Call It Short & Sweet: That's So Nostalgic

Summary

Episode Summary: "Call It Short & Sweet: That's So Nostalgic"

Podcast Information:

• Title: Call It What It Is
• Host: Danielle Fishel
• Release Date: May 29, 2025
• Description: Jessica Capshaw and Camilla Luddington navigate the highs and lows of life together, offering support, pep talks, and problem-solving insights. In this episode, they open up their friendship circle to explore nostalgic topics that once felt normal but may seem odd today.

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Introduction

In the episode titled "That's So Nostalgic," host Danielle Fishel delves into the realm of nostalgia, reflecting on practices and technologies that were once integral to daily life but have become obsolete or evolved significantly by 2025. Flying solo for this episode, Danielle engages listeners in a heartfelt exploration of shared memories, highlighting how societal and technological advancements have transformed our everyday experiences.

Segment 1: Listener Reflections on Nostalgia

Danielle begins by sharing submissions from listeners, each recounting a specific nostalgic practice. These stories paint a vivid picture of how much has changed over the past decades.

1. Scheduled Television Viewing

   • Taylor [03:30]: Remembers the anticipation of watching favorite shows at specific times, ensuring snacks and beverages were ready, and waiting for commercial breaks before moving around.
     • “You couldn’t pause it and you couldn’t leave in the middle. You had to wait for commercial breaks.”

2. Using Landline Telephones

   • Paula [04:15]: Describes the dependency on landline phones, highlighting the inconvenience of waiting for parents to disconnect the internet to make a call.
     • “Do we even have landlines anymore? ... I’m left hanging.”

3. Printed Directions and Map Guides

   • Emma [05:00]: Recounts the effort of printing directions from Google Maps and using bulky Thomas Guides, which required pre-planning routes before driving.
     • “Plot your route before you got in the car. Let’s just say that we are blessed now.”

4. Physical Coin Payments

   • Julia [06:00]: Expresses frustration with using coins for payments, noting how they end up cluttering pockets and cup holders.
     • “They just end up in a cup holder, a pocket, a tray.”

5. Managing Social Media Presence

   • Angela [06:45]: Shares experiences with fake Facebook profiles and the challenges of maintaining a genuine online identity.
     • “As soon as you get one taken down, another one would just pop up. So I just opted out.”

6. Multi-Layered Clothing Trends

   • Jen [07:30]: Discusses the trend of layering tank tops and anticipates its return in future fashion cycles.
     • “Why do we wear five on top of each other? It doesn’t make sense now, but it will come back again.”

7. CDs vs. Streaming Services

   • Katie [08:00]: Nostalgic about purchasing CDs, lamenting the shift to streaming and the declining relevance of physical media.
     • “CDs are like a punishment now. When I find them, I’m like, what do I do with this?”

8. Homework with Books and Dictionaries

   • Ashley [08:45]: Reminisces about doing homework with physical books and dictionaries before the digital age made information more accessible.
     • “You don’t still do homework with books and a dictionary.”

9. Renting Movies from Blockbuster

   • Catherine [09:15]: Reflects on the experience of renting movies from Blockbuster, highlighting how streaming has made such trips unnecessary.
     • “Going to a store like Blockbuster and renting a movie? That would be weird now.”

10. Other Nostalgic Practices

    • Lauren: Hitting multiple buttons to text one letter on older mobile phones.
    • Abby: Circling items in magazines to create wish lists.
    • Bianca: Bringing a digital camera to clubs instead of smartphones.
    • Stephanie: Babysitting kids who are unfamiliar with gaming consoles like Nintendo or Wii.
    • Danny: Using the old cranking motion to roll down car windows.
    • Nina: Hiding in the closet to talk on corded phones.

Segment 2: Host's Personal Insights

Danielle Fishel shares her own reflections on these nostalgic practices, providing personal anecdotes that resonate with the listeners' memories.

• Memorizing Phone Numbers:

  • “How many great stories were born from losing someone's phone number or not writing it down correctly? Love lost.” [06:50]

• Evolution of Communication:

  • Danielle muses on the transition from handwritten letters to digital messaging, pondering the depth and authenticity of connections formed in each era.
    • “Dating has evolved from in-person connections to app-based interactions, and it makes me wonder about the implications for relationships.” [07:20]

• Future Speculations:

  • Inspired by classic cartoons like "The Jetsons," Danielle envisions potential advancements such as enhanced self-driving vehicles and air-based transportation.
    • “Maybe we’ll have jets and mobiles in the future. I wonder about dating in a world dominated by apps.” [08:10]

Segment 3: The Persistence of Nostalgia

Danielle discusses the cyclical nature of trends and how past practices often make comebacks, sometimes in altered forms.

• Fashion Trends:

  • “I don’t know why we wore five tank tops on top of each other, but I predict it will return. Fashion is like a boomerang.” [07:45]

• Technology Adoption:

  • She reflects on how new technologies often replace older ones, yet elements of the past linger in modern adaptations.
    • “We’re always seeking to make life easier, but sometimes the old ways have their charm.” [08:30]

Conclusion and Call to Action

As the episode concludes, Danielle invites listeners to continue sharing their nostalgic memories, fostering a sense of community through shared experiences.

• “Please let us know your thoughts about things that would be very strange today that were completely normal to you, and we can keep this conversation going.” [11:00]

She acknowledges missing her co-host but emphasizes the importance of keeping the dialogue alive, ensuring that the podcast remains a platform for meaningful reflections and connections.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• “You couldn’t pause it and you couldn’t leave in the middle. You had to wait for commercial breaks.” – Taylor [03:30]
• “Do we even have landlines anymore? ... I’m left hanging.” – Paula [04:15]
• “They just end up in a cup holder, a pocket, a tray.” – Julia [06:00]
• “As soon as you get one taken down, another one would just pop up. So I just opted out.” – Angela [06:45]
• “Why do we wear five on top of each other? It doesn’t make sense now, but it will come back again.” – Jen [07:30]
• “CDs are like a punishment now. When I find them, I’m like, what do I do with this?” – Katie [08:00]
• “How many great stories were born from losing someone's phone number or not writing it down correctly? Love lost.” – Danielle Fishel [06:50]

Final Thoughts

"That's So Nostalgic" serves as a poignant reminder of how swiftly our lives evolve, bringing both conveniences and challenges. Danielle Fishel masterfully weaves listener stories with her own reflections, creating an engaging narrative that resonates with anyone who remembers a time when life operated at a different pace. This episode not only celebrates the past but also invites listeners to contemplate the continuous interplay between nostalgia and progress.

Transcript

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[Danielle Fishel]

Call it what it is. With Jessica Capshaw and Camille Luddington. An iHeartRadio podcast. Well, hello, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of Short and Sweet. Today I am flying solo. Just Jessica or Jess for laughs. Or what's another J situation we could come up with? See, that's where I really miss the jelly to my peanut butter, because she would have come up with that third thing, and I was just left hanging with my own self. This is going to be an episode about nostalgia. We're going to talk about things that used to be normal, maybe a decade ago, maybe two decades ago, or back in the day that would be extremely weird. Or stick out to us here in 2025. I actually want to do a. Since we're. Since we're doing it a little differently, I want to go a little differently. I want to do in reverse order. Let's hear from the crew first, and then I will share some thoughts of my own. Taylor wrote in having to watch all your favorite shows at specific times each week, I remember this. I remember tuning in and, like, racing to get places so that you could be in position. And you also needed to make sure that you had your beverage of choice or your snack of choice at the ready because you couldn't pause it and you couldn't leave in the middle of it. So you had to wait for commercial breaks, too, to, like, you know, go get anything or use the restroom or all that stuff. So, Taylor, I understand that, Paula, waiting for your parents to get off the Internet to make a phone call from a landline. Do we even have landlines anymore? And the answer is no. I'm always surprised when I go to a hotel and they have actual phones. And then I. But I'm also sort of disoriented because I'm like, well, who do I text? Like, I'm sure if you don't have a phone, I got to have some way of getting a hold of you, but I don't. I'm left hanging. Emma wrote in printing directions off Google Maps when driving in your car. Okay, Emma, I see. I see that. And I raised you. Having a Thomas guide in your car, usually situated. It was so big. It was this giant map situation that had many, many, many pages. And it was. It had an index so that you could find the place that you were looking for. But then there were. It was. There were, like, bar graphs and you had to look for which quadrant each thing was in. It was very, very complicated. And definitely not something that you should ever do while operating a vehicle. So you would have to plot your route before you got in the car. Let's just say that we are blessed now. Raymond said, using Google instead of chat GPT. I get that. I get that. I mean, I still use both, but I get that. Julia said, paying with just coins. You know, I am irritated by coins now. I actually don't even know what to do with them. I try. I find them to be annoying when I get them. Um, but I know that they're valuable and so I don't want to get rid of them. But at the same time, I don't know what to do with them. And so then they just end up in my life in like a cup holder, a pocket, a tray, something like that. But yeah, yeah, I remember when you used to just pay with coins. Angela said, making a Facebook photo album or writing on your friend's Facebook wall. I never had a Facebook. I never had a Facebook page. There were. I remember there were lots of fake ones. And I remember calling my lawyer because I was like, there's someone saying that they're me, but they're not me and what should I do? And there were so many of them. As soon as you get one taken down, another one would just pop up. So I just. I just opted out of the whole thing. Ruby said, running to the toilet during commercial breaks. You can just press pause now. What did I just say? I just said, that's exactly right. You would have to wait till the commercial breaks to go to the bathroom. But now you can go whenever you want. Jen said, I did this layering tank tops. Why did we wear five on top of each other? I don't know. 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Holly said posters on your bedroom wall. Why? Why not have them now? No one has posters. Isn't that art now? I don't know. Jamie. Looking at movie showtimes in the newspaper. Oh, you just took me back. Yes, that's where they used to be. Wow, that one just messed me up. Okay. Yeah, we did. We used to go get the paper and look up the movie show times. I feel like I should say, like. And I only paid a quarter for popcorn. Lauren Having to hit multiple buttons in order to text one letter. That. Yeah, I guess that was true when you had the Nokia phones with the. With the one button. Yeah. For three letters. Yep. That was not fun. And again, took a lot of time. Abby Circling items you wanted in a magazine or catalog to show your parents what you wanted for Christmas. Yes. Anyone remember the Spiegel catalogs? No money at all. Little Jessica would sit there with Grandma Bev and we would go through the Spiegel catalog and we would tally up all the items that we wanted to see. Just how much it would cost to get everything on your wish list. And it was always completely undoable. Bianca going to a club with a digital camera. Just a digital camera. I guess they're kind of coming back now. They should. It's a better quality. Stephanie. I was really shook when the kids I babysit didn't know what a Nintendo or Wii was. They don't know. Don't people still have like Xbox? I guess it's all digital and streaming now. Huh. Okay, Danny. Not being reachable 24 7. I think that was something we should return to. Kate, downloading music to put on your ipod. Yeah. And then making mixes. Devin, asking someone to roll down their car window by doing the cranking motion. Do you all even know what that is? It's like when you put your hand out and you do the cranking motion because the windows used to quite literally roll down. That's funny. That's very funny. Nina. Hiding in the closet to talk on the phone with the cord stretched across the house. Yeah, I don't remember that. I just remember the cordless phones where if you went too far away from the base, they would start creating, it would start creating static, kind of like cell phone static. And you, or just garble and you would you drop your call and that would be a huge bummer. All of these resonate with me. And, and I think it's so interesting because there's so many things that would be weird in 2025 that I completely grew up with. I mean I wasn't quite in the like go like, you know, the, the story of moms and dads, moms and moms and dads and dads saying, you know, go out and play and then come back for dinner. Like that wasn't my generation. But I did have a bit more freedom and no one could call me. I wasn't tethered to home, but I definitely was still part of the generation where they definitely kept tabs on you. I think it'd be kind of funny if I were to though, say to a Gen Z kid that they had to get out a Thomas Guide, the map that I described a second ago. I think that they would be very confused by that. It would seem like I was sending them on a treasure hunt or something. And I do also remember having to memorize phone numbers. Speaking of phones, you'd have to memorize phone numbers. And then, I mean, how many great movies or stories were born of like losing someone's phone number or writing it down on a piece of paper or not memorizing it correctly. Love lost. Think about all the things that could have been. And then I think about now, the things that we're doing. I think oftentimes I'm like, how will this be made easier in the future? Right? Like, how will driving, I mean, how could it be any easier? I mean they already have self driving vehicles. So I mean, and I also do think about that cartoon, the Jetsons, because they used to fly. And that's the only thing that I can imagine being any different about the way we get around is that we have subways and trains, we have them underground, we have on the ground, we have cars, we drive them, we are driven. We have the auto, the self drivers. So really the only place that is left to explore is the air. So maybe we'll have jets and mobiles. I don't know. I wonder about dating. Like I never, I can't imagine having dated in a dating app world. The, the gamification of romance and love. That being said, I feel like so many relationships now are born of texting each other or writing back and forth and then that kind of harkens back to the good old days when you'd send a letter by pigeon, right? I don't know. I'm making that up. But maybe, I don't know. So maybe we, we all just. You experience life and some things are like on boomerangs where you throw it out and it goes as far as it can go and then it comes back again. 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