Retroist Retro Podcast

For over a decade, The Retroist Podcast has taken a nostalgic look back at the last 40+ years of ret

Episodes

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At one point in the mid-80s, two light based combat gun games hit the market, Lazer Tag and Photon.

Like most people, I grew up in my own bubble filled with things that me, my family and friends enjoy

When I say Burger Chef to most people, they might recognize the name from its appearance on Mad Men,

The hype around Santa Claus the Movie put it at the top of my must-see list in 1985. My family were

I remember seeing the trailer for Three O'Clock High and then seeing the ad in the newspaper. Luckil

In 1987, what is arguably the best Thanksgiving movie ever made, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles hit

In the 1990s, I fell in love with the western genre because an amazing show premiered on FOX, The Ad

Halloween is just around the corner, and I wanted to talk about a made-for-TV movie that I first saw

Halloween is just around the corner, and I wanted to talk about a made-for-TV movie that I first saw

Back in 2009, I recorded a podcast about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It was a childhood f

The Retroist Podcast is back with an episode I promised to release during my first year of the podca

Welcome to the 400th episode of the Retroist Podcast. On this episode, my last of the season, I deci

On the newest episode of the Retroist Podcast, I am revisiting a subject I dealt with over a decade

As this season of the Retroist Podcast wraps up, I wanted to cover some of the films that tried to c

I wanted to wrap up my coverage of Indiana Jones with a discussion of some Indy odds and ends. So on

In this episode of the Retroist Podcast, I am going to take a look at the first two decades of video

In an episode of the Retroist Podcast, we are looking at the "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles," a

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, released in 1989, as the first of the Indy films that I saw by m

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom carved its niche as a riveting piece of film history, captivati

In the annals of cinematic excellence, Raiders of the Lost Ark emerges as an archetype of adventure