Junk Fed
9 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsA time machine from the age of the Hollywood blockbuster, the George Lucas merchandising force, and the Bronze Age of comics. Todd Rogers, a chronic nostalgist, creative escapist, lunatic completest, and pop culture zealot parses memories of the past with a rotating league of guests hosts.
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Episode 8: Go To Your Room! with Shawn Robare
March 15, 2017 12:23 - 1 hour - 88 MBShawn Robare of Branded in the 80s and the Cult Film Club podcast joins me to discuss a topic inspired by Shawn's own Awesome 80s Bedrooms series, the inner sanctum of our childhood bedrooms. For some kids, the bedroom is the one place in the house that we have any control over. Shawn and I reminisce about the different bedrooms we occupied in our formative years and the fun or sometimes scary things they contained. Despite it being the envy of every 80s kid, Shawn concedes that the G....
Episode 7: Ronald Reagan Is Gonna Get Us All Killed with Tyler Ham
February 21, 2017 13:00 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBTyler Ham returns to discuss growing up during the Reagan Era Cold War, and how it affected us as children. Tyler categorizes classic atomic age sci-fi movies, offering historical perspective from the earlier days of the Cold War. Russian kids weren't so different from us. Here are two enjoying american pop music cassettes courtesy of Tyler's mom. We discuss 80s movies like Red Dawn, Rambo, War Games, and Rocky IV and ponder the propaganda they contained. My small Ronald Reagan colle...
Episode 6: Course Correction with Jen Stephens
January 17, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBI'm joined by Jen Stephens to discuss moments in our lives that changed us fundamentally and briefly ponder alternate paths. We question the need for human friends when you've got R.O.B. the Robotic Operating Buddy, and wonder if ghosts enjoy R.O.B. as much as living people do. Different circumstances turned us into weird indoor kids. We examine being new kids on the block (not the band) in our respective neighborhoods, and the phenomenon that was New Kids on the Block (the band). To s...
Episode 5: Christmassy Christmas Christmasses with Alex Pardee
December 21, 2016 02:51 - 52 minutes - 71.6 MBOn this eggnog-flavored episode, I'm joined by one of my favorite artists, the brilliant and prolific Alex Pardee. We share some of our favorite Christmas memories, including Santa's toy counterfeiting ring, sweaty Christmas carolers, boys wanting girl toys, dolls made out of produce, facial road rash, tall Tiny Tims and the death of Santa. If you miss this episode, YULE regret it (I'm so sorry). Visuals Did you know that Santa made the Dungeons & Dragons Fortress of Fangs playset just...
Episode 4: Finding Punk Rock with Abby Roc
December 05, 2016 13:11 - 1 hour - 112 MBMy long-time friend, Abby and I compare notes on finding our local punk rock scene. We discuss the appeal of fast and loud music, the sense of belonging it afforded us, the and the values we came away with that make us the people we are today. Bonus: Abby delivers the first f-bomb, which in itself is pretty punk rock. Just ask Tipper Gore. Visuals From unblemished beginnings... ...to discontented delinquent. You know, just hanging around dying leopard stripes onto someones head....
Episode 3: Star Wars Guys and Krazy Glue with Mike Cooper
November 16, 2016 14:00 - 1 hour - 92.6 MBFor as long as I've known him, conversations with Mike Cooper usually devolve into talks about vintage Star Wars figures. In this episode, we commit one such conversation to podcast and also discuss our glue-happy fathers and their involvement in our star wars collecting. Visuals Mike's Puke-Custed, Party-Fest, Sewer Luke Skywalker™ and rare Cloth Cape Darth Vader. My glued down collection of Empire Strikes Back trading cards. My dad was a Topps Trading Card counterfeiter. TIE...
Episode 2: Toys as Transitional Objects with Stacey Rader
November 01, 2016 13:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBIn childhood development, transitional objects provide comfort in difficult or unique situations. We're joined by Stacey Rader, of Adventures of a Geeky Vixen, to discuss some of the toys that helped us through some tricky times growing up and into adulthood. We laugh, we cry (almost), and get a little gross. Visuals Turns out that Strawberry Shortcake rag dolls make great stunt padding in a pinch. And they smell good too. My old friend with the crooked nose and droopy eye. Carrie F...
Episode 1: From Scaredy-Cat to Horror Hound with Joey Gallimore
October 17, 2016 11:00 - 50 minutes - 70.1 MBMore Halloweenery! We're joined by Joey Gallimore, aka Dr. Jose, of cameraviscera.com, to dig up our childhood memories of being afraid of the dark. We talk about things that scared us on television and in the movies, and examine how those fears mutated into a want to make scares of our own and a love for the horror genre We attempt to process the effects of seeing movies like Alice, Sweet Alice, Cujo, The Brood, Dawn of the Dead at a young age. We both agree that the Catholic Church is...
Episode 0: Halloween Memories with Tyler Ham
September 20, 2016 16:52 - 1 hour - 77.5 MBOn the inaugural episode, we are joined by artist, toy maker, blogger, and fellow nostalgist Tyler Ham to discuss some of our favorite Halloween memories. We talk Halloween television, share some of our favorite Halloween decorations, feel a little bad for actor Michael Berryman, remember cheap boxed Halloween costumes, get wistful about Halloween Headquarters in the era before Spirit Halloween superstores, and get embarrassed about dressing up as Batman and The Joker respectively in 1989...