Before There Were #Hashtags

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for the seventeenth episode of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week they're not alone. They're joined by a great guest who also happens to be the one and only brother that Eric has: Alex Dahlinger. The trio talk about two of the most famous anime franchises in the entire world and the movies that rocketed them to the top in North America, which also happened to pit them against one another: Pokemon and Digimon. Join the pals as they get a little nerdy and laugh a lot diving back into these Japanese marvels and the nostalgia of the late 90's and early 2000's.

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for episode sixteen of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week they're inspired by one of the tv programming stepping stones of their more-than-decade-long friendship, Saturday Night Live. They chat SNL's iconic origins, sensational stars, numerous scandals and more more more. Live from (not) New York, it's BEFORE THERE WERE #HASHTAGS!

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for a very special episode of this blast from the past pop culture podcast. These pals go way way back and this week the episode is dedicated to an incredibly special person, Eric's mom Janet. Eric's mom sadly passed away last week and in her honour this week's theme is her very favourite movie, the iconic 80's classic, Dirty Dancing. We hope you have the time of your life listening to this one. We owe it all to you, Janet.

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for the fourteenth episode of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week they're not alone. Featuring a long-awaited and heated guest, a Scorpio with a vengeance, a ghostly kinda gal, the Fast n the Furious (emphasis on furious) Cecilia O'Grady. The trio talk beef they've had brewing between themselves that started over at the Ghosts Are Everywhere pod and of course they cover their actual topic du jour, the infamous and eerie Viper Room. Once owned by Johnny Depp, this Hollywood hotbed has seen the likes of everyone from River Phoenix to the Pussycat Dolls and loads of parties and tragedies in between. So, join these pals as they embark down the dark journey that is the Viper Room.

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for episode thirteen of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week they're inspired from last week's early aughts theme. They explore some of the classic Canadian tv programming that shaped their young minds: Family Channel Original Programming. The duo talk early 2000's fan faves like Naturally Sadie, Radio Free Roscoe, Are You Afraid of the Dark? and the cherry on the children's tv programming cake that was definitely not Disney but definitely Disney adjacent, Life With Derek. All this and more when these pals head back to the wayback.

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for episode twelve of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week they're jumping back to a time period they know inside and out, the early 2000's. They cover the infamous, hilarious and arguably full on flop of a flick Disney's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. These LiLo fans go back and get into all the teen dream drama on this week's episode like the couple of wild child teenage drama queens they are.

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for episode eleven of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week they're groovin' back to the disco days and chatting all wild things Studio 54. From music, to movies, to memoirs and more, this prolific NYC nightclub existed for less than three years in its heyday but has inspired nearly 50 years of influence on our popular culture.

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for the tenth episode of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week they're not alone. Featuring the duo's third guest, the singing sensation, teacher-riffic and theatre-kid-adjacent Matthew Robertson. The trio talk the legendary Vanessa Williams, diving into her sad past, her illustrious career as an actor, singer and fashion brand and the big scandal that overshadowed it all. Hopefully this episode will make you smile and remind you that happy days are (almost) here again.

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for episode nine of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week their story starts in ye olden days of yore because they're chatting about the most prolific acting dynasty, possibly in the world, the Barrymore's. Yes, as in America's sweetheart Drew. Those Barrymore's. The pals talk 400 years of this incredible acting family, jumping into both their many successes and some of the unfortunately devastating patterns that have plagued them.

Join Eric Dahlinger and Carly Billings for episode eight of this blast from the past pop culture podcast! These pals go way way back and this week they're heading further back in time than they ever have before to talk about a slice of drama from Hollywood's golden age and the wild connections between two of the 1960's biggest movie musicals My Fair Lady and Mary Poppins. The pals chat about the drama that surrounded two of the most iconic performers of the time (and any time) Audrey Hepburn and Julie Andrews. This week all your fave duo wants is a room somewhere and a spoonful of SCANDAL.