September 2026
Vol 2609
Ten stories from before the phone was in everyone's pocket: the video store, the whole album, being bored on purpose, the last times, one long night in 1976, the roll of film, the mall, the house phone, the old Pizza Hut and TGIF.
- 1 Going to Blockbuster Was Half the Fun of Watching the Movie 8 min listen · 5 min read · 6 films
- 2 Millennials Were the Last Generation That Had to Be Bored 9 min listen · 6 min read · 7 films
- 3 The Things We Didn't Know We Were Doing for the Last Time 11 min listen · 7 min read · 8 films
- 4 We Used to Listen to the Whole Album 7 min listen · 5 min read · 7 films
- 5 The Time Machine: What Dazed and Confused Preserved About Being Young Before Smartphones 11 min listen · 9 min read · 6 films
- 6 When Taking a Picture Cost You Something 9 min listen · 6 min read · 8 films
- 7 The Mall Wasn’t Just Where You Bought Things. It Was Somewhere to Go. 7 min listen · 5 min read · 8 films
- 8 The Last Generation That Had to Call Someone’s House 6 min listen · 4 min read · 7 films
- 9 Why Old Pizza Huts Felt So Much Better Than New Restaurants 5 min listen · 4 min read · 7 films
- 10 Friday Night Used to Mean TGIF 7 min listen · 5 min read · 7 films
