Nostalgia

Things Your ‘Rich’ Friends Had In The 90s | Get Geekish Podcast #195

https://youtu.be/jCUay8zqvVo When you were a kid and you might have had a friends who always seemed to have the coolest…

2 years ago

Back When Mail-Order Meant Waiting 6-8 Weeks | Get Geekish Podcast #189

https://youtu.be/jZYvzeuAGWI Today, we're spoiled by 2-day, 1-day, overnight, and within-the-hour shipping options. Back in the day when we ordered something…

3 years ago

Nostalgia: From Buttered Bread to Roller Rinks | Get Geekish Podcast #187

https://youtu.be/0-DNnwTrQDs Join us on a trip down memory lane where Derek's memories of buttered bread (that's a thing?) led us…

3 years ago

Will The ’When We were Young’ Festival Work | Get Geekish Podcast #184

https://youtu.be/AYhqZKBdyLM Since it was announced, the When We Were Young Festival has been flooding the social media feed of every…

3 years ago

Things Other Than Harry Potter That Turned 20 in 2021 – Get Geekish Podcast #180

https://youtu.be/xsQj35aIoPs All the ads for 'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts' force us to realize that the first Harry…

3 years ago

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,…

3 years ago

Here Comes He-Man (Again) | Get Geekish Podcast # 167

https://youtu.be/nOtBGhsEwDY He-Man was one of my beloved heroes as a kid. But when I grew up and went back to…

3 years ago

How We used To Stay Cool In The Summer | Get Geekish Podcast #165

https://youtu.be/12NvWBqAGOI Slip and slides, Super Soakers, box fans, snow cones, and swimming pools. We relive the ways we used to…

3 years ago

The Lost Art of the ‘Hidden Track’ | Get Geekish Podcast #164

https://youtu.be/Qxox4oeD9dg The  1990s and early 2000s were the golden age for hidden tracks on CDs. Some were just extra songs,…

3 years ago

Does VHS Deserve A Renaissance? | Get Geekish Podcast #162

https://youtu.be/BM-WyV4gyhg Do VHS tapes deserve a renaissance? Vinyl had one, cassettes are trying to have one, could the nostalgic draw…

3 years ago

Kid’s Meal Toys | Get Geekish Podcast #157

https://youtu.be/Mh2ypKmyc-k From the humble beginnings of the kid's meal at Burger Chef in 1973, to the launch of the McDonald's…

3 years ago

Quarter-Sucking Arcade Games Were The Best | Get Geekish Podcast #154

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F4xJzBRIhk From Pac Man, Asteroids, and Galaga, to Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, and Lethal Enforcers. Arcade's used to be the…

4 years ago