Retro Pop

Happy Mother’s Day out there to our listeners who happen to be mothers. In honor of this special day, Johnny and Matt cover The Alamo! isssa joke.

Anyways, The Alamo, a disastrous military incursion between an overreaching government and free peoples, became a symbol for hope and eventual freedom. Remember the Alamo with Retro Pop’s first history based episode in over 2 years!

Matt and Johnny look back on a stain in global environmental standards, as they discuss Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY. The once home of a large neighborhood of working class families in Matt’s home city, residents found out too late that they had been living over 20 tons of toxic chemicals.

Johnny and Matt are no strangers and disbelievers in the world of the paranormal. On this episode, they examine, discuss and reminsce about the Amityville Horror! The highly debated pop culture evengt has many detractors, and believers. Do you believe that the home at Amityville is truly haunted?

Video Game music has often struggled to find its way to the mainstream, often being considered niche. However, the work of famous video game composers like Nobuo Uematsu has brought it to new levels, with hits from video games like Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger, and more. Matt and Johnny look at the life of Uematsu on this week’s episode and close out their newest month of music themed episodes.

Elvis was King of the World many decades ago! A pioneer of Rock and Roll, and being a master performer. Johnny and Matt, whose upbringings were heavily revolving around an Elvis Presley album or 10, discuss the legend in this episode.

For their next episode in a month of sports figures, Matt and Johnny cover Matt’s favorite NFL Player of all-time in Philip Rivers! The clean-mouthed trash talker is one of the finest players in NFL History, yet, often overlooked due to a lack of championship success. A life that is absolutely immersed in the great game of pro football.

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“Rowdy” Roddy Piper was one of the best at what he did, and that’s why, even posthumously, his legacy is still in the hearts of many. On this episode, Johnny and Matt look back at his life and career!

For our final episode of pop culture companies, Matt and Johnny discuss the once prominent video game powerhouse known as SEGA! From it’s beginnings as a coin-op entertainment industry post-WWII, to it’s run against Nintendo in the 1990’s, SEGA left an imprint on many childhoods! Listen in as Matt and Johnny discuss SEGA in their Retro Pop way!

One of the most beloved and despised companies in pop culture history, Johnny and Matt examine LJN! LJN is known for making some of the greatest toys of the 80’s and 90’s while getting licensing for some of the biggest movies and tv shows for video games and putting out stinkers! They take a look at the history of this company in this episode!

Happy New Year! Matt and Johnny start off the new year with one of the most important toy brands of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s! Kenner, the company that was saved by the Star Wars franchise, made many toys that many of us, and our parents, loved from their childhood! Listen in as they reminisce about those toys and the history of the company!