Pop Culture Preservation Society

Remember when Mork was on Happy Days? Or when Charlie's Angels sailed on the Love Boat? Today the PCPS will be on its own criss-cross adventure with the hit podcast Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship. Listeners send us questions about our friendship almost as often as we get Gen X pop culture questions. It's clear that people want this to be real -- as if three women holding each ot...

Today we’re replaying an episode full of all the hilarious misheard lyrics we’ve been singing wrong for decades: “Hold me closer, Tony Danza,” My fart is weak,” Wrapped up like a douche” … and so many more! Join us for a BRAND NEW opening conversation and then stick around as we laugh and sing to all our society members’ contributions and play a rousing game of “Name That Misheard Lyric!" Our...

Today we're replaying one of our most enlightening conversations: Are each of us a "Mary" or a "Rhoda?" Join us for an all NEW opening convo rehashing this great debate, and then listen in (or listen again!) as we discuss what qualities make each unique and relive some of our very favorite moments from this truly dynamic duo! Follow the PCPS on Instagram , Facebook , TikTok, Th...

Buckle up those seatbelts (but don’t really because we didn’t use them) and let’s hit the road, GenX style! Journey with us as we take an encore trip through all our collective road trip memories from the 1970s and 80s — the car ride, the games, the stops, the souvenirs, the pools, the food, and so much more. We’re sharing YOUR stories as well as ours! It’s a fun ride you don’t want to miss with a...

Join us for an ENCORE of our fun episode all about the fan letters and fan clubs of our GenX youth … with a BRAND NEW opening conversation with a fan letter to Captain & Tennille you have to hear! If you were a member of a fan club or ever wrote a letter to your celebrity idol, this episode will bring back all the feels! Join us for a conversation all about those cool clubs (and all the perks...

President of Jim Henson Television (and fellow GenX pop-culture freak) Halle Stanford is here and we have MUCH to discuss! We’re talking Muppets (of course), Sesame Street, Little House on The Prairie (you’ll never believe how far Halle took her obsession), Karen Carpenter (and her ghost), and Halle’s animated series Harriet The Spy, which is now in its second season on Apple TV. What was it about...

Sit down with us as we chat with Crushologist, podcast host, and author Kristin Nilsen to talk all things crushes and her incredibly heartfelt, real, and hilarious book, Worldwide Crush. Who was your first celebrity crush? Davy Jones? Shaun Cassidy? Rick Springfield? Rob Lowe? Justin Bieber? Whoever it was it was important … and it was real. Join us for a very special BOOK CLUB discussion with Kri...

today's episode will be out of the ordinary -- and that's because it was not planned, it was not researched, and it was not recorded in our home studios with high tech microphones and sound proofing. But it felt urgent and so we dropped our need for perfection and opened our laptops to record in hotel rooms and far-flung places to bring you the most immediate reaction we could to a most am...

Calling all Duranies! Today we're bringing you a fun, informative, full-of-admiration-and-borderline-obsessive discussion of our generation's FAB FIVE by two devotees of Duran Duran, PCPS’s own host Michelle and Twin Cities’ top DJ Jake Rudh. Join them as they dish on why they loved (and still love) Duran Duran, how you can’t spell Duran Duran without the letters M T V, what their favorite...

Join Kristin, Carolyn and Michelle as they create their own old-school KTEL album full of Sunshine Pop, the happy/sad musical genre of the late 60s and early 70s that is chasing Yacht Rock as a retrospectively-named genre that’s quickly gaining a cult following. These are the songs you know but didn’t know you know. You know? The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Archies, The Fifth Dimensi...

It’s the Brady Bunch episodes that gave us a lifelong onomatopoeia: Doodle-oodle-oo!! Honestly, can you talk about these episode without doing it at least five times? We know we can’t! From the groovy outfits and that bad (or good?) luck Tiki to a forgiven kidnapper and a tarantula who possibly gets more airtime than any of them, we are diving in DEEP. Join US for all the good, bizarre, hilarious,...

What is there to even say? WE INTERVIEWED SHAUN CASSIDY! Now get back up off the floor and listen up because you won't want to miss a word of this conversation with our first crush. He was generous with his time and his confessions so grab some snacks and settle in for -- in true 1970s parlance -- a very special episode. He drops nuggets about playing softball with Alice Cooper, clubbing with...

They didn’t break her, but they almost broke us. Our Pretty In Pink discussion goes to places we never expected as we dissect these three characters and their relationships with our beloved Andie, as well as many other parts of this unforgettable movie. Listen as we sing Duckie’s praises (to the tune of “Try A Little Tenderness” obviously), debate who is the bigger jerk, Steff or Blane, and give t...

From Bope to Jarlena: Your Top 10 Soap Opera Supercouples: Our discussion of soap operas continues in a countdown of your most beloved soap opera Supercouples. Our adolescent selves invested so hard in these thwarted lovers, it was practically a sport. Their popularity grew to almost mythical status and probably ignited the wedding industry as we know it. Which couple is regarded as the soap opera...

These are the days as the world of all my children turns (at the hospital). In other words, we'll be talking about our favorite soap opera moments this week in what turned out to be one of the most absurd discussions we've ever had on The Pop Culture Preservation Society. Once again, we Gen Xers were the beneficiaries of a cultural phenomenon that we may never see again; daytime dramas rul...

Today we’re saving our GenX prom, that "Night To Remember,” the one we wanted to have just "One More Night" to experience "Always and Forever” — the dresses, the themes, the music, and all of OUR memories … and YOURS! Who drank so much water that day to be able to fit into her dress that she had to pee all night? Whose prom was basically a mini-wedding ceremony? Who had a serious w...

The reviews are in and the Margaret movie is a smash hit! Especially if you call yourself a Gen Xer. After a special pre screening of the long-awaited film adaptation of Judy Blume's coming-of-age classic, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, the PCPS lets you in on their post-movie discussion and (thank God!) it did not disappoint (one more time: thank God!). We've been waiting for t...

Today we're sharing a fun episode from our favorite sister-podcast, "The Untitled GenX Podcast.” Last year PCPS host Michelle joined Lori to talk about one of her favorite topics, Duran Duran ... and even more specifically, the brilliance of the 1982 Rio album (which they pick apart, track list and videos). Can Michelle turn Lori into a Duranie? First, she’ll need to tell her that Duran Du...

In anticipation of the upcoming “Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret”movie, join us for an encore episode of one of our first episodes, one we were the most excited to have a conversation about when we began this podcast: Judy Blume books! Judy Blume books weren't just great stories, they tackled real and deep issues like developmental struggles, family dynamics, racial issues, death, and bull...

Who were the ORIGINAL MTV Veejays? Who was the actress originally cast as Carol Brady? Which very popular 80s sitcom took place in Columbus, Ohio? Will these questions (and so many more) stump Carolyn and Kristin? Find out in this battle of past PCPS episode trivia (hosted by Michelle)! Play along with them to find out if YOU know more about our episodes than they do 😂. Follow PCPS on Instagram ,...

In today's episode, we'll be saving the one constant in everybody’s life from ages 5 to 18 – that daily meal taken at long tables in basement cafeterias and converted gyms: The School Lunch. Not Michelle Obama's school lunch or the farm-to-table locally-sourced fully compostable school lunch of the new millennium ... more like the grease-filled pepperoni cups on your rectangle pizza sc...

You’re invited to Kristin’s hotel room in Yorba Linda, CA (but really) for our immediate — and first — conversation following our Teen Dream dinner with Kristy McNichol, Jimmy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Greg Evigan, Wesley Eure, and Kathy Coleman! It’s an excited jumble of moments and stories from the night when our brains were still foggy and reeling. And then stick around for another round a...

Which Sesame Street skits have been living in your head for the past 50 or so years? Rubber Duckie? Mahna Mahna? Ladybug Picnic? Grover screaming “FAAAAAR?” There are SO many classic, memorable skits we’ll never be able to get out of our brains — and we’re not complaining! Join us as we count down YOUR Top 10 (or 14) favorites! Which shockingly appears low on the list? Which was the #1 most memora...

EPISODE 110 — The Sunny Days of Sesame Street How do you get to Sesame Street? With us! Join us as we celebrate and honor the sunny days of Sesame Street — OUR Sesame Street — the OG!! We’re remembering those first years and all the things that have been living RENT FREE in our heads for decades: All the humans we loved (including TWO Gordons!) … the muppets … the kids … and the songs. And NEXT WE...

Join us for Part 2 of our deep-dive into "Fame." We're taking you year by emotional year through all the highs, lows, fears, tears, pain and — ultimately — gain. It's a heartfelt conversation that is a true tribute to the movie that's gonna live FOREVER ... FAME! Follow the PCPS on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter, TikTok and YouTube Support the PCPS by becoming a patron on Patre...