KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

A weekly, retro-and-nostalgia-themed podcast co-hosted by brothers Colin and Dagan Moriarty. Video g

Episodes

Total: 286

Few animated films are more important than The Lion King, released in 1994 towards the height of the

#24: The Early Internet

2018/8/2

The Internet began as an academic and military experiment in the post-World War II United States, an

#23: The Video Store

2018/7/26

In the late 1970s, something amazing happened: People didn't have to go to the movie theater anymore

#22: Transformers

2018/7/19

Between GI Joe and Star Wars -- not to mention all of the other competing toy lines of the time -- t

#21: Mega Man 1, 2, & 3

2018/7/12

In 1987, upstart Japanese publisher-slash-developer Capcom changed the game when it released Mega Ma

Skateboarding as we know it today became a true phenomenon on the west coast in the late '70s and in

#19: The Breakfast Club

2018/6/28

While there are a number of amazing '80s teen movies we could easily swoon over, John Hughes' 1985 c

#18: Seinfeld

2018/6/21

Few (if any) television shows in history tickled our funny bones like Seinfeld. From 1989 until 1998

#17: The Indiana Jones Trilogy

2018/6/14

Throughout the '80s, the Indiana Jones trilogy riveted moviegoers around the world with its tale of

#16: Final Fantasy IV

2018/6/7

In 1991, Final Fantasy IV came to SNES (we initially knew it as Final Fantasy II in the west), and i

In 1978, a year after Star Wars: A New Hope came to theaters, a book quietly found its way onto stor

#14: The Sopranos

2018/5/24

From 1999 through 2007, The Sopranos aired on HBO. Indeed, it was only HBO's second scripted series

#13: The Original PlayStation

2018/5/17

In the late '80s and early '90s, few (if any) electronics companies were more respected than Sony. E

We all have movies that stick with us as we move through life. Some films inspire us and make us hap

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has had exceptional staying power. It's enjoyed ebbs and flows in its r

#10: '80s Nickelodeon

2018/4/26

In the pre-Internet days, few things distracted children as much as Nickelodeon, one of the earliest

#9: Street Fighter II

2018/4/19

In 1991, a game came out that changed the Moriarty Brothers' lives: Street Fighter II. SF2 took the

War is hell. But on the big screen, it's sure as hell fun to watch. On this week's episode of KnockB

On today's episode of KnockBack, Dagan and I veer back into the realm of video games, and reach back

#6: When Anime Was Underground

2018/3/28

In the late '80s, Dagan and his friend would venture to a monthly comic book convention at a Long Is