Ruining Your Childhood Podcast

25/02/2021

This week's episode is about Tuck Everlasting, and we talk about age differences, immortality, and question if maybe Twilight tackled these themes better? 👀

Check it out now wherever you listen to podcasts!

03/02/2021

New episode out today! This week we cover the Animaniacs, both old and new. We talk Steven Spielberg, the Children's Television Act of 1990, and Animaniacs fanfiction. Also discussed is pandemic media and which cereals are the best. Available now anywhere you get podcasts!

Yakko sings a song to the tune of the Mexican Hat Dance about the nations of the world.

29/01/2021

This week we have two great Star Wars episodes out! Wednesday we released our episode on the new trilogy, and today we have a bonus episode on the extended universe! We talk Solo, Rogue One, the Mandalorian, and the infamous Star Wars Christmas Special. We ask the hard-hitting questions like: Do droids feel pain? Is Chewie an absentee father? Why is Jefferson Starship part of the Star Wars universe?

Listen now wherever you get podcasts!

Jefferson Starship performed the song "Light the Sky on Fire" for a musical sequence in The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T...

28/01/2021

Out this week is our episode on the good, the bad, and the ugly of the most recent Star Wars trilogy. Listen anywhere you get podcasts!

24/01/2021

Some big things happening this week:

We have brand new cover art by the amazing and talented Maggie! (you can find her on both Etsy and Instagram as SentFromMyLilypad). We're so excited to give our podcast a makeover, and Maggie did such a good job.

Wednesday we're releasing part 3 of our Star Wars series, covering Episodes VII-IV and Friday we're releasing a bonus Star Wars episode on the rest of the Star Wars universe. We'll talk Rogue One, The Mandalorian, and more!

But for now, be sure to catch up on old episodes and rate/review/subscribe on iTunes and Spotify! Thank you to everyone who's been listening.

13/01/2021

Part 2 of our Star Wars series is out now everywhere you get podcasts! In this episode we discussed the prequels, including the thing everyone has always wanted: an in-depth analysis of Jar Jar Binks.

12/01/2021

Have you checked out the first episode in our Star Wars series? Catch up now so you'll be ready for our episode on the prequels this Wednesday. Look up Ruining Your Childhood anywhere you get podcasts!

06/01/2021

New year, new series, new release schedule!

Starting tomorrow we're coming in hot with the first episode of the year and the first episode of our four-part series on the history of the Star Wars universe. Tomorrow we're covering the original trilogy, so get ready to go back to 1977!

This also kicks off our new release schedule, which will now be every Wednesday. Follow this page for updates on new episodes and more!

28/12/2020

We took last week off, but we're back this week with a brand new episode on Annie! We unpack the history of Little Orphan Annie and Annie the Musical. Which version of the musical did you grow up with?

Sarah and Kirsten dive deep into the origins of Little Orphan Annie and discuss its transformation into the Broadway musical we know today.

14/12/2020

This week we talk Home Alone! We cover the whiteness of the John Hughes Universe, how terrible Kevin's family is, and the forgotten third Home Alone movie.

Sarah and Kirsten discuss the overwhelming suburban whiteness of John Hughes movies and how horrible Kevin's parents are. Sarah defends the forgotten third Home Alone movie.

07/12/2020

Get in the Christmas spirit by ruining Santa Claus! Part 2 of our Santa series is live! We discuss the modern (commercialized) history of Santa, why we hate Elf on the Shelf, and what we can potentially learn from Christmas 2020.

In part two of our series on Santa Claus, Kirsten and Sarah discuss how 20th century commercialism plays into our modern understanding of Christmas. Also discussed: Elf on the Shelf, dental hygiene, and Christmas in 2020.

03/12/2020

Before we release part 2 of our Santa Claus series on Monday, catch up on part 1. We talk about St. Nicholas’ evolution into the Belsnickel and why Freddy Krueger and/or Gritty should replace the Belsnickel’s current problematic sidekick.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/78dPWqHvognCzwbPJ1RNrp?si=adRrKzYdSXqskOwxOL7cnw

Kirsten and Sarah discuss the early history of Santa Claus, from Saint Nicholas in 3rd Century Turkey to the first department store Santas in the United States. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.