The Nostalgia Pit

This week we welcome in podcast family. You may recognize his voice from some of the commercials in season 1, but he is also responsible for the podcast’s artwork! Not only that, Wizdumb is a legend in the Seattle hip hop scene and a master of the faceswap. We talk everything from pen & pixel album art, DMT, and selling used underwear. We also talk about whip-its, chip flavors of yesteryears,...

What do New Zealand accents, Christmas music, and fleshlights all have in common? Well… Nothing really, but we do talk about all three and more today! Why, you ask? There’s only one way to find out: listen to this week’s episode! We also take the listening audience behind the scenes to name a new segment as well as talk roasted chestnuts, the importance of origin stories, and butthole tattoos. Not...

It’s time for Mayhem! Mutant Mayhem, that is! Today we take a journey into the brand new TMNT animated film. If you weren’t able to tell by our 66th episode, we really enjoy the turtles of a mutant ninja variety, so we figured it would be a disservice to the listening audience if we ignored this cinematic expedition into our very own pits of nostalgia. SPOILER ALERT! We do talk details of the film...

Time to put our semi-sweet serious hats on and talk malarkey… That’s right! We sit down to talk about growing up with a cavalcade of world ending events constantly on the horizon, cultural trauma, and the paradox of tradition. We also talk the NFL’s non-profit status, how Burger King is being sued, and children being raised by the emotionally unavailable and/or immature. At this time we want to th...

This episode the crew gets lost in the sauce… Hot sauce, that is. While discussing furries, they stumble upon a goldmine of absurdity including one of the most racist halloween costumes imaginable via greatmascots.com When the time comes, we encourage you to scroll along with us. That's right! This one's a participatory episode... Not only that, but Rob somehow manages to cancel himself TWICE...

Yanked from our Patreon feed, we keep this one short and sweet! This week we get hijacked by The Bran Man – shockjock radio DJ from yesteryear for this episode. Recorded during the session for episodes three and four for season 2, we take some callers! Last of all, make sure to stay tuned til the end where we play the song Gremlins Thanksgiving by our spleen Madshroom MC. Gremlins Thanksgiving - M...

Today we welcome in the legendary Chance Random, poet, musician, writer extraordinaire! We decided to go full hip-hop centric and talk everything from bad white rappers, the slowed & reverbed trend, and musical dynasties. We also chat about getting kicked out of concerts from smoking weed, stand up comedy, and words that have changed definition over the years.  At this time we want to tha...

We are slipping into the darkness… It’s time for one of Rob’s patented Reviews! What is he reviewing, you ask? The 2015 Kurt Russel vehicle entitled Bone Tomahawk (spoiler alert!). We then talk fucked up movies, Radiohead, and Belle Gunness, the most notorious female serial killer ever. And make sure you stay tuned til the end for the song What If by Portland emcee Po$tul8. At this time we want to...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to overdose on meth while running from the Nazis? Or perhaps everytime you heard One Week by the Barenaked Ladies, you thought to yourself: “...what in the world is this song about?!” Or maybe you’ve always wondered what doctor can amputate a leg the fastest… Well folks, as you’ve got the questions, we have the answers! Besides all that fun, we talk the...

Today we welcome in one of the funniest people I know, Hunter Shabazz! Hunter is the author of Tha Wicked Kitchen (Juggalo themed cookbook), author of the Pure Beef Coloring Book, and too many more ingeniously comedic things to list here… If you are unfamiliar with his work, I highly recommend checking it out. We chat about sprite commercials, Stephen Dorff vaping, and Fred Durst’s love of everyth...

Today we welcome in a very special guest, podcast superproducer Anthony Mayes. With such podcasts as Cinephobe, Basketball Illuminati, and the Friday Mailbag (available on the Count the Dings network), Mayes has managed to elevate the idea of what a podcast producer can be. His masterful creative touches act as the rug of his podcasts – really tying the room together… We chat about film trilogies,...

We got a helluva episode for you today! Welcoming back in our resident spleen Kevin aka Madshroom MC, we decided to go over some good ol’ fashioned forgotten history. Have you ever wondered why there’s never a customer in any Long John Silver’s fast food restaurants? Well, the reason is: they’re trash, but we may have discovered why they managed to stay open for so long… We also talk the world’s m...

Today we welcome in one of my favorite humans in the universe – and I know you may be thinking I say that a lot, but I’ve known Ali Simmons for just twenty years and she is one of the best friends a person could ask for. Recently venturing into the world of art and graphic design, Ali joins us today to talk video games, 90s infomercials, and fan art. She gifted us with a wonderful piece of art tha...

It’s time for part two of our sit down with the mixing engineer and masterer of this podcast: Alex Riddle. In this episode, we dive into the musical career of Rob, artistic purity, and the relationship between listener and audience. We also dig into the multitude of monikers of Riddle, fame, and Seth Rogan’s laugh. At this time, we want to thank our sponsors StrangeLoop Animation. A brand new visu...

Today we’re turning the spotlight inward to talk with the silent member of The Nostalgia Pit: Alex Riddle. You may recognize his name from our intro, as he is the person who makes Rob and I sound like smooth operators as opposed to dying crows. This interview, broken into two parts, contains gestating on the expectations of a content creator, the ethics of social media, and segregationist ideology...

Today, we welcome in one my favorite humans on the planet earth and the person i’m happy to call my partner in life and crime: Celina Flores. Celina is a multi talented photographer, producer, and drummer hailing from Portland, Or. As she has been in the background of almost every recording, we figured it was about time we gave her the microphone! In this episode, we dig into reality shows, people...

Fresh off a tour with his hip hop duo ShrapKnel, we sit down with a man who makes the insanely difficult look inanely easy; Prem Rock is a rap artist originally from Philadelphia but now hailing from NYC. In this episode, we tackle being conscious of consumption while on tour, the expectations of entertainers, and passive vs. overt disrespect. We also go on to talk about his recent run opening for...

Today, we’re sitting down with a fantastic human I’ve had the pleasure of knowing about a decade now, Josh Dahlquist. I got to meet Josh through my musical meanderings once upon a time, meeting him through his stage persona: Beige as the lead vocalist of the group Triceracorn. Now, he’s doing fantastic stick-n-poke tattoos out of his private studio in Seattle, but still finds time to make music, c...

We welcome back in co-host of the JortsCenter podcast, the man largely known as Kristi Yamagucimane! Here for his second visit, we dig into citrus sodas, grifters, and the woes of viewing life events solely through the lens of pop culture. We also chat about AI created content, aliens, and doing DMT in Leland, NC. At this time, we want to thank our sponsors StrangeLoop Animation. A brand new visua...

With a very long ramble filled intro, we welcome back the Outsiders Social Club podcast for part two of our spotlight episode! As stated in last week's episode, if you are unfamiliar with the OSC pod, but enjoy long nights of imbibing with friends and a general sense of haphazard malarkey, we recommend you check it out on the Half Assed Podcast Network. This week we welcome in returning guest from...

Well, it was only a matter of time before this collision course of content was bound to happen… We welcome in the Outsiders Social Club podcast for a two part spotlight episode. If you are unfamiliar with the OSC pod, but enjoy long nights of imbibing with friends and a general sense of haphazard malarkey, we recommend you check it out on the Half Assed Podcast Network. Being that there are six re...

Today seems like a good day to debut a new segment, so why not? Rob’s Reviews aka Rob’s Recaps is here to tell us about the new Super Mario movie. We also talk the homogenization of beauty, period pieces, and the “trailerization” of songs. Last but not least, Rob poses a conundrum of a question: are we all sociopaths? At this time, we want to thank our sponsors StrangeLoop Animation. A brand new v...

Today’s a day for spelunkin: so that’s what we’re gonna do! Lookin back through the anals of time, we decided to look into the number one smash hit sensation from the year 2000: It Wasn’t Me by Shaggy. We also talk about listening to old episodes, being compared to other artists, and the writers strike. At this time, we want to thank our sponsors StrangeLoop Animation. A brand new visual arts comp...

This week, Rob and I sit down with a northwest hip hop legend: Smoke M2D6. Over the last 20 plus years, Oldominion has been a household name in the independent hip hop scene, with the iconic Owl blessing street posts all over the country…  We chat with Smoke about utilizing augmentation in your artistic process, the isolation of parenting, and theological pitfalls. We also talk to Smoke about...

Let’s talk about sex, bay-bee! That’s right. We’re going back into the vault one more time so Colin can put on his teacher hat and take us back in time to learn about the intersection of yogurt, buttplay, and cornflakes. We then learn about the differences of fetishes, kinks, and paraphilic disorders, as well as the origins of BDSM. Top all that off with some toxic media tropes, and we got ourselv...