ICYMI: Nostalgia is the Internet’s Favorite Currency

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Society & Culture, Technology, History

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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On today’s show, Rachelle and Candice are joined by Jessica Bennett and Susie Banikarim, the hosts of In Retrospect, a newly-launched podcast that explores pivotal moments from the ‘80s and ‘90s that shaped them. Bennett and Banikarim crack open the pages of their internet diary, revealing their first fandoms and the internet fights that still loom large in their memory. The four discuss the way that nostalgia shapes our current cultural moment and how it’s become the currency of the decade. This podcast is produced by Se’era Spragley Ricks, Daisy Rosario, Candice Lim and Rachelle Hampton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.
0:03.0	Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.
0:08.0	You'll get to know the difference.
0:10.0	New Big Arch for Big McDonald's hunger.
0:13.0	Until 9th of September, from 11 a.m.,
0:18.0	participating restaurants only, subject to availability.
0:34.1	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton.
0:37.8	And I'm Candace Lem, and you're listening to I see why am I.
0:39.1	In case you missed it.
0:41.5	Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:42.7	Oh my God.
0:44.0	Hi, Candice.
0:45.2	How are you?
0:46.5	How was your weekend?
0:48.6	I am good.
0:58.3	I did watch the movie Jumanji, the one with Dwayne the Rock Johnson, after all these years for the first time.
1:00.3	So it was delightful, learned a lot.
1:09.3	Candace, I unironically love that movie so much. It's truly one of my favorite movies to watch when I'm just like a little bit sad because it's so good.
1:15.3	Yes.
1:16.0	Yes.
1:16.2	Who would have thought Jack Black playing a teenage girl could be that heartwarming?
1:21.2	Mm-hmm.
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