Retroist Retro Podcast
For over a decade, The Retroist Podcast has taken a nostalgic look back at the last 40+ years of retro themed pop culture. The show attempts to connect or reconnect you to things from your past through storytelling and discussion of compelling milestones and forgotten tidbits of pop culture.
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Friday Dec 14, 2012
Friday Dec 14, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Its a Wonderful Life Podcast. It is the holiday season, which is a great time to watch Its a Wonderful Life. If you own a TV, odds are you will have ample opportunity to do so. On the show, I share some of my childhood experiences playing at Christmas time. Then…
Friday Dec 07, 2012
Friday Dec 07, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Wonder Years Podcast. On this week’s episode, we talk all about the legendary TV Show, The Wonder Years. I am joined this week by Vic Sage with a new “Why Should I Know this Person?”, Doug McCoy with a new “Also Ran” and metagirl with a new “Top 5 List”. Listener…
Friday Nov 30, 2012
Friday Nov 30, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Last Starfighter Podcast. On this week’s show, we talk all about the 1980s Sci-Fi classic, The Last Starfighter. I am joined this week by Vic Sage with a new “Why Should I Know this Person?”, Doug McCoy with a new “Also Ran” and Rob “Flack” O’Hara with a great new “Talking…
Friday Nov 09, 2012
Friday Nov 09, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Too Close for Comfort Podcast. On today’s show, I talk all about the classic 1980s TV show, Too Close for Comfort. I talk about the cast, the plot, my shrine to the stars and much more. I am joined this week by Vic Sage with a new “Why Should I Know…
Monday Oct 29, 2012
Monday Oct 29, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Teen Wolf Podcast. On today’s show, I talk all about the 1980s film classic, Teen Wolf. I talk about the stars, the plot, the sequels and the lack of character likability. I am joined this week by Vic Sage with a new “Why Should I Know this Person?” and Doug McCoy…
Friday Oct 19, 2012
Friday Oct 19, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Halloween Special IV Podcast. This is a couple of days early, just in case you wanted to get a jump on the Halloween season or if you wanted to have something to listen to on Halloween morning. Today’s show is all about Halloween memories! That’s right it is time for the…
Friday Sep 21, 2012
Friday Sep 21, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Crocodile Dundee Podcast. On today’s show I talk all about 1980s film classic, “Crocodile” Dundee. I talk about the stars, the plot, the sequels how hard it is to do an Australian accent and more. I am joined this week by Vic Sage with a new “Why Should I Know this…
Friday Aug 31, 2012
Friday Aug 31, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Wonderful World of Disney Podcast. On today’s show I talk all about The Wonderful World of Disney and the shows that preceded and proceeded it. Disney is a big subject on the web, with lots of experts. I try to give an overview of the Disney Network TV experience. If you…
Friday Aug 03, 2012
Friday Aug 03, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist First Blood Podcast. On today’s show, I talk about Rambo: First Blood and touch on other Rambo stuff. I start off talking about my experience with the wave of Vietnam vet exploitation that starts in the 1970s and peaked in the 1980s. Then I get into the film itself, talking about…
Friday Jul 20, 2012
Friday Jul 20, 2012
Welcome to the Retroist Qbert Podcast. On today’s show, I talk about the classic 1980s arcade games, Q*bert. This is a game I am a big fan of, even while I am terrible at it. I am joined this week by metagirl with a new and controversial top 5 list and by Vic Sage with…