web02.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 07:34:01 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/tags/holidays Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0600 Twin brothers Matt and Steven Webster set out to take the typical nostalgia podcast, and turn it on its head. Each week, the brothers sit down to give their take on topics through out the decades. Whether it's movies, music, television, or sports, The Websters take these subjects on with the help of skits, characters, and guests, with each aspect being infused with silly, sophomoric humor. en-us episodic Twin Freaks discuss what they find rad in the world of music, movies, tv, sports and pop culture throughout the decades. Steven Webster and Matt Webster Twin brothers Matt and Steven Webster set out to take the typical nostalgia podcast, and turn it on its head. Each week, the brothers sit down to give their take on topics through out the decades. Whether it's movies, music, television, or sports, The Websters take these subjects on with the help of skits, characters, and guests, with each aspect being infused with silly, sophomoric humor. yes comedy, movies, nostalgia, music, television, sports, humor, life, lifestyle Steven Webster and Matt Webster theradkastpod@gmail.com https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/264 5cff645c-691f-4515-8806-ebff9acbc9f4 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 1:31:11 yes This week on the show, it is the last of our Holiday fare, and the last proper episode of 2025! Our dear friend Dan Drake returns to the show for a Home Alone Holiday Extravaganza! To begin, the three of us revist the first film and chat with Dan about his love for the movie and what it means to him. We then transition into talking about the beloved, and often more highly praised, sequel where that loveable scamp Kevin McCallister finds himself lost in New York! We gush over what makes Home Alone 2 a great sequel, share ideas on what a Home Alone reunion project might look like, and all together feel the warmth of two Christmas classics! Just in time for Christmas, it's Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and revisiting Home Alone on the Radkast! Christmas, Holidays, Warmth, Heart, Discussion, Life, Meaning, Home Alone, Love, New York, Comedy, Humor, Nostalgia, 1992, 90s, 1990s, 90s Christmas, Pop Culture, Culture This week on the show, it is the last of our Holiday fare, and the last proper episode of 2025! Our dear friend Dan Drake returns to the show for a Home Alone Holiday Extravaganza! To begin, the three of us revist the first film and chat with Dan about his love for the movie and what it means to him. We then transition into talking about the beloved, and often more highly praised, sequel where that loveable scamp Kevin McCallister finds himself lost in New York! We gush over what makes Home Alone 2 a great sequel, share ideas on what a Home Alone reunion project might look like, and all together feel the warmth of two Christmas classics!
Just in time for Christmas, it's Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and revisiting Home Alone on the Radkast!

]]> This week on the show, it is the last of our Holiday fare, and the last proper episode of 2025! Our dear friend Dan Drake returns to the show for a Home Alone Holiday Extravaganza! To begin, the three of us revist the first film and chat with Dan about his love for the movie and what it means to him. We then transition into talking about the beloved, and often more highly praised, sequel where that loveable scamp Kevin McCallister finds himself lost in New York! We gush over what makes Home Alone 2 a great sequel, share ideas on what a Home Alone reunion project might look like, and all together feel the warmth of two Christmas classics!
Just in time for Christmas, it's Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and revisiting Home Alone on the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/263 4d19bbdc-f934-4f8a-b634-4dcfeada00aa Fri, 19 Dec 2025 05:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 1:28:50 yes This week on another holiday themed episode, Jake Vehlewald returns to help us talk the TRUE sequel to a Christmas classic! We three chat about the benefits of Peter Billingsley's return as a more seasoned Ralphie Parker, lament about a few things here and there we weren't as charmed by, and all together gush about this movie capturing the heart and spirit of the original! It's a Christmas Story Christmas this week on the Radkast! Christmas, HBO, Max, 1970s, Grief, Holidays, Heart, Warmth, Humor, Comedy, Nostalgia, Family, Love, Christmas Time, Blessings, Gratitude This week on another holiday themed episode, Jake Vehlewald returns to help us talk the TRUE sequel to a Christmas classic! We three chat about the benefits of Peter Billingsley's return as a more seasoned Ralphie Parker, lament about a few things here and there we weren't as charmed by, and all together gush about this movie capturing the heart and spirit of the original! It's a Christmas Story Christmas this week on the Radkast!

]]> This week on another holiday themed episode, Jake Vehlewald returns to help us talk the TRUE sequel to a Christmas classic! We three chat about the benefits of Peter Billingsley's return as a more seasoned Ralphie Parker, lament about a few things here and there we weren't as charmed by, and all together gush about this movie capturing the heart and spirit of the original! It's a Christmas Story Christmas this week on the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/260 df830a4c-c100-4ba6-a2cd-ab5b1b63c7d0 Fri, 28 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 1:08:41 yes This week, we kick off a steady stream of holiday shows! The way we start this year's festivities is by going back 35 years and talking about what many consider one of, if not THE, greatest Christmas movies of all time! It made a star of one of the biggest child actors of the 90s, it created a prototype for many a slap stick kids movies, and it reached heights no other comedy before it had! Warmth, aesthetics, the score, and the sincerity are all packaged up to make this a Holiday classic! It's Home Alone this week on the Radkast! Christmas, Classics, Violence, Danger, Comedy, Absurdity, Nostalgia, Conflict Resolution, Humor, Warmth, Wholesomeness, Emotions, Feelings, Holidays, 90s, 90s Movies, Movies This week, we kick off a steady stream of holiday shows! The way we start this year's festivities is by going back 35 years and talking about what many consider one of, if not THE, greatest Christmas movies of all time! It made a star of one of the biggest child actors of the 90s, it created a prototype for many a slap stick kids movies, and it reached heights no other comedy before it had! Warmth, aesthetics, the score, and the sincerity are all packaged up to make this a Holiday classic! It's Home Alone this week on the Radkast!

]]> This week, we kick off a steady stream of holiday shows! The way we start this year's festivities is by going back 35 years and talking about what many consider one of, if not THE, greatest Christmas movies of all time! It made a star of one of the biggest child actors of the 90s, it created a prototype for many a slap stick kids movies, and it reached heights no other comedy before it had! Warmth, aesthetics, the score, and the sincerity are all packaged up to make this a Holiday classic! It's Home Alone this week on the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/214 9bce04ea-c428-4edf-8b58-6d2bf04136f1 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 53:54 yes This week on the show, we continue on with some more holiday festivities! On this episode, we talk about a documentary that follows five colorful characters and their day to day lives leading up to when they can represent Christmas's ultimate icon! Whether they live in their daughter's basement, are a Dallas Polar Bear, a Pro Wrestler, or straight up legally change their name to the big man's, all these men feel they have the right to say "I am Santa Claus." That's the name of doc we talk about this week on the Radkast! Santa Claus, Christmas, Holidays, LGBTQ, Pro Wrestling, Mick Foley, Nostalgia, Comedy, Humor, Life, Life Style, Love, Warmth This week on the show, we continue on with some more holiday festivities! On this episode, we talk about a documentary that follows five colorful characters and their day to day lives leading up to when they can represent Christmas's ultimate icon! Whether they live in their daughter's basement, are a Dallas Polar Bear, a Pro Wrestler, or straight up legally change their name to the big man's, all these men feel they have the right to say "I am Santa Claus." That's the name of doc we talk about this week on the Radkast!

]]> This week on the show, we continue on with some more holiday festivities! On this episode, we talk about a documentary that follows five colorful characters and their day to day lives leading up to when they can represent Christmas's ultimate icon! Whether they live in their daughter's basement, are a Dallas Polar Bear, a Pro Wrestler, or straight up legally change their name to the big man's, all these men feel they have the right to say "I am Santa Claus." That's the name of doc we talk about this week on the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/213 2f476356-a542-4104-b71a-8864479a33ed Fri, 06 Dec 2024 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 54:33 yes This week on the podcast, we start a string of holiday shows on the road to our 200th episode! Mild mannered Billy Peltzer lives a quiet life with his parents in an idyllic American suburb. However, when his eccentric father suprises him with a unique creature he's named Gizmo, he'll find that his and those around hims Christmas is about to be anything but holly and jolly. After getting wet, Gizmo multiplies into several other Mogwais, only these are little hell raisers. Once Billy disobeys the final rule of Mogwai care, not to feed them after midnight, the creatures turn into the grotesque and titular Gremlins and start wreaking havoc all over town. It's up to Billy, Gizmo, and Billy's love interest Kate to stop the monsters from ruining Christmas and the lives of their fellow residents. Our brother Tyler returns to talk the holiday horror classic Gremlins this week on the Radkast! Christmas, Horror, Gremlins, 80s, 1980s, Comedy, Humor, Nostalgia, Holiday, Holidays, Dark Comedy, Classic This week on the podcast, we start a string of holiday shows on the road to our 200th episode! Mild mannered Billy Peltzer lives a quiet life with his parents in an idyllic American suburb. However, when his eccentric father suprises him with a unique creature he's named Gizmo, he'll find that his and those around hims Christmas is about to be anything but holly and jolly. After getting wet, Gizmo multiplies into several other Mogwais, only these are little hell raisers. Once Billy disobeys the final rule of Mogwai care, not to feed them after midnight, the creatures turn into the grotesque and titular Gremlins and start wreaking havoc all over town. It's up to Billy, Gizmo, and Billy's love interest Kate to stop the monsters from ruining Christmas and the lives of their fellow residents.
Our brother Tyler returns to talk the holiday horror classic Gremlins this week on the Radkast!

]]> This week on the podcast, we start a string of holiday shows on the road to our 200th episode! Mild mannered Billy Peltzer lives a quiet life with his parents in an idyllic American suburb. However, when his eccentric father suprises him with a unique creature he's named Gizmo, he'll find that his and those around hims Christmas is about to be anything but holly and jolly. After getting wet, Gizmo multiplies into several other Mogwais, only these are little hell raisers. Once Billy disobeys the final rule of Mogwai care, not to feed them after midnight, the creatures turn into the grotesque and titular Gremlins and start wreaking havoc all over town. It's up to Billy, Gizmo, and Billy's love interest Kate to stop the monsters from ruining Christmas and the lives of their fellow residents.
Our brother Tyler returns to talk the holiday horror classic Gremlins this week on the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/212 c814b700-bc00-4614-8e1f-c5393eb8a232 Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 12:46 yes This week on the show, we mix a bit of new material with some old material in honor of Thanksgiving! In this celebration of the holiday, we name some of our favorite holiday dishes and we revisit an old story about the holiday's history with our Hillbilly friends Jesco and Chauncey! Silliness abounds on this Thanksgiving editon of the Radkast! Nostalgia, Comedy, Humor, History, Thanksgiving, Holidays, The Holidays, Family, Thankfulness, Life This week on the show, we mix a bit of new material with some old material in honor of Thanksgiving! In this celebration of the holiday, we name some of our favorite holiday dishes and we revisit an old story about the holiday's history with our Hillbilly friends Jesco and Chauncey!
Silliness abounds on this Thanksgiving editon of the Radkast!

]]> This week on the show, we mix a bit of new material with some old material in honor of Thanksgiving! In this celebration of the holiday, we name some of our favorite holiday dishes and we revisit an old story about the holiday's history with our Hillbilly friends Jesco and Chauncey!
Silliness abounds on this Thanksgiving editon of the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/165 126e97b4-2494-482c-ba14-95f8e397c0b8 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 45:16 yes This week for our holiday entry, we do something a little different! On this episode, we discuss and disect one of our favortie episodes from a show that has had a lot of influence on us over the years, the Simpsons! In the show's Season 7 Christmas offering, Bart is lured in by that holiday season's latest violent video game, Bonestorm. After Marge opposes purchasing the game for her son, against his better judgement, Bart decides to steal it from the local Try N' Save. After being caught, then later owning up to his thievery, Bart must deal with the consequences of his actions, and find out what it takes to rectify them. Morality play aside, the episode is packed with well crafted verbal and visual jokes that have kept us rolling for years! It's the The Simpsons: Marge Be Not Proud, this week on the Radkast! Christmas, The Simpsons, Simpsons, Marge, Bart, Homer, Comedy, Humor, Classic, Video Games, Stealing, Sentimental, Joy, Warmth, 90's, Life, Life Style, Nostalgia, Pop Culture, Nerd, Nerd Culture, Holidays, Jokes This week for our holiday entry, we do something a little different! On this episode, we discuss and disect one of our favortie episodes from a show that has had a lot of influence on us over the years, the Simpsons! In the show's Season 7 Christmas offering, Bart is lured in by that holiday season's latest violent video game, Bonestorm. After Marge opposes purchasing the game for her son, against his better judgement, Bart decides to steal it from the local Try N' Save. After being caught, then later owning up to his thievery, Bart must deal with the consequences of his actions, and find out what it takes to rectify them.
Morality play aside, the episode is packed with well crafted verbal and visual jokes that have kept us rolling for years! It's the The Simpsons: Marge Be Not Proud, this week on the Radkast!

]]> This week for our holiday entry, we do something a little different! On this episode, we discuss and disect one of our favortie episodes from a show that has had a lot of influence on us over the years, the Simpsons! In the show's Season 7 Christmas offering, Bart is lured in by that holiday season's latest violent video game, Bonestorm. After Marge opposes purchasing the game for her son, against his better judgement, Bart decides to steal it from the local Try N' Save. After being caught, then later owning up to his thievery, Bart must deal with the consequences of his actions, and find out what it takes to rectify them.
Morality play aside, the episode is packed with well crafted verbal and visual jokes that have kept us rolling for years! It's the The Simpsons: Marge Be Not Proud, this week on the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/164 33874e6c-7545-485a-ba3e-cbe4fd309590 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 55:20 yes This week, we continue celebrating Christmas by talking a lesser known holiday classic! The lovable hayseed Ernest P. Worrell is back to his goofball ways, and this time, they involve a teenage runaway, a reluctant children's show host, and father Christmas himself! Hijinks ensues, and we wouldn't have it anyother way, knowwhutImean? All that, plus Jesco and Chauncy continue their own mission to try and prove the existence of Kris Kringle! It's Ernest Saves Christmas, this week on the Radkast! Christmas, Love, Santa, Ernest, Saves, Saving, Holidays, Holiday, Movie, Comedy, Humor, Florida, Life, Life Style, Lessons, December, Goofy, Disney This week, we continue celebrating Christmas by talking a lesser known holiday classic! The lovable hayseed Ernest P. Worrell is back to his goofball ways, and this time, they involve a teenage runaway, a reluctant children's show host, and father Christmas himself! Hijinks ensues, and we wouldn't have it anyother way, knowwhutImean?
All that, plus Jesco and Chauncy continue their own mission to try and prove the existence of Kris Kringle! It's Ernest Saves Christmas, this week on the Radkast!

]]> This week, we continue celebrating Christmas by talking a lesser known holiday classic! The lovable hayseed Ernest P. Worrell is back to his goofball ways, and this time, they involve a teenage runaway, a reluctant children's show host, and father Christmas himself! Hijinks ensues, and we wouldn't have it anyother way, knowwhutImean?
All that, plus Jesco and Chauncy continue their own mission to try and prove the existence of Kris Kringle! It's Ernest Saves Christmas, this week on the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/163 842bad97-825a-4258-93b8-9302567c01b7 Fri, 01 Dec 2023 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 1:32:33 yes This week, it's a special Christmas edition of the Six Mix! Our Mom returns to the show and talks about what Christmas was like out in the country, some of her favorite Christmas memories, and just how important family is, especially during the Holidays! We cover all those things, and so much more! Plus, Jesco and Chauncy are back, and they're on a special mission. We start the holiday season off right, this week on the Radkast! Christmas, Holidays, Happy Holidays, Santa Clause, Family, Movies, Music, Comedy, Humor, Life, Life Style, The Country, Country, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s This week, it's a special Christmas edition of the Six Mix! Our Mom returns to the show and talks about what Christmas was like out in the country, some of her favorite Christmas memories, and just how important family is, especially during the Holidays! We cover all those things, and so much more! Plus, Jesco and Chauncy are back, and they're on a special mission. We start the holiday season off right, this week on the Radkast!

]]> This week, it's a special Christmas edition of the Six Mix! Our Mom returns to the show and talks about what Christmas was like out in the country, some of her favorite Christmas memories, and just how important family is, especially during the Holidays! We cover all those things, and so much more! Plus, Jesco and Chauncy are back, and they're on a special mission. We start the holiday season off right, this week on the Radkast!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/111 8cab7b3e-75aa-481c-8a1b-d938bf830f76 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 1:41:02 yes This week on the show, we tackled a subject so grand and so personal for all parties involved, we had to split it up into TWO monster recordings! During the first part of our discussion with Jeremy and Jess Weed about what Christmas means to us, the four of us talk our family traditions, favorite Christmas movies, music, and the over all warmth the season brings to us all! We also raise a glass to Jess for becoming the newest memeber of the Radkast 5-timers club! So throw a log on the fire (or fire up a yule log on Youtube), turn the house lights down and Christmas lights on, cozy up with your favorite blanket, and let us on the Radkast fill you with Christmas cheer! Christmas, Nostalgia, Humor, Comedy, Family, Joy, Life, Lifestyle, Pop-culture, Nerd culture, Music, Movies, December, Warmth, Holidays This week on the show, we tackled a subject so grand and so personal for all parties involved, we had to split it up into TWO monster recordings! During the first part of our discussion with Jeremy and Jess Weed about what Christmas means to us, the four of us talk our family traditions, favorite Christmas movies, music, and the over all warmth the season brings to us all! We also raise a glass to Jess for becoming the newest memeber of the Radkast 5-timers club! So throw a log on the fire (or fire up a yule log on Youtube), turn the house lights down and Christmas lights on, cozy up with your favorite blanket, and let us on the Radkast fill you with Christmas cheer!

]]> This week on the show, we tackled a subject so grand and so personal for all parties involved, we had to split it up into TWO monster recordings! During the first part of our discussion with Jeremy and Jess Weed about what Christmas means to us, the four of us talk our family traditions, favorite Christmas movies, music, and the over all warmth the season brings to us all! We also raise a glass to Jess for becoming the newest memeber of the Radkast 5-timers club! So throw a log on the fire (or fire up a yule log on Youtube), turn the house lights down and Christmas lights on, cozy up with your favorite blanket, and let us on the Radkast fill you with Christmas cheer!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/109 0dbe9597-6b90-4229-9884-c57626b5bcd6 Wed, 23 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 58:14 yes This week, we celebrate Thanksgiving by talking one of the few films catered towards the holiday! It's a movie that truly teaches the importance of letting your hair down, working to change for the better, and will make YOU want to invite Pauly Shore to every family gathering! All jokes and critiques we have aside, we are absolutely charmed by this movie and it's star! It's Son in Law, this week on the Radkast Rentals! 90s, Movies, Music, Pauly Shore, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Comedy, Humor, Family, Life, Lifestyle, Nostalgia, Pop-culture, Nerd-culture This week, we celebrate Thanksgiving by talking one of the few films catered towards the holiday! It's a movie that truly teaches the importance of letting your hair down, working to change for the better, and will make YOU want to invite Pauly Shore to every family gathering! All jokes and critiques we have aside, we are absolutely charmed by this movie and it's star! It's Son in Law, this week on the Radkast Rentals!

]]> This week, we celebrate Thanksgiving by talking one of the few films catered towards the holiday! It's a movie that truly teaches the importance of letting your hair down, working to change for the better, and will make YOU want to invite Pauly Shore to every family gathering! All jokes and critiques we have aside, we are absolutely charmed by this movie and it's star! It's Son in Law, this week on the Radkast Rentals!

]]> https://radkastpod.fireside.fm/72 ecb2f1bb-a0b3-4f34-95cc-a51ef0bad892 Wed, 18 Nov 2020 06:00:00 -0600 Steven Webster and Matt Webster full Steven Webster and Matt Webster 1:09:23 yes This week, the Twinz welcome their Mom back to the show to talk about a bona-fide Thanksgiving classic, and an underrated holiday gem, Dutch! The trio sit down to praise the charming slapstick antics of Ed O'Neill, talk their favorite moments, and discuss why the movie is such a special part of their family tradition! Nostalgia, Pop-Culture, Music, Movies, TV, Life, Lifestyle, Comedy, Holidays This week, the Twinz welcome their Mom back to the show to talk about a bona-fide Thanksgiving classic, and an underrated holiday gem, Dutch! The trio sit down to praise the charming slapstick antics of Ed O'Neill, talk their favorite moments, and discuss why the movie is such a special part of their family tradition!

]]> This week, the Twinz welcome their Mom back to the show to talk about a bona-fide Thanksgiving classic, and an underrated holiday gem, Dutch! The trio sit down to praise the charming slapstick antics of Ed O'Neill, talk their favorite moments, and discuss why the movie is such a special part of their family tradition!

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