Podcast Episodes

Nostalgia Trap - Episode 386.5 - The History of America in Six Cars, Part Four - The Fall of Detroit (1st Half)

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2 years, 1 month ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 385: The History of America in Six Cars, Part Three - Sweetheart of the Supermarket Set (PREVIEW)

In Part Three of our journey through the history of American car culture, we explore how the massive cultural and political shifts of the 1960s made …

2 years, 1 month ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 384: The History of America in Six Cars, Part Two - Size is Everything (PREVIEW)

As we continue our story of America's love affair with the automobile, it's time to look at the tailfin behemoths of the 1950s, the cars that look li…

2 years, 2 months ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 383: Fast and Furious - Hamas Drift w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

This week we watch Fast Five (2011), the fifth installment in the Fast and Furious franchise, and contemplate how these movies embed radical ideas ab…

2 years, 2 months ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 382: The History of America in Six Cars, Part One - Henry Ford, Nazis, and the Model T

The supreme object of the 20th century, the automobile's development as both transportation technology and cultural totem is literally the story of A…

2 years, 2 months ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 381: The Social Housing Question w/ Andrew Schustek and Samuel Stein

Our friend Andrew Schustek is back with an all-new Housing Trap conversation all about the unfolding crisis of housing in 21st century New York City …

2 years, 2 months ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 380: Field of Homosocial Dreams w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper

This week Justin and I discuss the 1989 tearjerker Field of Dreams, a film about ghosts playing baseball in some guy's backyard that endures as a bel…

2 years, 2 months ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 379: Circling the Drain w/ Float Universe

Float Universe is an Instagram meme/troll account that's ostensibly focused on the intersection of floatation tanks and psychedelic culture. The acco…

2 years, 3 months ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 378: Big Tent Fascism w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

We simply did not cover enough topics in our first "2023 Year in Review" episode, so this week Justin is back to talk about some of the big trends lo…

2 years, 3 months ago

Nostalgia Trap - Ep 377: Past Forward w/ Clay Routledge

Clay Routledge is a teacher, writer, and researcher in the field of existential psychology. His latest book, Past Forward: How Nostalgia Can Help You…

2 years, 3 months ago