We Don't Wanna Grow Up

In today's episode, we're offering you a warm, cozy hug of nostalgia. We're sharing listeners' nostalgic Mount Rushmores, and we have Jodie Kennedy coming to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up classroom to tell us about her new poetry collection, Clumsy Beauty, and her nostalgic faves, of course! We also chat about the potential of doing live shows one day! Support the show on Patreon Our Ins...

In this episode, we're sharing wild stories of House Parties in the 80s, 90s, and early 00s from the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community! If you have fun stories you'd like to share, send them to us at  wedontwannagrowuppod@gmail.com ! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about ou...

Today we're answering nostalgic questions from the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community! Topics for today's episode include movies we'd like to see get a sequel, the first scary books we read/tv shows & movies we watched, Stacy's irrational fear of Lily Tomlin, which holiday movies we prefer to watch first every year, who we would pick to play us in a movie, our most exciting celebrity interaction...

Join us as we discuss animated Halloween specials from Garfield, The Simpsons, The Flintstones, Daria, Scooby-Doo, Jem and the Holograms, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and of course, Charlie Brown! We had other plans for our Halloween episode this year, but Pete's been sick, so a re-release it is! Hope you have a Happy Halloween! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our ...

This is Part 2 of our 4th annual coverage of Awesomely Bad 80s Horror Movies! Be sure to listen to Part 1 first (the episode right before this). Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode, we share our thoughts on Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and begin our 4th annual coverage of Awesomely Bad 80s Horror Movies! Part 2 will be released in a few days. Also, Erin came to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up classroom for Show & Tell! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ads...

What are you waiting for? Join us for our discussion of 1997's I Know What You Did Last Summer! We also talk about some fun stuff that one of our listeners sent to us, and a few new nostalgia-related documentaries: Child Star and Dressing Up Halloween: The Story of Ben Cooper Inc. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz comp...

The last three years, we've covered the first three movies in the Halloween, Friday the 13th, and A Nightmare on Elm Street franchises... and this year we're back with the fourth films featuring our favorite horror baddies, Jason Voorhees, Freddy Krueger, and Michael Myers -  Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, and Halloween 4: The Return of Michael M...

In this STS episode, we're discussing the new documentary, Dressing Up Halloween: The Story of Ben Cooper, Inc. We're celebrating new patreon members and Jackson comes to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up classroom for Show & Tell! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

Today, we're sharing the second installment of our series: Remote Control, where listeners get to take control (remotely) of the episode! Corinna has picked an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer for us to watch, then we answered questions and shared fun facts that she submitted! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz compa...

In this "Shoot the S#!t" episode, we talk about what year we'd go back to from our teen years, a la Peggy Sue Got Married, how Joshua Jackson and Adam Brody are having a moment, Old Navy's reissue of their 1994 collection, and a recent trip that Pete took with his dad! We have Andrea coming to the front of the classroom for Show and Tell, where she lists some of her favorite 80s hairband...

It's that time again! We're sharing some spooky stories that members of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community have submitted (for the approval of the Midnight Society)! Let's crowd around the campfire and enjoy! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use o...

The recaps may be over, but the My So-Called Life love just keeps coming! Welcome to Part 2 of our MSCL Wrap Party, where we asked YOU to tell us your thoughts on the show, and we're sharing them here! In Part 2, we're listing Favorite and Least Favorite episodes (as voted on by our listeners)! Thanks so much to everyone who participated! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our ...

While we're gearing up for spooky season, we're rereleasing some older episodes! This time, it's Scream's 1997 sequel, Scream 2! We're off to college with Sidney and Randy, who are joined by Dewey and Gale, to once again battle Ghostface! This episode originally aired October 25, 2021. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...

The recaps may be over, but the My So-Called Life love just keeps coming! Welcome to Part 1 of our MSCL Wrap Party, where we asked YOU to tell us your thoughts on the show, and we're sharing them here! In Part 1, we're listing Favorite and Least Favorite characters (as voted on by our listeners)! Thanks so much to everyone who participated! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Ou...

While we're gearing up for spooky season, we're rereleasing some older episodes! It's time to run through the rules of how to survive a horror movie as you get your Jiffy Pop on the stove, because we're all still running scared from our introduction to Ghostface... It's the original Scream (1996)! This episode originally aired October 15, 2021. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Websit...

We're back with more 90s Thrillers (voted on by the We Don't Wanna Grow Up community)! We also attempt to pick who would be on our nostalgic Mount Rushmore, we announce our new Fall Reading Series on Patreon, and we have comedy writer and poet, Lyndsay Rush, coming to the front of the class for Show & Tell! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted...

While we're gearing up for spooky season, we're rereleasing some older episodes! In this episode, we're hoping to invoke some feelings of nostalgia and make you feel light as a feather... it's 1996's The Craft (originally aired September 12, 2021)! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for info...

It's our 300th episode of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up podcast, and the time has come... we've reached the final episode of My So-Called Life (Episode 19 - In Dreams Begin Responsibilities). While we're sad that our recaps are over, we still have our MSCL Wrap Party to look forward to! Thank you to everyone who has joined us on this journey! One thing is for sure... we had a time! Support the show o...

Trying a little something new, where we split the episode, spending more time on chit-chat, pod updates, and Show and Tell! Today, we're discussing the Oasis tour that was just announced, how trends traveled before the internet, the Barbie Dream Pool that Pete got Stacy last Christmas, Pete's dream Transformers, and a new, nostalgia-loving friend we recently met! Our Show and Tell is from former p...

We asked our audience for their favorite thriller movies of the 90s, and we're sharing Part 2 of the results in today's episode! We also talk about Pete's tremendous love for the year 1988, time travel, Dirty Dancing-like resorts, and how Pete earned the title of, "Lance Romance" with Stacy way back in the 90s! Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  Tik...

We asked our audience for their favorite thriller movies of the 90s, and we're sharing Part 1 of the results in today's episode! We also have an exciting podcast-related announcement, and we have Natanya Ross (The Secret World of Alex Mack, The Baby-Sitter's Club & more) being interviewed by her boyfriend, Nate Richert (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) for our Show & Tell segment! Support the sh...

Get ready to bowl some balls, perform at the June Moon Talent Show, dance at the Rock-a-Hula-Luau, and go on a motorcycle ride with a mystery C-O-O-L R-I-D-E-R. Who's that guy, anyway? This is Part 2 of our Grease 2 coverage! Part 1 was released on 8/14/2024. In this episode, we talk about the soundtrack, our favorite (and least favorite) moments, and we answer some questions from some Patreon mem...

If you're a regular listener or follower of our social media pages, you know that Grease 2 is one of Stacy's favorite movies of all time! Pete finally gave the green light, and we talked about it so long, we had to break it into two parts! So enjoy, fellow Grease 2 lovers! We also discuss the New Kids on the Block concert we went to recently, the upcoming My So-Called Life "wrap party" t...

Join us as we celebrate Shannen Doherty, and share a list of favorite moments from Brenda Walsh, her character on Beverly Hills 90210, as voted on by the We Don't Wanna Grow Up Community. Support the show on Patreon Our Instagram Our  Website Our  Facebook Our  TikTok Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adv...