XRadioX
39 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsMatt and Jayce are two ex college radio guys who became ex professional radio guys who are now professionally guys in other professions. Tune in to see if you get Matt & Jayce, Prufrock & Jayce "the Ace", The Doctors of Love or maybe you'll just get two guys yelling at people to get off their lawn. Whichever pair shows up you'll get two guys talking about things they want to talk about, in the way they want to talk about them because there is no pesky Program Director to tell them they're doing it wrong.
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Episode 37 - The One Where Sluys Plays THE GAME!
February 12, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBHey XRadioXers its another month and time for another episode of your favorite podcast and this one is about a game. Not just any game it's... THE GAME! THE BIG GAME! The Superbowl, right? NO! It's the Mondegreen Game. Its the game where Matt reads lyrics that people think are correct, but aren't, and then Jayce and the special guest try to see who gets the most correct. This episode's special guest is Sluys. He's like the Edge, Cher or Jayce because he only needs one name. Sl...
Episode 38: The One We Do Annually
December 13, 2023 18:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBIt’s that time of the year again XRadioX fans. It’s the time of the year you feel bad because you forgot to get your cousin Tom, twice removed a cheese log. It’s that time of year where your kids tell you about the palomino that the mysteriously rich family down the road bought for their daughter that looks nothing like her father and mysteriously like her uncle. Jeez… Compensate much? It’s the time of year you make excuses to eat cookies instead of broccoli because, you know, tradition....
Episode 39: The One Where We Fiddle With Classic Country
November 27, 2023 02:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBHAPPY NEW YEAR XRADIOX FANS!!! Let’s get this year started with a question. Have you ever wondered if two people who have really never listened to Country music BUT have both actually worked at a Country station could program a Classic Country station? You haven’t? That’s understandable. You probably have your priorities straight and are a very successful person in real life. You probably also are fit, enjoy the company of others, have a prosperous 401k, have a favorite wine and are ...
Episode 36: The One Where We Dance With Yo Dates
October 19, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBHey Xers!!! It's that time of the year here in the good ol' US of A! It's Homecoming season! Did you go? Did you have a date? Did you fly solo because you had a girlfriend/boyfriend you met at summer camp who resided in Canada? Right... Canada. Are you from Germany and have NO IDEA what we're talking about? Here is your primer. It's a time of parades, football games, Homecoming Courts, getting dressed up, getting pictures taken, fancy dinners, Kings, Queens and of course... Slow Da...
Episode 35: The One With James Kochalka SUPERSTAR!
September 19, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBJames Kochalka SUPERSTAR logged in and recorded a fun interview with us that ranged from Jayce's sons laughing in the car at his song Pony The Penis... to the always fresh Monkey vs. Robot... to Matt asking about his process... to discussing his different albums... to Jayce getting cities in Vermont mixed up... All the way to the end where we hear the story of him and his band accidentally being sent to Marquette University instead of Marquette, MI to play an epic show in spite of an epic...
Episode 34: The One Where We Change The Station - Classic Alternative Edition
August 10, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBHEY Xer's WE'RE BACK!!! (Finally) It's Episode 34 where Matt and Jayce take on the duties of re-programming an hour of radio for any station that calls themselves or classifies their station as, Classic Alternative. What is a Classic Alternative radio format? According to Wikipedia Classic Alternative is a radio format focusing on alternative music from the late 1970s to early 1990s, with particular focus on the early days of MTV. Now that you know what to expect take a listen and let...
Ep 33: The One Where We DID Our Homework
March 28, 2023 23:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBIn Episode 33: The One Where We DID Our Homework, Matt and Jayce understood the assignment and delivered an episode that is anything but mid! Bet you didn't have that on your 2023 bingo card, did you? Tune in and hear what Matt and Jayce have to say about Shoogaze and EDM music. Do you agree with us? Do you disagree? Do you know better? Leave a review on your favorite podcatcher and give us your thoughts. If you're at a loss for words read this sampling of reviews below. "That Jayce...
Episode 32: The One Where Lyrics Continue To Be Nuts
February 06, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBWE'RE BACK!!! XRadioX has awoke from their fall slumber. We came back with more lyrics to dissect and talk about. Personally I'm happy I got to make Matt think about Cake's the distance as if it was about sex. I also enjoyed being reminded that a certain sect of music fans have no idea how magnets work. I know how they work but the Mystery is better than the truth. ;) So tune in and enjoy Matt and Jayce getting back at it. It feels so good to be back!
Episode 31: The One Where We Go Back To High School
August 20, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBIn this episode, Matt and Jayce wax nostalgic about the Summertime/back to school hits that dominated radio when they were in high school. It was a while ago. Longer for Jayce. Do you remember Dino? Roxette? Nelson? We give you a brand new trapper/keeper full of mid 1990s pop culture, all in a neat podcast candy coated shell!
Episode 30: The One Where We Are Patriotic
July 02, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBIt's Episode 30! It's the 4th of July! It's Independence Day! It's a Monday! It's XRadioX! In this (not) special episode we take a few shots at some institutional "Freedom" songs. Some of ya'll might get upset and some of ya'll might agree but that's FREEDOM BABY!!! Deep down you know you don't care for that Lee Greenwood shlock fest either. JUST. ADMIT. IT! Matt and Jayce also talk some songs that they think you should add to your 4th playlist. Picks include Neil Diamond, James...
Episode 29: The One That Looks Good... Like A Snake In The Grass
June 14, 2022 04:00 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBIt's Episode 29 and we're at it again with the lyrics. What is it with us and lyrics? Are we dense, maybe? Are we next level when it comes to analyzing lyrical content and intent, probably not. Are we two guys who listen to way too much music and take the lyrics WAY to seriously, BINGO! So sit back and enjoy our deep dive breakdowns of these great songs: Maria Maria, Don't Bring Me Down, Kokomo, Watermelon Sugar, Africa, Astronaut In The Ocean, Pour Some Sugar On Me and Don't Touch Me t...
Episode 28 - The One Where It's About Nothing
May 23, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBWe're BACK! Hopefully you missed us terribly. Due to family schedules, bouts of COVID, and life just getting in the day, this is the first episode we have released in exactly 2 months! After all that time away, you would think this episode would be FULL TO BURSTING with heavily prepped material. Well you would be wrong. We hit you hard with tiny random thoughts about music, our lives, pretty sure we cure COVID, and more favorites like #bedtalk, Tony Award winning David Bryan, and Sluys throw...
Episode 27: The One Where Jayce Plays
March 22, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBHey there Xers! Matt & Jayce are back with another episode of XRadioX! This is Episode 27: The One Where Jayce Plays. Plays? Plays what? Keep reading and you'll find out. In this installment we touch on all our regular topics. We cover what we've been up to, make sure you are expertly warned of crude content via our disclaimer, we give you a BedTalk update, talk about Jayce turning 47, talk about Jayce taking Christmas lights down (finally) and we play a guessing game. I know what...
Episode 26: The One Where We Sing Again
February 23, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBHey there Xer's! We're back with another episode of the Mondegreen Game on XRadioX! What's a Mondegreen you ask? Have you ever heard someone sing... "I led the pigeons, with a bag, of uranium chips from South Africa" Or you heard someone yell... "Excuse me, while I kiss this guy!" Have you? If you have, that's a Mondegreen where someone thinks the lyrics are one thing when they are actually something else. Jayce and our friend Jeff both try and guess the songs that Matt has come up...
Episode 25 - The One That Should Have Been Huge-er
February 07, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBHey there Xer's! It's Episode 25, Matt and Jayce are finally back after their holiday (and then some) break. This year they've got a lot of fun stuff planned for their listeners but first... Have you ever heard a band and thought, THEY SHOULDA BEEN HUGE-ER!!! Yeah? Us too. So Matt and Jayce went through their playlists, record collections and their mental inventory and came up with a few groups each who shoulda been HUGE-ER. So here we go... Break out of your Rut and Colour your wee...
Episode 24: The One Where We Hate On Xmas
December 17, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBMerry Xmas XRadioXers! Its time for Episode 24: The One Where We Hate On Xmas Matt and I spend an hour giggling and sh!ting on Xmas stuff. Thats it. Thats what we do. We sing a scientifically bad version of the worst Xmas song EVER, Baby It's cold Outside. I truly hate that song. I can't believe people like it. Somehow Dr. Suess is compared to Trent Reznor? Blame Matt for that one. Did Scott Wieland owe his record company an album or was it just a parole thing when he made an Xm...
Episode 23: The One Where The Empyre Strikes
December 01, 2021 14:00 - 2 hours - 86.6 MBEpisode 23: The One Where The Empyre Strikes! In this episode we reconnect with our old radio pal Empyre! Yes folks he only has one name not unlike other musical stars like Bono, Edge or Cher. We sit and chat about old radio programs on WUPX he was part of, mix tapes and his pet project Sample The Martian. We discuss how he got his radio name and if you're from the Mid-Michigan area you will appreciate it and spoiler alert... it has NOTHING to do with Star Wars. Other things discuss...
Episode 22: The One Where Song Titles Are Disgusting
November 10, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBHEY!!! Get your Country out of my Death Metal! NO! You get your Death Metal out of my Country!!! XRadioXer's it's time for Episode 22: The One Where Song Titles Are Disgusting. To be fair the Country song titles aren't disgusting but we needed a catchy title so cut us a break. In this episode we'll discuss, poke fun at and flat out laugh at some of these song titles. Its just Matt and Jayce riffin and having fun on this one. Be warned though... Some of these Metal song titles we bri...
Episode 21: The One Where We Spike Chiquet our MANBD
October 25, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBIt's the Season 3 opener and we invited our old radio pal Spike Chiquet to come on the show and talk about stuff. And boy did we talk about stuff. Here is a short synopsis of what we talked about... He provided child labor to his employers to work his first radio job He was once just Spike until a secret non-family member told him to say his last name in French cause radio people have two names He has worked with at least one former WWF wrestler with the name Booger in his name He like...
Episode 20: The One Where We Play The Mondegreen Game with JEFF!
October 02, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBIt's a misheard lyric challenge, as we bring back our friend Jeff (The Doc of Rock) to attempt to beat Jayce in a game of "WHAT Did They Think The Lyrics Were...??!" Matt reads a WRONG lyric and the fellas try to guess what song it is. Extra points if they SING! You don't want to miss that. Also, we recap the past 10 episodes in a way that will totally make you want to download them all immediately. You've been warned. Amazingness awaits you beyond that link click!
Episode 19 - The one with the Dave we know, we know...
September 13, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBHey there XRadioX fans! It's been a few minutes since Matt and I remembered we had a podcast. You can really tell in the beginning but we collected ourselves and got this fun interview underway. We sat down with our old friend Dave Cole, live from his basement. We touched on how Dave joined the X, his time in the West Hall studios and how he transitioned from 'Big Steve' to the Toaster. Dave has arguably the most unique story about joining the X I've heard so far. So carve out some t...
Episode 18: The One Where We Dance With Bridgette
August 07, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 73 MBIt’s Episode 18!!! We’re finally legal! Our podcast can finally buy smokes! To celebrate us being 18 we have a great catch up with the one, the only…. Bridgette! She was our manager, sometimes mentor, supplier of smokes by the bench and she was always our friend! In this episode she gives us the okay to use the seven deadly words, we discuss prison mail and it’s consequences, never playing cool enough music for JB and that one night we got drunk at her grandmas. Take a listen and I ho...
Episode 17: The One Where We Discuss MORE Weird Lyrics
July 31, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MBWelcome to Episode 17! In this episode you can tell Matt put in a lot of effort and homework to discuss more lyrics that don’t make sense. Also in this episode you can witness Jayce doing his best to plow through ice cream poisoning and ride Matts coattails till the end. Matt and Jayce discuss and dissect lyrics from LFO, David Bowie, Zager and Evans, America, Backstreet Boys and Europe. By the way…. Steel Panthers version of I Want It That Way is WAY better than the original. You may ...
Episode 16: The One Where We FIRST Dig Into Cover Songs
July 07, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBIt’s Episode 16 and XRadioX is officially old enough to drive! We were going to have a sweet sixteen party for XRadioX but due to certain restrictions we had to cancel. We had a punch ready to serve, those fancy little sausages in a crock pot and some puppy chow to send home with guests. I mean what is a sweet sixteen without puppy chow!?! Matt and I had even rented the Dumb & Dumber replica tuxedos for the occasion. But whatever… We’ll get over it. So instead of all that we decided t...
Episode 15: The One Where We Discuss Musical Origin Stories!
June 22, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 66.4 MBHey XRADIOX fandom!!! It's Episode 15 and we're going to talk about some of our favorite artists and music and WHY they are our favorites. We even almost get emo about it... Almost. You wanna to know why Matt loves REM and what Jurassic Park has to do with it? You wanna know why Jayce loves KISS, Poison, Frank Turner and The Gaslight Anthem? You know you wanna hear what the song Lick It Up did to Jayce's household as a kid. You wanna know why a movie soundtrack brought about Matt's...
Episode 14: The One Where We Play "High, Drunk, Or Genius?"
June 09, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBIn this episode, Jayce and Matt try a new game they are calling "High, Drunk or Genius?" They each bring some songs that they find interesting, and discuss whether the artist was high, drunk, or genius when creating the song in question. It's fun! The game includes The Dead Milkmen, The Doors, Bowling For Soup, Sly and the Family Stone, and many others. Most of the time the answer is 'drunk,' but you'll have to tune in to find out for sure! Then they fanboy out about the indie podcasts th...
Episode 13: The One Where Stone Cold Jim Bollinger Almost Dies
May 26, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBHey there xRadiox fans! It's Episode 13! We were going to jump right to 14 from 12 like fancy big buildings do but we are neither buildings nor fancy so 13 it is. On this special 13th episode we have one of our old co-workers Stone Cold Jim Bollinger on with us. He was our Manager. He was our drinking buddy. He is our friend. We reminisce with Jim about the good ol days. You know the days when Jim doesn't fire Jayce because he said strawberries and sh!t on live radio. Or the days wh...
Episode 12: The One Where We Talk FOREVER About Radio Shows
May 13, 2021 04:00 - 2 hours - 89.7 MBIn this megazord-sized episode, Jayce and Matt discuss all their favorite old radio programs. They also disrupt the space/time continuum and leap forward somewhere in the middle of the episode. See if you can hear the splice! Jayce decides to dust off the bass guitar and get the band back together, and Matt gets mad at Everclear for ruining their own music. All that and they try to keep their composure after discussing Vanity 6 and the origin of their name. Stick through to the end for mid-...
Episode 11 - The One Where OUR Radio Dials Go To 11
April 15, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBWelcome to Season 2! This is the episode where Matt and Jayce begin to school you on formats, radio formats. You know... The radio... The thing in your car that plays specific groupings of music when your smart phone isn't playing this podcast. The classic rocker that plays the rock music you smoked to in the parking lot in high school. Or the CHR station that's playing ALL the hits you pretend you hate but know all the words to because of your kids. Or the AC station with the cool Qu...
Episode 10 - The One Where Matt and Jayce Are Finally '10s'!
March 29, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 67.2 MBIn this META-episode of the podcast, Jayce and Matt close out the fake year talking about the podcast in which they are currently hosts. Climb into the Wayback Machine to January 2021 and experience an AUDIO version of How It Started/How It's Going. We discuss our favorite episodes, settle the age old question of "Who's better: David Bryan or Gene Simmons?" and have an all around good time. Looking forward to season 2 and much more fun! Tune in to find out where you want to dig into our b...
Episode 9 - The Jentrix!
March 17, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBIt's Episode 9! In this installment of xRadiox Matt and Jayce catch up with Jen. 20+ years ago you could catch her all over good old WUPX where she was know as The Jentrix! Matt and I were lucky enough to call her a friend back then and had a great time catching up with her now. We talked about why she joined the X, songs that remind her of her time at the X, and the time she had to talk to Public Safety about a missing CD. Unfortunately that missing CD was not Bumblebee Tuna. Maybe yo...
Episode 8 - The One Where Stevie Wonder IS Blind
March 02, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBIn this episode, Jayce dives down the rabbit hole of conspiracy theories that involve music; Stevie Wonder, Elvis, Andrew W.K. and even Kris Kristofferson! If you love a good conspiracy, you won't want to miss this, unless you're a lizard person... then chances are you ALREADY KNOW.....!? Also we talk about what we've been watching and listening to, and we still love the cars... the cars that go 'BOOM.'
Episode 7 - The one with a fake baby, weird lyrics and we agree that the husband did it...
February 16, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBAfter a few episodes where Matt and Jayce interview former Xers they decide to take an episode for themselves. Matt brings up lyrics he doesn't "get" from famous songs. We discover Jayce doesn't do his homework, chat about what we've been listening to and discover that Matt thinks all of Jayce's favorite shows are FAKE!!! Can you believe he doesn't like Ghost Adventures!?! I guess nobody's perfect. Thanks for listening and you can find us on our Instagram at xradiox_podcast and on twitt...
Episode 6 - The one where Sluys becomes more than just Matt's roomate...
February 09, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBIn this sixth installment of xRadiox, Matt and Jayce talk to Sluys. Its a great talk. Its a long talk, but its a great one. We talk about Sluys joining the X, some of his favorite memories and his song list. The Love Pad was brought up, movie night and The Red Hot Chili Broeemers... Remember them? They opened for the Mighty Mighty Broemertones. Also does anyone remember Bridgette's favorite WuTang song? We could not remember for the life of us, but it made Sluys' list. This is ALSO t...
Episode 5 - The One Where the Doc is In!
January 31, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 51.1 MBIn the latest episode of xRadiox Matt and Jayce interview The Doc Of Rock! The regular world knows him as Jeff. The Doc and Prufrock inherited All Request Saturday Night from Bridgette in 1996 or 1997 and carried it till 1999? Although he was never “officially” on ARSN, Jayce always seemed horn his way in and the three would help Radio X listeners party their Saturdays into Sunday’s. Then off to the Washtub to celebrate with cheap beer and bar bands. Then we’d wait six days and do it a...
Episode 4 - The one where we try to use an outline
January 26, 2021 01:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBIn this episode of xRadiox, Jayce tries to teach Matt to NFL! Jayce goes over the NFL Draft with Matt and also helps him decide who he is and is not supposed to root for in the NFL if your team is the Eagles. So if you don't know how to draft, root or sports in an NFL way this may be the episode for you! Probably not but listen anyway. FYI... Jayce is a Lions fan so what does he know about the NFL to begin with? There is also some chatter about things they've been watching and listenin...
Episode 3 - The One Where We Talk About 2021... Kinda
January 14, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBMatt & Jayce try to talk about 2021 and end up talking about 2020. They wonder if you’ll keep watching first run movies at home? Was 2020 all bad? They also talk about having 10 listeners and mention a review. They even mention David Bryan AGAIN!
Episode 2 - The One Where We Talk About Ourselves
January 11, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBMatt & Jason talk about radio, some other things and Sketchers. This is also where you can hear the Duran Duran Appreciation Day story!
#1 - The ONE where we figure out how to work this thing
January 03, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBxRadiox - Episode #1 - The ONE where we figure out how to work this thing Hey its the inaugural episode of xRadiox! This is the one where Matt & Jason figure out how to work this thing, we talk about David Bryan for some reason and discuss BAD Christmas Songs. It's kind of our origin story and like other origin stories it gets better as the story goes on. BTW... This was recorded in mid-December 2020 so you'll have a little context of why we are talking about what we are talking about.