Buckle up those seatbelts (but don’t really because we didn’t use them) and let’s hit the road, GenX style! Journey with us as we take an encore trip through all our collective road trip memories from the 1970s and 80s — the car ride, the games, the stops, the souvenirs, the pools, the food, and so much more. We’re sharing YOUR stories as well as ours! It’s a fun ride you don’t want to miss with a BRAND NEW opening conversation!

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Join us for an ENCORE of our fun episode all about the fan letters and fan clubs of our GenX youth … with a BRAND NEW opening conversation with a fan letter to Captain & Tennille you have to hear! If you were a member of a fan club or ever wrote a letter to your celebrity idol, this episode will bring back all the feels! Join us for a conversation all about those cool clubs (and all the perks you got for $5!), the thrill of writing that letter, and a few fantastical stories from our society members that you won’t believe. And then we’ll tell you about one well-known celebrity who found his happily ever after … with the girl who wrote him a fan letter in the 70s. It’s an unbelievable story and an episode that will take you right back to when we used pen and paper to tell our idols how much we loved them!

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President of Jim Henson Television (and fellow GenX pop-culture freak) Halle Stanford is here and we have MUCH to discuss! We’re talking Muppets (of course), Sesame Street, Little House on The Prairie (you’ll never believe how far Halle took her obsession), Karen Carpenter (and her ghost), and Halle’s animated series Harriet The Spy, which is now in its second season on Apple TV. What was it about this 1964 classic that has grabbed hold of multiple generations? And how have Halle and Henson Studios made sure Harriet’s legacy remains true? Whether you loved Grover, Gonzo, or the thrill of spying on your neighbors, you’ll love this fun and spirited conversation!

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Sit down with us as we chat with Crushologist, podcast host, and author Kristin Nilsen to talk all things crushes and her incredibly heartfelt, real, and hilarious book, Worldwide Crush. Who was your first celebrity crush? Davy Jones? Shaun Cassidy? Rick Springfield? Rob Lowe? Justin Bieber? Whoever it was it was important … and it was real. Join us for a very special BOOK CLUB discussion with Kristin as we talk all about these crushes and how they were so meaningful in your life then … and now.

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today's episode will be out of the ordinary -- and that's because it was not planned, it was not researched, and it was not recorded in our home studios with high tech microphones and sound proofing. But it felt urgent and so we dropped our need for perfection and opened our laptops to record in hotel rooms and far-flung places to bring you the most immediate reaction we could to a most amazing PCPS field trip to New York City, home of Studio 54, The Sweathogs and -- as you'll hear -- some very loyal listeners and friends of the Pop Culture Preservation Society. In this recap, we'll also bring you with us to Shaun Cassidy's new stage performance; did we get some IRL face time with our favorite former Hardy Boy? You'll just have to listen to find out. So please excuse the embarrassing sound quality as we invite you to go with us on this pop culture journey to paradise. Enjoy.

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Calling all Duranies! Today we're bringing you a fun, informative, full-of-admiration-and-borderline-obsessive discussion of our generation's FAB FIVE by two devotees of Duran Duran, PCPS’s own host Michelle and Twin Cities’ top DJ Jake Rudh. Join them as they dish on why they loved (and still love) Duran Duran, how you can’t spell Duran Duran without the letters M T V, what their favorite albums, videos, radio songs and deep cuts are, what genuine talents and nice guys they are (oh yes, Jake has met them more than once), and so much more! PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME NOW that you’ll be listening!

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Join Kristin, Carolyn and Michelle as they create their own old-school KTEL album full of Sunshine Pop, the happy/sad musical genre of the late 60s and early 70s that is chasing Yacht Rock as a retrospectively-named genre that’s quickly gaining a cult following. These are the songs you know but didn’t know you know. You know? The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Monkees, The Archies, The Fifth Dimension, The Partridge Family (but wait — there’s more!). We are obsessed and Carolyn has proclaimed this new KTEL album (ahem playlist) her new favorite running playlist. Tune in and let us know if you get hooked, too.

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It’s the Brady Bunch episodes that gave us a lifelong onomatopoeia: Doodle-oodle-oo!! Honestly, can you talk about these episode without doing it at least five times? We know we can’t! From the groovy outfits and that bad (or good?) luck Tiki to a forgiven kidnapper and a tarantula who possibly gets more airtime than any of them, we are diving in DEEP. Join US for all the good, bizarre, hilarious, and unforgettable moments as we join the Bradys on their iconic trip to Hawaii!

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What is there to even say? WE INTERVIEWED SHAUN CASSIDY! Now get back up off the floor and listen up because you won't want to miss a word of this conversation with our first crush. He was generous with his time and his confessions so grab some snacks and settle in for -- in true 1970s parlance -- a very special episode. He drops nuggets about playing softball with Alice Cooper, clubbing with David Bowie, and riding trikes with little Ronnie Howard before revealing his true feelings about all those twelve-year-olds screaming at his concerts. But Shaun Cassidy's life today is just as compelling; with a flourishing writing career and a new stage show that allows him to connect with his fans for the first time in over forty years, we were never going to run out of questions and it was VERY hard to say goodbye. And to you, dear listeners ... we say a hardy YOU'RE WELCOME! 😂

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They didn’t break her, but they almost broke us. Our Pretty In Pink discussion goes to places we never expected as we dissect these three characters and their relationships with our beloved Andie, as well as many other parts of this unforgettable movie. Listen as we sing Duckie’s praises (to the tune of “Try A Little Tenderness” obviously), debate who is the bigger jerk, Steff or Blane, and give the movie an entirely new and HUGELY improved ending. Which one of us had never seen this movie before this episode and is firmly Team Steff? Which of us can quote the entire movie by heart? And which of us thinks Duckie is the sexiest of them all? If you’re a Pretty In Pink fan, you do not want to miss this enlightened — and perhaps controversial — discussion!

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