Pop Culture Preservation Society

Today we’re sharing the TV Homes our society members picked as their favorites (you might be surprised at some of the choices)! We’re also talking to Marina Coates, a graphic architect who creates unbelievably accurate 3-D models of our favorite TV homes on her YouTube channel “Mockingbird Lane.” We are in awe of her designs, and it was so much fun to connect with her and learn about her process a...

The houses of our TV families are often the ones we dreamed of living in ourselves (possibly with the TV family still in it!) and are the homes that have lived in our own minds forever. Join us as we discuss a bit of the history of TV homes, that often frustrating disconnect between the exterior and the interior (seriously, how hard is it to make those things match?), and share — in detail — our o...

Free To Be ... You and Me was our generation's manifesto, played in every household and every classroom across the nation until we all knew that it was all right to cry, and mommies are people, and Atalanta didn't have to get married if she didn't want to. Join us for a deep dive on the album's origin story and take our hands, come along as we r-u-u-u-u-u-n-n-n-n with our own thoug...

EPISODE 54 — “THE LOVE BOAT: SATURDAY NIGHT DATE NIGHT” Come aboard! We’re expecting you! Join us as we board The Love Boat and relive all the reasons it was our first Saturday night date night! From the crew (are we the only ones who thought Doc was creepy?) to the guests (Cuchi-Cuchi!) to the favorite episodes from all of YOU, it’s a really fun conversation that definitely will float your boat!...

Join us for part 2 of our discussion of the most iconic movie of the 70s, Saturday Night Fever. But this time we devote the entire episode to the MUSIC; because this is how most Gen Xers "saw" the movie -- on their record players. The music from the SNF soundtrack dominated everything: the charts, the airwaves, our living room stereos. We'll discuss how The Bee Gees came on board (and...

As we all know, Saturday Night Fever was an enormous hit in the late 70s, but why? Was it all about the dance? The strut? The tight pants? After watching it now (and being a little bit shocked at what we saw) we knew there had to be more to the movie than what appears on the surface, and we knew we had to dive in to dissect it. It’s a conversation that comes with a trigger warning as we discuss th...

We are so thrilled to share this candid conversation with one of our icons, Ma Ingalls, and the absolutely lovely woman who brought her to life, Karen Grassle. Join us as we discuss Karen’s honest, raw and emotional memoir, “Bright Lights, Prairie Dust,” and learn about some of the struggles she faced in her own life as well as on the prairie. Karen was — and still is — a warrior for women, and we...

Revisiting episode 9 from February 2021 is especially meaningful to us because Little House was such a special part of our childhoods AND because in the past year since this episode aired we’ve had lovely conversations with both Ma and Laura! Our 1977 — and 2021 — selves are still freaking out! We love this episode so much because not only do we convey how important this show was to us, we get to...

Strap on those Speedos and join us as we remember another one of our favorite 2021 episodes about one of our favorite 70s celebrity competition shows! In our BRAND NEW intro we’ll tease a little bit of intel that our new friend Karen Grassle shared with us about what went on when the cameras weren’t rolling, and then stay with us for the episode where we talk about everything from the events to th...

For the next three weeks we’ll be presenting encore presentations of a few of our favorite episodes from 2021 with brand new introductory conversations, so make sure to listen again! Last week we sat down and reminisced a bit about Episode 12 “Schoolhouse Rock: The Harvard of TV” from way back in February 2021. Why was this one of our favorites? And why can’t we stop talking about “rapper gentleme...

Sit down with us as we reminisce about the fabulousness of the Carpenters Christmas Variety Shows, give you some fun facts about their classic Christmas album, fangirl over the The Osmond Christmas Shows, and bring back a few of our favorite moments from last year’s holiday episodes (which were our second and third episodes EVER)! Listen to Kristin’s heartwarming essay about an Andy Gibb gift gone...

“COULD IT BE MAGIC?” Oh, it most definitely was. Sit down with us (in Carolyn’s hotel room!) for this raw, uncut and emotional conversation about all the FEELINGS we had during Barry Manilow’s amazing Christmas concert, “A Gift Of Love V” in Palm Springs. Did we stalk him after the show? Did we succeed? Will Carolyn ever forgive Michelle for her uncharacteristic blunder? And stay tuned until the e...

PCPS Society, come on down! You’re the next contestants on our game show episode! How many of your memories of sick days home from school or summer vacations are tied to game shows? All of them? Yeah, us, too. Join us as we talk about the quintessential GenX game show, The Price Is Right (and hear a society members’ amazing story of WINNING the Showcase Showdown!!) and share fun facts from our fav...

“Hold me closer, Tony Danza,” “My fart is weak,” “Wrapped up like a douche” — we’ve all misheard lyrics and have been singing our own bizarre ones for decades! Join us as we laugh and sing to all our society’s contributions (plus our own), and play a rousing game of “Name That Misheard Lyric!” Follow the Pop Culture Preservation Society for more fun on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter & TikTok....

1970s AND 1980s GENX MALL MEMORIES Other than the roller rink, was there a better place to hang out during our GenX childhoods than the mall in the 1970s and 1980s? Join us for our fun conversation all about our MALL MEMORIES! From Orange Julius (just WHAT is in that, really?) to Spencer’s Gifts (so terrifyingly naughty!) to the T-Shirt Shack (inhaaaale), to the coveted job at the mall movie theat...

Bobby Sherman? Donny Osmond? David Cassidy? Leif Garret? Shaun Cassidy? Who did the PCPS include in the Top 10 Teen Idols of the Tiger Beat era (1967-1981) … and how in the heck did they order them? Join the girls as they explain their official “PCPS Crushology Scale: A Numerical Device For Measuring And Determining The Best Teen Idols Of Our Childhood” (trademark pending) and why each of their 10...

HEY, YOU GUYYYYYS! We’re turning it ON and bringing you the POWER in this fun and electrifying conversation all about our favorite reading primer, THE ELECTRIC COMPANY! From the background of the show to the amazing cast to the memorable skits and characters (Jennifer of The Jungle; Fargo North, Decoder; Millie the Helper; Letterman; Easy Reader) — we cover it all! Join us on this trip down memory...

If the word “dodgeball” makes you want to run and hide or if the memories of showering at age 13 with the rest of your class comes up more than once in a therapy session, this episode is for you. Join us as we count down the “Top 10 Reasons GenX Gym Class Sucked So Bad” with a LOT of help from our society members! Whether it be getting picked last, getting body shamed, bullied, or having to partic...

If you think this episode is a fun conversation about the classic George Burns, John Denver movie “Oh, God,” you’re right … but it’s so much more. Join the PCPS as they delve into discussions ranging from other movies that hit the screens in 1977 to why the message of “Oh, God” isn’t necessarily a religious one. Does it still resonate today? And maybe more importantly, why are Carolyn, Kristin, an...

Our country’s Bicentennial hit differently for us GenX kids. For us it was all about pet rocks, Dorothy Hamill, Nadia’s Theme, “I’m Just A Bill,” The Bionic Woman, Charlie’s Angels, Afternoon Delight, and Holly Hobbie. So grab a bomb pop and join the girls as they revisit many of the pop-culture events that made 1976 so much more than just the nation’s 200th birthday! 1976 Olympics Afternoon Delig...

Ready for some smooth sailing? Then grab a glass of Riunite (on ice) and come aboard SS PCPS as the girls dissect the definition of Yacht Rock. They’ll discuss the term’s origins, debate its validity, and then put the society’s songs to the test using the very scientific Yachtski Scale (trademark pending). Is YOUR essential Yacht Rock song Yacht … or not? Join us as we set sail and chat about all...

Today the girls “keep on, keep on, keep on movin’” with their discussion of The Brady Bunch, sharing more BTS dirt, their own favorite episodes, and the list of most memorable episodes from the social media society! (And don’t worry, they definitely talk “Silver Platters,” which is in a category of its own!) Which episodes made the list? How did the series end? And which Brady would have been repl...

The PCPS kicks off Season 3 with part one of a lively, two-part conversation all about our favorite blended bunch, the Bradys! Tune in to learn some juicy behind-the-scenes tidbits from the man himself, Sherwood Schwartz; hear which Bradys we loved and which we loathed; and learn which character had to literally be nailed to the floor when he wouldn’t hit his mark. Season 3 is starting off with a...

The PCPS is kicking off SHAUN WEEK with an episode celebrating Shaun Cassidy! The girls reflect on their own childhood memories as well as share a few PCPS society members’ stories. They talk to OG society member Shane (@87RaggedTiger) and he tells them about the clever work-around he came up with to get his parents to allow him to put Shaun Cassidy posters on his wall, the impact Shaun had during...

Join us for a special presentation of the Pop Culture Preservation Society in which we rebroadcast someone ELSE’S podcast in order to show you more about how OUR podcast came to be. In February 2020, the “For Keeps” podcast interviewed Kristin about her efforts to recreate her 1970s record collection and how it intersected with her interest in teen idol crushes. In the episode, she shares her own...