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Y2K and Other Pixelated Memories (w/ Tanisha Naik)


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Tanisha Naik stops by to rewind the clock to the Y2K era — the time of low-rise jeans, flip phones, and dial-up tones. We talk early 2000s style, culture, and the tech that changed everything (and that we totally take for granted now).


Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

2:55 - Y2K Defined, Advances in Technology 

6:46 - Millennium Style 

7:58 - Zenon Movies

8:43 - Style Throwback Trends

10:19 - Y2K Music Videos

11:16 - Michael Jackson, Posthumous Album, Plastic Surgery 

13:56 - Celebrity Culture, Rise of Influencers

17:43 - Tech Breakthroughs, Apple Comeback

26:30 - Looking Back on What Used to Interest Us

27:22 - Rise of Blogging, Elon Musk

31:15 - Grimes, AI, Forgetting Passwords 

34:38 - Emo Music

36:32 - Appointment TV, Loss of Universal Interests

38:47 - Blockbuster Failed Streaming Service, Netflix, Redbox

41:00 - Marvel Movies 

42:53 - 2000s movies, evolution of TV sets

44:29 - Rise of Social Media, YouTube, The Social Network 

49:09 - Inconsistencies with Biopics 

50:40 - Rom-Coms

56:45 - Outro

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