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Pop Culture Preservation Society — 290 episodes

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Benign Neglect: GenX Parenting Stories

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AM RADIO GOLD: 1978 - Part 2

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AM Radio Gold: 1978

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The One About Our 90s Era Weddings

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Mind The Gap: Testing our GenX Trivia Knowledge

6

Your TOP 10 Favorite Shows from Sid & Marty Krofft

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The Krofft Supershow Universe

8

Stars' Second Acts and Greg Evigan Like You've Never Heard Him Before

9

Bicentennial Bonanza: Party Like It's 1976!

10

Sailing Away to The Summer of 1980

11

Season 19 Preview: Krofft Supershows, "Airplane," Preppies and so much MORE

12

Why Summer Reading Programs Were The Best ... and Our Picks For YOUR 2026 Summer Reading List

13

Gen X As Punching Bag: Why The Internet Is Beating Up On The Most Overlooked and Underestimated Generation

14

PCPS Light-Listen To Your Meds: Why Music is Medicine, and Our Reset Playlists

15

PCPS Light: The Analog Comeback We've Been Waiting For

16

PCPS LIGHT: “Who Needs Friends” and That Time Andrew McCarthy Asked Michelle to Prom

17

The Pitt Acknowledges the Existence of Gen X

18

Talking with Eve Plumb: “Happiness Included”

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Let's Get Physical

20

Helen Reddy: She is Woman (Part 2)

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Helen Reddy: She Is Woman (Part 1)

22

Saving GenX Movie Theater Moments

23

Everybody Cut Footloose: The Soundtrack

24

Little Quiz on the Prairie

25

K-Tel's Music Express! 20 Original Hits! 20 Original Stars!

26

Gee, Your Museum Smells Terrific!

27

Top 10 Pop Culture Moments of the GenX Era

28

Shaun Cassidy: Another Epic Interview

29

Season 18 Preview: Shaun Cassidy, Jane Fonda, Footloose and MORE

30

PCPS LIGHT: Top 10 Old TV Shows Every Kid Should Know

31

PCPS LIGHT — Please, Please, Please Let Cameron Get What He Wants

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Free to Be - In Honor Of Our Minneapolis Home

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PCPS LIGHT - The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders and the 1979 Movie We Can’t Unsee

34

PCPS Light: Music & Memories & the Modern World

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PCPS Light: A Christmas in the Life

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PCPS LIGHT - A Look Back at Our Past Holiday Episodes!

37

Something Borrowed, Something Blue: TV Weddings of the GenX Era

38

GIMME FIVE! Celebrate 5 Years of the PCPS!

39

MTV Book Club: Hello, Whip It and Land of Confusion

40

It Started With a Shaun Cassidy Concert...and Became an Anniversary Party

41

I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing: The Commercial Jingles of Our GenX Childhoods

42

Time Capsule 1975: HAPPY 50th BIRTHDAY

43

Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves: Our GenX Halloween Memories

44

The OG YA Novel: Lois Duncan's "I Know What You Did Last Summer"

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Mel Harris Talks "thirtysomething" and Gives Us HOPE for a Reboot

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thirtysomething: BIG Feelings About The Show and Characters We Loved as twentytsomethings

47

Disco Book Club: FEVER; The Complete History of Saturday Night Fever

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PCPS Light: Host Recommendations

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Quiz Show Edition of PCPS Light

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A Full-Calorie PCPS Light

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PCPS LIGHT: Darth Vader In the Wisconsin Dells, Kurt Thomas on the Pommel Horse, and Pamela Anderson on Her Own Terms

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PCPS Light: Jaws at 50

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PCPS LIGHT 1: The Fisher-Price Play Family Dilemma, the Viral Ribbon Barrettes, Leg Warmers, and Monica Lewinsky

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CHiPs Roller Disco: The Most Seventies of the 70s TV Episodes

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A Chorus Line of Musicals From Our 1970s Record Cabinet, Part 2

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A Chorus Line of Musicals From Our 1970s Record Cabinet - Part 1

57

Diving into “The Scott Fenwick Diaries” with Author Kristin Nilsen

58

A Little Romance: GenX's First Teen RomCom

59

Our 3rd Annual Bicentennial Encore

60

Billy and Joey and Delta Dawn at the Copacabana: Story Songs of the 70s

61

Linger a Little Longer at the PCPS Camp Singalong!

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Cinematic Sagas on the Small Screen: The TV Miniseries of the GenX Era

63

Kick the Can, Freezetag and Hopscotch: A Top 10 List of the Games that Kept GenXers Outside

64

Stay Sweet! Friends Forever: Gen X Yearbook Reader's Theater

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The Unoffcial Hunger Games: Surviving GenX Field Day

66

Camp Songs, Thorn Birds and CHiPs Roller Disco: A Sneak Peek at Season 16

67

More of Mary, Maude, & Marlo (and The Woman Who Gave Them Life)

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On The Wings of Love -- GenX Prom Dreams Forever!

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Counting Down The Best Sesame Street Sketches, Encore Edition

70

More Sunny Days of Sesame Street

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The PCPS Sings Along with "Free To Be...You and Me (and Marlo!)"

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Rereading "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret"

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Free to Be … You and Me: An Ageless Anthem

74

Where The Wild Books Are: PCPS Field Trip Edition

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Shakey’s, Shaun Cassidy, and The Sunshine Family

76

Getting Schooled on Urban Cowboy: A Music-Loving History Teacher Weighs In

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A Very Special Episode About a Very Special Episode Pt. 2

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A Very Special Episode About a Very Special Episode Pt. 1

79

James at 15: The 1970s Dawson's Creek

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Back In 2 and 2: It's Love Connection

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On Your FM Dial: 1981 - Our Picks

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On Your FM Dial: 1981 - Part 1: The Grammys

83

This Is Your Brain on PSAs: GenX Edition

84

Scandal, Sequins and Sex: Primetime Soaps of the 80s

85

Lookin' Good Season 15

86

2024 RAP-Up

87

Mr. T, Deney Terrio and the Island of Misfit Holiday Specials

88

Holly Jolly Holiday TV Special Countdown

89

These Happy Days Are (still) Yours and Mine

90

Signed, Sealed, REdelivered: The GenX Art of the Handwritten Letter

91

Heartbreak & Hostages: A Rerun of the GenX TV Movie

92

Back To The Land of the Lost with Wesley Eure

93

Second Helpings of our GenX School Lunches

94

PCPS Town Hall YOUR Burning Questions

95

Here's The Story...of Our Visit to The Brady Bunch House

96

The M*A*S*H Finale: Saying Goodbye to the 4077th

97

The Make Out Mixtape

98

Ode To The Mixtape

99

To Good Times, To Happy Days To Little House on the Prairie: 50 Years of TV's Finest

100

Tiger Beat Tales with OG Editor Ann Moses

101

Fast Times: The Soundtrack...Sort Of?

102

Fast Times at Ridgemont High: Learn it, Know it, Live it.

103

Back to School: GenX Style (Trapper Keepers, designer jeans & Liz Lange)

104

Where The Wild Things Are - GenX's Favorite Picture Books: SUPERSIZED EDITION

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The "Free To Be You and Me" Generation: SUPERSIZED EDITION

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It Takes Two! Donny & Marie - SUPERSIZED EDITION

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Livin' in a TV Dream Home, SUPERSIZED EDITION

108

Holiday Road: Our GenX Road Trips-SUPERSIZED EDITION

109

Our Purple Rain Book Report: SUPERSIZED EDITION

110

Those Coming of Age Classics From Your Gen X Library & "The Genius of Judy Blume"

111

From Gauchos to Garanimals: 70s & 80s Fashion, SUPERSIZED EDITION

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From Jaws to Dirty Dancing: Summer Movie Blockbusters of the GenX Era: SUPERSIZED Edition

113

Andrew McCarthy's Brat Pack Unpacked: Let's Talk About "BRATS"

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Shaun Cassidy - The Bucket List Interviews: SUPERSIZED EDITION

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ONJ and The Great Grease Debate: SUPERSIZED EDITION

116

On Your FM Dial: 1983 -- SUPERSIZED EDITION

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John Sebastian and Our Viral Moment

118

PCPS Town Hall: YOUR Questions (and ours) Answered!

119

The Gen X Middle School Dance: Therapy Not Included

120

USA for Africa and "The Greatest Night In Pop"

121

Benji: GenX's Top Dog

122

Charlie's Angels: Which Angel are You?

123

Afternoon Delight: TV Reruns and the Gen X Childhood

124

Andy Gibb: Our Everlasting Love - Part 2

125

Andy Gibb: Our Everlasting Love

126

Judy Blume's Forever...Living on Forever

127

Still Traumatized by LHOTP

128

AM Radio Gold Rewind: 1977

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Fonzie STILL Loves Pinky

130

GenX = Generation Divorce with author Priscilla Gilman

131

Kramer vs Kramer: The Adult Movie for GenX Kids

132

Signed, Sealed, Delivered with Amy Weinland Daughters

133

Speedy Delivery! The GenX Art of the Handwritten Letter

134

Variety Shows of the 70s: Weird, Wacky and Wonderful

135

What’s a Phone Book? The GenX/GenZ Generation Gap

136

Did You Have “Dance Fever” Fever?

137

Dynamite Magazine: The Cosmo of 4th Grade

138

AM Gold: 1979

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Let’s Replay Those 70s Christmas Albums

140

TV Guide Holiday Special Roundup

141

Come on and Zoom, Zoom, Zooma, ZOOM!

142

Still Singing, Singing, Singing a Song with The Carpenters

143

Happy 3 Years, Pop Culture Preservation Society!

144

Turkeys on TV: Take Two

145

Dear Nina: The Childhood Friendships That Shaped Us

146

Dirty Dancing: Chemistry, Classism, Controversy…and The Time of Our Lives

147

That Time There Was a Poltergeist on The Waltons

148

Pop Culture Therapy: Love, Loss and Little House on the Prairie

149

Part 2…Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture

150

Grease: The Original Soundtrack from the Motion Picture, Pt. 1

151

Husker Du! Do You Remember?... “What's Happening,” the Ford Pinto and Buying on Layaway?

152

Believe It Or Not, It’s Our 80s TV Theme Song Top 10 Countdown

153

Our Book Fair is The Best Book Fair: GenX Grade School Edition

154

“Then Again, Maybe I Won’t” by Judy Blume

155

The 3 Songs That Made Me: Junior High Edition

156

Come On Down (Eileen) For A Game Of Rewinding The Music Of The 80s

157

Our Friendship Origin Story with “Dear Nina” Podcast

158

Oh, I Smell Like Green Beans: Misheard Lyrics On Replay

159

Are You The Mary or The Rhoda? The Debate Continues…

160

Still Trippin’: Our GenX Road Trips

161

P.S. I Love You: The Fan Letters and Clubs of the GenX Youth

162

The Intersection of The Muppets, Little House, and Harriet the Spy with Halle Stanford

163

First Crush Book Club with ‘Worldwide Crush’ and Author Kristin Nilsen

164

We Love New York: Shaun Cassidy, Prairie Talk, and a Little Shake-n-Bake

165

Duran Duran Devotion With DJ Jake Rudh

166

KTEL’s Sunshine Pop: Music That Lets The Sun Shine In.

167

Doodle-oodle-oo: The Bradys Go To Hawaii

168

Shaun Cassidy: The Bucket List Interview

169

Pretty In Pink: The Great Blane (and Duckie, and Steff) Deliberation

170

From Bope to Jarlena: Your Top 10 Soap Opera Supercouples

171

The GenX Soap Moments We’ll Never Forget (unless amnesia)

172

On The Wings of Love: Our GenX Prom Memories

173

Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret: The Movie, The Memories & The Moments

174

The Untitled GenX Podcast: Duran Duran’s RIO Album

175

Still Here With Judy Blume

176

The PCPS is (always) Right: Trivia and Hilarity with Us!

177

Tater Tots & Turkey alà King: The GenX School Lunch

178

Our Teen Dream After Dinner Dish

179

10…9…8: A Sesame Street TOP 10 Countdown

180

The Sunny Days of Sesame Street

181

Baby, Remember My Name, Fame! (part 2)

182

FAME! We’re Gonna Live Forever! (part1)

183

Christopher Atkins Bares All

184

On Your FM Dial: 1983

185

Getting Lost (in the Land of The Lost) with Wesley Eure

186

You’re Invited to a Teen Idol Dinner Party

187

And They Called It Puppy Love: Side 2

188

Kristy McNichol: FOREVER Our OG Girl Crush

189

Tiger Beat’s TOP Tigers

190

Ain’t No Stopping Us Now: Our 100th Episode Retrospective

191

The Pink Bunny Suit Conundrum: Gifts Gone Wrong

192

The Most Seventiest of 70s Christmas Albums

193

“The Miracle Worker” (and more) with Melissa Gilbert

194

Our Purple Rain Book Report (Part 2)

195

Purple Rain: The GenX Citizen Kane (Part 1)

196

Turkeys on TV: A Retro Thanksgiving Episode Roundup

197

John Denver: He Filled Up Our Senses

198

It Takes Two! Donny & Marie

199

He’s INCREDIBLE! Our Chat with John Davidson

200

Come On Down (again!): Game Shows of the 70s

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Back to “Back To The Prairie” with Melissa Gilbert

202

You Better Shop Around: Revisiting The Mall

203

Still Crying: Sad Songs of the 70s

204

Crushology 101: Your First Crush Explained

205

The PCPS Pop Quiz Challenge

206

Mary, Maude & Marlo (and the woman who gave them life)

207

Fonzie Loves Pinky

208

These Happy Days Are Yours and Mine

209

AM Radio Gold: 1977

210

Olivia Newton-John and The Great Grease Debate

211

Little Darlings: The Bet Heard ‘Round The World

212

From Jaws to Dirty Dancing: Summer Blockbusters of the GenX Era

213

Holiday Road: GenX Road Trippin’

214

Still Burning Up With Saturday Morning Fever

215

Still Rollin’: Our GenX Roller Rink Memories

216

1976 Rides Again

217

Seventeen Magazine: Our Go-To Guide to Life

218

“Champions: A Love Story” ~ A PCPS Watch & React

219

The Most Memorable Made-For-TV Movies: A Countdown

220

Heartbreak & Hostages: The GenX Made for TV Movie

221

Food Fads of the 70s

222

Read Like The Wind: Books Our Teachers Read Aloud

223

Back To The Prairie: A Conversation with Melissa Gilbert

224

The Wonderful World of Disney

225

Sing…Sing A Song About The Carpenters

226

We Long To Be … Close To The Carpenters

227

Yacht Rock: Still Sailing

228

Dynamite Delivers Again

229

Encore: A Day in the Life of a 1970s 5th Grader

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DEAR SUPERSTAR: THE FAN LETTERS AND CLUBS OF A GENX YOUTH

231

Saturday Night = SOLID GOLD!

232

Livin’ In A TV Dream Home - Part 2

233

Livin’ In A TV Dream Home - Part 1

234

The Free To Be You And Me Generation

235

The Love Boat: Saturday Night Date

236

Saturday Night Fever Part 2: The Music

237

Saturday Night Fever Part 1: The Movie

238

Bright Lights, Prairie Dust: An Interview with Karen Grassle

239

Encore: Little House on the Prairie

240

Encore: Battle of the Network Stars

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Encore: Schoolhouse Rock

242

Christmas Rewind

243

Could It Be Magic?

244

Come on Down!

245

“Hold Me Closer, Tony Danza”- Misheard Lyrics

246

Orange Julius Wishes & Karmelkorn Dreams: Our Tribute To The Mall

247

Tiger Beat’s Top 10 Teen Idol Countdown

248

We’re Gonna Turn It On

249

Rocky Horror Gym Class Show

250

Oh, God: A Retro Movie For Modern Times

251

1976: From Pet Rocks to Patriotism

252

Yacht…Or Not?

253

Here’s A Story…Part 2

254

Here’s A Story…of The Brady Bunch

255

Walking On Shaunshine

256

A Podcast is Born

257

PCPS Town Hall

258

Where The Wild Books Are

259

Swooner or Later

260

Kristin’s K-tel Kollection

261

Battle of the Network Stars

262

Schlemiel Schlemazel - TV’s Best Theme Songs

263

Saturday Morning Fever

264

Bonus Episode: In Conversation with Amy Weinland Daughters

265

A Day in the Life of a 1970s 5th Grader

266

Roller Boogie & Me

267

Dynamite: It Always Delivered!

268

The OG Girl Crush - Kristy McNichol

269

We Want Our MTV

270

From Garanimals to Gauchos - 70s & 80s Fashion

271

Never Enough Eight Is Enough

272

I Rank the Songs…Of Barry Manilow

273

Little Traumas on the Prairie

274

Schoolboy Father

275

A Very Special Episode

276

Deflowered in the Attic

277

Schoolhouse Rock: The Harvard of TV

278

Are You the Mary Or the Rhoda?

279

Livin’ On A Prairie

280

Looking Through The Eyes of Love

281

Little GenXers On The Prairie

282

And They Called It Puppy Love

283

I’m Not Crying, You’re Crying: Sad Songs from the ‘70s

284

Judy Blume Forever

285

Are You There Judy? It’s Us, Carolyn, Kristin & Michelle

286

How Deep Is Your Love For The Bee Gees?

287

A Scooter for Jimmy, A Dolly for Michelle

288

Oh Come, All Ye Christmas Specials

289

Caught In A Teen Dream

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