That Would Be Rad

In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we dive headfirst into one of the strangest intersections of religion, history, folklore, and the modern UFO phenomenon.
For decades, reports of mysterious craft and non-human intelligences have captured the imagination of millions. Governments investigate them. Fighter pilots report them. Entire belief systems have formed around them. But long before congressional hearings, Pentagon footage, and discussions about "non-human intelligence," a group of Orthodox Christian mystics and saints were issuing a very different warning.
What if the phenomenon is real... but not extraterrestrial?
Join Woody and Tyler as they explore the ancient world of Orthodox Christianity, the Desert Fathers, aerial spirits, Ezekiel's famous "wheel within a wheel" vision, the Nephilim, medieval encounters with strange beings in the sky, and the teachings of four influential Orthodox holy men who all arrived at a remarkably similar conclusion about UFOs.
What We Talk About in This Episode:
• Why UFOs and UAPs have suddenly become mainstream topics of discussion
• The Pentagon, military encounters, and the rise of "non-human intelligence" conversations
• What Orthodox Christianity actually is and why it differs from most forms of Christianity in America
• The Desert Fathers, spiritual warfare, and the Orthodox tradition of discerning spirits
• Ezekiel's bizarre vision and why UFO researchers have been fascinated by it for decades
• The Nephilim, the Book of Enoch, and ancient stories of beings descending from the sky
• Medieval encounters with faeries, aerial beings, and mysterious sky phenomena
• St. Gabriel Urgebadze, St. Paisios of Mount Athos, St. Porphyrios, and Fr. Seraphim Rose
• Why these four influential Orthodox figures all viewed UFO encounters through a spiritual lens
• The fascinating idea that humanity may interpret the same unexplained phenomena differently depending on the culture and era
• Whether modern UFO encounters are something entirely new—or simply the latest version of a mystery humans have been trying to explain for thousands of years
Why You NEED to Listen:
Whether you're a skeptic, a believer, a Christian, an atheist, a UFO enthusiast, or just someone who loves exploring strange ideas, this episode is guaranteed to make you think.
This isn't an episode about proving that aliens are demons.
It's an exploration of one of the most fascinating questions we've ever discussed on the show:
If something beyond human understanding really was interacting with humanity... would we even recognize it for what it truly is?

So grab your Bible, your tinfoil hat, or maybe both—and join us as we venture into one of the weirdest rabbit holes we've explored in a long time.
Be Rad.

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SHOW INFO:
🎧 Written & Produced by: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence
🎧 Recorded at: Midnight Radio Studios
🎧 Sound Design, Editing, & Music by: Woody Brown
🎧 Mixing & Mastering by: Tyler Bence
🎧 Art Design by: Tyler Bence
🎧 Outro Song: “Ghost Story” by The Modern Society
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In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we accidentally tumble headfirst into one of our favorite kinds of episodes.
The kind that feels like staying up too late with your best friend talking about all the weird, nostalgic stuff that shaped your childhood.
After an unexpectedly chaotic week of migraines, broken computers, school events, sports, and life generally trying to body slam us through a folding table, we decided to ditch the pressure and just hang out.
And somehow that led us into a massive rabbit hole involving Encino Man, forgotten 90s cartoons, Batman: The Animated Series, Pauly Shore’s bizarre rise to fame, comic book art, old toy lines, and why the early 90s still feels like some kind of magical alternate universe.
And honestly? This might be one of the most “That Would Be Rad” episodes we’ve ever done.
What We Talk About in This Episode:

Why Encino Man might secretly be the PERFECT 90s movie
A deep nostalgic dive into Captain Planet, Bionic Six, C.O.P.S., MASK, and forgotten cartoons from the late 80s and early 90sBatman: The Animated Series and why it still might be one of the greatest animated shows ever made.
Absolute Batman, comic book art, Daniel Warren Johnson, Nick Dragotta, Felix Comic Art, and Tyler’s thoughts on the comic industry today
A shoutout to listener Siobhan Berry and her incredible podcast Grandma’s Been There about growing up in the 50s and 60s
Why old movies, VHS tapes, cartoons, comic shops, and Blockbuster-era culture still feel so comforting to us
Why You NEED to Listen:
This episode honestly feels like opening an old box in the attic and finding your childhood inside.If you grew up in the 80s or 90s - renting movies from Blockbuster, watching cartoons after school, collecting baseball cards, reading comics, or quoting dumb movies with your friends - this one’s going to hit you right in the soul.
It’s funny, nostalgic, weirdly emotional at times, and packed with the exact kind of conversations that made us want to start this podcast in the first place.
So grab a Surge, throw on your favorite flannel, and come hang out with us for a while.
Be Rad & Wheeze the juice, buuuddy.

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SHOW INFO:
🎧 Written & Produced by: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence
🎧 Recorded at: Midnight Radio Studios
🎧 Sound Design, Editing, & Music by: Woody Brown
🎧 Mixing & Mastering by: Tyler Bence
🎧 Art Design by: Tyler Bence
🎧 Outro Song: “Ghost Story” by The Modern Society
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In this episode of That Would Be Rad, we sink our teeth into one of the weirdest and most unsettling true stories we’ve ever covered: the Southend Werewolf.
Picture this: a regular, easy-going guy from Essex named Bill Ramsey who spent almost forty years fighting something vicious that lived inside him. Out of nowhere he’d get hit with freezing cold chills, see a wolf staring back at him in the mirror, and then black out into these insane rages where he suddenly had crazy strength and acted like a straight-up animal. What began as a bizarre incident in his parents’ garden when he was just nine years old spiraled into full-blown tabloid madness and eventually pulled in Ed and Lorraine Warren.
Is it old-school folklore, straight-up demonic possession, a serious mental health thing, or some unholy mix of all three? This one really doesn’t fit in any neat little box.
What We Uncover in This Episode:
Bill Ramsey’s full story — starting with that insane 1952 garden episode as a kid where he ripped a fence post (concrete and all) out of the ground and chewed through wire with his teeth, all the way through the escalating nightmare of the 1980s
The notorious 1987 police station showdown in Southend where he fought a dozen cops on all fours, growling “The devil is in me…”
A proper deep dive into werewolf history, from the Epic of Gilgamesh and King Lycaon all the way to medieval monster trials, the Beast of Gévaudan, and modern clinical lycanthropy
How the Warrens got pulled into the case, the intense 1989 exorcism with Bishop Robert McKenna, and the wild physical changes people swore they saw
The big debate: demonic animal spirit, psychological condition, hysterical strength, or something else entirely
What happened to Bill after the exorcism, his appearance on Sightings, and why this case still feels impossible to pin down
Why You NEED to Listen:
If you’re into episodes that feel like a proper paranormal thriller, this one’s for you. Between my recent werewolf kick (thanks to Joe Abercrombie’s The Devils, An American Werewolf in London, and Bad Moon), the edge-of-your-seat storytelling, and that lingering “what if this could actually happen to a normal person?” question - this might be one of our creepiest episodes yet.
Fair warning: you might find yourself side-eyeing your backyard and mirrors for a while after this one.
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SHOW INFO:🎧 Written & Produced by: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence🎧 Recorded at: Midnight Radio Studios🎧 Sound Design, Editing, & Music by: Woody Brown🎧 Mixing & Mastering by: Tyler Bence🎧 Art Design by: Tyler Bence🎧 Outro Song: “Ghost Story” by The Modern Society
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Thanks to all the listeners who’ve been sending in tips and links on this one, this topic blew up fast!!
In this gripping episode of That Would Be Rad, we dive into one of the most disturbing patterns of 2025–2026: the growing wave of scientists (many tied to advanced propulsion, nuclear, aerospace, and fusion research) who have turned up dead or simply vanished.
From Huntsville, Alabama to Los Alamos, JPL, MIT, and Wright-Patterson, the body count and missing persons list keeps climbing. Official rulings range from suicide and accidents to solved homicides… but the sheer number of high-level experts in sensitive national security fields has even caught the attention of federal investigators.
Woody lays out the hard facts on each case, explores the strongest connections (especially the propulsion cluster), and then hands it over to Tyler for full rabbit-hole mode.
Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide.
🔥 What We Uncover in This Episode:
The full list: 11+ scientists dead or missing, including Amy Eskridge, Monica Reza, Michael David Hicks, Nuno Loureiro, and the recent Moffatt family tragedy
Deep dives into their groundbreaking work in exotic propulsion, nuclear thermal rockets, rocket engine materials, plasma/fusion, microwave radiometry, and nuclear weapons components
The striking institutional overlaps: NASA/JPL, Wright-Patterson AFRL, Los Alamos, Kansas City National Security Campus, and more
Amy Eskridge’s chilling pre-death warnings and disputed circumstances
The strongest common thread and why it’s raising national security questions
Facts-first analysis vs. the wildest theories circulating online
Respectful look at the human side and the families left behind
🎧 Why You NEED to Listen:If you love stories where real-world events feel like they belong in a thriller, this one delivers. Woody stays grounded in the facts while Tyler connects the dots you won’t unsee. Whether you walk away skeptical or convinced something is very wrong, this episode will have you talking about it for weeks.
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SHOW INFO:🎧 Written & Produced by: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence🎧 Recorded at: Midnight Radio Studios🎧 Sound Design, Editing, & Music by: Woody Brown🎧 Mixing & Mastering by: Tyler Bence🎧 Art Design by: Tyler Bence🎧 Outro Song: “Ghost Story” by The Modern Society
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Thanks to Listener Matt Armstrong for sending in this absolute banger of a submission!
In this epic episode of That Would Be Rad, Woody takes you on one of the wildest journeys in early American history - the true survival odyssey of Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Shipwrecks, slavery, starvation, cannibalism, miraculous healings… and then the story gets really weird.
Around 1534, the Native tribes of south-central Texas told the four ragged survivors about Mala Cosa - “The Bad Thing.” A small, bearded figure with unnatural power who performed grotesque surgery on living people, ripped out their entrails, healed the wounds instantly, lifted entire lodges into the air, shapeshifted genders, and claimed to live “down below.”
Is it the Devil? A cryptid? A rogue shaman? Or something even older?
We dive deep into the historical record from Cabeza de Vaca’s own book La Relación, explore similar creatures across Texas, the Southwest, Mexico, and around the world, and leave you wondering what the hell was really walking those plains 500 years ago.
🔥 What We Uncover in This Episode:
The doomed Narváez expedition... from 600 men to just 4 survivors
Eight years of naked survival, slavery, and becoming “Children of the Sun”
The full terrifying account of Mala Cosa straight from the source
Texas wild man legends, Skinwalkers, La Lechuza, Chupacabra, and more
Global parallels: Pishtaco, Manananggal, Tokoloshe, and beyond
Historical debates - demon, cryptid, shaman, or something else?
🎧 Why You NEED to Listen:If you love deep historical mysteries that turn into straight-up nightmare fuel, this is your episode. Buckle up... this one will stick with you.
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SHOW INFO:
🎧 Written & Produced by: Woody Brown & Tyler Bence🎧 Recorded at: Midnight Radio Studios🎧 Sound Design, Editing, & Music by: Woody Brown🎧 Mixing & Mastering by: Tyler Bence🎧 Art Design by: Tyler Bence🎧 Outro Song: “Ghost Story” by The Modern Society
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