In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Passing fads from the 2000s. Terminator 2, 35 years later. The origins of computer-generated imagery (CGI). Episode 251 brings the cool breeze of GenX nostalgia to the hot July weather. It all begins with a staple of today's entertainment. Computer-Generated Imagery, or CGI, is commonplace in the 2020s. So much so...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Happy Fourth of July Weekend!  In addition to cookouts, beach days, fireworks, and family fun, I have a new mixtape to share with you. Mixtape #4 shines a hilarious light on some of the weirdest laws ever on the books in each of the six New England states.  It was illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley in Rhode Isl...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! We're celebrating 250 episodes of the podcast with a special Listener's Choice show. Everything on this show was voted on by you, the listeners! It begins with a look at some soap opera fails from the 1980s . Daytime and primetime had their share of terrible shows. Cheap imitations, forced intrigue, boring sh...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Some odd home workout tapes from the 80s. Some scandalous music moments from the 60s. The final concert from the King. Episode 249 ushers in summer with a fresh blast of GenX nostalgia. It all begins with fitness. Everyone wants a killer summer body, but are these workouts going to get you there? We look at some weird...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! From Indiana Jones' debut, to graduating high school 30 years ago, to the most dangerous roads in America, and everything in between. Episode 248 has something for everyone in the realm of GenX nostalgia. It all starts 45 years ago with the release of the groundbreaking film Raiders of the Lost Ark . The debut of...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin! Welcome to the third Hidden Track Podcast! The third podcast is a deep dive into something we older generations saw plenty of and never thought would become relics of the past: the telephone booth. From two million booths in 1999 in the United States to fewer than 100,000 today, the telephone booth is a piece of America...

Send us Fan Mail Donate to the GoFundMe for my feature-length film, The Cabin ! Episode 247 ushers in June with a summertime bonanza of GenX nostalgia. We kick it off with a journey to Busytown. Generations of kids have grown up with Richard Scarry and his children's books. Friendly animals, unique stories, hide-and-seek illustrations, and so much more make up the more than 200 books Scarry r...

Send us Fan Mail The definitive GenX late-night talk show. An unexpected musical comeback. Underrated 1980s moments. Summer is unofficially here, and Episode 246 of the podcast brings a fresh batch of nostalgia unlikely to spoil in the hot sun. Cue up the dog pound because we're starting off with a look back at the unique and highly influential Arsenio Hall Show . It broke barriers and broke...

Send us Fan Mail How the 1990s started vs. how they ended. Some terrible movies with great soundtracks. The King of Pop's feature-length film debut. Episode 245 is a perfect picnic of GenX nostalgia as Memorial Day Weekend approaches. We kick, spin, and awkwardly lean to one side as we look back at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker . A feature-length film and video game, this project came out...

Send us Fan Mail The story behind the 'Heroes In A Half-Shell.' What in the world was Gumby? Some of the funniest Weekly World News stories. Episode 244 is bringing you a fresh batch of GenX nostalgia. It starts in the sewers and the story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . 40 years ago this month, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello first graced the pages of a comic book....

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the second Hidden Track Podcast ! These are short-form shows, clocking in at roughly 10-15 minutes. They will cover a topic or two, likely previously covered on the In My Footsteps Podcast. These are subjects that were part of Top 5's or other list-form segments and deserve a more in-depth look. The second podcast takes a look at possibly the most dangerous toy eve...

Send us Fan Mail Watch my acting debut film for free, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! What in the world was a Yuppie? What are some of the beloved 1990s educational children's TV shows? What television show themes were also chart hits? Episode 243 brings the May flowers and the GenX nostalgia. It begins with an answer to the question of what a Yuppie was . Synonymous with the 1980s, Yuppies were of a cert...

Send us Fan Mail Watch my acting debut film for free, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! Episode 242 is here to pump you up! A fresh batch of GenX nostalgia to end April starts with a precursor to reality television. Battle of the Network Stars pitted actors from the major TV networks against each other in direct competition. How did it go? Oh, only feuds between actors, feuds between networks, partying, and over...

Send us Fan Mail Watch my acting debut film for free, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! In Episode 241 we get our kicks back in 1966! We are diving into television, music, movies, and all things pop culture in 1966. Here they come, walkin' down the street. Television in 1966 was the crossroads between black and white and color, the same old same old and new and exciting, and crafting shows to appeal to the...

Send us Fan Mail Watch my acting debut film for free, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! A look at the one and only Prince. The origin story of Comedy Central. Some of the worst business decisions of the 1990s. Episode 240 has a fresh garden of GenX nostalgia in bloom. It kicks off with an origin story. Long before becoming one of the most important cable television channels of the 21st century, Comedy Central wa...

Send us Fan Mail Watch my acting debut film for free, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! The revolutionary creation of TiVo. Some food and drink products that were here and gone in a flash. The bands that dominated 1980s Synth Pop. Episode 239 is a binge of nostalgia in podcast form. Blink & You'll Miss It Retro, Part 6 kicks it off by looking back at some food and drink products that came and went in a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the debut of a new podcast! Hidden Track is a short-form podcast. You get to the end of a CD, and after five minutes of silence, suddenly a new song starts playing. On these shows we will be taking a closer look at one or maybe two topics from the In My Footsteps Podcast archives. These are likely from Top 5's or other list segments and deserve more love. On the pr...

Send us Fan Mail Watch my acting debut film for free, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! How big a star was Eddie Murphy in the 1980s? Did Pepsi really own a fleet of naval vessels? What are some forgotten 1970s sodas? Episode 238 looks to answer these questions with as little April Fools as possible. We take a look at the meteoric rise to fame of Eddie Murphy in the 1980s . From an unknown to the biggest star in...

Send us Fan Mail Watch my acting debut film for free, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! Who in the world was Max Headroom? The legacy of the We Are the World charity song. Some of the biggest sports stars of the 1970s. Episode 237 rolls the weird, raucous, and wholesome bits of pop culture into one show. We Are the World was a massive undertaking more than 40 years ago. It was a humanitarian crisis taken on by m...

Send us Fan Mail Order a copy of my acting debut film, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! 40 years of Zelda. Preventing 'shrink' at A&P. The weirdest old baseball parks. Spring arrives with Episode 236 of the podcast. Things may not be blooming yet, but the nostalgia is always in season.  40 years ago, an icon of video games made its debut for Nintendo. We look back at the release of the original Le...

Send us Fan Mail Order a copy of my acting debut film, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! The last movies released on VHS. The legacy of Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Some of the biggest Best New Artist Grammy fails. Episode 235 starts the final push out of winter and into spring. Technology is always advancing and evolving. Vinyl albums led to compact discs. Rotary phones led to cell phones. VHS tapes led to DVD'...

Send us Fan Mail Order a copy of my acting debut film, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! A short-lived TV show that was ahead of its time. A vintage educational short-film about the rise of computers. Some of the biggest tech fails of the 80s. Episode 234 helps March come in like a lion with a fresh batch of GenX nostalgia. It starts with a look back at a short-lived television show that might have been way ahea...

Send us Fan Mail Order a copy of my acting debut film, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! Some popular bookstore chains that have since gone out of business. Kids lunchboxes in the 1960s and 1970s. The fun and ridiculousness of dating and love game shows. Episode 233 puts a wrap on the month of love. The show begins with a look back at defunct bookstore chains . These were some of the heavy hitters in literature...

Send us Fan Mail Order a copy of my acting debut film, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! The last games released for the original Nintendo. The story of the infamous Dating Game Killer. Some of the popular teen idols and teen queens of the 1970s. Episode 232 keeps the month of love rolling on. It starts with the ending of a beloved gaming console. For several years, and with more than a thousand titles to its ra...

Send us Fan Mail Order a copy of my debut film, Cape Cod Cthulhu ! How online dating began. The creation of the McDonaldland universe. Some of the most overhyped 1980s athletes. Episode 231 keeps the month of love going strong. It starts off with a look at the origin story of online dating . Matchmaking has existed in one form or another for centuries. In the 20th century, we had personal ads and...