With February being the “Month of Love”, all month long Ready 2 Retro will be hosting collectors of all kinds to express their passion of collecting nostalgic items! We’ll be talking vinyl records, vintage toys, Power Rangers memorabilia, retro video games and SO MUCH MORE!
To help start things off for the month, Brandon Spodek, a vinyl record collector, seller and enthusiast, joins R2R to talk about his vinyl and vintage items collections. In the conversation we talk about the basics of vinyl collecting, as well as the top 3 things to do and not to do while nostalgic collecting.

Brandon runs several Facebook collector groups including: “The Original Vinyl Auctions Group (TOVAG)” and “The Collector's Catch All”. Be sure to join these amazing collector communities!

Come and have the time of your life with Ready 2 Retro as we discuss the timeless classic from 1987, "Dirty Dancing". Along for all the shenanigans is our #podcastcousin, Tess Llanos, as she shares about her love for this movie! Also, R2R dives into the complex layers and themes of Dirty Dancing, the history between Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, the AMAZING soundtrack and an epic finish to a game we played called, "Did Dirty Dancing Make More Than That Other 1987 Movie?"!

We are honored to welcome our guest for Episode 35, Justin Shenkarow! Justin Shenkarow’s career is prolific and includes many of our favorite shows from the 90s and early 2000s from playing Simon in “Eerie, Indiana” (1991), to Harold in “Hey Arnold!” (1996-2004) to other roles in projects like “Picket Fences” (1992-96), “Life with Louie” (1994-98), “Recess” (1997-2006), “Lloyd in Space” (2001-04), LA Noire (2011) and so much more! Come join us as we celebrate Justin’s amazing career so far and reminisce on our favorite moments.

Back to back days with new Ready 2 Retro episodes? ABSOLUTELY!

Ready 2 Retro is joined by "Doin' the Most" (DTM) which is an improv comedy group composed by Stephen Igwe, Christy Knowings and Rebecca Rios. In this episode we hear from DTM on what makes improv such a great medium for comedy, how DTM's childhood influences their comedy today and then at the end of the episode DTM performs an improv game for our audience! It's a fun episode all around!

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We couldn't wait another day without giving you a new episode of Ready 2 Retro, so here is a SURPRISE interview! We are joined by Tony Gambino (former vocalist of "Blessed By A Broken Heart") as he shares about his new project called "Stomping Grounds". Stomping Grounds is a new modern punk band with a lot of nostalgic vibes. In this episode Tony shares about his love and origin of punk rock music, how Stomping Grounds was formed and we get to hear a sample of the new single, "Once in a Lifetime"!

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MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!

As we come to the end of our month of reviewing holiday movies, along with counting down the crazy year that is 2020, there is no better way to do both than by having "Ready 2 Retro's Christmas Party"!!! Join Max, Chelsea and Chris as they share about their favorite things about the holidays including movies, songs, family traditions and stories from the past. To end the episode, R2R participates in a holiday themed trivia challenge. Let us know how you did and if you had a higher score than our hosts!

We want to thank all of our listeners for joining us this past year on this amazing journey we've launched back in May. Looking forward to creating more with you in 2021!

"The Godfather of Ready 2 Retro" is back! That's right Joey from Ninja Toitles joins Max, Chelsea and Christ to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the beloved Christmas classic, Home Alone (1990) starring Macaulay Culkin! Join us for R2R's week 3 of holiday movie reviews, as we have done all this month with our guests, we put Joey in a special Yuletide HOT SEAT, hear about Joey's childhood during Christmas time in Chicago and hear why Home Alone is one of his favorite movies!

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Week 2 of our Holidays Movies is here! John and Adam from "Blast From Our Past Podcast" join Ready 2 Retro to review the 1988 "Scrooged" starring Bill Murray! In this episode we hear from John and Adam and what the holidays were like for them as kids, what they love about Scrooged and try to survive THE HOT SEAT.
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We kick off our holiday movies with our buddies Rudy and Mandy from "The Ghoulmates Podcast" as we review the 1993 classic, "The Nightmare Before Christmas". This is part 1 of the review where we discuss the behind the scenes and process that it took to make this film. We go into depth on Tim Burton's eccentric character, how more key creators of this movie should receive more credit and then we end the episode with a "Finish the Lyrics'' competition between R2R and TGM as we try to fill in the missing lines from our favorite Nightmare Before Christmas Songs.

We're Ready 2 RetrooooooooHOHOHO.......Are You?

The conclusion of "Nineties November" is here! This week we have our buddy Joey from "Ninjatoitles" join Ready 2 Retro to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Billy Madison! This episode is filled with the most iconic Billy Madison lines, appreciation for Adam Sandler, and lots of laughs. But unfortunately not with the Mistress of Horror, Chelsea. Where is she? Find out on Episode 28! It's Quacktastic!

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