After 25 years, Netflix has announced that it will mail out its last DVDs in September 2023. In light of this, listeners call in to share what past forms of technology — DVDs, cassettes, or even rotary telephones — they miss the most.

I miss hand-roll-up car windows and coming home and checking the messages on the answering machine.

I miss my mother’s portable Selectric — getting the box out, opening it, the smell of motor & ink, the smooth keys, the bell & auto return. When I brought my HS dictionary to show my 2nd grade students, it had little pieces of correction paper in it. I began to explain…

Brian, I also miss recording mixtapes on cassette but I really really miss downloading mp3s and burning mixtape cds! I also miss picking up the latest mixtape cds at bodegas and gas stations!