Nostalgium Arcanum

A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are

About the show

Each episode we add a new entry to the Nostalgium Arcanum, a repository for the movies, tv, music, games, and other pop culture that still enchants us today. Find us on twitter at: @nostalgiumpod

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Episodes

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

    November 14th, 2022  |  1 hr 5 mins
    1990s, comedy, comics, image comics, martial arts, movies, nostalgia, teenage mutant ninja turtles, tmnt, turtles

    Grab a bodacious slice of sewer pizza as comedian Rich Baker joins us to talk about TMNT's 1990 live-action debut. Cowabunga!

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    "Weird" Al Yankovic

    November 7th, 2022  |  1 hr 9 mins
    comedy, daniel radcliffe, demento, geek, music, nerd, parody, polka, rock and roll, weird, weird al yankovic, yankovic

    Featuring my incredibly awkward unreleased 20-year-old interview with "Weird" Al Yankovic, on this episode the podcast truly becomes a parody of itself.

  • The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

    October 31st, 2022  |  1 hr 4 mins
    comedy, freddy kreuger, halloween, horror, nightmare on elm street, nostalgia, the shining, the simpsons

    We close out our Halloween run with a special episode about the Simpsons' Halloween specials, with special guest Amy Baum. Special!

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    The Fly

    October 24th, 2022  |  59 mins 34 secs
    body horror, comedy, david cronenberg, gina davis, halloween, horror, jeff goldblum, movies, nostalgia, physics, sci fi, teleportation

    Be afraid... Be very afraid... of a twisted fusion of sci-fi horror and romance, as well as man and insect.

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    Thriller

    October 17th, 2022  |  32 mins 19 secs
    1980s, dance, halloween, john landis, michael jackson, music, nostalgia, pop, vincent price

    No mere mortal can resist the evil of The Thriller!

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    The Phantom of the Opera

    October 10th, 2022  |  44 mins 44 secs
    andrew lloyd webber, broadway, comedy, halloween, musicals, nostalgia, phantom, poto, theater

    We've passed the point of no return as we dissect Andrew Lloyd Webber's masterpiece, the O.G., The Phantom of the Opera.

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    Beetlejuice

    October 3rd, 2022  |  34 mins 59 secs
    beetlejuice, comedy, danny elfman, ghosts, halloween, movies, nostalgia, tim burton

    Our first entry to the Nostalgium Arcanum is the ghost with the most.