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Physical Media Renaissance™
Nicstalgia
12/05/23 • 42 min
In this episode, I share the experience of my Physical Media RenaissanceTM project that I’ve been working on for about a year. I dive into the physical media (CDs), 00s entertainment technology (icy blue Memorex CD boombox), and memorabilia (the iconic Geri poster) that I’ve acquired and six key considerations: consumption, media ephemerality, perceived value, circular economy, friction, and taste.
I talk about what this project means to me on a personal and generational level, why 90s-00s nostalgia has become a thing, the nostalgic and nowstalgic resurgence of flip phones and digital cameras by Luddite teens and Millennial lifestyle editors avoiding doom scrolling, why Urban Outfitters can sell a first-gen iPod for $350, and why I’m buying $1 CDs when Boomers told us to stop eating avocado toast and drinking Starbucks to buy a house for $725k. Haters will have their questions answered: Is this project wasteful? Is it materialistic? I dig into themes of ownership, transience, and – of course – the Diffusion of Innovations model as it relates to physical media.
We constantly switch from screen to screen with utmost ease and endless distractions, so is the friction of using physical media really worse than the feigned conversancy of Spotify Wrapped? If an algorithm wasn’t reinforcing confirmation bias and shaping your choices, would you be able to make them on your own? Wouldn’t it be fun to genuinely discover something?
You’ll learn my Nicstalgia Consumption Rubric framework of how to know what to buy and what not to buy, the similarities and differences between modes of consumption – thrifting, resale, and fast fashion – and how to curate and refine your own taste by using my ‘Live Laugh Love Loathe’ Nicstalgia Curation Rubric. I share my favorite finds and takeaways from the project around mindfulness, non-attachment, value, memories, and sense of self.
🍒 Connect with Nic
Newsletter 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 TikTok
🦋 Special Thanks Doll Artwork by @hmdraws_ Theme Music by @egmusicnyc Intro Video by @valentinareyes9
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Meet Me at Foxwoods
Nicstalgia
09/20/22 • 43 min
Brian Blackmore is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss inspo behind his popular Music Executive character on TikTok, the nepo babies and ‘odd visual experience’ that was LMFAO, and setting the record straight between pumpkin spice vs. apple pie seasoning.
We answer important questions like, when is the time to break out Mariah Carey’s Christmas CD? (After Thanksgiving, so I can use it as the star on my tree!!) and why is Michael Bublé always filled with joy? (Because he is rich from Christmas song royalties!!!)
We explore the phenomenon that is Weird Al (can’t wait for the movie) because he made it okay to be well, weird. We tend to judge our past selves for how successful we were at ‘fitting in’ with others, but tbh we were just meant to stand out in the first place.
Brian is my first guest from the lovely state of Connecticut, so we talk about concert venues, “tag sales”, amusement parks (forgot to mention that I did karaoke to “Say My Name” at Quassy in 2001 but it’s worth noting), Starbucks vs. Dunkin (actually Perkatory) and the most important jingle of ALL TIME.
About our Guest
Brian Blackmore is a DJ/ Musician/ Producer & Content Creator.
Connect with Brian
TikTok 〰 Instagram
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TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Artwork by @hmdraws_
Music by @egmusicnyc
Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
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You’re The Mary Kate to My Ashley
Nicstalgia
09/13/22 • 48 min
Kate Steinberg is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. She’s the Mary Kate to my Ashley, and it feels like we’ve known each other since 2007. We really paint the picture of the Middle School Dance TM️, how yes, Abercrombie lace camis are vintage, and how we used to wear multiple camis and polos at once.
We dig deep into nostalgic fashion: the peril of wearing a strapless bra, the status symbol of having multiple bra straps showing, and the unlocked memory of clear Victoria’s Secret bra straps. We may not have been in the “popular” cliques, but we DID invent leggings as pants at our respective schools!!! We break down brave 2000s looks, including leggings and denim skirts with flip flops all year round, yoga pants under cheer uniforms, and Soffe shorts rolled 4 times.
We walk through the FULL Limited Too shopping experience, Kate gives her incredible picks for nostalgic back to school outfits, and we share which local restaurants we went to with friends in high school.
About our Guest
Kate unlocks memories one video a time on TikTok.
Connect with Kate
TikTok 〰 Instagram
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TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Artwork by @hmdraws_
Music by @egmusicnyc
Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
#nostalgiatok #2000sfashion #backtoschoolfashion
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Zack Morris is (Still) Trash
Nicstalgia
09/27/22 • 21 min
Susanna Gore is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. I ask her what a 2000s kid time capsule would look like, and she tells me about her favorite 80s, 90s, and 00s memorabilia. We touch upon Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag’s “How to be Famous” book, Bump Its, and old shows that did not age well, like Saved By The Bell.
We play "Making The Band", where Susanna builds her own super band. (Spoiler alert: BSB may just be the perfect boy band to begin with.)
What was life like without “Toxic” by Britney Spears?? Luckily, anyone born after 2004 will never have to know!! We obviously discuss the ILL (Impact, Life, and Legacy) of The Legendary Miss Britney SpearsTM️. She hopes that next gen kids can enjoy some of the nostalgic shows that we did, and we agree that people will be watching The Simple Life for generations.
About our Guest
Susanna has been collecting memorabilia of 1970's to early 2000's pop culture since she was 8yrs old. She currently loves to live a pop-princess fanatic lifestyle of the 90s to early 2000s. Her Instagram is 90sx2000saddict. Her TikTok is queenyspears. She really appreciates being part of the Nicstalgia podcast!
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Instagram 〰 TikTok
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TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Doll Artwork by @hmdraws_
Theme Music by @egmusicnyc
Intro Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
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09/06/22 • 55 min
Tom McLeod from Arkive is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss the objects that serve as milestone-markers throughout childhood and his formative memories around gaming. (Well actually, Tom playing games and me eating popcorn watching other people play games.) There’s definitely a Slap Bracelet Entrepreneur to Tech Founder pipeline.
You’ll learn why pop culture will move the needle toward mass adoption in web3, how Beethoven was really just the Drake of his time, which piece of pop culture memorabilia I finally bought off eBay, and why one day, 80s-90s ‘Grandma Names’ will become cool once again.
We explore the maps ➡️ Mapquest ➡️ physical GPS ➡️ smartphone GPS timeline and work together to wrap our heads around the fact that we are further from Y2K now than we were then from the creation of the internet. Are the malls in New Jersey superior? As Tri-state area natives, we say yes.
About our Guest
Tom McLeod is a 5x serial entrepreneur. Currently he is building Arkive; unlocking the value of Smithsonian-like museum treasuries by letting members curate a distributed collection of offline valuable cultural artifacts brought on chain. Along with a passion for tech and the arts, Tom has a dedicated interest in service and supporting diverse communities. He sits on the board of the investment platform Firma and Camelback Ventures as well as advising numerous founders and startups.
Connect with Tom
Twitter
Connect with Nic
TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Artwork by @hmdraws_
Music by @egmusicnyc
Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
#arkive #90svideogames #supernintendo
I Just Want Jessica Biel To Be Happy
Nicstalgia
11/01/22 • 38 min
Donny from I Am The Cute One podcast is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss which housewives franchise he would be a part of, my inherent understanding of RHONJ, and educating your parents about pop culture that they will never watch. All I’m saying is that we predicted the return of Laguna Beach streaming on Netflix!!!
Donny answers the question of what being the ‘final girl’ really means and which celebrities he loves to hate. We talk about how not liking Anne Hathaway or even Lea Michele isn’t funny anymore, (Glee is the real American Horror Story, isn’t it??) which musical show Donny would have competed on and likely won, and which pop band should have recruited him as their final member.
Did I work at a corporate fashion company for three years so that I could meet the leader of 2000s bubblegum pop girl band No Secrets? Yes. Have we waited in line for book signings at Barnes & Noble in Union Square for hours? Yes. Do we just want Jessica Biel to be happy? Yes. Is Donny is literally Sabrina’s aunt’s muse? Yes.
About our Guest
Donny is a nostalgia-obsessed entertainment writer and podcaster with a passion for 90s horror and early 2000s reality competition shows. If he could teach a college course about TGIF, he would; but until then, he spends his days rewatching Big Brother 6 and trying to persuade anyone that will listen that the title character was the actual villain of Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Connect with Donny
Instagram
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TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Doll Artwork by @hmdraws_
Theme Music by @egmusicnyc
Intro Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
We Met at Spice Girls Trivia
Nicstalgia
11/08/22 • 31 min
Shaleena from Everything 90s podcast is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. Yes we met at what was truly the event of the year – Spice Girls trivia!! We talk about some of our shared loves, from the iconic Spiceworld album that we both had on cassette tape to Oops! I Did It Again, the iconic album inspired the Nicstalgia theme song! You’ll hear about the Swedish girl band Play, who literally brings a tear to Shaleena’s eye because they are so legendary. What also brings a tear to the eye is the fact that Cinderella (1997) didn’t have a soundtrack.
Canadian Nicstalgia listeners will love this episode, as we discuss some of my favorite Canadian exports: Céline Dion (obviously), Degrassi, Avril Lavigne, Nelly Furtado, and more. (Shania Twain is notably missing, oops!!!! Pretend we talk about her instead of Justin Bieber lol.) I also never miss an opportunity to tell anyone that I was Myspace friends with Aubrey Graham in 2005, before he dropped his first mixtapes as who we now know as Drake.
We dive deep into arguably the most iconic Canadian TV show of all time: The Big Comfy Couch!!! (Starring Loonette and Molly, a clown and her dolly) and I share my top 3 favorite TV theme songs.
About our Guest
Shaleena is the creator and host of Everything 90s Podcast - a show where she invites fellow 90s kids, and lovers of that decade, to join her on nostalgic trips down 90s memory lane.
Connect with Shaleena
Instagram
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TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Doll Artwork by @hmdraws_
Theme Music by @egmusicnyc
Intro Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
The Zinnia Wormwood Fan Club
Nicstalgia
10/18/22 • 43 min
Jaz Zepatos is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about being funny, not caring about what people think, and getting used to feeling stupid. (Or in the words of the inimitable Weird Al, “Dare To Be Stupid”.) You will come to discover in this episode that both crying in public and falling down a flight of stairs are essentially rites of passage living in New York City.
We discuss Jaz’s experience with improv, making music, being a former child actor, and how to dismiss the limiting tropes and stereotypical boxes that female-identifying comedians are put in so you can be be the funny, smart, sexy, and [whatever you want] person to desire to be.
We realize just how many similarities there are between Mean Girls and Never Been Kissed, My So Called Life, and well, kinda everything that came before it. We also play a game where Jaz composes songs about our favorite movies! Am I the next Princess of Genovia? Who's to say. Shout out to (probably) listeners of the podcast, Weird Al, Dua Lipa, and Evan Rachel Wood.
About our Guest
Jaz Zapp is a comedian and content creator that thrives in the millennial corner of the internet. She is a host of the Millennial Movie Club Podcast, and has recently released the first single on her comedy album, Plant Daddy, streaming everywhere now. She is the love child of Dua Lipa and Weird Al, and a recovering “Guys Girl”.
Connect with Jaz
Instagram 〰 TikTok 〰 YouTube 〰 Twitter 〰 Plant Daddy on Spotify
Connect with Nic
TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Doll Artwork by @hmdraws_
Theme Music by @egmusicnyc
Intro Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
I Want My MTV
Nicstalgia
04/05/22 • 49 min
Vinnie Potestivo is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about my personal favorite era of MTV – the late 90s-early 00s. the energy of youth culture. He worked on The Osbournes, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, and Punk’D, and even cast Beyoncé in Carmen: A Hip Hopera. Gen Xers were the first generation to scroll...through the TV Guide channel. Watch to find out how Snooki was first discovered! A large audience impacts culture, but it takes only one person to impact *people* who impact culture. Also, neither of us know which Scandinavian country has the most olympic wins. (It’s Norway.) However, Vinnie DID get to be in Times Square at MTV for the Y2K New Year’s Eve ball drop. Iconic!!
7:14 MTV’s seamless transition from “The MTV Generation” (Gen X) to Millennials
12:32 How reality TV helps viewers draw parallels between culture and real life
14:09 How Snooki was discovered and the impact of Jersey Shore
17:26 How Bravo’s reality programming got started
18:36 How Myspace, Facebook, and social media impacted mid 00s-era TV programming
30:51 Creators, evolving technology, and web3
38:19 Imposter syndrome, working outside of your industry, and learning new things
42:35 Cram and Vinnie’s appearance on the Game Show Network
About our Guest
Vinnie Potestivo is a media brand advisor, personal brand strategist, and content coach. He is a well-trusted connector who creates, develops, produces, distributes, amplifies, and helps to monetize some of the most talked-about brands in modern pop culture.
Connect with Vinnie
Podcast 〰 LinkedIn 〰 Instagram
Connect with Nic
TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Artwork by @hmdraws_
Music by @egmusicnyc
Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
#popculture #genxnostalgia #totalrequestlive #nostalgia #iwantmymtv
Hot Topic is a Time Machine to 2005
Nicstalgia
07/19/22 • 43 min
Perry Goeders is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about the inspiration behind her TikTok series, if department stores had a reality show. Who can forget the sensory experience that is going to the mall? Hot Topic is literally a time machine to 2005, wouldn’t you agree? We describe the difference between emo kids and scene kids; is it just a ‘you had to be there’ kinda thing?? From being forced to fit into boxes to cosplaying different aesthetics, teenagers have always looked for an outlet to find out who they are and create an identity for themselves. We also dive into the legacy, personal brand, and impact of Britney Spears. As MTV’s Diary said, “You think you know, but you have no idea.”
About our Guest
Perry is an actress and content creator. You might recognize her eyes and mouth from the Real Department Stores series on TikTok. Perry is originally from North Carolina, but she ventured out to LA four years ago to pursue an MFA in Acting at California Institute of the Arts. She loves using her creativity to connect people by resurfacing old memories, pointing out the absurdism of class and societal standards, and providing brief intermissions from an increasingly crazy world.
Connect with Perry
TikTok
Connect with Nic
TikTok 〰 Instagram 〰 Twitter 〰 Substack
Special Thanks 💖
Artwork by @hmdraws_
Music by @egmusicnyc
Video by @valentinareyes9
YouTube CC available in English and Español
Episode Transcript
#popculture #nostalgia #britneyspears
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FAQ
How many episodes does Nicstalgia have?
Nicstalgia currently has 54 episodes available.
What topics does Nicstalgia cover?
The podcast is about Society & Culture and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Nicstalgia?
The episode title 'Meet Me at Foxwoods' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Nicstalgia?
The average episode length on Nicstalgia is 41 minutes.
How often are episodes of Nicstalgia released?
Episodes of Nicstalgia are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Nicstalgia?
The first episode of Nicstalgia was released on Jan 31, 2022.
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