baby Jesus never had it so good.

Topics include: The glorious return of Puddle of NickelCreed, Kirk Cameron has a podcast, Aaron had a birthday & co-hosted a radio show, Nick is showing 90s movies to his 9yr-old niece, Genevieve looks for White Elephant ideas, Australia is stilltrying to kill you, good news for candy lovers, and more! This episode features music from Novel Nature. Listen at soundcloud.com/novelnature. If you know a good bad that more people should listen to, email show@grapesofrad.com. And hey – Aaron will be on the radio again! Thurs 12/22, 7-10pm, KIRO Radio 97.3 FM (Seattle) or kiroradio.com (worldwide).

Topics include: Gearing up for Trump’s America without getting depressed, a Cheeto eagle, Dr. Phil is a piece of shit, Listener emails, Nick cried at the movies, Genevieve’s post-election speech writing, we play Nick’s “Fictional Presidents” game, and then we talk all about Westworld! Closing music – “When Christmas Comes (Boxing Day Version)” by Los Campesinos!

Topics include: We’re time traveling from before the election and our optimism is adorable, Westworld (no spoilers, though you should definitely be watching), Aaron’s Halloween shenanigans, new music, which social media platform we would keep if we could only keep one, Nick had too much fun at a party, Listener emails, we play “Trick or Treat,” RIP Kevin Meaney, and more. If you’re in or know of a great band that would want their music on the show, send a link to their music to show@grapesofrad.com for a chance to get featured on an episode!

The Grapes of Rad co-founder Ben Parsons is back! Topics include: how to properly hang art on your walls, Ben’s new biz, don’t mess with Michelle’s garden, iOS 10 is a first-world turd, Aaron plugs his other podcasts, The Parsons went to Disneyland, psychedelics & mental health, a super sweet Smash Mouth mash-up, Genevieve brings a game for the boys to play, and more! If you think you might be interested in buying or selling a house in Seattle, say hi to Ben at ben@parsonsteamseattle.com. He and his wife Mel will be your greatest allies. We trust them 100% and you can, too.

Topics include: Aaron’s back from Burning Man :), but it’s Nick & Aaron’s last show as roommates :(, Nick almost set his break room on fire, bands we love (and also Rockapella), a Florida drive-thru, listen to TANIS, Hillary in HONY, a Listener created a group on Facebook where you can actually talk to each other and it’s called… wait for it… “Listener”, we play #bandbands, killer birds in Earth’s Florida, and more! And coming up on 295 – Ben Parsons is back! In The Whale’s new video for “American Eyes” httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyEOzExBULM If you are foolish enough to go to Australia, this information could save your life.

If you’re a Listener, these women need no introduction. Meegan and Natalie Closner of the band Joseph return to the show for the third time to tell Aaron about all the exciting new changes since we last heard from them. Playing on The Tonight Show, people singing their words at sold-out shows, being featured on Spotify and Apple Music, and the release of their beautiful new record I’m Alone, No You’re Not.

Aaron is away at Burning Man, but before he left we all crammed into a closet and recorded a show! Topics include: Why it sounds funny, Joseph is coming back on the show!, the Prisma app, Tim Heidecker’s amazing face, psychos don’t yawn, Trump Talk, no more private prisons!, Gawker got chokeslammed, Nick brings a game where the loser has to pay for his bus fare home from the studio, and more! Closing music: “Planets” by Joseph

Topics include: Aaron was on not ONE, not TWO, but THREE episodes of TBTL, Genevieve took off her own braces when she was 13, Bus Tales (“a-woo-hoo”), you gotta love The ‘Gute, having fun at & cleaning up after parties, Hillary Clinton, Clint Eastwood, surprise Pokemon statues, Stranger Things & Ghostbusters, Genevieve plays Nick’s latest game under protest, and more! Closing song: “My Friend” by Groove Armada Two of our Voicemail Songs as mentioned on the episode:

Topics include: Aaron will be guest-hosting 2 episodes of TBTL, we play “Pokemon or House DJ”, we got new pictures taken, your voicemails, Nick fell down went boom, Pokemon Go!, and more!

These are troubling times, and we wanted to take a moment to talk about it. On this special episode, we’re joined by Seattle rapper, musician, and social activist Draze to take part in a painfully honest discussion about race in The United States of America. Topics include: Draze’s music and creative process, racism is obvious on the right but is also prevalent on the left, identifying and unraveling white supremacy, #blacklivesmatter, the criminal justice system, rejecting the post-racial society, the unique impacts of gentrification on African American communities, cultural appropriation in hop-hop, and the sacrifices we all must make to fight systemic racism. Check out thedrazeexperience.com, and follow Draze on Soundcloud, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

Topics include: Joseph was on The Tonight Show!, Aaron was actually on the radio LIVE, Led Zeppelin didn’t steal Stairway, professional broadcaster Ron Upshaw (Ron & Don) dips in for a second to bash the Olympics with Genevieve, a Cheetos-themed This Week in Nick will Totally Love This from r/grapesofrad, Sean DeTore shows us his feet, AND THAT’S JUST THE FIRST HALF!

Topics include: The return of Foisting a Character on Aaron, Gay Ghost makes a quick stop by the studio, more Inexplicable 1-Star Reviews, another Aaron song parody, an oral treatise on Baja Blast, and much much more! What widely-beloved movie would YOU give a 1-star review? Closing song: Feed My Frankenstein by Alice Cooper