The Nostalgia Test Podcast
Put your pop-culture past to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! with 🎙longtime friends Dan, Manny, & Billy 🙋♂️🤦♂️🙆♂️
Episodes
Dan, Manny, & Billy report on Gen Z’s recent obsession with Hacky Sacks, their journeys to find them in the wild, and they put them to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I don't ever remember buying a sack, but I always knew I had a sack. And then you would just, like, play sack, and then the sack would go into someone's pocket, and then you would have that sack. It was like, Dan, you compar...
Dan, Manny, & Billy welcome Actor, Producer, and Musician Alisa Reyes to discuss how she went from being on Nickelodeon’s All That, to evolving into a high-powered multi-hyphenate talent, and being the voice of LaCienega Boulevardez on the award-winning show The Proud Family.
“It is all about uplifting humanity during Mother Earth's ascension right now, and we just gotta ride this wave gracefull...
Warning!
Dan didn't do a soundcheck because he's dumb, so his mic sounds like it's episode 1
Dan & Manny welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast all-star Steve Herrera to put The Delta Force (1986) & Sidekicks (1992) to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I feel like we were fed a pack of fucking lies as kids....
Dan, Manny, & Billy welcome back Nostalgia Test Podcast all-star Meghan Nolan to put the 1996 Pauly Shore Stephen Baldwin “comedy” Bio-Dome to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“Dude, could you think of a worse person to get high with than Pauly Shore? Like, there is literally no one that I would rather less get high with than Pauly Shore. 'Cause I would be like, "Dude, shut the fuck up. Shu...
Dan & Billy welcome back longtime friend & Nostalgia Test Podcast Allstar Jeremy Madson for the final episode of the Metallica Eras journey, The Legacy Era: Death Magnetic, Hardwired...to Self-Destruct, & 72 Seasons and put them to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“That's an interesting comparison, Metallica to The Beatles [...] The Beatles, depending on how you count them, were onl...
Dan, Manny, & Billy rank the stereotypical top 5 Rock bands of all time and put them to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“We're numb to everything, including like extreme things that are bad, and also great things [...] You see something great and you're just like, oh, whatever, you know? And it's like, there's pure artists going on and you don't even give a fuck because you're just scrolli...
Dan shares a Nostalgic Reflection on The Cranberries’ 1993 hit “Dreams.”
“Dreams is like a signal and electric shock, awakening the mind, body, and spirit so that we're prepared to receive a new energy that's going to shatter the mundanity of our lives.” -Dan Dissinger
Dan starts a new series on The Nostalgia Test Podcast called “Nostalgic Reflections.” These will be solo episodes about very pers...
Dan, Manny, & Billy put 8 oldies from the 50s & 60s to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“The fact that [“The Twist”] goes on for more than a minute boggles my mind because at weddings usually it's in a mix of oldies. Right? [...] So imagine twisting over the whole length of this song.” -Manny Coelho
This is a fun look back at the oldies from the 50s and 60s that filled the streets of ...
Dan, Manny, & Billy give their honest opinions on the slew of reboot, remake, and legacy sequel slop and rumors, and they put it all to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I feel like as a society, we just went back in time anyway, and [...] should we be happy about it? Like there's so many things that are happening that are like from our era, like, Brittany Spears got arrested for DUI [we’re...
Dan, Manny, & Billy celebrate the anniversary of the Twinkie by putting this classic snack to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“The literal first ingredient is sugar, even before flour.” -Billy D’Elia
The food episodes are back with a vengeance as the boys test their childhood and stomachs with the Twinkie. So many god memories, so many tangents, and let’s ...
Dan & Billy invite Nostalgia Test Podcast all-star Meghan Nolan to put the 1988 Nicolas Cage black “comedy” Vampire’s Kiss to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“This is a steaming pile of sh*t. I hate everything about it. It is not nostalgic for me. You cannot be nostalgic, I'm gonna say it again, about a movie that's about him raping somebody [...] It's not a comedy. It's a film that doesn't ...
On this Nostalgia Test Mini episode, Dan, Manny, & Billy spin The Wheel of Pauly Shore to see which Pauly Shore movie they’ll be putting to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I watched [Son in Law and] I was like, how the fuck did they let this man make movies?” -Billy D’Elia
This Mini Nostalgia Test episode spins out of control (no pun intended) way before the guys even spin The Wheel of ...
Dan, Manny, & Billy put 7 Drunk Sing-Along Songs for Saint Patrick’s Day to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“It's like doing shrooms together. You gotta choose the right people.”
-Manny Coelho
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day Nostalgia Testers! On this episode, the gang digs into what makes a great drunk sing-along before ranking:
Piano Man – Billy Joel ...
Dan & Manny put the 1993 Pauly Shore classic Son in Law to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“This whole movie, all of Son in Law, all of [Pauly Shore’s] f***ing dialogue is just gibberish. It's just gibberish the whole time, and I'm just like, how can this be a film?” -Dan Dissinger
Dan & Manny are without their longtime friend and cohost Billy to try and solve the pop-culture myster...
Dan & Manny put the 2003 Spike TV classic MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“Everyone dies or has diarrhea after this show [...] They're throwing up [...] things are coming outta their nose, their eyes [...] I hope there's a medic. They should have had [...] a part of a show where they showed [contestants] being wrapped up.” -Manny
This episode ...
Dan & Manny welcome Author Ross Benes to discuss his book 1999 The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times.
“I chose [19]99 out of all the years because it was just the wildest and most wackadoodle year of [the 90s]. You can write a similar book on 98 [...] but I think 99 is just a little more insane in the membrane.” -Ross Benes
This episode of Nostalgia 101 auth...
Dan, Manny, & Billy pull the curtain back on the podcast on this Nostalgia Test Mini Episode & put several Nostalgia Test Tangents to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“What the f**k is this podcast about anymore?” -Dan
Right before the gang recorded 168. Nostalgia Test Now! ZombieCon Vol.1, they had this tangent filled conversation that started at Legos and made a full-circle return ...
Dan, Manny, & Billy put 5 classic Love Songs for Valentine’s Day to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“Yo! 2026, Nostalgia Test declares love is dead.” -Billy
Happy Valentine’s Day nerds! On this special episode of The Nostalgia Test Podcast the guys open up their nostalgic hearts to rank and put to the test Michael Bolton's “When a Man Loves a Woman,” Celine Dion's “It's All Coming Back to M...
Dan, Manny. & Billy put the 1993 Bill Murray comedy mind f**k Groundhog Day to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“There's a quote that [Bill Murray] says, he's like, I killed myself so many times. I don't even exist anymore.” -Manny
Well, the groundhog saw his shadow yesterday which means 6 more weeks of winter! You know what that means campers, “rise and shine! And don’t forget your booties ...
Dan, Manny, & Billy open up the unhinged Nostalgia Test Mailbag and put a bunch of nonsense to the ultimate test—THE NOSTALGIA TEST!
“I would argue that Tom Selleck has the greatest mustache ever [...] It's hands down him or Burt Reynolds.” -Billy
It’s very easy, the guys answer a ton of insane questions and do mini tests from the listeners and their other podcas...
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