The Ridiculous History of the 90s and Low Culture, with Ross Benes

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The 1990s were a time of chaos, aspiration, and, above all, ridiculous things. In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max welcome returning guest Ross Benes, the author of 1999, for an in-depth exploration of talk shows, crime, transformative media and pop culture forensics. (Ben here: of course we get to films, video games and Juggalos.)

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show.
0:27.9	Fellow Ridiculous historians.
0:29.3	Thank you, as always, so much for tuning in.
0:32.0	Let's hear it for our super producer, Mr. Max, 1990s Williams.
0:36.1	Max, he loves the 90s Williams.
0:39.0	We all loved it.
0:40.0	We lived the 90s.
0:41.7	We have mixed feelings about the 90s.
0:43.6	No, I don't know.
0:44.2	Mainly good.
0:44.9	Mainly positive.
0:45.8	I'm still processing it.
0:47.3	It's true.
0:47.7	It's still too soon.
0:48.9	These things take time.
0:49.8	Yeah.
0:50.3	I bet bullet, you're Noel Brown.
0:52.9	And we have long been mystified by the 1990s because it's something that is surprisingly long ago, but I think still very present in culture today, like in a cultural memory.
1:08.4	It left a mark, no question.
1:10.5	It left a mark. It question. It left a mark.
1:11.5	It left some ginkos.
1:13.0	It left the trail.
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