Best Craig Hailes Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 123 – Vauxdvihl 1994-2001: Exhumation Party 1:12:53

1d ago1:12:53

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Australia’s Vauxdvihl (or, for a short time, Vaudeville) came quickly, evolved swiftly, and left behind a beautiful corpus of 19 documented songs. We have stood in awe for three decades of this short but impressive discography, and episode 123 of our weird little podcast is an attempt to bring you into the Vauxdvihl fold. (Beware of the ridiculous …

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Episode 122.5 — A Challenge from S. Craig Zahler to Hunter Ginn, re: Sarcofago “Nightmare” 10:36

15d ago10:36

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Jeff: “Was talking with my friend S. Craig Zahler a few days ago, and we were discussing Sarcofago’s 1987 debut, I.N.R.I. Zahler noted that there are some bewildering timing issues in 'Nightmare,' and how he’d like Hunter ('who is 20 times the drummer I am') to try and identify what the hell’s going on. I put this quandary/query to Hunter and let ‘…

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Episode 122 — Intrigue CD 4: The Fourth Time We Opened the Capsule 1:33:40

22d ago1:33:40

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This episode brings to a close our periodic investigations of the Steven Wilson-curated 'Intrigue' compilation. Covering progressive sounds in UK alternative/post-punk music from 1979-89, 'Intrigue' nails its intention, proving that, while traditional prog rock may have waned in the '80s, that spirit of adventure and invention remained alive throug…

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Episode 121.5 – Previous Episode Updates (Hail Spirit Noir, Hammers of Misfortune, Manes, Diskord, Xysma, Kayo Dot) 30:37

1M ago30:37

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In this .5 episode (the longest point-5 we’ve done to date), we offer up 6 subjects of previous Radical Research episodes and take a look at their activities since we last put our spotlight on them. (As we explain at the beginning, the sound quality is rough this time, as Hunter is still reeling from Hurricane Helene’s effects on his household's te…

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Episode 121 – The CORONER Episode!!! 1:25:00

2M ago1:25:00

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Switzerland’s deadliest export, Coroner, which sliced and sawed its way through the metal landscape of the ‘80s and early ‘90s, has finally found its way under the Radical Research microscope. From the savage thrashing mayhem of R.I.P. to the reclined elegance of its final missives, Radical Research dives deeply into the methods and madness of one …

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Episode 120.5 – Jeff Scott Soto and Queen’s “The Prophet’s Song” 17:46

2M ago17:46

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A quick look at Queen’s “The Prophet’s Song,” its a cappella middle section, and the treatment it was given by one Jeff Scott Soto in various live performances. It’ll all make a little more sense when you listen… Note I: The Radical Research Patreon page is now set up and ready for your patronage. We are offering tiered subscription levels for thos…

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Episode 120 – DBC’s ‘Universe’: Black Hole Spelunking 56:29

2M ago56:29

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Is there an album more representative of this podcast's main focus? Not outside of Norway, there isn’t. Montréal’s DBC (Dead Brain Cells) released ‘Universe’ in 1989, a tech-y cosmic opus of 37:26 that manages to cover the big bang, the evolution of life, the fall of the dinosaurs, man’s eventual dominance on Earth, and humanity's possible future i…

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Episode 119.5 – Death, DiGiorgio, and the Bass on ‘Human’ 10:48

3M ago10:48

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This is a “careful for what you wish for” kind of thing. For years and years, we hoped that we could hear the mighty Steve DiGiorgio’s bass work with more clarity on Death’s 1991 masterpiece, Human. Once we could, thanks to the 2011 reissue, we relented and realized we preferred the original version after all. We present this mini-episode in good h…

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Episode 119 – The Fu*king Champs 1994-2007: Hot-Ass Majesty 1:11:59

3M ago1:11:59

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Operating outside of the metal infrastructure, but heralding its glory and complexity more so than most “true” metal bands, The Fucking Champs, in their 1994-2007 rampage, cobbled together elements of Trouble, Confessor, Don Caballero, and Kraftwerk and reshaped the geometric possibilities of math metal, all with the insouciance of its indie rock r…

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Episode 118.5 – Better Slit Than Never: Cryptopsy’s ‘None So Vile’ 28 Years Later 7:32

3M ago7:32

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Sometimes it takes a while to come around to an album. In our case, it took 28 years with Cryptopsy’s second album, None So Vile. Better late than never. We repent!!! Note I: The Radical Research Patreon page is now set up and ready for your patronage. We are offering tiered subscription levels for those who want a set-it-and-forget-it donation opt…

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Episode 118 – There’s Only One Good Song On These Albums! One-Song Metal Albums 1:39:14

3M ago1:39:14

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The one-long-song album is a rare event in the metal genre, and a tough assignment to tackle and get right. We hold up these five albums as the finest examples of the approach. While it’s difficult to convey their scope in snippet form, we tried our best and had a lot of fun doing so. (Incidentally, this also happens to be one of our longest-ever e…

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Episode 117.5 – Ginn Loves Gadd 7:42

4M ago7:42

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Our man Ginn loves him some Gadd! In this brief episode, we extract three of Hunter’s favorite moments by his favorite drummer on the planet, Steve Gadd. It results in something we thought we’d never do on this podcast: play a snippet of a Paul Simon song. But you have to admit, Gadd is Badd…Badd Ass! Note I: The Radical Research Patreon page is no…

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Episode 117 – Steven Wilson’s Intrigue Compilation, Dissection Part 3 1:15:37

4M ago1:15:37

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Pull up a chair and get your ears out! We get giddy when we’re together in the same space, which we were for this episode. You’ll hopefully forgive our exuberance and all the talking over each other in excitement of brotherhood, music, pizza and other various inputs. All in the name of exalting the third of four CDs in the Steven Wilson-curated Int…

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Episode 116.5 – King Crimson’s Schizoid Man and the Metal in the Hot Middle 8:41

4M ago8:41

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In this brief episode, we spotlight the two metal bands brave enough to tackle the middle part of King Crimson's innovative and highly influential 1969 classic, "21st Century Schizoid Man." Note I: The Radical Research Patreon page is now set up and ready for your patronage. We are offering tiered subscription levels for those who want a set-it-and…

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Episode 116 — What is Psychedelic Music? The Radical Research Answer to a Vexing Question 1:26:45

4M ago1:26:45

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When it comes to a difficult-to-define concept like psychedelia in music, it's subjective. It’s not all hippies with sitars and lava lamps and bongs…but that’s not wrong either. With a little help from author Michael Hicks and his parameters for what makes music psychedelic, we pose the question: “What is Psychedelic Music?” and offer the Radical R…

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Episode 115.5 – Permeable Lines, Part 2 16:12

5M ago16:12

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Our second in the Permeable Lines series, and our first point-5 episode since 83.5 nearly two years ago! That enough numbers for you? Join us for a brief dust-up between inspiration and rip-off. You decide. (More numbers: “18 is actually 9…it stuck in his mind….”) Note I: The Radical Research Patreon page is now set up and ready for your patronage.…

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Episode 115 – Hexx Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself 55:45

5M ago55:45

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We celebrate musicians and bands that rapidly evolve and challenge their audience with newness each endeavor. But the abrupt left-turn San Francisco metal band Hexx took between 1986 and 1987 is beyond fascinating, and beyond the norm. It culminates in one of our favorite albums of the early ‘90s, the mighty, seething, adrenaline-injected Morbid Re…

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Episode 114 – Mourning Sign 1992-1996: Triangulation 1:27:13

6M ago1:27:13

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Radical Research can’t stay away from Scandinavia for more than a brief spell. To that end, your hosts find themselves in Sweden, digging through the short but robust initial run by Mourning Sign. Over the course of a demo, an EP, and two full-lengths, Mourning Sign twisted and bent metal into a wide variety of shapes. Neither exclusively brutal, p…

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Episode 113 – Thief’s ‘Bleed, Memory’: What Was Your Original Face Before You Were Born? 58:07

6M ago58:07

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For our 113th episode, we dispense with the usual exhalations of the past in favor of the thrills of the tense present-future. Thief, the Los Angeles-based brainchild of visionary producer, Dylan Neal, has released one of 2024’s most extraordinary albums, Bleed, Memory, a harrowing journey through the late stages of the human mind and spirit. Witho…

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Episode 112 – We Mean You Harm: Hail Spirit Noir 2012-2021 1:05:49

7M ago1:05:49

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For its 112th episode, Radical Research travels to balmy Greece to investigate the cryptic evildoing of Hail Spirit Noir, whose hellbroth of black metal, prog, psychedelia, and witchery strikes a special chord with your hosts. We take a deep look at the band’s first four albums and find ourselves more spellbound than ever before. There is no wardin…

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Episode 111 – Immortal’s Blizzard Beasts: Convoking Nebular Dimensions 45:57

8M ago45:57

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For episode 111, Radical Research returns to its spiritual homeland of Norway. But on this trip, RR steers clear of the usual avant suspects and instead climbs the Mountains of Might to take a closer look at Immortal’s twisted and divisive fourth album, 1997’s Blizzard Beasts. Though optically outside of RR’s usual territory, the hosts make a compe…

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Episode 110 – Steven Wilson’s Intrigue Compilation, Dissection Part 2 1:40:20

8M ago1:40:20

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We continue our wander through the 4CD Intrigue compilation. This installment features 15 UK bands, several which we’d never heard of before (Art Nouveau, New Musik, Section 25). We hope this episode helps prove curator Steven Wilson’s note that Intrigue operates on the “idea that conceptual thinking and ambition didn’t suddenly evaporate after ’77…

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Episode 109 – Sigh’s Weirdest! Let the Strangeness Do the Talking 50:53

9M ago50:53

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Sigh is unquestionably one of the weirdest bands in the metal realm. And since Radical Research skews weird, and since we are both fans of Sigh since the mid ‘90s, it seemed obvious that we would eventually do an episode featuring some of the very weirdest of Sigh’s weird moments. So…if you are down with our motto of Keep Metal Weird, you know what…

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Episode 108 – Non-Classic-Logo-Era Napalm Death, 1994-1998 1:07:11

9M ago1:07:11

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The body of critical study - and fan adoration - around the music of Napalm Death has concerned itself principally with the band's pioneering grindcore and its transition into the death metal of Harmony Corruption. But what of the band's wilderness years, the mid- to late-1990s? The 108th episode of Radical Research digs into what its hosts conside…

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Episode 107 – The Saturnine Sleep: Tiamat’s A Deeper Kind of Slumber 1:22:21

10M ago1:22:21

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For a podcast that traffics in all things wild and mind-expanding, the subject of our 107th episode makes everything else feel stone-cold sober by comparison. The fifth album by Sweden's Tiamat, A Deeper Kind of Slumber, luxuriates in the wan, reclined possibilities of Leary biscuits and Psilocybin dreams. This episode paddles along the hallucinato…

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Episode 106 — New Metal Massacre: Horrendous, Afterbirth, Laster & Vemod 1:10:11

10M ago1:10:11

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We tend to skew toward the past in our explorations with Radical Research, uncovering sounds we feel are overlooked and/or underrated. We’re breaking our usual time travel approach and focusing solely on some new metal music that thrilled us in 2023 and one very fresh entry for 2024. It’s not 1986 or 1991 anymore, obviously, but 2023 was a great ye…

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Episode 105 – We Are Intrigued! Steven Wilson Curates ‘Intrigue’ Compilation & We Dissect [Part 1 of 4] 2:04:42

11M ago2:04:42

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For Episode 105, Radical Research follows the lead of musical polyglot and overachiever, Steven Wilson. Inspired by Wilson's recently-curated, Intrigue: Progressive Sounds in UK Alternative Music 1979-1989, this episode traces out the music found on the first disc of this four-volume edition, digging into such varied artists as Public Image Ltd., J…

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Episode 104 – Diskord 2007-2021: Architectonic Death 1:07:42

1y ago1:07:42

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As is so often the case, Radical Research, for its 104th episode, finds itself in Norway, only this time to investigate the psycho-necrotic brutality of Oslo’s Diskord. At once garage-y, asymmetric, and morbid, Diskord hawks death-wares that invite listeners to stroll through the hallways of the weird metal madhouse. Only death and Norway are real.…

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Episode 103 – We’re After the Same Thing: Dead Horse’s Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers 1:03:52

1y ago1:03:52

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Death, humor, society? Who doesn't love these things? Radical Research certainly does! So, it should come as no surprise that we chose the second album by Houston, Texas' Dead Horse as the subject of our 103rd episode. Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers, released by Big Chief Records in 1991, plunders the remotest corners of thrash, hardcore, and ma…

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Episode 102 – INTO ANOTHER with Brothers from Other Mothers 1:01:34

1y ago1:01:34

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Forged in the crucible of the Tri-State hardcore and thrash scenes, New York City's Into Another released three genre-defying albums that blend together -- seemlessly -- the disparate sensibilities of its members. The band's membership boasts a heritage that includes such stalwart acts as Whiplash and Youth of Today, though Into Another's rich, mys…

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Episode 101 – Ambulance Chasing: Ulver’s ‘Blood Inside’ 1:10:58

1y ago1:10:58

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After several years of perdition, silence, and melancholy, Oslo’s Ulver, a totem of the Radical Research faith, released, in 2005, its sixth full-length album, the manic and panicked Blood Inside. The album has inspired divisive opinions and obsessive worship. Its nine songs come together like a house of mirrors, where every lunatic fantasy, every …

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Episode 100 – VOIVOD is the Engine That Powers Us 2:45:28

1y ago2:45:28

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2023 marks the 40th anniversary of Voivod, a band that are at the very heart of everything we do at Radical Research and everything we listen to as incorrigible music obsessives. In celebration, Voivod released Morgoth Tales, which finds the Mark V lineup (Snake, Away, Chewy, Rocky) covering songs from various past eras. For ourselves, we pay tribu…

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Episode 99 – The Four Freaks Roundtable: Jeff & Hunter + Thomas Nul & Brian Grebenz 1:50:21

1+ y ago1:50:21

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For 98 episodes, the pilots of Radical Research have gone it together. Mind you, the hosts have had some curatorial help along the way (Jason William Walton and Forrest Pitts, please take a bow). But on the eve of episode 100, Radical Research has called on two of its most stalwart allies, the estimable Thomas Nul and Brian Grebenz. Over the course…

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Episode 98 – The Meads of Asphodel’s Guts Spun on the Loom of Judgment 1:22:08

1+ y ago1:22:08

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Formed in 1998 in the Hertfordshire region of England, The Meads of Asphodel are a special, experimental heavy metal band with many distinctive and beguiling qualities. So why did it take one of the Radical Research hosts 24 years to acquire a taste for the Meads? We don’t have the answer, but in this episode, Jeff runs down all his favorite aspect…

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Episode 97 – Disembowelment Discography 1990-1993: A Burial In 14 Snippets 1:07:47

1+ y ago1:07:47

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Is heaviness a quantifiable aspect of music? Can a piece of music display such weight, such heft, that the listener can only accept its heaviness as fact? Radical Research says “Yes,” and we are here to offer evidence. For our 97th episode, we take our second trip down under to survey the concise but mighty discography of Disembowelment. We invite …

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Gear Dump with Harry!! 1:20:49

1+ y ago1:20:49

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This week on the HCDU Podcast, Jake and I are joined by Harrison Lee of OSA Australia. Jake and I were lucky enough to be invited to Southern NSW by Harrison to chase a few Fallow at the tail end of the rut back in April. We were fortunate to test a bit of gear that we wouldn't normally be able to get our hands on, hopefully this opens a few ideas …

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Episode 96 – This is Not Some Stupid Quest: Disillusion’s Glorious ‘Gloria’ 1:08:08

1+ y ago1:08:08

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The Southeastern United States, from whence Radical Research is broadcast, has long prided itself on its sundry wrestling traditions. From the bare-chested hectoring of the SoCon to the gator-tangling of Central Florida, southerners approach wrestling with a sense of birthright authority. But today we face a new challenger: taxonomy. The second ful…

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2023 Deer Camp Part 2 - Shit Gets Real 1:18:27

1+ y ago1:18:27

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Nothing better than Deer Camp in the middle of the roar. Join Craig, Jake, Shannon Postle and Brian Barney for part 2 on the break down of their hunts and the tips, close calls and a few stuff ups and how things sometimes just fall into place. Podcast proudly supported by OSA, Zeiss and Hoyt Bowhunting.…

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2023 Deer Camp Part 1 53:35

1+ y ago53:35

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Nothing better than Deer Camp in the middle of the roar. Join Craig, Jake, Shannon Postle and Brian Barney break down their hunts and the tips, close calls and a few stuff ups and how things sometimes just fall into place. Podcast proudly supported by OSA, Zeiss and Hoyt Bowhunting.By Craig Hailes

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Episode 95 – Bad-Ass Fusion Decapitations Part 3: Time to Kill 58:12

1+ y ago58:12

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Herein we present the third and likely final installment of our Bad-Ass Fusion Decapitations series. We repeat two bands previously featured on other episodes (Kraan, King Crimson) and bring you eight more missives from the deepest cosmos. Watch that noggin of yours -- the headhunters are abound tonight!Note I: As noted within the episode, here’s t…

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Brian Barney Welcome to Downunder 1:05:56

1+ y ago1:05:56

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Some of you may or may not of heard the name Brian Barney, this little bowhunting ninja from Montana USA is a stand up guy, an unbelievable bowhunter and someone I get to call a good friend. Brian is well known for his own podcast Eastmans Elevated, many articles in Eastmans Magazines and featured in many of their films on Eastmans TV and Beyond th…

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Episode 94 – The Real Freakshow: Psychotic Waltz 1990-1996 1:21:29

1+ y ago1:21:29

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Over the course of its previous 93 episodes, Radical Research has banged, thrashed, and decapitated but never before has it waltzed. That ends now. Formed as Aslan in 1985, San Diego's Psychotic Waltz released four full-length albums in the ‘90s, each of which challenges all received notions of "progressive metal." Despite being one the most even-h…

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Q&A with Brad Smith - Part 2 1:08:18

1+ y ago1:08:18

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Righto guys if you missed last week, I suggest downloading before you dive deep with Part 2. Honestly this podcast could have went on for hours, I hope one day I can feed Brad enough beers to do it all over again. 🎤 Q and A with Brad Smith - If this was to be one of the last podcasts I was to ever record, then I feel my job for the Australian Bowhu…

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Q&A with Brad Smith - Part 1 1:01:46

1+ y ago1:01:46

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If this was to be one of the last podcasts I was to ever record, then I feel my job for the Australian Bowhunting Community would be done. For most Aussie bowhunters, the name Brad Smith has most probably been mentioned in conversation not just once but many times. For over 30 years Brad has been behind the bow and a good majority of those years fi…

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Episode 93 – The Sadus ‘Swallowed in Black’ Track-by-Track Batshit-Crazy Attaaaaaack!!! 1:03:26

1+ y ago1:03:26

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When a member of a fringe Swedish death metal band makes a request, Radical Research heeds the call. To that end, RR episode 93 is a response to Philip Von Segebaden’s (Afflicted) appeal for a song-by-song analysis of Swallowed in Black by California’s preeminent thrash metal assassins, Sadus. Though apparently a bit outside of the RR wheelhouse, o…

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Episode 92 – Last Crack: The Best of All Our Burning Time 1:16:02

2y ago1:16:02

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Rarely can a rock or metal band be described in terms of open-heartedness, nostalgia, or compassion. But the subject of Radical Research’s 92nd episode defies convention in nearly every way. Madison, Wisconsin’s Last Crack was a band that seemed on the brink of breakout success but, ultimately, condemned to wander the corridors of obscurity. They r…

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Gear Dump with Craig & Lonnie 1:34:50

2y ago1:34:50

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New for the HCDU podcast which we will bring once a month is gear reviews. We going to do our best and give you our honest, no bullshit feedback on all the latest and greatest backpacking, hunting & archery gear we can get our hands on. Our podcast is proudly supported by - OSA Australia & Hoyt Bowhunting…

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Episode 91 – Atheist 1985-2010: We Believe!!! 1:28:53

2y ago1:28:53

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Occasionally, Radical Research dares to tackle the big questions: what is time, and can we have a piece of it? Can a psychic saw perform brain surgery? Can a metal album have a samba track and several bars of Miami bass hip-grind? On episode 91, a look into the works of Florida’s seminal tech titans, Atheist, we take on these and other pressing mat…

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Montana Elk with Live Action Fox Hunting 1:25:55

2y ago1:25:55

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Join Jake, Lonnie and Craig talk Elk hunting in Montana, a few tips and tricks for travelling and a bit of live action when a fox walks into camp.By Craig Hailes

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Water is life and Ivory - The NT with Lonnie Broekman 1:22:49

2y ago1:22:49

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*Audio Levels Corrected Join Lonnie Broekman, Jake Gasparovski and Craig Hailes as they dive deep into Lonnie's recent trip to the wild lands of remote Northern Territory. This episode is proudly bought to you by - @osaaustralia @zeissoptics @hoytbowhuntingBy Craig Hailes

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