We Don't Wanna Grow Up
We Don't Wanna Grow Up is a nostalgic podcast about pop culture, toys and fond memories of the 80s, 90s and 00s. We want to take you back to that feeling of strolling down the aisles at Toys R Us, flipping through the J.C. Penney catalog so you can ear-mark everything you want for Christmas, cozying up in front of the television on a Saturday morning with a big bowl of cereal, or waiting hours for a certain song to play on the radio so you can hit record on your tape player and have the song forever. We want to recapture the feeling of the moment your dELiA*s catalog arrived in the mail, looking at the album art in your new CD and sitting on your inflatable furniture. Remembering all of this has been a comfort and has helped us get through the stress and anxiety that has come along with everything happening in the world lately, and we hope it helps you a little bit, too.
Episodes
Grab your no. 2 pencils, we're heading back to Summer School this week, with our rerelease of our original podcast episode, which came out in July 2022. We also discuss other movies released in the summer of 1987!
In this Freestyle Friday episode, Pete and Stacy chat about some upcoming visits from family, Variety's Actors on Actors with Keri Russell and Scott Speedman (Felicity & Ben), some TV shows and movies we've been watching, and an odd Instagram interaction.
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In today's Freestyle Friday episode, we talk about things we've been watching, some self-care for Stacy, the new Nintendo Switch 2, some celebrity gossip, an announcement about an 80s movie sequel, an email we received from the director of a movie we covered, we share a fun Double Dare-related story that Jessica shared with us recently, and Chad comes to the front of the class for Show & Tell!
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In this Freestyle Friday episode, we're talking about My Best Friend's Exorcism (book and movie), Satanic Panic, some things we've been watching this week (Archive, Love Island USA, Love Island: All Stars, and Survivor), and we take a trip to the VP's office.
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In this Freestyle Friday episode, Stacy and Pete tell a story about something that happened that morning, a Muppets ride follow-up, The Prom Queen on Netflix, And Just Like That, some exciting Jem and the Holograms news, more Survivor binging, Stacy shares about a recent nostalgic purchase, and author, Travis Kennedy, comes to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up classroom for Show & Tell, and he tells us about his book, The...
We're back with another installment in our Remote Control series, where listeners get to take control (remotely) of the episode! Today, Jackson has chosen X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men! Be sure and reach out if you have any ideas for a Remote Control episode, and you'd like to participate!
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In this Freestyle Friday episode, Stacy and Pete talk about some more TV shows and movies they've been watching (White Lotus, Love on the Spectrum, Dead Mail, Companion, Borderline), old dance shows like Club MTV and Dance Party USA, and a funny story from the set of Titanic!
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We've got news... you're gonna lose... if you don't listen to this episode, because it's the MOST FUN! It's 1963 and we're heading to Myrtle Beach with Melaina, Carson, Pudge and Luanne to cruise, drink Purple Jesus at wild parties and shag our hearts out! The Carolina Shag, that is! Shag (the movie) is a sweet potato of a film. Now, act like you've had some upbringing and join in on the fun! This is a rerelease of our Shag episod...
In this Freestyle Friday episode, Pete and Stacy talk about a rumored The Muppet Show resurrection, some upcoming movies (The Prom Queen) and documentaries (Pee-wee as Himself), and some shows they've been watching lately (Survivor, Paradise, and Black Mirror)! We also welcome new Patrons and update you on our latest bonus episodes on Patreon.
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This is Part Two of Favorite 80s Break-Up Songs, as voted on by our audience! If you haven't listened to Part One, be sure and check it out! We also talk about the new playlists we made to accompany the podcast!
Join Roberta, Samantha, Teeny and Chrissy as they look back on their most memorable summer of the 70's. Let's all hop on our bikes, dodge the Wormers and look out for Crazy Pete... It's the 1995 film, Now and Then!
This is Part One of Favorite 80s Break-Up Songs, as voted on by our audience! We also give a brief podcast update and talk about our latest Patreon episode where we played Name That Tune!
Grab your dancing shoes, your hacky sack, and your falafel hat... we're covering the 1999 teen rom-com, She's All That.
In this Freestyle Friday episode, Pete tells us about his recent trip to London and we visit the VP's office. We talk about a new (to us) 90s movie we recently watched and loved, all five members of The Breakfast Club reuniting for the 40th anniversary, the Clueless sequel series announcement. Then, Brie comes to the front of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up classroom for Show and Tell!
Stacy and Pete got to hang out with podcast listener and new friend, Kelly (otherwise known as Friend Kelly), and we had fun playing more 80s and 90s Pop Culture Trivia!
The Class of '98 has just graduated and we're following along (until we can't feel our legs) as they party the night away in Can't Hardly Wait! This is a rerelease of an episode from June 2022!
We're celebrating Rex Manning Day by rereleasing a previous episode (from 2023) of the We Don't Wanna Grow Up podcast about Empire Records! We also played Empire Records trivia over on our Patreon!
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