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179. Nostalgia 101: 1999 The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times...

Dan & Manny welcome Author Ross Benes to discuss his book 1999 The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times. “I chose [19]99 out of all the years because it was just the wildest and most wackadoodle year of [the 90s]. You can write a similar book on 98 [...] but I think 99 is just a little more insane in the membrane.” -Ross Benes This episode of Nostalgia 101 author Ross Benes takes Manny & Dan to school on all things 1999. His book 1999 The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times seems to have foreseen the times we find ourselves in and might hold key answers to some off questions about the cultural pickle we’re attempting to escape. They go from unpacking the impact of The Jerry Springer Show to The Insane Clown Posse, Juggalos, and Beanie Babies to Y2K, Napster, and the oversaturate porn industry. This is the exact type of episode that The Nostalgia Test Podcast is built for and ross Benes more than delivered. Get Ross’ book. It’s the sort of pop-culture analysis that satisfies the academic audience, general fandom audience, and the high-strung 90s fanatic. Oh, and he gives us a really great Rocky franchise ranking. So, grab your Trapper Keepers and pens, throw some scratch-and-sniff stickers on the pages, and get ready to learn something about the most important year of the 90s. Email us (thenostalgiatest@gmail.com (mailto:thenostalgiatest@gmail.com) ) your thoughts, opinions, and topics for our next Nostalgia Test! Suggest A Test & Be Our Guest! (https://forms.gle/ntYaoJbizoLRzeX29) We're always looking for a fun new topic for The Nostalgia Test. Hit the link above, tell us what you'd like to see tested, and be our guest for that episode!   Ross Benes is the author of 1999: The Year Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted OurBizarre Times. He's also a journalist and market analyst whose writing has appeared in Mental Floss, Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Smithsonian Magazine, and Entertainment Weekly.  Buy 1999 The Year Low Culture Conquered America and Kickstarted Our Bizarre Times  (https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keyw...)         Approximate Rundown 00:00 Meet the Guest 02:03 Ross Background 03:39 Why 1999 Matters 04:55 Wrestling and Kayfabe 10:29 Ragebait Media Machine 13:02 Tech Shifts and Y2K 15:32 Talk Show Sensationalism 19:34 When Low Culture Wins 25:34 Upsides of Trash Culture 29:44 High vs Low Pop Culture 32:24 Juggalos and Belonging 35:57 Howard Stern as Conduit 41:17 Can Anything Shock Us 44:48 Doomscroll Desensitization 45:42 Faces of Death Then Now 46:09 Algorithms Versus Choice 48:56 NFTs Pet Rock Moment 49:36 Zombie Tech Nostalgia 51:09 TomTom GPS Horror Stories 53:05 1999 Mascot and Trends 57:08 Reality TV Wins Out 01:00:34 Todays Low Culture Shift 01:04:06 Why 1999 Still Matters 01:06:24 Rocky Movie Rankings 01:14:38 Reboots and Final Wrap   Book (https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://w...)  The Nostalgia Test Podcas (https://www.thenostalgiatest.com/p/bo...) t (https://www.thenostalgiatest.com/p/bo...) Bring The Nostalgia Test Podcast's high energy fun and comedy on your podcast, to host your themed parties & special events!  The Nostalgia Test Podcast will create an unforgettable Nostalgic experience for any occasion because we are the party! We bring it 100% of the time! Email us at thenostalgiatest@gmail.com or fill out the form at this link. (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...) LET'S GET NOSTALGIC!       Keep up with all things The Nostalgia Test Podcast on Instagram (https://thenostalgiatest.us10.list-ma...)  | Substack  (https://thenostalgiatestpodcast.subst...) | Discord (  / discord  )  | TikTok (https://thenostalgiatest.us10.list-ma...)  | Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/thenostalgia...)  | YouTube (https://thenostalgiatest.us10.list-ma...)  | Facebook (https://thenostalgiatest.us10.list-ma...)   The intro and outro music ('Neon Attack 80s') is by Emanmusic. The Lithology Brewing ad music ("Red, White, Black, & Blue") is by PEG and the Rejected