Melinda Wyers

Y2K FM

Society EN ↓ 5 episodes

Welcome to Y2K FM, the ultimate throwback podcast where one woman dives deep into the late ’90s and early 2000s. From dial-up internet to flip phones this channel is your personal time machine back to the era that shaped a generation. New episodes drop monthly. Subscribe and relive the days before YouTube existed. Learn about how things were in the late 90’s // early 2000’s from a first hand perspective.

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Melinda Wyers

Episodes

The Collectible Card Game Boom 01.11.2025 33:11

Sorry for the delay on this one, I've had major allergies and my voice has finally come back. Grab your sleeves and starter decks, it's time to talk about the great Collectible Card Game Boom of the late 90's and early 2000's. I go on for half an hour about Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yugioh, DBZ CCG, The X-Files Card Game, and a few others.

Flash Player 19.09.2025 13:36

Welcome to the episode about Macromedia/Adobe Flash. Come learn about how the internet worked before streaming.

Stealing Music on The Internet 01.08.2025 15:31

Learn about the history of Peer to Peer file sharing. Before Spotify there was Napster, KaZaA, Limewire, and BitTorrent. Find out how people in the early 2000's filled their new iPods with sketchy mp3 files downloaded from random computers. Support the show at Y2K.FM

College Without A Laptop 01.07.2025 12:43

A laptop computer is nearly essential for work and school these days. That wasn't the case in 2002. They were expensive, loud, and not widespread in the classroom. Pull out your Scantrons and dust off your spiral notebooks. In this episode find out what it was like to be in college without a laptop.

When the Internet Was Slow 07.06.2025 15:12

The internet in the late 90's was vastly different than the internet today. Let's take a look at how we connected before we were always connected. In this episode: chat rooms, instant messages, and download speeds that you had to witness to believe.