The Radke Show

📝 Show Notes Melissa and David take a hilarious, heartfelt walk back to their childhood church days in the 1980s —when "rules" ruled and every youth pastor had a cautionary tale. From "fire and brimstone" sermons to Halloween trunk-or-treats, record burnings and youth-group rumors of backward masking, the Radkes remember it all. Melissa shares the college crush her professor called her parents ab...

📝 Show Notes Melissa welcomes friend and certified life coach Diana Swillinger for a raw, hope-filled conversation about faith, marriage, and healing when life doesn't go as planned. Diana shares her journey from numbing pain with vodka to discovering that God's love never ends—even when a marriage does . Together, Melissa and Diana talk about how to recognize toxic thought patterns, what "God ha...

📝 Show Notes From a Lindale book signing to a TJ Maxx tent revival, Melissa's parents steal the show before Melissa and David tackle something closer to home: doomscrolling. Melissa wonders what couples did in bed before the endless scroll—has late-night phone time quietly replaced pillow talk? David shares a challenge from Carlos Whittaker on America's addiction to rage, and Melissa compares our...

📝 Show Notes Melissa's hair may be short, but her opinions are full volume. From a menopausal hat crisis to a mother-in-law quoting scripture about baldness, Melissa's week starts with family sass and a scalp-massage hair growth plan. Then it's on to the hot takes: and the wild world of  AI outrage . Melissa warns the 65-plus crowd: check before you comment—bots are everywhere! David adds the nig...

📝 Show Notes From breaking news and breaking dishes to breaking down over bad haircuts — this week's Radke Show has it all. Melissa tackles the headlines (including the Charlie Kirk story) but quickly pulls it back to what really matters: faith, common sense, and not "losing your ever-lovin' mind over politics." Then chaos shifts to her personal crisis — the haircut meltdown that has her hiding u...

📝 Show Notes From sing-along Hamilton debates to Mexican restaurant emergencies, Melissa and David are back with another round of Radke-style marriage, parenting, and pure chaos. This week, they cover: Why Melissa thinks every movie should have a "late-night sing-along" screening (even if she'd never stay up for it). Aunt Melba's unsolicited "judgment call" on their marriage. Who's the real nurtu...

🎙️ Show Notes Marriage isn't all candlelight dinners and anniversary trips — sometimes it's drawer pulls, broken cabinets, and checks thrown in the trash. In this episode, Melissa and David take on the little fights that every couple has (and keeps on having) and prove the statistics right: 82% of marriages fight about the same things over and over. From Harvard studies to "hills worth dying on,"...

📄 Show Notes Hot flashes, SEC football, pajama pants, a $3.99 shark movie, and a Netflix catfish documentary? Welcome to another week with Melissa and David Radke. David recaps a road trip for Rocco's birthday and checking in on Remi at the University of Arkansas, while Melissa explains how she got suckered into "Step-tember" and why her phone only tracked 812 steps in three days. They also talk...

📄 Show Notes Melissa and David are celebrating their anniversary the only way they know how — by pulling back the curtain on what marriage  really looks like. From raccoon-run romance fails, to the heartbreak of infertility, to parenting and everyday debates over fans, covers, and yardwork, nothing is off-limits. They wrap it all up with 31 mini-truths about marriage , delivered Radke-style: funn...

📄 Show Notes The Radkes are back with a bang — and with Hot Topics making their podcast debut. From Melissa's kitchen ant invasion to Cracker Barrel logo drama, $2,000 worth of mistaken ice cream deliveries, and even Gavin Newsom's new "MAGA" hat, nothing is off-limits in this hilarious and chaotic episode. Melissa and David trade sass and sarcasm on politics, pest control, AI refrigerators, and...

📄 Show Notes The trolls came for the Radkes… and Melissa came swinging. In this episode, Melissa and David talk about the crazy things people say online, the wild theories around backward masking in old-school music, and the banter that keeps their marriage funny and real. It's classic Radke: part sass, part heart, and all the fun of sitting in their living room. 📝 Episode Highlights Melissa and...

Melissa and David are back with another week of family chaos, college updates, and the random life tangents only the Radkes could make entertaining. From the rollercoaster of sorority recruitment and bid day to a heated debate over the importance of school lunch kits, Melissa brings her signature mix of sass, storytelling, and side-eye. David's dry wit keeps things balanced (well, as much as possi...

This week on The Radke Show , Melissa is flying solo… sort of. David's out, COVID's in, and Melissa has a few thoughts about what happens when the other half of your marriage goes missing from the mic. From quarantines to confessionals, Melissa shares the inside scoop on why sometimes the best stories come from the in-between moments — the ones where you're just figuring it out, laughing at yourse...

Melissa's got a bone to pick—and it's called Hunting Wives . From fake East Texas accents to over-the-top stereotypes, she's here to set the record straight. David's along for the ride, stirring the pot just enough to keep things interesting. But that's not all—this episode also features a real-life AMC movie-night fight (complete with convenience fee rage), a heated "Weapons" vs Shape of Water de...

Are we living in the sandwich generation or just stuck in our "sandwich era"? Melissa and David Radke are back to tackle family life, hilarious voicemails, and the weird moments of both your kids and your parents. In this hilarious episode: Melissa exposes David's Max Headroom hair and inner tent revival preacher vibes The Amazon cart showdown for Remi's dorm gets federal-audit level scrutiny Davi...

Today's episode of The Radke Show is full of laughs, heartfelt moments, and a little chaos as Remi gets ready to be dropped off at college. From Melissa's meltdown about losing her best friend to our new family game "Be Careful, Mr. President," this one is equal parts hilarious and tender. Topics we cover in this episode: Remi's move-in day prep and Melissa's emotional goodbye The family game that...

Marriage is full of surprises—like the "fun money" your spouse doesn't know about and the secret cleaning shortcuts we'd rather never confess. In this episode, Melissa and David spill the beans on their hidden messes, the mental gymnastics of keeping a house "company ready," and the hilarious ways they've failed at cleaning hacks. We also talk about: How "fun money" really works in marriage (and w...

🎧 Episode Summary:   In this episode of The Radke Show , we spiral from dinner fatigue to celebrity body transformations—and somehow land in a Mexican restaurant with a singing mannequin fortune teller. (Yes, really.) Melissa and David tackle the age-old marital debate: "What do you want to eat?" —and how that one question can derail your whole night. We talk about decision fatigue, our brief sti...

🎧 Episode Summary: Welcome back to The Radke Show—Episode 10! Join Melissa and David as they share hilarious moments from their recent family vacation, filled with misunderstandings, misheard words, and unexpected airport chaos. Melissa dives into her latest obsession with dirty sodas (think: soda meets dessert meets heaven), and David insists her homemade version is superior to Utah's famous Swi...

🎧 Episode Summary: In this episode of The Radke Show, Melissa and David dive into hilarious memories of their early marriage days—like a romantic camping trip turned nightmare, complete with waist-high grass, an abandoned school bus, and an unexpected motel stay. Listen in as they share their unforgettable whitewater rafting experience on the Olympic-famous Ocoee River guided by a suspiciously la...

🎧 Episode Summary: This week on The Radke Show, we're diving headfirst into the viral "Princess Treatment" video that has taken TikTok (and Melissa's blood pressure) by storm. Melissa introduces David to the infamous video for the very first time—on air—and his unfiltered reaction is priceless. From filet fajitas and sinus infections to cults, Kool-Aid, and close-talking Brits, Episode 8 might ju...

🎧 Episode Summary:   This one's a wild ride.   Melissa and David share a weekend filled with dirty sodas, interactive Squid Games, a mysterious rubber glove at a Mexican restaurant (you'll never eat refried beans the same way again), and an unforgettable reunion with a long-lost cousin—who, it turns out, had no idea he was related to the woman his wife has been following online for years. They al...

🎧 Episode Summary: Welcome to another glorious episode of The Radke Show where we cover life's most pressing questions—like, why are there bathrooms that open directly into public spaces?! We kick things off with a hilarious story involving a tiny Mexican bakery, a big lunch, and one man's bathroom panic. (Spoiler: It wasn't David this time.) Then, we dig into the weird ways we do and don't watch...

🎧 Episode Summary: In this hilarious (and wildly relatable) episode of The Radke Show , Melissa and David lay down the law on what they are absolutely not doing this summer — or possibly ever again. From refusing to go on picnics to waging war on tucked shirts, they share their growing list of summer non-negotiables. Spoiler: water parks did not make the cut. You'll hear about Rocco's continued u...

🎧 Episode Summary: In this episode of The Radke Show , Melissa and David tackle their most pressing crisis yet: figuring out what to wear to a semi-formal wedding. Spoiler alert—no one agrees on what that even means. From dress code debates to Anthropologie misfires, bass-guitar bellies to BuzzFeed weddings gone wild, they cover it all. And just when you thought it couldn't get more unhinged? Ent...