When are we now?

The President is new, the music is great, and the soda is OK.  Alternative Rock is becoming mainstream and we recall the influential songs of a pivotal era.  We also enjoy some one-hit wonders best captured on cassingle.

Join two guys from 2019 as they dive into the music charts from a random week in history, curating a playlist and "nay list" while discussing history and pop culture along the way.

Ho ho ho! Ben and Sam put on their Santa hats, tie some jingle bells to the WAWN time machine, and fly from the 1950s through the 2010s, choosing their favorite Christmas songs from each decade. They also banish the worst Christmas songs of all time to the holiday nay list.

Happy holidays from When Are We Now!

Hold on to your Livestrong bracelet. We picked some semi-legal MP3s so fetch that you'll want to download them as ring tones for your Nokia phone. It's 2005! In the immortal words of Paris Hilton, "That's hot."

Join two guys from 2019 as they dive into the music charts from a random week in history, curating a playlist and "nay list" while discussing history and pop culture along the way.

Sixty years after Billboard's first Hot 100 chart, we're in a strange world of oat milk, Instagram influencers, and ubiquitous Drake. We brought in our experts on this decade, 7th graders Evie and Maddie, for guest commentary.

Join two guys from 2019 (and their daughters) as they dive into the music charts from a random week in history, curating a playlist and "nay list" while discussing history and pop culture along the way.

We cranked the time machine back to the first week of the Hot 100, to the era of hula hoops and doo-wop groups. It was a time of creative explosion with rock legends and monster hits lighting up the brand new charts. One of our picks was even blasted into space!

Listen to two guys from 2019 curate their own playlist and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of August 4, 1958.

Crack open a can of Tab, slather on some suntan lotion, and listen to us on your Walkman while your kids splash unsupervised in the neighborhood pool. Or head indoors to watch your favorite MTV VJ in air-conditioned comfort. We're taking you back to the summer of 1983, and it's a hot one!

Listen to two guys from 2019 curate their own playlist and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of July 23, 1983.

A month after 9/11, things felt... weird. America was reeling from tragedy, yet people were still living their lives, going to Tae Bo class, and listening to pop music. Ben and Sam dig in to that music and curate a surprisingly fun playlist of songs to simultaneously take you back to 2001 and help you forget about the heavy things in the world.

Listen to two guys from 2019 curate their own playlists and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of October 13, 2001.

Put on your disco pants; it's 1978! This episode has it all: classic rock, punk, yacht-adjacent rock, and plenty of disco. You'll want to dance, strum your air guitar, and maybe play some Dungeons and Dragons.

Listen to Ben and Sam, two guys from 2019, curate their own playlists and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of July 22, 1978.

Buckle up for Spice Girls, heroin references, and blue cars with semi-functional headlights. It's 1997, and your hosts are college students listening to music and feeling big feelings in their dorm rooms.

Listen to two guys from 2019 curate their own playlists and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of February 15, 1997.

The Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and some of the most important music of the 20th century. Ben and Sam weren't around in 1967, but they sure enjoyed this trip in the "When Are We Now?" time machine. Check out their playlist of rock and Motown hits, hear Ben's Bruce Willis story, and stick around for the nay list when things get a little weird.

Listen to two gallant guys from 2019 curate their own playlists and "nay lists" from the Billboard music charts of January 21, 1967.