We Don't Wanna Grow Up
We Don't Wanna Grow Up is a nostalgic podcast about pop culture, toys and fond memories of the 80s, 90s and 00s. We want to take you back to that feeling of strolling down the aisles at Toys R Us, flipping through the J.C. Penney catalog so you can ear-mark everything you want for Christmas, cozying up in front of the television on a Saturday morning with a big bowl of cereal, or waiting hours for a certain song to play on the radio so you can hit record on your tape player and have the song forever. We want to recapture the feeling of the moment your dELiA*s catalog arrived in the mail, looking at the album art in your new CD and sitting on your inflatable furniture. Remembering all of this has been a comfort and has helped us get through the stress and anxiety that has come along with everything happening in the world lately, and we hope it helps you a little bit, too.
Episodes
In today's Freestyle Friday episode, we're talking about our stats in Spotify's Party of the Year(s), a book Stacy's reading, a game we've been playing, some new shows and movies we've watched recently (Project Hail Mary, Remarkably Bright Creatures, Ready or Not 2, Off Campus, Imperfect Women, Margot's Got Money Problems, Summer House, In the City, Survivor 50), more of our audience's least favorite songs, and JD comes to the fron...
This week, we're heading back to high school with the one and only Josie Geller (she's not Josie Grossie anymore)! We're talking about the totally rufus rom-com from 1999, Never Been Kissed!
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In today's Freestyle Friday episode, we discuss the return of Pizza Hut's Book-It Program, Boyband Confidential, a questionnaire found in the Wedding Singer soundtrack CD, 90s tattoos, the least favorite songs of our audience, and Katie comes to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up classroom for Show & Tell.
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In today's episode, Pete and Stacy share about their vacation, some nostalgic news, a new Barbie re-release, some stories about their degrees of separation from famous people, what they've been watching, and Jenny comes to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up class for Show & Tell!
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Break out your fanciest attire, it's the 2026 Spring Screams Awards! We're picking our favorites from the films we've been covering over the last few weeks: Leprechaun (1993), April Fool's Day (1986), and Critters 2: The Main Course (1988).
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In the third episode of our Spring Screams series, we're covering the 1988 horror-comedy, Critters 2: The Main Course. Stay tuned for our Spring Screams Awards ceremony coming soon!
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In the second episode of our Spring Screams series, we're covering the 1986 horror-thriller, April Fool's Day. Stay tuned for one more spring-related horror movie coming soon!
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In the first episode of our Spring Screams series, we're covering the 1993 horror-comedy, Leprechaun. Stay tuned for two more spring-related horror movies coming over the next few weeks!
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It’s all happening! Hop on the tour bus with us as we hit the road with William Miller, Penny Lane, Stillwater, and the Band-Aids for the coming-of-age classic Almost Famous! This is a re-release of an episode from 2021 with additional commentary.
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In today’s episode, Pete and Stacy ask each other Millennial and Gen X questions from the generational trivia game Mind the Gap. Want more? Join us for another round on Patreon, coming soon!
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Today, we’re covering Season 3, Episode 3 of Felicity, ‘Hello, I Must Be Going,’ where Ben’s dad goes missing and Julie says goodbye.
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Today we're talking about the Winter Olympics, The Traitors, Love is Blind, Love Island UK All Stars, The Muppet Show, and Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model. We also talk about the loss of James Van Der Beek.
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In honor of Valentine's Day, we're testing our Rom-Com knowledge in a fun trivia game!
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In this Freestyle Friday episode Stacy and Pete share about the nostalgic gifts they got for Christmas, what we've been listening to and watching, some new shows and documentaries coming up, some of our first memories of getting online, and the late, great Catherine O'Hara.
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It's our final episode of 2025, and we're wrapping it up with one that's sure to make you laugh! We've compiled many of our outtakes from episodes over the last year and have put them into one episode! If you're wanting more, there are some more (less kid-friendly) bloopers over on our Patreon!
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If smiling's your favorite, don't be a cotton-headed ninny-muggins! Pass through the seven levels of the candy cane forest, through the sea of swirly-twirly gum drops, and then walk through the Lincoln Tunnel and listen to us talk all about the syrupy sweet holiday movie, Elf! This is a rerelease from 2021, with a few updates at the beginning!
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We're back with more holiday fun and games! Join in the fun and play along! Join our Patreon to hear round two!
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In this Freestyle Friday episode, Stacy talks about some nostalgic birthday gifts she received recently, Tara comes to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up classroom for Show & Tell, we talk about what holiday movies we've been watching, and we share some heartwarming stories.
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We're always dreaming of one of our all-time favorite holiday movies, and we're excited to talk all about it on today's episode! We're taking it back to 1954... with White Christmas!
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Grab your coziest sweater and get ready to lean all the way into the holiday season... we're talking about 1995's While You Were Sleeping! This was originally a bonus episode on our Patreon in 2023.
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