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Radical Research Podcast

Jeff Wagner & Hunter Ginn

Join hosts Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn in a bi-weekly conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of left-field rock and metal music.

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August 26 · 2 hr 16 min
Episode 150, pt. 1 – Anathema Discography Part One: Splitting Mountains Wide
Liverpool, England’s Anathema are one of the bedrocks of the Radical Research musical adventure. It’s why we’ve chosen to commemorate our 150th episode with a two-part dive into their entire catalog, from the harrowing wretchedness of their early demo wo
August 3 · 1 hr 17 min
Episode 149 – Those Nasty Talkers: A Collaboration with Hair Metal Memories Podcast on TNT’s ‘Tell No Tales’
Its back to Norway for Radical Research, although this time, its not about weirdness, unless you consider us covering an album like this a little weird. But we adore this band, especially this 30-minute masterpiece. And for years, we’d talked of spotligh
July 13 · 1 hr 35 min
Episode 148 – CATHEDRAL 1990-1994: Lord, Release the Dragons…
What exactly constitutes Radical Research material? Were gonna test that question with this and the next episode. With episode 148, we answer with more questions: Is it weird? Is it heavy? Is it something we enjoy? Would most of the music-listening world
June 20 · 1 hr 37 min
Episode 147 – Crack the Code: Kevin Moore’s Genius
The scope of Kevin Moore’s genius begins with Dream Theater’s “Space-Dye Vest” and concludes with OSI’s Fire Make Thunder. We try to use the g-word sparingly around here, but truly, Moore’s singular artistic vision is something we attempt to hail and dis
June 5 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 146 – Radical Metallurgy Challenge: The Chameleons’ Script of the Bridge
Our friends Marty and Alan at the Heavy Metallurgy podcast challenged us to a duel, and we fire back. The idea was simple: Offer five different albums, any genre, to cover on an episode. Of their five, we chose the only non-metal album, the stunning, bel
May 18 · 1 hr 46 min
Episode 145 – Pan-Thy-Monium First, Family Second
Herein, you will find our tribute to Pan-Thy-Monium. Briefly covered in episode 2, we finally give this very special entity its due. We dive deep into the deeps of Raagoonshinnaah’s dwelling and emerge as awed and dumbfounded as ever. Note I: At the 28:
April 28 · 1 hr 11 min
Episode 144 – King Crimson, Five Larks’ Tongues, Aspic, and a Thrush Deceived
As noted early in this episode: we’ve always wanted to do an episode focusing on King Crimson, but couldn’t figure out the right approach. Until this idea, where we dissect and decipher all five parts of the band’s “Larks’ Tongues in Aspic” song cycle, s
April 6 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 143 – Comecon 1992-1995: Frogs, Worms, Anacondas
No other band with roots in Swedish death metal did it like Comecon. Not even close. We find a few similarities to Carbonized, but generally, this band is unique, special, and underappreciated enough that we had to come to their rescue for a little over
March 19 · 1 hr 33 min
Episode 142 – US Prog Rock in the 1970s: Five of a Perfect Quartet
We all know the big names of prog rock -- theyre mentioned numerous time in this episode -- and we all know the music of many other names from all over the world, especially the Italian and Scandinavian progressive gods. And Hollands Supersister! But do
February 25 · 1 hr 29 min
Episode 141 – Watchtower Discography in 10 Tasty Snips
This band is a major cog in the engine that powers us. We’ve said that about Voivod, King Crimson, and Arcturus, and will add Watchtower as a major ingredient of what compels Radical Research. Formed in 1982 by four maniacs whose handle on their instrume
February 6 · 1 hr 52 min
Episode 140 – Wormholes! ARCTURUS 1991-2015
It has taken light years of travel, but we’ve finally reached Arcturus. For our 140th episode, Radical Research dives into the catalog of one of Norway’s longest-running institutions. Over the course of five full-length albums and a clutch of odds and so
January 13 · 1 hr 14 min
Episode 139 – Realm? The Milwaukee Realm? Yes, THAT Realm (1985-1992)
When we first announced this episode several weeks back, we received several queries from listeners all around the globe who phrased their questions similarly: Realm? The Milwaukee Realm?: Oh yeah, freaks, the one and only. Near and dear to our hearts, a
January 11 · 12 min
Episode 138.5 – Hunter Gets 12 Minutes to State His Case for Chum
This short episode is one that Jeff has been promising Hunter we’d get to eventually…and we finally did. Herein, Hunter is granted 12 minutes to make a case for this lost and mostly-forgotten ‘90s alterna-metal album, Dead to the World by West Virginias
Dec 23, 2025 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 138 – Monumentum’s ‘In Absentia Christi’: A Radical Research Christmas (Sworn Enemy of the Virgin)
“And she became a completely different woman…” With that line, Italy’s Monumentum sums up the Radical Research Christmas spirit circa 2025. Supernatural hokum or divine prophecy told by madmen? Either way, screw all this shopping nonsense and screw your
Nov 21, 2025 · 1 hr 8 min
Episode 137 – Brand X, 1976-1980: Inhuman Fusion Conclusions
Led by the estimable Percy Jones on bass and supported by a cast of elite co-conspirators, Englands Brand X released a covey of essential fusion albums in the 70s and early 80s. Blending rock and jazz with uncommon aggression and dexterity, Brand X cuts
Nov 4, 2025 · 1 hr
Episode 136 – Dark Millennium 1992/93: The Freaks Have Spoken, We Have Listened!
For years (yes, weve been doing this a while now), various Radical Research listeners around the globe have asked us, When is the Dark Millennium episode coming? For Hunter, this would have been an easy answer: Anytime! For Jeff, a crash course in this i
Oct 15, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min
Episode 135 – Course Corrections…
Listener and friend Paul Stolp prompted this conversation/episode, mentioning how he thought a “course correction” episode would be fun. What is a course correction? Paul offered the example of Judas Priest’s Ram it Down being the wipeout and Painkiller
Oct 7, 2025 · 2 hr 47 min
Episode 100 [RELAUNCH] – VOIVOD is the Engine That Powers Us
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 lineu
Sep 29, 2025 · 1 hr
Episode 134 – We Stand With Ukraine: Drudkh’s Microcosmos & Handful of Stars
Although Ukraine’s Drudkh may be best known for its trance-inducing, minimalist black metal, Radical Research makes a case for the band’s divisive 2009 and 2010 recordings, Microcosmos and A Handful of Stars, which explore new sonic geographies. We belie
Sep 22, 2025 · 20 min
Episode 133.5 – Gorguts, “Nostalgia”…and Pearl Jam?
Jeff got this text from Hunter a couple months ago: Gorguts Nostalgia is a fascinating piece of music. A slice of late 90s avant-death that refers to Pearl Jam, nu metal, noise rock and Indian raga. I mean, Damn! And I responded, I mean, damn, thats a gr

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