<![CDATA[Nostalgia Nerds]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds Nostalgia Nerds is your rewind button to the best decades ever—the 80s and 90s. From iconic movies and TV shows to pop music, toys, trends, and totally rad moments that shaped a generation, we deep-dive into the pop culture that raised us. Whether you’re a child of the mall era or just obsessed with retro vibes, grab your Walkman and join us as we relive the magic, the mess, and everything in between.

]]> RSS.com 2026.428.112250 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:01:25 GMT en b6a96ea2-e114-5dc2-97fc-8f89cacb7886 https://media.rss.com/nostalgianerds/20260120_060140_223241e1d5a629baf1ab4c8e1a6784e9.jpg Nostalgia Nerds https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds yes Alix and Allyson Alix and Allyson Alix and Allyson true episodic podcast The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[RE- RELEASE: The Wonder Years]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re turning up the volume on our Top 80s bands—the music that defined the decade and our childhood playlists. We also look back at the story of Ryan White and how his battle with AIDS became one of the most talked-about moments of the era.

Plus, we open up our middle school journals again for more awkward confessions, deep thoughts, teenage drama, and the kind of memories that only make sense in hindsight.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2659002 165a5ea3-28d6-46ca-8e0c-0b29127a3bab 900 full 1 1 15 15 false Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[RE- RELEASE: The Breakfast Club]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re going 80s with our Top 5 Movies of the Decade—the films that shaped our childhoods and still live rent-free in our brains. We also revisit the absolute madness of the Cabbage Patch Kids craze, when parents fought in toy aisles and adoption papers somehow felt very real.

Plus, we open up our middle school journals yet again, capturing what it was like to be kids processing pop culture in real time—including our memories and reactions when Michael Jackson faced accusations that shocked the world.

It’s nostalgic, emotional, and a reminder that growing up in the 80s and 90s meant balancing movie magic with moments that changed how we saw our idols. Press play and rewind with us. 💿✨

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2658983 976f876c-87d8-4c74-b131-03c42bf6d55c 1078 full 1 1 14 14 false Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[RE-RELEASE: Meet The Nerds]]> Welcome to Nostalgia Nerds! In our debut episode, we introduce ourselves and dive headfirst into the 80s and 90s pop culture that raised us. We count down our Top 5 Girl Crushes of the 80s, revisit the unforgettable chaos of Baby Jessica falling down the well, and read straight from our actual middle school journals—yes, including the legendary Frenching Night.

Grab your scrunchie and press play. The nostalgia starts now. 💿✨

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2658970 34e19b94-20b0-4295-a014-7dd901f2ae01 1050 full 1 1 13 13 false Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Don't Stop Believin']]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re sharing the story of how we met and diving into our favorite 90s board games—the ones that turned sleepovers into full-on competitions. We also revisit one of the biggest headlines of the decade, the Clinton–Monica Lewinsky scandal, and take a trip back to our middle school crushes that had us passing notes and overanalyzing everything.

Friendship origins, 90s game nights, and peak teenage drama—press play and nerd out with us. 🎲💿🔥

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2658956 081d947d-4171-4f2c-a898-87fa8282eea3 1094 full 1 1 12 12 false Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re reliving our favorite 90s TV moments—the scenes, shows, and drama we couldn’t stop talking about. We dive into when The Real World changed reality TV forever, remember sweating along to MTV’s The Grind Workout, and confess our lifelong weakness for bad boys.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2658938 a9a43b9b-7513-4d84-be19-4f3a85344ff8 1031 full 1 1 11 11 false Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[The Babysitters Club]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re talking about the books that defined our childhoods in the 80s and 90s, the freedom of playing outside in the neighborhood until the streetlights came on, and one of the most shocking cultural moments of the 90s—the death of Kurt Cobain.

It’s a mix of carefree kid memories, the stories that shaped us, and the moments that marked the end of an era.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2614241 c6e75eb0-5902-40e0-8b28-6f1fe846ef94 1003 full 1 1 10 10 false Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Everybody Wants to Rule the World]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re dialing it all the way back—talking landlines, obsessing over Total Phone, and swooning over iconic 80s ballads that raised us emotionally. We also crack open our embarrassing middle school journals (you’re welcome), and for the first time ever, we’re joined by a special guest to relive the chaos with us.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2540224 89a07105-d320-4712-9e73-3ff7f2e00d8b 1128 full 1 1 9 9 true Wed, 18 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Video Killed the Radio Star]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re breaking down our favorite 90s TV shows, reliving the moment TRL took over music and our after-school lives, and—because we can’t help ourselves—diving back into our middle school journals for more unfiltered drama, crushes, and emotional spiral notebook energy.

It’s appointment television, countdown culture, and peak 90s chaos. Press play and rewind with us. 📺💿🔥

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2604314 e08ffe4e-27b5-4604-a40a-5d4d36f24629 954 full 1 1 8 8 false Wed, 11 Mar 2026 11:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[The Wonder Years]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re turning up the volume on our Top 80s bands—the music that defined the decade and our childhood playlists. We also look back at the story of Ryan White and how his battle with AIDS became one of the most talked-about moments of the era.

Plus, we open up our middle school journals again for more awkward confessions, deep thoughts, teenage drama, and the kind of memories that only make sense in hindsight.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2522114 f39ecc26-71b7-4a10-830b-d7ea09832eca 900 full 1 1 7 7 false Wed, 04 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Don't Speak]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re swooning over our favorite 90s hotties, revisiting the pop culture earthquake that was the OJ Simpson trial, and sharing memories from simpler (and messier) times—like seeing my first Broadway show, obsessively flipping through Bop magazine, and throwing very serious birthday parties.

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2496400 d7b6de7b-0930-4eaa-ada6-c3ad9c6bc670 1087 full 1 1 6 6 true Wed, 25 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]> We’re taking a trip through the 90s style scene—from chokers to platform shoes—and the era when music shifted from grunge to pop. Of course, we crack open our middle school journals for all the drama: teen angst, trying to look cool while smoking, and navigating the heavy stuff like dealing with cancer in our lives.

It’s messy, real, and fully 90s—press play and relive it all with us. 💿🔥

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2473474 6cfddfd0-b30f-46ec-a9ce-7ab3ba212193 1089 full 1 1 5 5 true Wed, 18 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[The Breakfast Club]]> This week on Nostalgia Nerds, we’re going 80s with our Top 5 Movies of the Decade—the films that shaped our childhoods and still live rent-free in our brains. We also revisit the absolute madness of the Cabbage Patch Kids craze, when parents fought in toy aisles and adoption papers somehow felt very real.

Plus, we open up our middle school journals yet again, capturing what it was like to be kids processing pop culture in real time—including our memories and reactions when Michael Jackson faced accusations that shocked the world.

It’s nostalgic, emotional, and a reminder that growing up in the 80s and 90s meant balancing movie magic with moments that changed how we saw our idols. Press play and rewind with us. 💿✨

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2473309 458287ff-4384-487d-9692-94948d60ba39 1078 full 1 1 4 4 true Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Child's Play]]> It’s full-on 90s nostalgia this week as we count down our ultimate 90s girl crushes—the icons, the attitude, and the girls who had us obsessed. We also revisit the wild talking doll toy craze, because nothing says childhood like a doll repeating unhinged catchphrases on loop.

And yes, we’re back in the middle school journals for another round of awkward confessions, dramatic feelings, and secondhand embarrassment we can’t believe we survived. If you grew up in the era of girl power, toy madness, and emotional spiral notebooks, this episode is for you.

Hit play and relive the chaos. 💿🔥

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2496060 e58f0feb-cffd-4dab-aa4b-1c0b140c1d17 872 full 1 1 3 3 true Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Say Anything....]]> We’re back and diving deeper into the 80s with a full rundown of our ultimate 80s hotties, because this decade did not play when it came to crushes. We also revisit one of the most heartbreaking moments in history and pop culture—the Challenger explosion—and how we remember it as kids (and we really misremember it!)

Plus, we crack open our middle school journals once again for more unfiltered cringe, drama, and emotional chaos. And we’re talking about Ione Skye and her memoir Say Everything—from 80s cool-girl energy to the stories behind the icon.

Press play and relive it with us. 💿🔥

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2473241 b7a9f870-4d04-4841-8e3b-4071f574781d 897 full 1 1 2 2 true Wed, 28 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA <![CDATA[Meet The Nerds]]> Welcome to Nostalgia Nerds! In our debut episode, we introduce ourselves and dive headfirst into the 80s and 90s pop culture that raised us. We count down our Top 5 Girl Crushes of the 80s, revisit the unforgettable chaos of Baby Jessica falling down the well, and read straight from our actual middle school journals—yes, including the legendary Frenching Night.

Grab your scrunchie and press play. The nostalgia starts now. 💿✨

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/nostalgianerds/2473198 6ae89f16-7219-456f-bc33-8b6ca18b5909 1050 full 1 1 1 1 true Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Westport Library, 20, Jesup Road, Westport, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, 06880, USA