When We Were Young - an 80s and 90s pop culture podcast
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When We Were Young - an 80s and 90s pop culture podcast
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG takes a look back at different beloved parts of pop culture from our formative years (1980-2000), and decides if they hold up today.
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132: “Cue The Sun” – The Truman Show
Can you imagine living in a world where millions of people are glued to their screens 24/7, watching the life of an ordinary person unfold while being...
131: “This Must Be Pop” – *NSYNC
Following the breakout success of the Backstreet Boys in the mid-to-late 90s, a wave of warbling wannabes took to the airwaves, all vying for coveted...
130: “Oh My God, We’re Back Again” – Backstreet Boys
Are they original? Not a bit. Are they the only one? Certainly not. Are they sexual? Well, that’s up for debate!
129: “I Guess I’m A Pretty Sick Guy” – American Psycho
New Year, new you? Who better to turn to for inspiration than a good-looking, well-educated, wealthy New York City investment banker with a razor shar...
128: “Say Goodnight To The Bad Guy” – Scarface
Bright lights, joyful music, expensive baubles, and white powder everywhere! Could it be Christmastime again? Or is it perhaps a sweltering, sweaty dr...
127: “NOW A Warning?!” – Death Becomes Her
Death comes to us all - unless you're Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn. These two actresses have found the secret to living forever: being immortalized in...
126: "I Award You No Points, And May God Have Mercy On Your Soul" - Adam Sandler's 90s Comedies
Put on your yarmulke, it’s time to celebrate ADAM SANDLER! In the third and final installment of our series Saturday Night Leavers - Celluloid Man-Chi...
125: “Fat Guy In A Little Coat” – Chris Farley’s 90s Comedies
Saturday Night Live is not just a TV comedy institution but also an incubator for some of the brightest comedy stars of the silver screen. In our thre...
BONUS Mini-Sode: So I Married An Axe Murderer
Here's a bonus mini-sode where we discuss Mike Myers' SO I MARRIED AN AXE MURDERER (1993) as well as our own childhood pop cultural touchstones. Join...
124: "Shall We Shag Now Or Shag Later?" - Mike Myers' 90s Comedies
Many of the big screen’s most successful comedians got their start on the small screen, and no TV series has launched more comedy all-stars than Satur...
123: "We're Into Barbie!" - Girls' Toys of the 80s & 90s
We hope you like the color pink, because that's all you're getting in this episode! In the second part of our Toys of Summer series, we look back at t...
122: “More Than Meets The Eye” - Boys’ Toys of the 80s and 90s
In this "Boys' Toys" episode of our two-part TOYS OF SUMMER podcast, we revisit icons ranging from Zack the Lego Maniac to Sergeant Slaughter in remem...
121: “I Had Bugs For Lunch” – Indiana Jones Part 2
After thoroughly raiding the lost ark in their previous outing, Chris, Becky, and Seth found themselves on shockingly shaky ground with Indiana Jones...
“It’s Not The Years, Honey, It’s The Mileage” - Indiana Jones Part 1
Why did it have to be podcasters? After seven years of fan requests, When We Were Young is finally getting around to the beloved Dr. Henry Walton Jone...
119: “Don’t Forget To Breathe” – Interview with Author Chris Clews
The Karate Kid features one of the most beloved movie mentors of all time in Mr. Miyagi, who teaches young Daniel valuable lessons about patience (tak...
118: “Strike First, Strike Hard, No Mercy” – The Karate Kid
If you're an '80s kid, you can remember karate being the chosen after-school activity of pretty much everyone in your class (and likely yours too). Yo...
117: “A Blue Furry Charles Dickens Who Hangs Out With A Rat?” – The Muppet Christmas Carol
Do you feel that chill in the air? This holiday season, When We Were Young’s listeners will be visited by three all-knowing spirits who serve as guide...
116: “Music To Hug Frogs By” – The Muppet Show & The Muppet Movie
It’s When We Were Young’s most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational episode yet! Gonzo, Miss Piggy, Fozzy, and friends may be best...
115: “Stupid Is As Stupid Does” – Forrest Gump
It's Part 2 of Hanksgiving, our special holiday series showing gratitude for America's Dad TOM HANKS! In this episode we revisit 1994's FORREST GUMP,...
114: "I Wish I Were Big" - Big
Happy Hanksgiving, everyone! In our first of two episodes sharing our gratitude for one of Hollywood's most endearing, reliable stars - that would be...
113: “I’m Your Number One Fan” – Misery
Becky, Chris and Seth wanted to pull out the big scares this Halloween season, and what's scarier than being adored?
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112: “I’m Rooting For The Crocodile” – Anaconda, Lake Placid & Deep Blue Sea
Oh, you thought we were done talking about all the creepy-crawlies that go bump in the night, that slither in wait hoping to swallow you whole, and th...
111: “Put ‘Em On The Endangered Species List” – Tremors, Arachnophobia & Congo
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the '90s, an elite team of podcasters has been selected to journey deep into the jungle, dive deep int...
110: “Who Is Your Daddy And What Does He Do?” – Kindergarten Cop & Junior
If you thought we had just one bun in the oven for our lineup of Arnold Schwarzenegger comedies about birth and child-rearing - surprise! This topic i...
109: “The Most Fully Developed Human The World Has Ever Seen” – Twins
Arnold Schwarzenegger became world famous in the 1980s as the jacked-up star of macho blockbusters like CONAN THE BARBARIAN, PREDATOR, COMMANDO, and T...
108: “The Big Orange Couch Is in Place, So Hop On!” – SNICK
If you were a '90s kid, chances are you wanted just two things in life: for Nick to take over your school, and a spot saved for you on the big orange...
107: “I’ll Be Right Here” – E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
You know the score. You know the quotes. You know the poster. Forty years ago, a wrinkly alien with a magic touch waddled into moviegoers’ hearts and...
106: “…And Start Getting Real” – MTV’s The Real World Part 2
In Part 1 of our look back at MTV's The Real World, we were impressed with how quickly the show defined the tone, format, and style that reality telev...
105: “Stop Being Polite” – MTV’s The Real World Part 1
What do RuPaul, Guy Fieri, Jennifer Hudson, Ozzy Osbourne, Honey Boo Boo, and the Kardashians have in common? They all owe a debt of gratitude to MTV’...
104: “I’m Gonna Get Medieval On Your Ass” – Pulp Fiction
McDonalds, TV pilots, Elvis, and foot massages - just the usual topics of conversation between gangsters, drug users, hitmen, and criminals, at least...
103: “The Only Thing That Kills The Demon Is Love” – Natural Born Killers
Hollywood got a double dose of ultraviolence in 1994 with the release of not one but two postmodern, blood-soaked meditations on pop culture and the m...
102: “Reality Is Very Disappointing” – Mannequin & Mannequin On The Move
Sometimes, iconic characters from a movie become pop culture references that outlast and outshine the movie itself. Sometimes, you’d rent a movie at B...
101: “Would You Please Check My Head For Signs of Spoiling?” – Return To Oz
As we discussed in our 100th episode, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz delighted generation after generation of children, and MGM’s 1939 mus...
100: “Bang On My Chest If You Think I’m Perfect” – The Wizard Of Oz
Surrender, Dorothy! For the 100th episode of When We Were Young, Seth, Becky, Chris and returning guest host Jan have clicked their heels together thr...
99: “Help Me Help You” – Jerry Maguire
When We Were Young's Tom Cruise double-feature sets sail on what might be the movie star's ultimate role, the titular charming and conflicted sports a...
98: “Take Me To Bed Or Lose Me Forever” – Top Gun
Do you feel the need? The need to speed back to the 80s and bro out with Iceman, Wolfman, Slider, Viper, Goose, and Maverick all over again? If so, yo...
97: "There Is No Dana, Only Zuul" - Ghostbusters & Ghostbusters II
In our latest episode, we answer the existential question that has plagued mankind for centuries:
Who you gonna call?
96: “Draw A Crazy Picture, Write A Nutty Poem" - Shel Silverstein
If you’re a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, a magic bean buyer, or you just hate doing dishes and taking the garbage out, you’ll surely find something to r...
95: "He Can't See Without His Glasses" - My Girl
If you're nostalgic for the summers of your youth, there's a chance you're likely also pining for the first time you watched MY GIRL (1991) and MY GIR...
94: “Okay To Go” – Men In Black & Contact
It's Part Two of (deep breath) the When We Were Young Early Late Mid-to-Late 90s Summer Alien Invasion Spectacular, taking on the top alien flicks to...