The Nostalgia Pit

This week, Rob takes us through two different Limited Recalls! The first is on the 1997 animated film Cat's Don't Dance and the second on the 2006 dark fairy tale Pan's Labyrinth. But you know that's not all we talk about. We discuss the most recent three films in the MCU, the Space Jam soundtrack, and the sweet, sweet croonings of the one and only Randy Newman. And if you enjoy what we're doing h...

Have you ever listened to the famed Hall & Oates song and wondered: "what is it that they can't go for??!" If so, this is the perfect episode for you! It's time for Song Spelunker as we dig into the meaning of I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) and recklessly speculate about it's possible meaning(s). And that's not all of course! We also brought back Probin' Time and looked into Steven Spielberg'...

Brackets. Are. BACK! You know what that means... Resident bracketologist Drinks w/ Ron is in the house with another surprise for us. This week, as it is our 17th bracket, Ron decided to make a bracket of our brackets! How very meta of him... Our resident spleen Shroom Daddy 69 is in the house as well to help out. Besides all the discussion of brackets and recaps of old brackets, we discuss a possi...

We welcome back musician and actor Matt Goodwin into The Pit. He's here to discuss his new record Lights Along the Road which comes out November 13th. With a few singles already out, he was kind enough to allow our audience a EXCLUSIVE sneak peak at one of the songs that is NOT slated to be a single, and thus, will only be out when the record drops. We also brought back Rob's Reviews and looked at...

We are not dinosaurs, but still, we’re back! Season 7 starts out with some talk about the new Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time reboot, Pokémon, and dystopian technologies. But you know that that’s not all! We also talk the origins of soap operas, protein maxing, and the legacy of Prince. As well as a review of the Michael Jackson biopic Michael and its effectiveness in articulating reality. And if...

This week is our last bonus episode of season 6! This one is from The Half-Assed Podcast network and is an episode of the Outsiders Social Club with our resident bracketologist Drinks w/ Ron as well as Tubi Determined's Justin Stamer and resident mensch Yikes Mountain. As Ron does brackets here at The Pit, Colin is known to do brackets over at the OSC, and so today we gift you the Bad Beers Bracke...

More bonus content! This week, we take you out to the Soundtrack Your Life Podcast hosted by Nicole Barlow and Ryan Pak where they take a look at the the soundtracks that impacted us all. Whether it be a song, band, or a connection to a specific scene, they discuss the personal connections to the soundtrack with a guest! That guest for this episode is myself (Colin Casserd). We discuss the 1998 Ro...

We figured it was about to time that the public got to hear what this No5talgia podcast is all about... You may have heard us mentioning our Patreon exclusive podcast where we break down top 5 lists of a nostalgic nature... Well, today we decided to give the public one of these episodes. So today we have our 14th No5talgia on the greatest summer blockbusters of all time. Rob & Colin break thes...

Bonus content! We'll be back with Season 7 in September, but in the meantime, we wanted to promote our sister podcast The Franchise Doctors hosted by Aaron Donogh & Rob Snow. Each season, they set out to fix an ailing franchise that has gone astray. Their first season was on RoboCop and this season we have The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The episode you will be listening to today is episode 1 of...

We did it, folks. Another one in the bag... It's the season 6 finale, and that means our time honored tradition: the mailbag. We gathered questions from our listeners and did just what they asked for: answered them. We talk everything from video game systems to the hollow moon theory and so much more. Plus, some teasers for what is to come in season 7. Thanks for sticking with us all these years!...

The final bracket of the season: we talk the oughts. Everything from trucker hats & frosted tips to Napster & the first iPod. But that's not all, of course. We also discuss flip phones, Homestar Runner, soap shoes, the emo phase, The Sopranos and the Atkins diet to name a few things that connote the 2000s. And if you enjoy what we're doing here at The Pit and would like to support us furth...

This week we welcome in an absolute beast of the independent hip hop scene, the illustrious Curly Castro. One half of Shrapknel, a member of the Wrecking Crew, and co-host of the Call Out Culture Podcast, Castro joins us today to discuss his upcoming record titled Yaphet which will be released September 18 2026. But that's not all. Being The Nostalgia Pit, we had to talk about comic books, making...

The para-social relationship that with we have with celebrities is perhaps the deepest and strongest with artists. Those who put their emotionality into a consumable product in order for others to take a better peek into the human experience. Art has the capacity to take an emotional situation that largely takes place on a personal level (in our own head) and express it so that others can not only...

Welp! We managed to slip ALL THE WAY into darkness for this one. Just like little Alan Parrish slipped into the jungle some call Jumanji and be stuck there for 26 whole years in total darkness. That's 6894.5 days alone and being hunted... Holy mackerel, how did we not realize how dark this 1995 film starring Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst really was?! It's Probin' Time! And that's not even the d...

Holy nostalgia, Batman! This one is packed to the gills with everything from the turn of the 21st century, including but limited to nu metal, boy bands, SpongeBob, JNCO jeans, TRL, low rise jeans, the dot com bubble, and of course, Y2K. That's not all of course. We also recap our recent watch of the 1974 cult classic film Zardoz starring Sean Connery, Fleetwood Mac's Rumors, and the highlights fro...

Did Paul McCartney ACTUALLY die in 1966 in car crash? Was this the real reason The Beatles grew facial hair?! Maybe it's the reason they stopped touring?!? Drinks w/ Ron takes us through the life, times, and music of arguably the biggest band of all time, and perhaps one of the biggest cover ups ever... With clues scattered throughout movies, music, interviews, interludes, and more, it could only...

This week we welcome the legendary hip hop producer and photodump specialist Blockhead back into the Pit! As it’s been so long since his last appearance, we were absolutely brimming with things to talk about. So of course, we do a lightweight Song Spelunker into the one and only Ganksta N-I-P, talk more awful pizza, and talk his upcoming project Boatshoes with Brian Ennals. We also talk about trad...

This week, we shoot from the hip. With topics abound, we talk everything from Studio Ghibli to slasher films, from the Backrooms to Breaking Bad, from the etymology of the cocktail to real life fight clubs. This one's got (mostly) everything. Plus! Rob gives us a very rare double review! A podcast first! Look at us, still doing new things after all these years... And if you enjoy what we are doing...

This week welcome in a man that if you’ve come across, you would probably remember. My first impression of Mo was him running the merch booth for a west coast tour for billy woods circa 2015. Why was this a notable event, worthy of a place in the spiderwebs of my longterm memory? Because of course, Mo was selling pickles! A multi-talented and multi-faceted entrepreneur, we are excited to finally w...

Don't call me Danny Tanner, but we got a Full House this week... It's bracket time so Drinks w/ Ron had to come through, as well as our resident Spleen, the one and only MADSHROOM MC. Ron brought a bracket correctly titled "90s A** S**t" and so here we are... Everything from hair styles to technological advancements, Ron made sure to bring us a very full bracket of the most 90s ish imaginable. So...

This week we dive into the partying antics of rock n' roll's biggest stars. That's right, prepare to hear stories from the deepest darkest nooks and crannies of these celebrity lives. I hope this warning prepares you, cause I sure as hell was NOT... So we look into the lives of Billy Idol, Freddie Mercury, and Tommy Lee, as well as a smattering of others amongst. Time to put on your hazmat suit, c...

This week we welcome back in the enigmatic Lt. Headtrip, as well as welcome new guest to the Pitverse producer wizard extraordinaire NortherDraw. We brought the two of them into to talk about their new project titled Unbound Flight, the second volume in the collaborative universe of Trip & Draw. But besides all the talk of the new project, we had to throw in some nostalgic topics! So of course...

This week we welcome in our spleen MADSHROOM MC to breakdown the likes of My Sharona by The Knack. That's right, it's Song Spelunker time! Inspired by a recent episode of Here's the Science: A Bar Rescue Podcast, a song that is largely accepted and never analyzed came to be analyzed. That's not all of course. We also talked some Twin Peaks and broke down our recent trip to Twede's Cafe, the filmin...

It's bracket time folks! And of course that means we welcome in Drinks w/ Ron to douse us with his latest curation. This month, we flash back to Saturday nights in the 90s. No, we're not talking Adam Sandler, Mike Myers and all the SNL crew that dominated the decade... As 80s and 90s babies, we just had to go with SNICK! Saturday night Nickelodeon programming. Some of it brand new shows, some just...

This week we welcome in professor of words and actor of voices, the wonderful Sean Daeley! Sean is a teacher of both language arts and ESL, as well as a professional voice actor. But most importantly of all, Sean loves comics, animation, action figures, and (most) all things nostalgic, so we just had to get him in here. Make sure you check out all of Sean’s works, as we’ll have his links in our ep...