XENSTALGIA - The Podcast That Remembers So You Don't Have To

★ WELCOME TO XENSTALGIA ★ THE PODCAST THAT REMEMBERS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ★ NEW EPISODES DROPPING SOON ★ IF YOU GREW UP IN THE 80s OR 90s THIS SITE IS FOR YOU ★ BEST VIEWED WITH YOUR EYES ★

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✦ ABOUT THE SHOW

Remember Saturday morning cartoons and a bowl of cereal? The toy aisle that felt like a theme park? The weight-loss shake your mom kept in the fridge? The neon shell suit hanging in your closet?

Xenstalgia is a podcast for everyone who grew up between Star Wars sheets and AOL dial-up — that sweet spot where Gen X nostalgia meets Millennial memory. Every episode, we dig deep into the toys, TV, fashion, food, and pop culture artifacts that made the 80s and 90s the weirdest, most wonderful time to be a kid.

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HOST 1

Co-host & resident encyclopedia of things that probably shouldn't be remembered.

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HOST 2

Co-host & keeper of the sacred Hot Wheels collection.

✦ EPISODES

EP 01

Saturday Morning Cartoons

The ritual. The sugary cereal. The sacred two hours before your parents woke up. We break down the golden age of Saturday morning programming.
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EP 02

The Toy Aisle

An aisle that felt like a theme park. Action figures, dolls, board games, and the ones your parents refused to buy you.
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EP 03

Hot Wheels vs. Micro Machines

The great diecast debate. Plus: the Micro Machines guy, the playsets, the carrying cases, and why we still low-key want them.
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EP 04

Kids' Fashion: The Crimes & The Glory

Neon shell suits. Z. Cavaricci pants. LA Gear. Hypercolor. Jams. We are not here to apologize.
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EP 05

Weight Loss Fads: A Horror Show

SlimFast. The Thighmaster. Body for Life. The grapefruit diet. We unpack the decade when America decided it needed to suffer to be thin.
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RADKID_1987

Finally!! A podcast that gets it. I literally cried when you mentioned the Kenner toy smell.

// JUNE 1997

MALLRAT_TINA

I wore a shell suit to school in 6th grade and I have NO regrets. NONE. 🔥

// JUNE 1997

XFILES_BELIEVER

Sign my guestbook and I'll sign yours. Also this site RULES.

// JUNE 1997

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