Fueled by Nostalgia

Losing our people sucks. Gran'ma Taters went to that big arcade in the sky. Taters shared a little bit about her with us all and she sounds like she was an amazing lady. The world is just a teeny bit darker but we're here to help lighten the load and brighten things up. Matt and Adam take the reins this week, sharing a little bit about their grandparents. Also, Matt also talks about his ut...

Let's face it, not everything from the past was great (new Coke, canned spaghetti on white bread and Tuna Helper, we're looking directly at YOU) but there are somethings that were legit solid. In this episode our intrepid time travelers jump into the way back machine and look back at businesses we used to hit up, places we found comfort, like the local video store. Naturally, as we are a b...

Yes, it's awards season and while we don't typically watch awards shows we do recognize the greatness that is movie making. In this episode we dare to attempt to distract you with our aural abilities, talking all about movies we loved that didn't win, movies we love that are winners and everything in between! And always remember, no matter what, clap for the winners, clap for those who...

...and this week we examine the greatest hunter of all time...THE PREDATOR!!! Yes, your intrepid tripod of friendship dives face first into the goodness puddle known as "The Predator" franchise! We move thru the timeline, determining the order of goodness of these flicks and figuring out which flick was the best and which is by far the worst (hint, it stars an actor who's name rhymes w...

WE WENT LIVE!!! Listen people, we decided to go walk around Adam's FAVORITE antique mall, "Call it New, Call it Antique" (conveniently located in Mesa, AZ... convenient for us, maybe not you, but definitely for us. Well, Matt and Adam. Taters lives kinda far)!!! We saw old things, we saw things that were old but were new to US! Matt admired a grilled cheese making toaster, Taters admir...

You came BACK! We knew you liked us for us! This week sounds an awful lot like a comic-con panel as we dive face first into "Daredevil: Born Again" season 1 (currently streaming on Disney+) while comparing it to the classic Frank Miller/David Mazuchelli "Born Again" storyline from the Daredevil comics published waaaaay back in 1986 (spoilers, NOT THE SAME THING). Matt also shocks u...

...and we LOVE Wonder Man! This week we are all OVER the place! We talk about the Olympics! Normally Adam is the only one who's delusional, thinking he can do things that would most likely kill him but this time Taters and Matt take the CAKE. Adam thinks he can be a curler but Matt and Taters decided to go with extreme sports choices that will most likely result in a bad case of death. Either...

Good gravy we are a trio of nerds, I swear. This episode we dive into Star Wars and all the things we love about it, what our ideal demise in the Lucas-verse would be amongst other things. If you love Star Wars like we do, this is the episode for you! So grab your light saber, slice open your favorite Tauntaun (believe it or not that was spelled via autocorrect) and slide into that smelly, gooey m...

HERE WE GOOOOOO!!! We are BACK in 2026 and while we aren't better than ever, we are slightly improved. This week we talk about all the things we believed when we were kids (my god we were stupid), losing a loved one, Matt got attacked by a Flowbee, Taters' favorite shingles commercial (yes, she has a favorite) and Adam has kicked that TikTok drug. All this and more as we are, once again......

Well...not gonna lie, 2025 was super weird. Granted, we're not touching on any of that stuff, we're focusing more on US. That's right, we're all about US. And the 1984 classic Christmas kinda-horror flick "Gremlins". Seriously people, if you haven't watched this movie in a long time know that it's WAY DARKER THANK YOU REMEMBER. I know, I squirreled but Phoebe Cates...

I've said once and I'll say it again: WE LOVE LOVE. This week we review the soon to be deemed timeless classic Christmas love story "Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story". Hallmark Movies sometimes hit just right and this is no exception. Also, Adam offers Taters a free knee surgery, Matt expresses his appreciation for Chad Henne and 2/3 of us really wish this movie had 100% more...

We love Christmas in a big bad way. So we're gonna be doing Christmas stuff all throughout December. This week, Adam was a bit of a punk. He had to watch "A Christmas Story" and he made it to the point when the Dad gets the leg lamp and was like "I've seen enough". He claims that in his defense it just wasn't...good. So he stopped. We're good with that. Taters also...

Happy Friendsgiving! Yes, we are friends and we are all about showing appreciation for one another! This week we learn that Matt has a secret identity, Adam can MOST DEFINITELY PHYSICALLY BEST A MOOSE IN HAND TO HOOF COMBAT (if need be) and, once again, Taters reminds us that things in Hawaii are better than the mainland (we're still looking at YOU, disappointing mainland McDonald's breakf...

WE CAN #DANCE IF WE WANT TO! WE CAN LEAVE OUR CARES BEHIND...and we do JUST THAT this week on "Fueled by Nostalgia"!!! Yes, it's true, if you're a #music lover, this is where we roll today. We love music, like some people enjoy music, they find it #relaxing, it's even been said that music doth soothe the savage beast. Not us, we LOVE music and we go through it this week. From T...

Welcome, one and all! We're your own personal Time Machine! WE are YOUR DeLorean only WE don't need to hit 88 mph to take you back in time! Downside, even though we're great and all we don't have Huey Lewis & the News running our background track. Anyways! This week we head to the Mall! I know, it was a bit overpriced, the pizza wasn't EVER as good as it looked/smelled and...

Original airdate 11/3/25 Welcome back to the land that time forgot! This week we talk about how our own respective Halloweens went, Taters has the key to trapping humans, we answer the age old question of "if you're shorter and you see money on the floor, are you potentially faster than taller people?" and how much we all miss the days of video rental stores. If any of that amazingness...

Original airdate 10/26/25 Part 2 of our Halloween episode. Continuing the fun we learn that Matt and Oliver Platt both have giant heads, Taters doesn't give an EFF about demonic possession, Adam respects skinwalkers and is terrified of the Appalachia cryptids and we are READY TO GO GHOST HUNTING! All this and more as we put an orange bow on part 2 of our Halloween extravaganza! Grab your candy...

Original airdate 10/26/25 Welcome to our first Halloween episode! This is the first of two parts and this was so fun. We talk all about creepy ass things that've happened to us in our lives (Taters wins hands down), Matt tells a story about a creepy professor and Adam talks about his scary ass apartment that he lived in as a child. All this and more on our GIANT SIZED HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA!!!...

Original airdate 10/21/25 This week the tripod ventured out into the WILD!!! They hit up their local cinema, threw down their hard earned money and watched "Tron: Ares"!!! Yes, you heard right, they PAID to see Tron: Ares. Two of the three loved it, had no issues with it. One (if you've listened to the show, you know who) had thoughts and feelings about it. All good, we welcome diversi...

Original airdate 10/13/25 This week the tripod of madness breaks down the greatness that is John Carpenter's masterpiece "Big Trouble in Little China". We go over how Taters was astounded by the amazing special effects, how Matt was personally impacted by the intense storytelling involved with the script and how Adam loves the philosophy of proto-podcaster ol' Jack Burton. All this...

Original airdate 10/6/25 Welcome to this week's edition of "Fueled by Nostalgia"! Fellow humans, it's WONDERFUL for you to stop by and hang out with us once more! Come, sit a spell while you listen to the gang respond to a viral video, talk about their love of video games and much, much more! Also, did we say video games? We go for it but don't be shocked if there's another...

Original airdate 9/29/25 Welcome back to our little slice of heaven! This week we action listener feedback, engage in some yacht rock shenanigans courtesy of Steely Dan's "Aja" and introduce our newest segment "Future Nostalgia!!!" (yes, we are aware that is nonsensical but living on this particular timeline has lead us to this point so just roll with it). All this and more on...

Original airdate 9/22/25 Welcome back! If you're back that means you're addicted OR you've stumbled on GREATNESS! Either way, WELCOME! This week we talk about our love of the early 2000's, Josie and the Pussycats, our respect for Adam Scheslinger, a little bit of Gilmore Girls love gets tossed out there and SO MUCH MORE! Join us for another week and be Fueled by Nostalgia!

Original airdate 9/15/25 We get back on track, more or less! This week we talk about our back to school experiences, our love for all things pumpkin spice, how much Arizona weather sucks and what sucks SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT...TRON! Yes, Tron does INDEED suck. We don't care about our hot takes here, we just call it like it is. All that and more as this week we're FUELED BY NOSTALGIA!!!

Original airdate 9/7/25 This episode isn't necessarily nostalgia-centric, as we talk about 9-11 from our perspective. We do however remember the articles the Onion put out during that timeframe and Adam makes a promise he's pretty sure nobody thinks he'll keep. Thanks for listening!