{"podcast":{"title":"That Would Be Rad","slug":"that-would-be-rad-1311722","podcast_index_feed_id":1311722,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2afc66f4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thatwouldberadpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/7111845/7111845-1597426792895-dc28549c23f36.jpg","author":"Woody Brown and Tyler Bence","episode_count":244,"summary":"A Podcast that MAJORS IN: '80s/'90s Nostalgia, Comic Culture, ALL THINGS Paranormal. And MINORS IN: Retro Video Games, Table Top RPG's, Pre-Internet Mysteries and Raising our Kids to be HALF as cool as we were back in the '80s. Hosted by: WOODY BROWN and TYLER BENCE","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T06:18:23.676167+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-would-be-rad-1311722"},"episode":{"title":"S6 E1: No Alternative - Secret Tracks and Nirvana Conspiracies","slug":"s6-e1-no-alternative-secret-tracks-and-nirvana-conspiracies","published_at":"2026-02-23T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-would-be-rad-1311722/s6-e1-no-alternative-secret-tracks-and-nirvana-conspiracies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-would-be-rad-1311722","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatwouldberad/episodes/S6-E1-No-Alternative---Secret-Tracks-and-Nirvana-Conspiracies-e3ff8h9","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO5610008016.mp3","summary":"What starts as a random music discovery turns into a full-on time capsule. When Woody stumbles onto “Sit Still” by Christopher Stopa, he’s convinced it’s a long-lost Radiohead track - until a deep dive reveals a whole other story behind the voice, the song, and the artist who stepped away from music entirely. That rabbit hole leads us to a bigger conversation about forgotten songs, near-misses, and the strange afterlife of art on the internet. And because this is us… we take a risk... We cold-call Christopher Stopa’s bakery in Toronto, live on the show, with no idea if he’ll answer. We just want to talk about the song’s brief viral moment, stepping away from music, and whether creativity ever really leaves you. That rabbit hole leads us back to 1993 and the iconic compilation " NO ALTERNATIVE "- a snapshot of alternative culture right before everything splintered into subgenres. We unpack how No Alternative came together as an HIV/AIDS benefit, why it felt bigger than “just a compilation,” and how it captured the last quiet moment before the alternative explosion changed everything. Then we dive into the hidden Nirvana track at the end of the album - Woody’s favorite Nirvana song of all time, “Verse Chorus Verse” (aka “Sappy”) - and the strange history behind its many versions, title changes, and why it was left off In Utero . We couldn't end there without Tyler leading us into his " CONSPIRACY CORNER "! He dives into brand new information about Kurt Cobain's death that came out a few days ago and into the theories, conspiracies, and strange mysterious facts about the end of a rock legend. This episode is about:The music that finds you when you aren’t looking for it.The albums that become mile markers in your life.The songs that stick with you long…","meta_description":"What starts as a random music discovery turns into a full-on time capsule. When Woody stumbles onto “Sit Still” by Christopher Stopa, he’s convinced it’s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6272,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/that-would-be-rad-1311722/episodes/s6-e1-no-alternative-secret-tracks-and-nirvana-conspiracies/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/that-would-be-rad-1311722/s6-e1-no-alternative-secret-tracks-and-nirvana-conspiracies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}