What do mail-order catalogs, phone cords, and cassette tapes have in common? In this episode of The 80s and 90s Uncensored, Milo is joined by Chrissy Porcelli-Lester to travel down memory lane and discuss some of the things they grew up with that kids today will never get to experience.
Here are the top 10 news events that 80s kids remember watching on TV, the ones that shaped our understanding of the world before we even realized it.
Here’s a nostalgic look at 10 toys from the era that were introduced or discontinued in these decades, earning them a permanent spot on the “banned” list.
If you can still hear the mechanical squawk of a 56k modem connecting, congratulations: you survived the 90s internet. Welcome to the weird and wonderful pre-social media web.
The 80s and 90s weren’t just decades. They were cultural powerhouses that transformed entertainment, fashion, and how we connected with the world.
Here are other events that have taken place over the years on October 31. Here are five records broken from the 1980s.
As the Hale-Bopp comet made its way across the Earth’s skies, there were 10 peculiar and notable events in 1997.
For all the Grinches out there, here are 5 events that happened on Christmas Day in the 80s and 90s.
Milo is an actor, podcast host and producer, and writer. His most recent book “Gray Skies, Concrete Dreams” is out now.
The Y2K bug was a cultural phenomenon. It was a late-90s cocktail of millennial anxiety, corporate profiteering, and 24-hour news hysteria.