Monster Kid Radio
Hosted by Derek and Beth and Matt · Derek M. Koch
4.9from 178 ratings
- 912
- Episodes
- 107
- Transcribed
- 178
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2013
- First episode
- 254K
- YouTube views
About Monster Kid Radio
Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, John Agar . . . these are the patron saints of Monster Kid Radio, the Rondo Award-winning podcast celebrating the classic, and sometimes not-co-classic, genre cinema of yesteryear. Your host Derek M. Koch is joined by a special guest each episode to talk about a favorite monster movie; favorite classic actor, actress, or director; or a topic relevant to monster kids of all ages. Framed by mostly-spooky surf music, every episode of Monster Kid Radio is your weekly escape to the monster kid playground.
- Publisher
- Derek M. Koch
- Category
- tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 May 2013
- Latest episode
- 25 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
107 of 912 episodes have a transcript.
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bride of Monster Kid Radio #092 - Derek and Rod and House of Horrors
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Bride of Monster Kid Radio #091 - Beth and Derek and The War of the Worlds
7 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Remastered Edition - Monster Kid Radio #001
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Bride of Monster Kid Radio #092 - Derek and Rod and House of Horrors
Published 25 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yes. That's what he really looked like. There's no makeup. It's him. And from all accounts, he was actually a gentle giant, a super nice guy, but he played a beast or a brute man or a creeper. Creeper, the brute man. Yes, exactly. Well, that's the thing is that when you see photos of him in his younger days before the disease took hold, you do feel very sad for him because it had to be hard to hold on to Good attitude and that beloved countenance, essentially, as a human being, the ability to handle looking that way and getting progressively worse with the knowledge that this disease was going to eventually kill him. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Monster Kid Radio
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Matt Rashleigh
- Butch Patrick
- Sean Cassidy
- Robert Kelly
- Steve
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 254,080
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 156 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 22 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 85 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 97
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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Questions about Monster Kid Radio
Who hosts Monster Kid Radio?
Derek and Beth and Matt host the show. Published by Derek M. Koch.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Monster Kid Radio take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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