Fueled by Nostalgia

Here we are people. It's almost that time again when Americans get out and celebrate their American-ness by eating copious amounts of charred food, blowing things up and, for some of us, going full Florida-Man. That happens, and it's fine. We get it, you're stoked about the birthday of your country. On this episode we talk about stuff that's amused us with the World Cup being in No...

We got to talk to Christopher Priest and Cody Ziglar!!! How cool is that?! That's right, ladies and gents, here at FBN we don't bury the lead! Phoenix FanFusion 2026 was damn good to us! We're keeping this intro short and sweet, so enjoy as we take you on an auditory journey with two amazing creators, Cody Ziglar and Christopher Priest!!!

It's over folks, and we did not just survive Phoenix FanFusion 2026...WE THRIVED. We got to talk to some amazing guests, meet some great new fans and just have an all around hell of a good time. Taters CLAIMS she doesn't have FanFusion hangover but we think she's just playing tough as she doesn't like showing any weakness (she feels as though her enemies are listening? It's a w...

We won't lie, we were a little nervous about our robot overlords taking over (Matt has a great respect for them so long as he can still watch funny animal videos...tbh all three of us feel that way) until we saw that video of the robot just kinda dying on the vine while attempting to moonwalk. This episode we go over our very valid mistrust of AI, Matt talks about being the old guy in line at...

Welcome welcome welcome to the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!!! Yes, I might be overselling it but Sun Tzu did say ""Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win". Translation, believe in yourself and we TOTALLY believe in ourselves. This week we did what we do best and that's sometimes just let the conversation be organic....

Greetings, Combustors (for now, that's what we're calling our listeners. We're trying a thing, go with it)! Here we are, back with another week of nostalgic goodness. Adam, Matt and Taters LOVE their respective Moms, of course, but you know what they also love? RANKING THINGS! MAKING LISTS! This week we ran a draft for our favorite pop-culture Moms and then ran those lists through the...

Why bury the lead, right? Today true believers we have the honor of hanging out with Zach Taylor! Zach is the Event Producer for Phoenix FanFusion and he is a fount of convention stories and experiences. We are a pop culture podcast and this is 1000% in our wheelhouse. We cover the full gamut of topics, from Matt talking about going to the first ever Phoenix ComicCon (back when it could legally be...

This week we are all about SPORTS! No, we're not talking about the immortal album by the great "Huey Lewis & the News". It's OUR time to shine, Huey and we did just that. This week we're happy to present our first guest, the amazing Dave Barend! Dave can be found at collegebasketballtimes.com and he melded beautifully with our little tripod. So we wish we could say that we...

This week we are fueled by our love of MTV, or at the very least what MTV used to be. We examine everything from our old school love music videos to TRL and some of the amazing cartoons featured on Liquid Television. For those of you who missed out on those years, you missed out on The Buggles, Cyndi Lauper being so perfectly weird, the amazingness that was seeing "Thriller" when it came o...

You know them, you love them...SPIES! This week we talk all about the spy flicks and tv shows we love. From Austin Powers to Bond to the Dynamic Duo known as Bea and Twila...let's just say if you dig spies and this one doesn't have it maybe you really didn't need it. Also, the triumphant return of TATERS! 100%, this show doesn't work without the third leg of the tripod. We LITERALL...

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...