This one goes out to all you 90s kids and y2k enthusiasts who feel like you were born in the wrong generation. Today we take you back to the good old days, and ask - were they really that good? We delve into the evolution and commercialisation of nostalgia, and origins of the collective need to make a remake/reboot/reunion of every piece of pop culture. Our main event is a discussion of the incomparable Olivia Rodrigo and her debut album Sour, which manages to tap into so many layers of early 2000s nostalgia it's easy to forget she was born in 2003. Plus: why you shouldn't meet your philosophical heroes (or Google whether they tried to get the age of consent lowered), but you should drunk message celebrities on Instagram.

Required Reading:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Krystine-Batcho/publication/236640737_NOSTALGIA_The_bittersweet_history_of_a_psychological_concept/links/56ec568e08aed17d09f643b0/NOSTALGIA-The-bittersweet-history-of-a-psychological-concept.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/technology/instagram-text-memes.html

https://mancunion.com/2021/03/19/y2k-fashion-whitewashing/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opinion/sunday/favorite-songs.html

https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/olivia-rodrigo-brutal-music-video-y2k

Music Credit:

https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/the-lowdown

License code: PPH9FBEMASHOI7PB

https://uppbeat.io/t/cruen/in-the-now

License code: 5WQG1LQRLH7QMYPC

NB: All opinions are our own and this podcast is for humorous and fun analytical discourse only!