This week we're diving into the recent rise in popularity of '90s and 2000s fashion and nostalgia on social media and how the reality of life at that time differs from the current social media portrayal of it. I talk about some reasons for the "inaccurate" representations on social media, my memories of real 2000s fashion, technology, and everyday life, and some of the darker sides of life in the decade. And of course, I share a few of my favorite real life outfits from the decade too!

As nostalgic as I feel for many time periods in my life, there is one that will always make me feel equal parts nostalgia and cringe: middle school. In this episode I throw it back to 1999, when a little 12 year old Jenna started 7th grade, to reminisce on some of the worst (and best) fashion choices, most embarrassing moments, and all the time my friends and I spent obsessing over our crushes. And of course, I finish the episode by sharing my top 5 cringiest middle school memories.

This week we're visiting the 2010s once again, this time to discuss the social (and social media) phenomenon of boutique fitness and luxury athleisure wear that took so many young women by storm - Jenna included. She talks about "wellness" trends, the "girl boss" mentality of the time, and how aspirational social media and a desire for community fueled an obsession with status-symbol workout classes, accessories, and athleisure clothing.

For 20-something millennials in the early to mid-2010s, Brunch was a lifestyle. In this week's episode, Jenna reminisces on the brunch craze, the social and economic factors that made it so appealing to millennials at the time, the reach it had in pop culture, and reflects on the evolution of the brunch *aesthetic* throughout the decade. She also shares some of her favorite memories (and outfits) from the bottomless brunch heyday.

This week, Jenna shares some background (and possible origins) of a few seemingly random, but very universal, millennial experiences ranging from drawing the "S thing" to using the same Y2K school agendas to watching Channel 1 News in high school homeroom.

With so many IRl experiences moving to digital formats now, concerts are one of the few events that still generally rely on an in person audience - but that doesn't mean that the concert-going experience hasn't changed. In this episode, Jenna talks about how the process of securing concert tickets before online shopping was widespread, some of her favorite concert experiences, and counts down the top 5 concerts she wishes she attended back in the day.

Happy New Year! We're going back to the most notorious new year of millennials' lives (so far, at least) to relive the excitement of the new millennium and the anxiety about the "Y2K bug". Jenna talks about her memories of conversations about the potential consequences of the Y2K computer problem, what it was, and how it was eventually fixed before the clocks struck midnight on 12/31/99. She also reminisces on how she spent that memorable NYE and some of her favorite Y2K pop culture moments.

They say smell is the sense with the strongest ties to memory, so it's no surprise that the iconic scents of our favorite 2000s perfumes and beauty products unlock can feel like they're transporting us through time. In this episode, Jenna talks about some of her favorite Y2K and 2000s perfumes and the vivid memories they unlock.

Media and pop culture has changed so much over the past decade or two, so this week we're taking it back to the '90s and early 2000s to talk about movies, music, and the perfect combination of the two, movie soundtracks. Jenna talks about three different types of movie soundtracks she remembers, some of the most iconic soundtracks of the '90s, and counts down her top 5 most memorable soundtrack songs.

If you were a '90s kid who watched Nickelodeon, there's a good chance you had nightmares about one show in particular: Are You Afraid of the Dark? In this episode, Jenna talks about her obsession with this kids horror show from the early '90s, some of the most iconic celebrity cameos, and counts down her top 10 favorite episodes from the classic show.