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JHS Music and Chorale Teacher Mr. Danny Ricketts (Andrew Young @androssthegreat) joined 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), 16-year-old bandleader Janine (@j9_hogan) and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) in 1996 to talk about how to sing, people not believing you are gay, homeownership, and high school life! They also play some incredible musical improv! Follow comedian Andrew Young everywhere @androssthegreat and check out his hilarious musical improv podcast “Stone Cold Paradise!” Follow Janine Hogan everywhere @j9_hogan! Follow July Diaz on Twitter @julydiaz! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

LIVE from 1996 it's Totally Rad! Join guest Vice Principal Doug Plimpton (@bencassil), 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 14-year-old Intern Miranda Rae Hart (@miranduhhartheartsyou), 16-year-old bandleader Janine (@j9_hogan), and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) as they talk about divorce, frisbee solitaire, and sing a perfect country song! Follow Janine Hogan everywhere @j9_hogan! And keep an eye out for her live looping streams and shows, they are unique and hilarious! Please rate and review us on Apple Podcasts! Follow @totallyrad1996 on IG and Twitter for video content! [email protected] is our email!

LIVE from 1996 it's Totally Rad! The tables are turned as our own 16-year-old bandleader Janine (@j9_hogan) is the guest today! Join her and 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 14-year-old Intern Miranda Rae Hart (@miranduhhartheartsyou), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) as they get DEEP into Janine's psyche, talk about Dawson's Creek for some reason, and sing some great songs! Follow Janine Hogan everywhere @j9_hogan! And keep an eye out for her live looping streams and shows, they are unique and hilarious! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

LIVE from 1996 at the Johnstown Galleria, it's Totally Rad! 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), 16-year-old bandleader Janine (@j9_hogan) and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) discuss mall preferences, play a fun mall quiz, and a revival of July's Funny Pages! Follow Janine Hogan everywhere @j9_hogan! Follow July Diaz on Twitter @julydiaz! And check out Alyssa in "Gaslit" on Starz! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

Comedian James Mannion (@PizzaMannion) joined 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), 16-year-old bandleader Janine (@j9_hogan) and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) in 1996 to talk about lunch ladies, Smoothie King, Hallmark card writers, and stuff that's so RANDOM! We also play a classic round of NEW CHOICE! Follow James Mannion on Twitter for his famous tweets @PizzaMannion, and check out the photo of Albert Einstein with his tongue out! Follow Janine Hogan everywhere @j9_hogan! Follow July Diaz on Twitter @julydiaz! And check out Alyssa on "Gaslit" on Starz! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

Comedian Rob Scerbo (@robscerbo) joined 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), 16-year-old bandleader Janine (@j9_hogan) and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) in 1996 to talk about how to fit in without alienating your dad, the young filmmaker Orson Welles, and Batman, and they play a classic improve game: New Choice! Follow Rob Scerbo on Instagram and Twitter @robscerbo! And look out for him on Youtube, you don't know! Follow Janine Hogan everywhere @j9_hogan! Follow July Diaz on Twitter @julydiaz! And check out Alyssa on "Gaslit" on Starz! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

Comedian Alex Fernie (@FernieCommaAlex) joined 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), 16-year-old bandleader Janine (@j9_hogan) and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) in 1996 to talk about whether we are all okay, what it means to be "drenched with the word," and Follow Alex Fernie on Twitter @FernieCommaAlex and if you're in Los Angeles check out his monthly Convoy improv shows which you can find on Twitter at @convoyimprov! Follow Janine Hogan everywhere @j9_hogan! Follow July Diaz on Twitter @julydiaz! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), bandleader Janine Hogan (@j9_hogan), and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) are stuck in Alyssa's grandma's cabin in Tennessee for Spring Break, so they make the best of it by playing a bunch of games and making a bunch of silly jokes! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 and YouTubea for video content!

17-year-old church band drummer Colby (Comedian @ManderNick) joined 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil) and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) in 1996 to confess how he failed Alyssa as an accountability partner and discuss percussion volume and librarian gossip! They also play an epic round of "New Choice" and enjoy the long-awaited return of "Alyssa's Christian Movies!" Follow Nick on IG and Twitter @ManderNick and check out the hilarious animated Duncanville on FOX (Nick writes for this show!) Sundays at 8:30, seasons 1 and 2 on Hulu! Follow Janine Hogan @j9_hogan! Follow July Diaz @julydiaz! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 and YouTubea for video content!

Comedian Katie Marovitch (@KatieMarovitch) joined 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil) and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) in 1996 to talk about whether Alyssa has any close friends, being passionate about substitute teaching, and why Ben is making everyone a wee bit uncomfy! They also play "the longest game ever" Gruntry Roads, and they have a lively round of New Choice! Follow Katie on Twitter @KatieMarovitch and IG @katiemarovitch and check out her website KatieMarovitch.com for everything she's up to, and look out for "Modern Animal" coming soon to SOMEWHERE! Follow Janine Hogan everywhere @j9_hogan! Follow July Diaz on Twitter @julydiaz! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

[This is a rerelease of one of our favorite episodes! We will be back with new episodes next week!] Comedian Dan Lippert (@danlippertcool) joined 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), bandleader Janine Hogan (@j9_hogan), and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) in 1996 to talk about being tall but not a bully, what kinds of teachers everyone would be, and they play a raucous round of the improv game "Tales from Johnstown High!" Follow Dan Lippert on Instagram and Twitter @danlippertcool and check out his comedy team Big Grande, who have several hilarious podcasts such as "Teacher's Lounge" and "Preacher's Lounge" on https://biggrandewebsite.com, and check out his excellent improv podcast with Ryan Rosenberg, "Man Dog Pod!" Follow bandleader Janine Hogan on Twitter and Instagram @j9_hogan! Follow July Diaz on Twitter @julydiaz and check out his podcast "Inside Video Games!" Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!

[This is a rerelease of one of our favorite episodes! We will be back with new episodes later this month!] Alyssa's classmate and "teenage heartthrob" Deckland (Comedian Lisa Gilroy, @TheLisaGilroy) joined 16-yr-old host Alyssa Sabo (@alyssa_sabo), 37-yr-old sidekick Ben Cassil (@bencassil), bandleader Janine Hogan (@j9_hogan), and professional audience member July Diaz (@julydiaz) in 1996 to talk about dating and marriage as a teen, M. Night Shyamalan, and gender equality, and they put on a talent show with no preparation! Follow Lisa Gilroy on twitter and instagram: @TheLisaGilroy, and check out her new show "Fairview" on Comedy Central! Follow bandleader Janine Hogan on Twitter and Instagram @j9_hogan! Follow professional audience member July Diaz on Twitter @julydiaz! Theme song by Ben Cassil. Email us for advice [email protected], rate and review on Apple Podcasts. Follow @totallyrad1996 for video content!