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The State of Synth

The State of Synth is a weekly live synthwave radio show on Nightride FM — part news, part music, and just a dash of ’80s cheese. Equal parts funny, surreal, and informative, it features exclusive interviews and tracks from some of synthwave’s most notable artists.

S15E04 – St. Patrick’s Day Shenanigans ft. Seersha

122 hours 30 mins; March 18, 2026

S15E3 – Blood & Glitter w/ Megan McDuffee

0 secs; March 12, 2026

S15E2 – Beer For Dinner w/ Vector Hold

111 hours 41 mins; March 04, 2026

S15E1 – The Neotropolis Preview Episode

113 hours 28 mins; February 25, 2026

S14E15 – Season Finale: Zenith Sounds Takeover (Co-Hosted by Von Kaiser)

131 hours 42 mins; December 27, 2025

S14E14 – Noodling the DAW w/ The New Division

109 hours 44 mins; December 17, 2025

S14E13 – Making it Epic w/ Chroma Cloud

111 hours 42 mins; December 03, 2025

S14E12 – The Swedish Takeover Episode w/ Lyst

99 hours 1 min; November 20, 2025

S14E11 – The Touch of YOTA

110 hours 35 mins; November 12, 2025

S14E10 – The Doctor Will Synth You Now (w/ Dr. Jess Blaise Ward)

124 hours 15 mins; November 05, 2025

S14E9 – Letting Our Hair Down w/ Anniee

110 hours 4 mins; October 29, 2025

S14E8 – Three Layers of Bass w/ Neon Nox

126 hours 16 mins; October 15, 2025

S14E7 – Getting Nostalgic For Nostalgia w/ Vehlinggo

137 hours 34 mins; October 02, 2025

S14E6 – Making Music in Our Heads w/ VHS Dreams

0 secs; September 24, 2025

S14E5 – DreamReaper & Chill

135 hours 33 mins; September 19, 2025

S14E4 – Pro Wrestling Energy w/ Immortal Girlfriend

112 hours 57 mins; September 10, 2025

S14E3 – All Those Collabs w/ Pashang and Edictum

117 hours 49 mins; September 03, 2025

S14E2 – Hitting the Invisible Cowbell w/ DRUMxWAVE

122 hours 10 mins; August 27, 2025

S14E1 – Monster Battles w/ Power Rob

131 hours 15 mins; August 13, 2025

S13E15 – The Valkyrie Collective (Season Finale)

193 hours 10 mins; June 18, 2025

S13E14 – Getting Mellow w/ Nightflyer

106 hours 24 mins; June 05, 2025

S13E13 – Kickin’ it w/ Indigo

111 hours 39 mins; May 31, 2025

S13E12 – Starcadian Tribute

211 hours 5 mins; May 14, 2025

S13E11 – The Synthwave Matryoshka w/ ODDitee

106 hours 10 mins; May 09, 2025

S13E10 – Happy Spiritual Songs w/ Mike Templar

0 secs; May 02, 2025

S13E9 – Naming Palm Trees w/ Valley Lights

107 hours 36 mins; April 22, 2025

S13E8 – Alex Lightspeed & the Most Excellent Episode

111 hours 53 mins; April 16, 2025

S13E7 – Songwriting in the Soup w/ Jessie Frye

115 hours 49 mins; April 09, 2025

S13E6 – Words, Places, and Chickens With Lasers w/ Seersha

6 secs; March 31, 2025

S13E5 – Hustling for Neo-Creds w/ Night Rider 87

107 hours 6 mins; March 20, 2025

S13E4 – Game Talk w/ Steam Cleaner

0 secs; March 05, 2025

S13E3 – Fire & Neon w/ Neotropolis

127 hours 14 mins; February 26, 2025

S13E2 – Chippin’ It w/ Shirobon

105 hours 59 mins; February 19, 2025

S13E1 – Jetsetting w/ Glenn Main

140 hours 7 mins; February 12, 2025

S12E15 – Creative Therapy w/ Bad Guys Get Dead

0 secs; December 20, 2024

S12E14 – Space Milk w/ Sunesis

97 hours 0 mins; December 11, 2024

S12E13 – and

0 secs; December 06, 2024

S12E12 – Tattoos and Balloons w/ The Motion Epic

119 hours 34 mins; November 13, 2024

S12E11 – The Unofficial Official Halloween Episode w/ OSC

118 hours 5 mins; October 30, 2024

S12E10 – The Wu-Tang Clan of Synthwave w/ Cottage Cult

0 secs; October 15, 2024

S12E9 – Setting the Universe in Flames w/ Yota and Johan

90 hours 5 mins; October 08, 2024

S12E8 – Synthwave Trading Cards w/ M.K. Khan

0 secs; October 02, 2024

S12E7 – The Great BMX Escape

98 hours 47 mins; September 25, 2024

S12E6 – The Status of Synthshire

107 hours 5 mins; September 18, 2024

S12E5 – Our Favorite Color is Indigo

107 hours 5 mins; September 10, 2024

S12E4 – Power Ball Z

117 hours 0 mins; September 07, 2024

S12E3 – Su Strumming w/ Moonracoon

109 hours 1 min; August 28, 2024

S12E2 – Dog Nugget Easter Eggs

120 hours 33 mins; August 20, 2024

S12E1 – The Cult Of Lucy

99 hours 29 mins; August 14, 2024

S11 Finale – Kids, Monsters, Heroes, Runaways w/ The Midnight

119 hours 38 mins; June 05, 2024

S11E16 – Android Choir Throat Effects w/ Bending Grid and Gang

133 hours 10 mins; May 28, 2024

S11E15 – Every Action Movie w/ The Runaway Wild

103 hours 36 mins; May 08, 2024

Kiss Marry Kill w/ Syst3m Glitch

119 hours 58 mins; May 02, 2024

S11E13 – Strappin’ GoPros Everywhere w/ Out Runner

120 hours 37 mins; April 25, 2024

S11E12 – Finnish Your Breathing With Ace Buchannon

121 hours 25 mins; April 18, 2024

S11E11 – RESPECT THE SPECTRE

117 hours 19 mins; April 11, 2024

S11E10 – The Sex Knob Episode w/ Popcorn Kid

94 hours 51 mins; March 28, 2024

S11E9 – Pitching Patches w/ Marc Matthews

0 secs; March 24, 2024

S11E8 – Hanging Out in the Save Room w/ Phaserland and Nagrom

0 secs; March 20, 2024

S11E7 – Talkin’ Twin Floyds w/ Full Eclipse

111 hours 1 min; March 12, 2024

S11E6 – Lost Nights: Chronicles of the Universal Traveler

123 hours 39 mins; March 07, 2024

S11E5 – The Torontonian Takeover Show feat. Nightflyer

114 hours 37 mins; February 28, 2024

S11E4 – Cooking With Edictum

0 secs; February 22, 2024

S11E3 – Getting Touched w/ Demon and LIFELIKE

78 hours 30 mins; February 13, 2024

S11E2 – Future Robo Cop

102 hours 58 mins; February 07, 2024

S11E1 – You Bring the Vegemite I’ll Bring the Gabagool w/ Night.Wav

128 hours 8 mins; January 31, 2024

S10 – Season Finale

191 hours 2 mins; December 29, 2023

S10E12 – The Fundamentals of Tiger Balm

113 hours 3 mins; December 16, 2023

S10E11 – Puns and Palm Trees w/ Brad A. Kinnan

117 hours 36 mins; December 07, 2023

S10E10 – Elevate the McRib

120 hours 37 mins; December 02, 2023

S10E9 – Just the Helmet w/ PYLOT

123 hours 58 mins; November 22, 2023

S10E8 – In Search of w/ The Secret Chord

95 hours 36 mins; November 08, 2023

S10E7 – Cowboy Karaoke w/ Starletta

0 secs; November 02, 2023

S10E6 – Going Green w/ Mark Cooper

121 hours 14 mins; October 26, 2023

S10E5 – NOW That’s What I Call Sequenza!

107 hours 29 mins; October 24, 2023

S10E4 – Hangin’ w/ All The Damn Vampires

129 hours 0 mins; October 11, 2023

S10E3 – The Lifelike Inflatable YOTA DAW

144 hours 0 mins; September 27, 2023

S10E2 – Cucking w/ Starcadian

127 hours 38 mins; September 21, 2023

S10E1 – Talking Sexy w/ Oceanside85

128 hours 49 mins; September 13, 2023

S9E15 – Fawkes and Groot Go To Australia

188 hours 0 mins; June 30, 2023

S9E14 – You Can’t Say No to Jennifer Connelly

133 hours 38 mins; June 21, 2023

S9E13 – And There’s the Email!

147 hours 43 mins; June 16, 2023

S9E12 – Sad Cats and Sting in a Codpiece

158 hours 35 mins; June 08, 2023

S9E11 – A Synthwave Musical

133 hours 27 mins; June 01, 2023

S9E10 – The Good Loser

139 hours 29 mins; May 24, 2023

S9E9 – Happy Sad Songs

138 hours 10 mins; May 18, 2023

S9E8 – Do You Like Star Wars

137 hours 59 mins; May 10, 2023

S9E7 – Late Night Sessions

155 hours 47 mins; May 03, 2023

S9E5 – Trivia Time!

120 hours 45 mins; April 13, 2023

S9E4 – Balls of Fury

132 hours 31 mins; April 06, 2023

S9E3 – Chewy Beef and Crunchy Beats

137 hours 48 mins; March 23, 2023

S9E2 – Dennis and Jules Go The The Movies

135 hours 53 mins; March 09, 2023

S9E1 – Dreamkid Cola

140 hours 36 mins; March 02, 2023

S8E15 – Season Finale

171 hours 9 mins; December 28, 2022

S8E14 – For The Love of Meat Pies

100 hours 45 mins; December 28, 2022

S8E13 – Pigs and Berries

124 hours 9 mins; December 16, 2022

S8E12 – A Very Special Episode, with Primo!

130 hours 0 mins; December 07, 2022

S8E11 – A Synthwave Reunion

148 hours 32 mins; December 03, 2022

S8E10 – Blood and Horror

112 hours 25 mins; December 03, 2022

S8E9 – Nightwaves

126 hours 57 mins; November 16, 2022

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