Nostalgia
Things Your ‘Rich’ Friends Had In The 90s | Get Geekish Podcast #195
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When you were a kid and you might have had a friends who always seemed to have the coolest toys and…
Back When Mail-Order Meant Waiting 6-8 Weeks | Get Geekish Podcast #189
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Today, we’re spoiled by 2-day, 1-day, overnight, and within-the-hour shipping options. Back in the day when we ordered something in the…
Nostalgia: From Buttered Bread to Roller Rinks | Get Geekish Podcast #187
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Join us on a trip down memory lane where Derek’s memories of buttered bread (that’s a thing?) led us to reminiscing…
Will The ’When We were Young’ Festival Work | Get Geekish Podcast #184
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Since it was announced, the When We Were Young Festival has been flooding the social media feed of every 20-40-something emo…
Things Other Than Harry Potter That Turned 20 in 2021 – Get Geekish Podcast #180
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All the ads for ‘Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts’ force us to realize that the first Harry Potter came…
7 Toys From The Year 1998
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In 1998, the Furby was THE most popular toy and kids all over the world were begging for them. However, those…
Here Comes He-Man (Again) | Get Geekish Podcast # 167
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He-Man was one of my beloved heroes as a kid. But when I grew up and went back to watch show…
How We used To Stay Cool In The Summer | Get Geekish Podcast #165
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Slip and slides, Super Soakers, box fans, snow cones, and swimming pools. We relive the ways we used to stay cool…
The Lost Art of the ‘Hidden Track’ | Get Geekish Podcast #164
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The 1990s and early 2000s were the golden age for hidden tracks on CDs. Some were just extra songs, some were…
Does VHS Deserve A Renaissance? | Get Geekish Podcast #162
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Do VHS tapes deserve a renaissance? Vinyl had one, cassettes are trying to have one, could the nostalgic draw of VHS…
Kid’s Meal Toys | Get Geekish Podcast #157
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From the humble beginnings of the kid’s meal at Burger Chef in 1973, to the launch of the McDonald’s Happy Meal…
Quarter-Sucking Arcade Games Were The Best | Get Geekish Podcast #154
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From Pac Man, Asteroids, and Galaga, to Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Lethal Enforcers. Arcade’s used to be the place to…