In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast
Attention lovers of nostalgia! The buffet is now open! The In My Footsteps Podcast fills you up with a heaping helping of Gen-X nostalgia. Covering the 1960s through the 1990s the show is sure to fill your plate with fond memories. Music. Movies. Television. Pop Culture. Oddities and rarities. Forgotten gems pulled straight from your childhood. There is so much to enjoy. New England author Christopher Setterlund hosts the show. The best part? You can binge all you want and never need an antacid. Bell bottoms, Members Only jackets, torn jeans, and poofy hair are all welcome. Come as you are and enjoy a buffet of topics you'll love to reminisce about.
Episodes
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The tasty history of Doritos. The historic Live Aid concert event. Sports teams that were rebranded as others.
Episode 252 is chock full of GenX nostalgia to try to keep you cool in the July heat.
It starts with one of the most historic music events ever. Live Aid was a one-day event featuring many legends of the day. Taking place in 1985 and on two separate...
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Welcome to the fourth Hidden Track Podcast!
For this show, we go back to the bygone era of the late 1990s and the dawning of social media. Today's TikTok, Instagram, Threads, and Facebook owe a debt of gratitude to the originals. Six Degrees and Friendster blazed the trail for what was to come in social media. What made them special? Why did they not last?
T...
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Passing fads from the 2000s. Terminator 2, 35 years later. The origins of computer-generated imagery (CGI).
Episode 251 brings the cool breeze of GenX nostalgia to the hot July weather.
It all begins with a staple of today's entertainment. Computer-Generated Imagery, or CGI, is commonplace in the 2020s. So much so that it can be taken for granted. It had to ...
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Happy Fourth of July Weekend!
In addition to cookouts, beach days, fireworks, and family fun, I have a new mixtape to share with you.
Mixtape #4 shines a hilarious light on some of the weirdest laws ever on the books in each of the six New England states.
It was illegal to throw pickle juice on a trolley in Rhode Island? It was illegal to walk bac...
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We're celebrating 250 episodes of the podcast with a special Listener's Choice show. Everything on this show was voted on by you, the listeners!
It begins with a look at some soap opera fails from the 1980s. Daytime and primetime had their share of terrible shows. Cheap imitations, forced intrigue, boring show topics, all of that and more are here.
Attention...
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Some odd home workout tapes from the 80s. Some scandalous music moments from the 60s. The final concert from the King.
Episode 249 ushers in summer with a fresh blast of GenX nostalgia.
It all begins with fitness. Everyone wants a killer summer body, but are these workouts going to get you there? We look at some weird 1980s home workout tapes and just why th...
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From Indiana Jones' debut, to graduating high school 30 years ago, to the most dangerous roads in America, and everything in between.
Episode 248 has something for everyone in the realm of GenX nostalgia.
It all starts 45 years ago with the release of the groundbreaking film Raiders of the Lost Ark. The debut of Indiana Jones and the beginning of one of the ...
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Welcome to the third Hidden Track Podcast!
The third podcast is a deep dive into something we older generations saw plenty of and never thought would become relics of the past: the telephone booth. From two million booths in 1999 in the United States to fewer than 100,000 today, the telephone booth is a piece of Americana that is quickly fading away. On thi...
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Episode 247 ushers in June with a summertime bonanza of GenX nostalgia.
We kick it off with a journey to Busytown. Generations of kids have grown up with Richard Scarry and his children's books. Friendly animals, unique stories, hide-and-seek illustrations, and so much more make up the more than 200 books Scarry released during his life.
A staple of si...
The definitive GenX late-night talk show. An unexpected musical comeback. Underrated 1980s moments.
Summer is unofficially here, and Episode 246 of the podcast brings a fresh batch of nostalgia unlikely to spoil in the hot sun.
Cue up the dog pound because we're starting off with a look back at the unique and highly influential Arsenio Hall Show. It broke barriers and broke the rules of late-night talk shows. Arsenio'...
How the 1990s started vs. how they ended. Some terrible movies with great soundtracks. The King of Pop's feature-length film debut.
Episode 245 is a perfect picnic of GenX nostalgia as Memorial Day Weekend approaches.
We kick, spin, and awkwardly lean to one side as we look back at Michael Jackson's Moonwalker. A feature-length film and video game, this project came out at the peak of Jackson's fame. How were these re...
The story behind the 'Heroes In A Half-Shell.' What in the world was Gumby? Some of the funniest Weekly World News stories.
Episode 244 is bringing you a fresh batch of GenX nostalgia.
It starts in the sewers and the story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 40 years ago this month, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello first graced the pages of a comic book. Since then they have become pop culture icons wit...
Welcome to the second Hidden Track Podcast!
These are short-form shows, clocking in at roughly 10-15 minutes. They will cover a topic or two, likely previously covered on the In My Footsteps Podcast. These are subjects that were part of Top 5's or other list-form segments and deserve a more in-depth look.
The second podcast takes a look at possibly the most dangerous toy ever created. The Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab was...
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What in the world was a Yuppie? What are some of the beloved 1990s educational children's TV shows? What television show themes were also chart hits?
Episode 243 brings the May flowers and the GenX nostalgia.
It begins with an answer to the question of what a Yuppie was. Synonymous with the 1980s, Yuppies were of a certain mold and lifestyle. They dominated the lan...
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Episode 242 is here to pump you up!
A fresh batch of GenX nostalgia to end April starts with a precursor to reality television. Battle of the Network Stars pitted actors from the major TV networks against each other in direct competition. How did it go? Oh, only feuds between actors, feuds between networks, partying, and overall hijinks.
Sometimes gimmicks can sell...
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In Episode 241 we get our kicks back in 1966! We are diving into television, music, movies, and all things pop culture in 1966.
Here they come, walkin' down the street. Television in 1966 was the crossroads between black and white and color, the same old same old and new and exciting, and crafting shows to appeal to the younger generation. The Monkees, Batman, and...
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A look at the one and only Prince. The origin story of Comedy Central. Some of the worst business decisions of the 1990s.
Episode 240 has a fresh garden of GenX nostalgia in bloom.
It kicks off with an origin story. Long before becoming one of the most important cable television channels of the 21st century, Comedy Central was little more than a pair of small-time ...
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The revolutionary creation of TiVo. Some food and drink products that were here and gone in a flash. The bands that dominated 1980s Synth Pop.
Episode 239 is a binge of nostalgia in podcast form.
Blink & You'll Miss It Retro, Part 6 kicks it off by looking back at some food and drink products that came and went in a flash. Wine coolers, specialty rice, adult ju...
Welcome to the debut of a new podcast!
Hidden Track is a short-form podcast. You get to the end of a CD, and after five minutes of silence, suddenly a new song starts playing. On these shows we will be taking a closer look at one or maybe two topics from the In My Footsteps Podcast archives. These are likely from Top 5's or other list segments and deserve more love.
On the premiere episode, we are going to dive deep i...
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How big a star was Eddie Murphy in the 1980s? Did Pepsi really own a fleet of naval vessels? What are some forgotten 1970s sodas?
Episode 238 looks to answer these questions with as little April Fools as possible.
We take a look at the meteoric rise to fame of Eddie Murphy in the 1980s. From an unknown to the biggest star in Hollywood in a few short years. It is th...
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