Talk To The Hand Podcast

There was band camp, there was cheer camp, there was summer camp, and there was SPACE CAMP.  If you were one of the lucky kids to graduate from Space Camp during its prime in the 90s, you got to try on a space suit, eat dippin' dots, pretend to be on the moon, and launch and land a simulated rocket to Mars.  This week, my dad and I take you on a space mission to Huntsville, Alabama, home...

The "musical for the MTV generation.” The “rock opera of the 90s.” The “hope for the American musical.” Get ready to belt some tunes this week with me and the fabulous Broadway and baking blogger, Madame Cheret, as we travel back in time to 1996 in East Village for the world-famous RENT. This week, Madame Cheret is baking some gorgeous beer and maple donuts as her culinary interpretation of R...

July 23, 1996. The world is GLUED to their TVs. It’s the final event. The final vaulter. The final vault. With this one move, the USA Olympic women's gymnastics team could clinch the gold medal for All-Around Team for the first time in history at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.  Kerri Strug is about to make history.  In this episode, I am by myself covering the Magnificent...

Two things we learned from the famous 1993 Halloween movie, Hocus Pocus: A) do not light the black flame candle if you’re a virgin and B) the parents of Salem know how to get LIT. Most of us 90s kids grew up watching Hocus Pocus every Halloween and/or still watch it every year now. In this episode, I am by myself talking about the film and what we love about it - memorable scenes, funny quotes, si...

It’s Friday night, you’re home alone starting some Jiffy Pop on the stove and ready to settle in for a cozy night. Then the phone rings. Do you answer it? If you said yes, you either haven’t seen any of the 90s teen horror movies we talk about in this episode, or you have and you’re just a little bit crazy. Either way, you’ll want to settle in for some good 90s-era blood curdling screams and squir...

Artist, musician, fashion icon, sister, daughter, wife, a human beam of sparkly light. She was a QUEEN in every sense of the word, more than deserving of her title. You guessed it - we’re talking about Selena! Selena Quintanilla-Perez was an insanely talented musician with an out-of-this-world fashion career ahead of her when she passed away at 23 in 1995. But her accomplishments aside (and there...

If there’s one person who knew exactly how to slither and slime his way into our collective imaginations in the mid-90s, it was R.L. Stine - famed children’s author of the Goosebumps and Fear Street series (among many others) and the proclaimed “Stephen King of children’s literature.” Whether you read the books, watched the TV series, or indulged in them both, there’s simply no denying it - for 90...

Let’s play GRUNGE BINGO! It only takes two for a bingo. Pick a band from the late 80s to mid 90s. Does the band have two of the following? A) Lyrics about social alienation, drug abuse, despair B) Cheap music production C) Flannel shirts and long hair D) Was signed to SubPop E) From Washington If the band meets two of the five criteria above (maybe even one of the five?), it might be a grunge band...

Everywhere you look (everywhere you go), there’s a heart… a hand to hold onto. If you can still hear this song in your head when you see those lyrics, pour a glass of vino and settle in while my best friend Laura and I take a dive into one of America’s most beloved family sitcoms, FULL HOUSE! And we’ll just put it out there - the show was great, the family was cool and all… but it’s all about one...

The moment you opened your Happy Meal box to find out which toy you got was one of the biggest moments of truth for 90s kids. Lucky you if you got your first choice Barbie or Hot Wheel or Halloween McNugget Buddy. This week I am joined by my sister Sam, badass travel vlogger and low key McDonald's Happy Meal Toy fan. Join us as we go through some background on the Happy Meal (including a chat abou...

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want... Sporty, Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh - we all remember. And we all. still. stan. Join me (all by myself) this week for the VERY FIRST episode of Talk To The Hand, all about - you guessed it - the SPICE GIRLS! This week I dive into the history, legacy, and future of our five favorite Girl Power queens. We talk music, we talk the famous Union Jack...

If you existed during the 90s - or even if you didn't, and are just interested in the era of body glitter and boy bands - this is the show for you. Each week host Sarah and Eric will dive into a different 90s topic - from Lisa Frank to Nintendo. So grab your inflatable chair or your Surge soda and let's take a tie-dyed time warp. What do you say?