A discussion on how 90s nostalgia on social media focuses on technology, from Y2K aesthetics to 'nostalgia slop,' with hosts Kate Lindsay and Daisy Rosario, plus a challenge from Dan Kois.
If you can't access your feeds, please contact customer support. The internet is never not nostalgic for the past, but something about the 90s is different.
While previous trends like Y2K and “millennial optimism” have been mostly about the hair and clothes, 90s nostalgia is all about the tech. Or rather,of tech. Host Kate Lindsay and showrunner Daisy Rosario talk about what social media gets right about the decade, and what’s just “nostalgia slop” trying to sell us something.
Plus, Slate favorite Dan Kois has a challenge for listeners:Join Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay twice a week as they gaze deep into the online abyss—and tell you what’s gazing back.is the co-host of ICYMI, Slate’s podcast about internet culture. She also writes the newsletter Embedded, and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Bustle, and GQ.is Slate's senior supervising producer of audio.
Previously, she produced podcasts and reported stories for Stitcher, WNYC, WAMU, and Latino USA, and was also a frequent contributor to NPR’s
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