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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.

S8E8 – Gratuitous Sax

112 hours 25 mins; November 16, 2022

S8E7 – It’s Not Country

146 hours 22 mins; November 02, 2022

S8E6 – Beer, Bats, and Rockabilly

167 hours 8 mins; October 27, 2022

S8E5 – Getting Sentimental

115 hours 21 mins; October 27, 2022

S8E4 – Mouth Sounds

142 hours 52 mins; October 05, 2022

S8E3 – Take it to Lightspeed

126 hours 23 mins; September 29, 2022

S8E2 – Honey and Wrastling

121 hours 6 mins; September 21, 2022

S8E1 – All the Bleeps and the Bloops

134 hours 46 mins; September 14, 2022

S7E16 – Take Me to Church

111 hours 53 mins; June 23, 2022

S7E15 – The Episode Where Everything Fell Apart

119 hours 29 mins; June 15, 2022

S7E14 – Happy Jaloon

103 hours 39 mins; June 12, 2022

S7E13 – How About a Nice Steak Dinner?

108 hours 44 mins; June 03, 2022

S7E12 – Workout Party

115 hours 20 mins; May 27, 2022

S7E11 – Retro Reverb Rhythms Vol 2. Album Launch Party

223 hours 56 mins; May 20, 2022

S7E10 – Listen to This Episode OR DIE

126 hours 13 mins; May 12, 2022

S7E9 – jackets Required

116 hours 31 mins; May 04, 2022

S7E8 – How Big is Your Keytar?

128 hours 57 mins; April 27, 2022

S7E7 – Box or no Box?

128 hours 37 mins; April 20, 2022

S7E6 – Chippy, Football, Here’s a Pork Pie, Shut Up

141 hours 10 mins; April 15, 2022

S7E5 – Beating the Algorithm

125 hours 55 mins; April 06, 2022

S7E4 – It all Goes Down in the Warehouse

124 hours 41 mins; March 31, 2022

S7E3 – Diamond Field of Dreams and Other Great Names

129 hours 19 mins; March 24, 2022

S7E2 (Trilogy in Five Parts)

0 secs; March 18, 2022

S7E1 – The Synth Must Go On

132 hours 53 mins; March 10, 2022

S6E15 – Season Finale

146 hours 20 mins; December 18, 2021

S6E14 – The State of Starcadian

202 hours 3 mins; December 10, 2021

S6E13 – The Howard Jones Revival Show

110 hours 4 mins; December 01, 2021

S6E12 – Synthwave and Soul

125 hours 58 mins; November 18, 2021

S6E11 – Dial an Ep

177 hours 42 mins; November 11, 2021

S6E10 – It’s all About the Frontal Gyris

130 hours 27 mins; November 04, 2021

S6E9 – The Harrar Episode

129 hours 34 mins; October 28, 2021

S6S8 – The World’s Biggest Sausage Roll

119 hours 22 mins; October 20, 2021

S6E7 – So Many Dicts

128 hours 25 mins; October 14, 2021

S6E6 – The G

0 secs; October 07, 2021

S3E6 – Watch Out For Silk

0 secs; September 30, 2021

S6E5 – Watch Out For Silk

124 hours 48 mins; September 30, 2021

S6E4 – Pink Tigers with Gold Chains

140 hours 31 mins; September 22, 2021

S6E3 – Hosts, Toasts, and Roasts

0 secs; September 16, 2021

S6E2 – Good Crowd

0 secs; September 09, 2021

Season 6 Premiere

0 secs; September 02, 2021

Season 5 Finale

0 secs; June 22, 2021

S5E15 – Follow the Rules

0 secs; June 02, 2021

S5E14 – Neon Envy

0 secs; May 28, 2021

S5E13 – Synthbot Is Dead

0 secs; May 19, 2021

S5E12 – dahnkey kahng / look at you

0 secs; May 12, 2021

S5E11 – May the 4th be With You

0 secs; May 05, 2021

S5E10 – The Queen of Synth

0 secs; April 29, 2021

S5E9 – Cirquewave

0 secs; April 22, 2021

S5E8 – Who’s That Synthmon?

0 secs; April 15, 2021

S5E7 – Coming to Theaters, This Summer

0 secs; April 07, 2021

S506 – Get Jacked

0 secs; March 31, 2021

S5E5 – Cats, Plants, and Squiggly Solos

0 secs; March 25, 2021

S5E4 – Wolf Club Jeans

0 secs; March 17, 2021

S5E3 – Pet The Dog

0 secs; March 10, 2021

S5E2 – Saving the World

0 secs; March 05, 2021

S5E1 – (Season Premiere) It’s All About The Chunky Jewelry

0 secs; February 23, 2021

S4 – Finale

0 secs; December 19, 2020

S4E15 – The State of Tea

0 secs; December 01, 2020

S4E14 – The Shack of Mysteries

0 secs; November 28, 2020

S4E13 – Mega-Powertronics

0 secs; November 18, 2020

S4E12 – Shredwave

0 secs; November 11, 2020

S4E11 – The Rad Pack

0 secs; November 05, 2020

Special Edition (Gryff)

98 hours 5 mins; October 31, 2020

S4E10 – Catvinsky

0 secs; October 30, 2020

S4E9 – Kids and Monsters

106 hours 59 mins; October 23, 2020

S4E8 – You Got A Fly On You

0 secs; October 13, 2020

S4E7 – Static Realms

0 secs; October 07, 2020

S4E6 – Black Magic

0 secs; September 29, 2020

S4E5 – A New Pair of Pants

98 hours 31 mins; September 21, 2020

S4E4 – Nerdcore

0 secs; September 17, 2020

S4E3 – Da Bish

0 secs; September 09, 2020

S4E2 – Snack Attack

0 secs; September 01, 2020

S4E1 – Starcadets in Squeaky Chairs

0 secs; August 25, 2020

S3 Finale

0 secs; June 12, 2020

S3E16 – I’m Coming

0 secs; June 03, 2020

S3E15 – Synthwave is People

0 secs; May 28, 2020

S3E14 – The State of Wolves

0 secs; May 19, 2020

S3E13 – Clickety-Clack

0 secs; May 13, 2020

S3E12 – Tonight We Riot

0 secs; April 29, 2020

S3E11 – Vampires in Bad Sweaters

0 secs; April 23, 2020

S3E10 – Just Wingin’ It

99 hours 19 mins; April 14, 2020

S3E9 – That Time We Almost Broke Time

111 hours 1 min; April 10, 2020

S3E8 – To Bidet Or Not To Bidet?

0 secs; April 01, 2020

S3E7 – Beerwave

0 secs; March 24, 2020

S3E6 – It’s the End of the World and I Feel Fine

0 secs; March 18, 2020

S3E5 – Samurais and Aliens

0 secs; March 09, 2020

S3E4 – Mullets & Man Crushes

0 secs; March 03, 2020

S3E3 – To The Arcade

106 hours 1 min; February 27, 2020

S3E2 – Coming in Hot!

0 secs; February 17, 2020

S3E1 – Is This Synthwave?

0 secs; February 13, 2020

S2E15 – US3R

92 hours 20 mins; December 24, 2019

S2E14 – Signal Void

94 hours 38 mins; December 11, 2019

S2E13 – Honey Beard

77 hours 8 mins; December 10, 2019

S2E12 – The Best Chat Show Ever

106 hours 13 mins; November 29, 2019

S2E11 – The Freaky Tuesday Episode w/ Von Kaiser

88 hours 39 mins; November 11, 2019

S2E10 – This is Not The Scandroid You’re Looking For

84 hours 40 mins; November 06, 2019

S2E9 – Hanging at the Batch House w/ Damokles

89 hours 26 mins; October 23, 2019

S2E8 – A Journey Into Kiwiland w/ JJ Mist

103 hours 38 mins; October 15, 2019

S2E7 – Cookin’ w/ Michael Oakley

85 hours 56 mins; October 03, 2019

S2E6 – The Fury of Kung + Finnish Sauna

104 hours 33 mins; September 27, 2019

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