Nostalgia
Things Your ‘Rich’ Friends Had In The 90s | Get Geekish Podcast #195
When you were a kid and you might have had a friends who always seemed to have the coolest toys and gadgets. No matter what…
Back When Mail-Order Meant Waiting 6-8 Weeks | Get Geekish Podcast #189
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 mail, it generally meant…
Nostalgia: From Buttered Bread to Roller Rinks | Get Geekish Podcast #187
Join us on a trip down memory lane where Derek’s memories of buttered bread (that’s a thing?) led us to reminiscing about all the fun…
Will The ’When We were Young’ Festival Work | Get Geekish Podcast #184
Since it was announced, the When We Were Young Festival has been flooding the social media feed of every 20-40-something emo kid (and former emo…
Things Other Than Harry Potter That Turned 20 in 2021 – Get Geekish Podcast #180
All the ads for ‘Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts’ force us to realize that the first Harry Potter came out in 2001…How the…
7 Toys From The Year 1998
In 1998, the Furby was THE most popular toy and kids all over the world were begging for them. However, those fuzzy little nightmares were…
Here Comes He-Man (Again) | Get Geekish Podcast # 167
He-Man was one of my beloved heroes as a kid. But when I grew up and went back to watch show the show, I was…
How We used To Stay Cool In The Summer | Get Geekish Podcast #165
Slip and slides, Super Soakers, box fans, snow cones, and swimming pools. We relive the ways we used to stay cool as kids on hot…
The Lost Art of the ‘Hidden Track’ | Get Geekish Podcast #164
The 1990s and early 2000s were the golden age for hidden tracks on CDs. Some were just extra songs, some were ways to sneak things…
Does VHS Deserve A Renaissance? | Get Geekish Podcast #162
Do VHS tapes deserve a renaissance? Vinyl had one, cassettes are trying to have one, could the nostalgic draw of VHS tapes be enough to…
Kid’s Meal Toys | Get Geekish Podcast #157
From the humble beginnings of the kid’s meal at Burger Chef in 1973, to the launch of the McDonald’s Happy Meal in 1978, kid’s meals…
Quarter-Sucking Arcade Games Were The Best | Get Geekish Podcast #154
From Pac Man, Asteroids, and Galaga, to Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Lethal Enforcers. Arcade’s used to be the place to be and we have…
