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Nicstalgia
by Nicstalgia
Nicstalgia is a video podcast where we have deep conversations about superficial things. Host & Pop Culture Princess Nicole Tremaglio unlocks core memories from the 90s, 2000s & beyond while examining the past through a contemporary lens. Our special guests include pop culture and nostalgia enthusiasts, tastemakers, and creators.This show is about how pop culture helps shape who we are, reflects how we see ourselves in the world, and fosters belonging and connection with others. If you loved the dELiA*s catalog, Limited Too photobooth, Hit Clips, or Juicy Tubes, you're in the right place.
Episodes
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I'm Tired of Rumors Starting
Adryan Corcione is featured on this week’s episode of Nicstalgia. Tri-State Area pop culture enthusiasts unite!!! We chat about how we met (spoiler alert: we are the only people talking about Xanga), Gerard Way working at Hot Topic in the Willowbrook Mall, Adryan’s journalistic work and…
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Laguna Beach Was Real to Me
Kelli Williams is featured on this week’s episode of Nicstalgia. Kelli shares how Laguna Biotch came to life, and we explore the sense of freedom that comes with shamelessly leaning into the things you like – including but not limited to Backstreet Boys and Celine Dion. We explore the undoing of...
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Nostalgia Isn’t “Back”…It Never Left
In this episode, I explain how “nostalgia” is often used as a misnomer for “nowstalgia” when marketing an old cultural object to a new consumer demographic. Drawing inspiration from my article, “Nostalgia vs. Nowstalgia, and Why Both Matter in 2022”, and dig into six key considerations of how…
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Physical Media Renaissance™
In this episode, I share the experience of my Physical Media Renaissance™ project that I’ve been working on for about a year. I dive into the physical media (CDs), 00s entertainment technology (icy blue Memorex CD boombox), and memorabilia (the iconic Geri poster) that I’ve acquired and six key...
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Checkpoints and The Shock of Deletion
Ruby Thelot is featured on this week’s episode of Nicstalgia. He shares how his love for studying and researching niche internet communities and cultures led him to writing his forthcoming book, A Cyberarchaeology of Checkpoints. We talk about how the concept of checkpoints originated in video…
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I Don't Know Her
Merel from Ex-Girlfriend Shop is featured on this week’s episode of Nicstalgia. Your two favorite Aries Angels chat about what inspired her to start Ex-Girlfriend Shop, our love for Y2K fashion, my first designer handbag, and what it was like for Merel discovering fashion trends pre-internet in…
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I Want to Ride My Bicycle
Nora Woods is featured on this week’s episode of Nicstalgia. Friends since we were 12, we reminisce about dancing in the living room to Beatles records, listening to Queen deep cuts and loving Freddie Mercury, dancing to “Get Low” at prom, going tanning, our fav Latin pop sensations Shakira and...
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All The Makeup That MAC Can Make
Tiffany Tarazi is featured on this week’s episode of Nicstalgia. She shares her journey from second-gen makeup artist to product developer to developing Nosta Beauty. We chat about home videos from the 90s vs. now, capturing both milestones and mundane aspects of day-to-day life for personal use...
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Come on [AI] Barbie, Let's Go Party
Fabiola Larios is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about Fabi’s Barbie exhibit at Yami-Ichi, subverting obsolescence and bringing new life to old and retro technology, AI-generated art on Fabi’s irreplaceable pink Disney Princess TV, the iconic 90s computer game Barbie Magic...
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This Dress is Dry Clean Only, Melanie
Jocelyn and Alaina from Bijou Candles and the Candle Coven Podcast are featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about Rocky Horror Picture Show, Seinfeld, being a dELiA*s girl in a Hollister world, shared memory and collective consciousness, and how pop culture represents human...
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Why Are You My Clarity?
BARTYDARTY is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about Adam’s journey to becoming a DJ and producer: going on MySpace at the ripe age of 12, blogging in 5th grade, being influenced by Detroit's electronic and house music, and getting his brother’s hand-me-down trumpet. We…
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Where Are Your Boys Tonight?
Chris Payne is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about his amazing new book, WHERE ARE YOUR BOYS TONIGHT?, how he got into music journalism, getting an email from Pete Wentz, My Chemical Romance nowstalgia, and finding out about Paramore before they made it big. Does liking…
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This Must Be....Pop!
Ana from This Must Be Pop is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss how the music of boy bands have been overlooked in music history, how This Must Be Pop was developed through a feminist lens, reframing the whole idea of what being a “fangirl” or “fanboy” means, and…
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2023 Lifestyle, Fashion, Tech & Content Predictions & Revivals
In this solo episode, we are doing whatever the opposite is of taking a walk down memory lane. I share with you my lifestyle, fashion/2010s revival, and tech trend predictions for 2023. We’re due for a 2020s version of wine/paint bars. Pickleball? Grandma stuff? Mushroom bags? I’m here for it.…
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The 90s: Mix Tapes, Zines, and Gen X Authenticity
Andy Frye is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We chat about his book, Ninety Days In The 90s, the vibrant Chicago music scene, and how changes in popular culture are actually more gradual than we make them out to be in hindsight. Andy talk about what he was able to discover in the...
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Vintage Lace Camis & Playboy Bunny Necklaces
Nicole Randone from Misss2005 is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. This episode goes to show that Millennials and Gen Z have more in common than the internet makes it out to be. We talk about collecting physical media from the 2000s, experiencing the motorola rzr for the first time…
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Social Media: The Reality Show Starring You
Fabiola Larios, Gremlin, and Vivian Fu are featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about making a critical statement through subversive glitter art, Dollz, cute internet sounds (what glitter sounds like), and early digital technology. We dive deep on social media and identity,...
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Don't Mess With My Man
Nikki Pebbles is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. Can the conversation about thongs ever really end??? No. Talking ~in depth~ about hiding your bedazzled and embellished Mandee’s, Weathervane, Wet Seal, Rave, and Rave Girl thongs from your mom. Did Nikki have her first kiss at a…
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We Met at Spice Girls Trivia
Shaleena from Everything 90s podcast is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. Yes we met at what was truly the event of the year – Spice Girls trivia!! We talk about some of our shared loves, from the iconic Spiceworld album that we both had on cassette tape to Oops! I Did It Again, the...
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I Just Want Jessica Biel To Be Happy
Donny from I Am The Cute One podcast is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss which housewives franchise he would be a part of, my inherent understanding of RHONJ, and educating your parents about pop culture that they will never watch. All I’m saying is that we predicted the...
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I Do Not Dream of Blockbuster
Danielle Clarke and Jackie Conley from the No More Late Fees podcast are featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. They share what it was like working at Blockbuster: Did they incur late fees themselves? How was the transition from VHS to DVDs? What was the movie everyone wanted to see? We...
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The Zinnia Wormwood Fan Club
Jaz Zepatos is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about being funny, not caring about what people think, and getting used to feeling stupid. (Or in the words of the inimitable Weird Al, “Dare To Be Stupid”.) You will come to discover in this episode that both crying in public...
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Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice
Danielle Petty from 90s Babes is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We reminisce about Tamagotchi parenthood, Beanie Baby ownership, the best 90s treats and snacks, and the ever-controversial Furby. There’s definitely a ‘played office’ as a kid to business owner pipeline, and we talk...
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Grew Up In a Small Town and When The Rain Would Fall Down...
Shawn Eric Jones is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We answer questions like, when those true crime documentaries take place in a “small town”, how small are we really talking here? Is the sense of community in Friday Night Lights like real life? Why run a 90s nostalgia social…
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Zack Morris is (Still) Trash
Susanna Gore is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. I ask her what a 2000s kid time capsule would look like, and she tells me about her favorite 80s, 90s, and 00s memorabilia. We touch upon Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag’s “How to be Famous” book, Bump Its, and old shows that did not…
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Meet Me at Foxwoods
Brian Blackmore is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss inspo behind his popular Music Executive character on TikTok, the nepo babies and ‘odd visual experience’ that was LMFAO, and setting the record straight between pumpkin spice vs. apple pie seasoning. We answer important...
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You’re The Mary-Kate to My Ashley
Kate Steinberg is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. She’s the Mary-Kate to my Ashley, and it feels like we’ve known each other since 2007. We really paint the picture of the Middle School Dance ™️, how yes, Abercrombie lace camis are vintage, and how we used to wear multiple camis…
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A Mall in New Jersey is The Best Place in The World
Tom McLeod from Arkive is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss the objects that serve as milestone-markers throughout childhood and his formative memories around gaming. (Well actually, Tom playing games and me eating popcorn watching other people play games.) There’s...
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My Chemical Romance: The Musical
Jessica Conrad is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss the best 2000s movie soundtracks, 'cheese grater' music videos, and our shared formative experience: DANCE!! We deep dive on dance studio culture and its impact on music discoverability, the dance world’s impact on pop...
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I'm a dELiA*s Girl in a 90s World
Rachel Burke from 90s Obscurity is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. What did we do when we didn’t know the name of a song before Google or lyrics before Shazam?? Called the radio station. How did we get to dELiA*s before Google Maps, GPS, or Mapquest? Honestly, I don’t exactly know....
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Be Kind, R3WIND
Tasafila from R3WIND (formerly Blockbuster DAO) is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. Tasafila stands for ‘Take a second and fall in love again’, which I stan. He’s a literal neighbor to the last-standing Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon and a friend who hangs out with me at the...
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I Am Trash, But I Am Free
Bridget from Literal Trash 2004 is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We explore how having ‘bad taste’ is really arbitrary, the shadow side of pop culture, tabloid culture, low culture, bimbofication, and how superficiality and vapidness on the internet can actually be fun. Not...
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Living Your Y2K Dream
Janine from Retro Avocado is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. She gets the inspo for her nostalgic content, her favorite music videos and 90s movies, and which fashion trends & hairstyles that she loves vs. ones that she’d leave in the past. Our convo is all about channeling...
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Kpop Fandoms and Idol Culture
Kpop Sociology is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. Whether you’re new to Kpop or already a devoted fandom member, you’ll enjoy this episode! We chat about how Kpop and fandom is a unifying force that fosters genuine connection, gives a voice to people discontent with their reality,...
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Hot Topic is a Time Machine to 2005
Perry Goeders is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about the inspiration behind her TikTok series, if department stores had a reality show. Who can forget the sensory experience that is going to the mall? Hot Topic is literally a time machine to 2005, wouldn’t you agree? We...
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Realistic 2000s Fashion
Although we played with Bratz dolls in the 2000s, we didn’t actually look like them (yet). We explore realistic, cringe, cursed yet iconic looks at a time when everyone had skinny eyebrows. Jeans over pants, capris, “going out tops”, layering, popped collars, bug sunglasses, ‘thin useless…
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Unlocking Core Memories
Where did all of our childhood toys go?? We’ll talk about those super random, niche, obscure things you may have forgotten about. The goal here is to unlock those core memories and have you be like — whoa, I literally forgot about that!! Today we go through my Pinterest board, specific nostalgic...
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The Evolution of Girl Bands
Why were the members of TLC called “T-Boz”, “Left Eye” and “Chili”?? Wait, Sinbad discovered a girl band?? Why do we all know someone who did a tap dance to “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”?? No one can really be sure. Berry Gordy is related to WHO?? Technically, not to Beyoncé. You know who IS related?...
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Every Celebrity Has a Skincare Line
Perri Godsk & Sofia Ishaq of butterland are featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. The real question here is, if we know better, do we actually do better? When it comes to media literacy, nah, not really. In this episode, we answer questions like, when did we go from buying 13 different...
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Crypto Pop Culture
Shirin Carmel Bucknam of Crypto Witch Club is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We discuss crypto education through the lens of pop culture. (Per usual, this is not financial or investing advice.) In a world of Krypto Kurrencies, where Kris Jenner is Bitcoin, how can we prepare...
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My Fav Internet Era: AIM, Xanga, Myspace
In this episode, we talk about the monoculture and web1 (the early internet), the progression of subculture in tandem with the emergence of social media, and the fashion, trends, and technology that supported us through it all. TIME article 〰 Facebook article 〰 Myspace article 〰 AIM article…
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Super Fans and Selling Out
Barbara Barna Abel is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about how enthusiasm is valuable (and marketable!), how to avoid the ‘shoulds’, stand out as yourself, and find your calling when you don’t fit into neat little boxes. There’s no shame in being a super fan!! We go over...
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Why 2010s Nostalgia is Already Back
In this episode, we talk about why 2010s nostalgia is already being talked about, fast fashion and social media (SHEIN hauls have entered the chat), how trends travel through the diffusion of innovations (Instagram Reels and wired headphones lol), some of my 2010s revival predictions (breaking…
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Millennial Misery and Memes
Jamie from Millennial Misery is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We speak about what it’s like running a meme account. Meme pages make us realize we all kinda had the same childhood/life to some extent, don’t they?! (Sidebar: Here’s your reminder that there are ~real people~ behind...
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A&F: Problematic and Successful
In this episode, I talk about the most loved and hated brand of the 2000s: Abercrombie & Fitch. We touch on the recent Netflix documentary and get into my personal experience having working in the store in the late 2000s, perspective on Abercrombie’s mall/brand/selling culture, how A&F managed to...
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2000s Girls' Handbags
In this episode, I talk about the 2000s and what inspired trends, what the handbags of the moment were (okay yes some of them aren’t designer, fine, but whatever!!), what getting their first designer bag ultimately meant for a tween or teenage girl specifically in the 2000s, and how you can…
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I Want My MTV
Vinnie Potestivo is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about my personal favorite era of MTV – the late 90s-early 00s. the energy of youth culture. He worked on The Osbournes, Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, and Punk’D, and even cast Beyoncé in Carmen: A Hip Hopera. Gen Xers were...
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Making Music Videos with Your Cousins
Marisa Vitale is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about our shared experiences during our upbringing and how we were filmmakers, producers, editors, and choreographers recreating music videos (doing what we now call ‘content creation’) in the early 2000s. We explore why…
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Middle School Dance Culture
Nikki Pebbles is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about being an It Girl in the 2000s. (TW: Body image, EDs.) You probably smelled like Sweet Pea, Lovespell, and slightly burned hair. Reflecting on scrunching your hair yet having pin-straight bangs and always missing *one*...
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'Bring It On' Made Us Cheerleaders
Tatiana Lampa is featured on this week's episode of Nicstalgia. We talk about how we wanted to be backup dancers, the impact of Bring It On in our becoming cheerleaders, bucket hats, and the false dichotomy that is Team Backstreet Boys vs. Team *NSYNC. While everyone else is out there watching...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Nicstalgia is a video podcast where we have deep conversations about superficial things. Host & Pop Culture Princess Nicole Tremaglio unlocks core memories from the 90s, 2000s & beyond while examining the past through a contemporary lens. Our special guests include pop culture and nostalgia enthusiasts, tastemakers, and creators.This show is about how pop culture helps shape who we are, reflects how we see ourselves in the world, and fosters belonging and connection with others. If you loved the dELiA*s catalog, Limited Too photobooth, Hit Clips, or Juicy Tubes, you're in the right place.
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