'Back to the Future' Turns 40, and Our Top Time-Travel Moments

House of R

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Tv & Film

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 169 minutes

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Destiny has brought you here, this podcast is your density. Mal and Jo are back as they celebrate the 40th anniversary of ‘Back to the Future'! They discuss the cultural impact the franchise has made, Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly, timeline theories, and of course the incestuous horndog legend that is Lorraine McFly. Next, they come up with 12.1 questions about film and share their top five time-travel moments of the quarter century. (00:00) Intro (00:56) ‘Back to the Future’ turns 40! (07:36) Opening snapshot (01:09:30) 1.21 Gigawhats (12.1 questions about ‘Back to the Future’) (01:10:05) Most quotable line (01:14:25) What’s the most 1985 thing about this movie? (01:19:43) Best Biff-ism (01:24:58) Most ironic statement from either Marty McFly pre-time travel, or other people post-time travel? (01:27:48) Crispiest Glover moment? (01:33:47) Most iconic costume? (Non-Orange Puffy Vest Edition) (01:37:00) Most concerning Einstein moment (01:41:20) Favorite example of the BTTF franchise’s cultural impact (01:51:06) Favorite needle drop? (01:53:47) Chrispiest Lloyd moment? (02:01:07) What’s your biggest time-travel quibble? (02:06:19) What’s the horniest moment not involving incest? (02:08:03) The most astonishing incest moment? (02:13:01) Top five time-travel moments of the quarter century Hosts: Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson Producers: Jessie Lopez and John Richter Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.2	Hello, welcome to a very random yet delightful episode of House of Our.
1:18.4	I'm Joanna Robinson joining me today.
1:21.3	She's only five minutes late.
1:22.5	It's Mallory and Rubin.
1:24.9	Joanna, my density has popped me to you
1:29.9	I needed to dial up the weird on that like 200% in order to match
1:35.9	I unfortunately do not have any nearby
1:37.8	chocolate milks that I can order to enthusiastically slam down on the counter
1:43.5	before declaring that to you.
1:44.9	And they're just like wipe your mouth with your hands multiple times before you start.
1:49.2	Yeah. And so it's a different energy from George overall.
1:52.4	We are definitely going to be celebrating the weirdness of George McFly a little bit later on.
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