90’s Mixtapes: A 90’s nostalgia podcast

This week we're struggling with some Mercury in Retrograde nonsense as we delve into the TV of April 1994. We talk about Sister Sister, The Simpsons and our favorite Simpsons characters, the Jim Everett/Jim Rome situation and more.

This week we're talking about The Offspring, Live, Hole and a bunch of other things including Walkmans vs Discerns (Walkmen vs. Discmen?), SADS, Kurt Cobain and some Trivial Pursuiting.

This week we watched The Ref with Denis Leary and Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell. We've got thoughts and we've your weekly game of 90's Trivial Pursuit.

This week we're talking about the baseball player Michael Jordan, Tonya Harding's plea deal, smoking in public, a little on Wayne Gretzky, Charles Bukowshi, John Candy, Wrestlemania X and Howard Stern's NY Governor run. We also reminisce about Paddy's Day as a kid in the 90's and there's more Trivial Pursuit pie pieces being won.

We're talking about Madonna's 22 minutes David Letterman segment and censorship, we're talking about Duckpin, we're talking about Paddy's Day, we're talking about sitcoms. And someone gets another Trivial Pursuit pie piece!

This week we're diving into Soundgarden's Superunknown, The Crow Soundtrack, Nine Inch Nails' Downward Spiral, Becks' Mellow Gold, Sublime's Robbin' the Hood, and Our Lady Peace's Naveed. Pat tells funny story about his first time hearing Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt and someone gets a Trivial Pursuit pie piece!

This week we watched 8 Seconds starring Luke Perry and Reality /bites starring Ethan Hawk and Winona Ryder, aka the ultimate 90's movie. We also chat a little about the other movies that came out this month including Ace Ventura Pet Detective.

This week Pat gives his thoughts on Valentine's Day, we talk about the Lillehammer Winter Olympics- specifically figure skating as we check in with Nancy Kerrigan and Tonya Harding, Edvard Munch's The Scream was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo, The Brady Law goes in effect,  Howard Stern talks a distraught listener off the edge of a bridge and Jack Nicholson attacks a windshield with a golf club. The 90's were wild. Just a warning - we have an unruly canine visitor for most of this episode.

This episode we're talking about Trashed on MTV with Chris Hartwick, Where on earth is Carmen Sandiego, Saved by the Bell: The College Years, and Martin Lawrence's banned SNL monologue. Good times!

Big talks about Green Day's Dookie, a coming of age album, especially for Jen. We chat about the music videos, songs, impacts this album had on our lives, and the "sellout" and "poser" bs that was being thrown around at this time in the 90s.

This week we're talking about two feature films - Cabin Boy starring Chris Elliott and The Intersection starring Sharon Stone and Richard Gear. We've never seen either of these movies previously and have a lot of thoughts. We debut a new segment called "who says no" where we recast and change up these movies in modern times, and we play a quick round of Trivial Pursuit.

Here it is friends, the episode that covers the infamous Tonya Harding Nancy Kerrigan incident. We also get into Superbowl XXVIII and the Bills loss, Howard Stern's Rocking New Years Party and the maggots that were involved, more happenings on the Lorena Bobbit case, Michael Jackson's court case ruling, and a look into the past through Jen's childhood diary. A Trivial Pursuit pie piece is earned much sooner than we thought possible. Enjoy!

This week we're talking about some shows that premiered in January 1994 including The Critic, Babylon 5, Ancient Mysteries on A&E, Tekwar, The George Carlin Show, and then some unrelated conversations about Star Wars, Seaquest and cancel culture. We wrap it up with some 90's Trivial Pursuit. Spoiler - Jen answers a question correctly!

Happy New Year and welcome to 1994!! It's the first episode of season THREE kids! So put on your party hat and get ready to us talk about ZZ Top's Antenna, Lagwagon's Trashed, Alice in Chains EP Jar of Flies and New Kids on the Block's Face the Music. We go off on tangents about name origins, little Jen's favorite New Kid (spoiler - it was Donny), The Crown, lip syncing and more. We start the official 90's edition of Trivial Pursuit and realize we might be playing it until 1999 before there's a winner.

We're wrapping up 1993 by making a mixtape of our favorite '93 songs, watching X-Files, some MTV's Singled Out, Demolition Man and What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Pat lucks out and avoids playing MASH but there's always next year. Happy New Year! Bring on 1994!

We're wrapping up 1993 Movies with a movie that we've never seen or heard of; Six Degrees of Separation starring Will Smith, Sir Ian Mckellen, Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing. It was quite the based a true events, taken from a screen play film that inspired some fun conversation. We predict what next month's movies (Cabin Boy and Intersection) are all about and of course we go off on tangents and talk about the celebrities that we are only a few degrees away from.

Come on in for the baby goat update, a little overview of the missed last two months, and a chat about some Holiday episodes of our favorite 90's sitcoms; Married with Children, Roseanne, The Fresh Prince of Belair and Boy Meets World.

Today we are ALL OVER the place. Goat therapy, scary video games (Doom, Resident Evil, etc), educational video games (Oregon Trail anyone?), syndicated shows, Shannon Doherty gets fired from 90210, Vegas things, The Long Island Railroad shooting, Pablo Escabar, The Toys R Us Holiday catalogue and Game Genies.

And we're back!! We talk about Nirvana's Unplugged which premiered on MTV in December. Pat discusses his feelings on driving down the street in his Prius blasting Ice Cube’s Lethal Injection, and we delve into other new albums from Everclear, The Verve Pipe and the Wayne's World 2 soundtrack. We also chat a little about allowances in the 90s. Come on in! We're back from our hiatus and the water is warm.

This week we're getting into True Romance and A Bronx Tale, two solid 1993 movies.

We get into kid's game shows like Legends of the Hidden Temple, talk about Tiny Toons and other popular cartoons at the time, touch on the X-Files and NYPD Blue, and have opposing thoughts on Boy Meets World.

This episode we have a lot of nothing to talk about; tennis, back to school, how many fours in a row can a croupier roll, The real Might Ducks, Jim Abbott, being in gifted and talented programs in the 90s with 100 question tests, Latin class, Eternal September and the Big Bayou Canot rail accident. We also have a big debate on the size of TV Guides.

What would you not do for love? Is grunge still listenable (obviously duh but is it?) And how good is August and Everything After? (Very. It's very good.) All that and more this week on 90's Mixtapes!

This week we watched The Fugitive and The Thing Called Love and we have some thoughts. We also blind summarize A Bronx Tale and True Romance. And don't all clothes before the 1990s look the same?

We've combined TV and Potpourri again this month to cover Showtime's Fallen Angels in all of its film noir guest star glory, The Power Rangers, WCW's Shockmaster incident and a blip about Howard Stern that throws us into a shock jock rabbit hole. And in breaking news - Jen nails a trivia fact.

This month we have new albums from Billy Joel, Mariah Carey, Sheryl Crow and The Breeders. We chat about that and find ourselves talking about Halloween Candy and the values we would give certain ones. Also Jen knows embarrassingly nothing about The Sword in the Stone.

This week we're talking about Robinhood Men in Tights, a little about Weekend at Bernie's 2 and Son in Law, and how comedies like this are a dying breed.

Back in the studio this week and this is a fun one. This episode is a mash-up of TV and Potpourri and goes in every which way. We chat about TV shows like Brains and Brawn and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher, and go over news stories including a Pizza Hutt Blimp attacking rooftop sunbathers. We find ourselves in rabbit holes that range from NY Mets lore to our experiences with Barbies and G.I. Joes. We ask the question you've all been waiting to know, did Ken Jong really eat potpourri as a kid? And there's a surprise mention of Max Moon - IYKYK.

Join us in the Rav4 mobile studio in all its technical difficulty glory as we discuss music from July '93. This one is short and sweet but we'll be back in decked out 90's closet studio soon.

This episode we're throwing fire at Sleepless in Seattle and reminiscing on Jurassic Park. We also chat about favorite movie theatre snacks, Jen reminds Pat that not everything is gaslighting and we ask the important question - would you clone your pet?

This is a fun one, we're talking about John and Lorena Bobbit, The Unabomber, RBG, the end of Hulkamania... and then we go on tangents about Starter Jackets, hockey, Jurassic Park and Flowers in the Attic. The 90s were wild.

We're talking about summertime TV habits as a kid back in the 90s and the game shows we used to watch including Singled Out, The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game, $10,000 Pymarid and more. Also, have you heard of the Snorks?

June 1993 brought us Flaming Lip's quirky little song "She Don't Use Jelly", RuPaul's drag anthem "Supermodel", and Collective Soul's "Shine." We talk a little about The Artist Formally Known as Prince and what the symbol was all about. And 90's Trivia isn't looking great for Jen.

This week we watched Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and chat a little about the other over movies that game out this month including Cliffhanger and Dave. Trivia's not going well for one of us these days.

When do you remember Cindo de Mayo being a thing for non-Mexican Americans? Have you heard of Haircutgate? Is it morally wrong to sell alcohol to minors? We ask all of these questions and more before we discuss the horrible case that's behind the West Memphis 3. Oh and one of us is ahead in 90's trivia.

Today we're talking about the Cheers finale as well as series finales in general. What do we think the best series finale was? How many people tuned into the Cheers finale vs. how many tuned in to the Game of thrones finale? Some other note-worthy TV sitcoms that ended this month include Designing Women, Life Goes On, Quantum Leap, SAVED BY THE BELL, and The Wonder Years. Spoiler - someone wins this week of trivial pursuit questions, so listen up to see who is now in the lead. Awesome sauce.

We're chatting about music again and this time, like many times, it all ends with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Pat's childhood family car dynamics. And how old exactly was Professor Lasky? We don't know but his romance with Kelly Kapowski sure did seem inappropriate. And what Janet Jackson songs you think are common listening that just might not be... so tune in! (Get it?!)

On this week's episode of 90's Mixtapes we get our Johnny Depp and Alicia Silverstone fix by watching Benny and Joon and The Crush. Pat points out all the gaping holes in the plot of The Crush and Jen tries to explain the plot of Dragon, A Bruce Lee Story without having seen it. We also touch on The Sandlot and Indecent Proposal. Cool Beans.

30 years ago the Waco Siege came to a tragic end, and we talk about it on today's episode of 90's Mixtapes.

This week we talk a little about The Conan O'brien Show, what our dream late night show would entail, and our school field trips to court and jail. We wrap it up with a little 90s trivia like usual and call it a day.

We're talking about the iconic Aerosmith videos for Crying', Crazy and Amazing from their album Get a Grip, as well as Tool's Undertow and their video for Sober, and Radiohead's Pablo Honey and the masterpiece that is Creep. As always the episode wraps up with some 90's Trivial Pursuit. Whoomp, there it is!

We're talking arcade games, console games, and PC games. We jump in our x-wing and take you back to simpler times when 5 dollars could keep you occupied at an arcade for hours, and you went to Blockbuster to rent Mario Kart. Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat's Fatalities, NHL 94, Myst, Doom, Sonic 2 (with Tails!!), are just some of the games we talk about on this special little episode.

This week we watched Fire in the Sky, a "true story" based on Travis Walton's book The Walton Experience. We delve into discussion about conspiracy theories, aliens and ufos, all topics Jen finds freaky and Pat loves. Then we wrap it up by teasing next month's movies The Crush, and Benny and Joon. Then we call it a day after a round of 90's trivial pursuit questions. Awesome sauce.

This episode is recorded from the time capsule of Jen's old bedroom and we talk about the ways it's the same as it was in the 90's. We also talk about the unfortunate passing of Brandon Lee while filming The Crow, a little on the Storm of the Century, and do an FMK on St. Paddy's Day, New Year's Eve, and the Super Bowl. Cool Beans.

Beavis and Butthead! A pillar of our youth, albeit a ridiculous one, turns 30 this year and we reminisce about our experience watching B&B as kids. This episode basically turns into a Mike Judge love fest and we wouldn't have it any other way. Also, Doogie Howser airs its last episode and we play our 90's trivia. Fun times!

This week we discover what "I'm Every Woman" makes Pat think of (hint, it's Dress Barn.) We also talk more about "Linger" and the meaning of those lyrics as kids. We find ourselves in a Soundtrack inspired John Williams rabbit hole and as always we embarrass ourselves with a little Trivial Pursuit. Are you going to go our way?

We've got you babe, it's Groundhog Day! Or maybe not but that's the Bill Murray treasure that we're talking about, in comparison with other time loop films like Palm Springs and 50 First Dates (think about it...) We also ponder the question of where we'd want to be stuck in a time loop, what's the scariest Evil Dead movie, how would you describe the plot of Fire in the Sky if you've never seen it, and much more ridiculousness. We top it off with a round of Trivial Pursuit and call it a day.

Welcome to Tangent city, where we go on all the tangents about all things 90s! We've got your bowls of potpourri filled with discussions on plastic covered sofas, discmen vs. walkmen, Bill Clinton, Westley Alan Dodd and his 1993 hanging, Beanie Babies, the Waco Texas cult situation, and Scottish Water Bigfoot. All that and more, wrapped up with a game of 90's Trivial Pursuit. We're having fun here.

It's Super Bowl time! And it was in 1993 too, listen to us dive into and revisit some 1992 Super Bowl commercials including McDonald's ft. Michael Jordan and Larry Bird, some silly car commercials, and some PSAs. We also talk about the Michael Jackson halftime show and his interview with Oprah Winfrey. Talking about MJ is always an awkward 90s necessity. We wrap it up with a little Trivial Pursuit just for funs.

We're talking about the absolute treasure hunt that was finding new music in the 90's as well as the new stuff that came out in January and February 1993. Screeching Weasel, Belly, Dinosaur Jr., Duran Duran, 2Pac, Denis Leary's Asshole, Goo Goo Dolls are all some of the music we dive into. There's also robot noises, 90's Trivial Pursuit, and some ridiculous banter.

We're talking new albums from November 1992, from the politically charged Ice Cube and RATM to the insanity of Ween and the epic Bodyguard soundtrack.

We're back and talking about Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie, not the show!), candy trades and popular 90's costumes. Give it a listen while you break a tooth on that Charleston Chew you dug out of pillow case full of candy!

A little Western and a little psychotic killer talk.

We discuss Woody Allen things, Royal family things, a very strange dildo story, and all things MALLS in honor of the Mall of America's grand opening. Fun times!

This week we talk about every 90's kid favorite TV block - SNICK, and a little about the Howard Stern Show.

We're back from hiatus and talking about a GnR and Metallica situation that happened in Montreal back in August 1992. Are Guns and Roses huge divas and does Metallica have any chill? Yes and no but the music is great so who cares. And when talking Metallica naturally we start talking Napster and we talk Napster we end the episode with some FMK.

We're reminiscing about video rental stores, Field Day at school and the spelling of the word potato. Or is it... potatoe?

We're talking about everyone's favorite 90's dance party, The Grind. What was this all about? More importantly, why? We dive into what we watched all summer long and play some 90's trivia.

30 yeas ago 40 oz to Freedom came out, and its what we need to get those summertime vibes. We also talk about video stores.

We're watching Lethal Weapon 3, recalling Encino Man and guessing just what the hell Poison Ivy and Aliens 3 were all about. Saxophones that follow you around, high school cave men and prison islands. Man, the 90s were fun.

We're talking about the Long Island Lolita Amy Fisher, the L.A. Riots, and some Dan Quayle/Murphy Brown stuff. Don't eat the potpourri!

The Real World has entered the chat! We get into reality shows in general as well as the first two episode of The Real World: New York. We talk a little about pageantry and dog shows and The Twilight Zone. Things go every which way which is just how we like it.

We're talking the karaoke white girl anthem Sir Mix A Lot's Baby Got Back, House of Pain's Jump Around, a little Iron Maiden and a little Queen.

We're talking big ol' St. Bernards in Beethoven, Babe Ruth in The Babe, and flashmobs and bad accents in Newsies. There might even be a tangent or two!

As 30 year anniversaries roll around we're (lightly) touching on the L.A. Riots, talking about Crystal Pepsi, McDonalds (specifically Jen's dream of an Impossible Big Mac), and what's in the Nickelodeon Time Capsule. This is a fun one!

April 1992 brings the end of a few shows including The Cosby Show, MacGiver, Who's the Boss and The Growing Pains. We talk about the Neilsen Ratings and Sweeps Week and why we should care about them (or not), and we shout out to everyone's most purple dinosaur Barney, who has entered the chat this month. We also get into commercials in the 90's and how they differ from T.V. advertising now.

Weird Al! Beastie Boys! The Cure! We even go into the future and touch on a 1996 Sublime song. Do you tolerate these bands or do you love them? Are you in love on Tuesdays or only Fridays? We discuss.

We're going back 30 years and finding out if My Cousin Vinny still holds up (spoiler, it does), trying to explain the plot of Basic Instinct (without seeing it), and going over a little White Man Can't Jump. We also jog our memories to see if we can recall what The Cutting Edge was all about. Just two yutes in a pod closet shooting the shit about movies of the past!

Top of the mornin' to you, this month's Potpourri episode is all about St. Paddy's Day and what that was like when we were kids in the 90's, and a little when we were 20 somethings in the 2000s. We talk corned beef, soda bread, green bagels, green beers, green everything under the sun and how everyone gets to enjoy being Irish (American) on St. Patrick's Day. Also, leprechauns are dicks.

We're talking late night talk shows, late night comedy shows (SNL and In Living Color), portable phone problems, the insane amount of batteries that devices used in the 90s, and the origin of the Michelin Star.

We bring our long-time friend Big Dan to the pod closet to chat about some awesome 90s music videos including Red Hot Chili Peppers Under the Bridge, Nirvana's Come as You Are, No Doubt's Trapped in a Box and Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Heart. We all decide which video we'd live in forever if given that choice, and hot takes were had.

Join us and our special guest Genn McMenemy from the Ancient History Fangirl Podcast as we break down Fried Green Tomatoes, rewatch Wayne's World (party time excellent), sum up Medicine Man and make some bold guesses about Stop or My Mom Will Shoot.

We're talking about the end of the Cold War, The Queen's Ruby Jubilee, Jeffrey Dahmer's multiple life sentences, and the 1992 Winter Olympics. As they say, more things change the more they stay the same

We talk about telepathic babies and Scott Baio with the show Babytalk, Super Bowl commercials featuring Michael Jordan, McDonalds and Pepsi, disappointing half-time shows and In Living Color. All this from 30 years ago in 1992!

Here we go, talking about all the music we could dig up from February 1992! We cover the Wayne's World soundtrack, the origins of the November Rain music video, and flirt with the idea of maybe talking about Baby Got back. We also fret about odd numbers and play some 90s trivia. Good times!

We're wrapping up Jan 92 with some movies that came out this movie 30 years ago! We recap Juice (starring Tupac of course), The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, and try and guess just what Fried Green Tomatoes was all about. There's a little FMK and some trivia to finish this episode off. We had a silly good time with this one.

Just like the smelly branches and chips in a Lenox bowl at your Granny's house, we have a random selection of news stories including the George H. W. Bush Vomiting incident, the Friendly Floatees story, and a quick breakdown of some diet crazes straight from '92 to make your New Year's Resolutions come true. (Just kidding, you're perfect just the way you are.) Here's our first potpourri episode for 1992!

Pat and Jen are talking TGIF,  Full House, and how they love Bob Saget.

Pat and Jen get into a little grunge talk and some tears in heaven with this January 1992 music overview.

Pat and Jen share their 1991 mixtapes, their sleepover movie picks, discuss some episodes of their favorite TV show Saved by the Bell, and play MASH.