Tag: Pop Culture

  • 64: “Happy Happy Joy Joy” – 90s Nicktoons

    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY64.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:51:14 — 91.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSIf you were older than a toddler and younger than a teenager in the 90s, chances are you were obsessed with Nickelodeon. The kids network churned out countless entertaining programs for younguns in the 1990s, particularly a slate of…

  • 62: “But It Did Happen” – Magnolia

    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY62.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:41:56 — 86.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSSThe year 1999 was a banner year at the cineplex, with dozens of fresh, exciting stories being told by a new crop of auteur filmmakers. Paul Thomas Anderson released his breakthrough movie Boogie Nights two years previous, but it…

  • 56: “She’s So Lucky, She’s A Star” – 1999 Pop Girls

    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY56.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:03:10 — 105.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS Oh baby, baby, how was the world supposed to know that BRITNEY SPEARS’ 1999 breakout debut ‘Baby… One More Time’ would become one of the best-selling albums of all time, turn the performer into the biggest star on…

  • 55: “Another Reason To Hate Christmas” – Gremlins

    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY55.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:20:40 — 66.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS Never get them wet. Avoid bright lights. Don’t feed them after midnight. And whatever you do, don’t miss When We Were Young’s holiday episode! The yuletide takes a dark turn this year as we take a look back…

  • 54: “…And I’m All Out Of Bubblegum” – 80s Dystopias Part 2

    https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY54.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:15:16 — 64.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | RSS The 1980s may not have been quite as bleak as 1984 predicted, but the Reagan era did see plenty of doom and gloom in entertainment, from Mad Max and Blade Runner to The Terminator and RoboCop. In When…