Nowstalgia
Entertainment
Nowstalgia is a weekly pop culture podcast, hosted by Dave Martinson, reviewing and analyzing music, movies, TV, and entertainment. Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow our Best of 2023 Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0hlWY8E1fowCiuYU8Q1E8k?si=9c739b031376490e Subscribe on YouTube: Youtube.com/NowstalgiaPod Follow Nowstalgia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NowstalgiaPod
Location:
United States
Description:
Nowstalgia is a weekly pop culture podcast, hosted by Dave Martinson, reviewing and analyzing music, movies, TV, and entertainment. Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow our Best of 2023 Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0hlWY8E1fowCiuYU8Q1E8k?si=9c739b031376490e Subscribe on YouTube: Youtube.com/NowstalgiaPod Follow Nowstalgia on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NowstalgiaPod
Twitter:
@NowstalgiaPod
Language:
English
Episodes
Stranger Things, No Other Choice, Zootopia 2, Death by Lightning, & A$AP Ferg - Ep. 505
12/3/2025
Dave reviews A$AP Ferg's 4th album 'Flip Phone Shorty' (1:17), Netflix's historical drama miniseries 'Death by Lightning' (8:54), Disney animated film 'Zootopia 2' (17:02), Netflix's science fiction series 'Stranger Things' Season 5 Volume 1 (24:16), and Park Chan-wook's black comedy thriller film 'No Other Choice' (39:33).
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Duration:00:50:17
Hamnet, Eternity, Wicked For Good, Rental Family, Train Dreams, & Stray Kids - Ep. 504
11/25/2025
Dave reviews ILLIT's 1st single album 'Not Cute Anymore' (0:52), Stray Kids' 2nd mixtape 'Do It' (4:12), the action war film 'Sisu: Road to Revenge' (7:18), Netflix's drama film 'Train Dreams' (13:11), Hikari's comedy-drama film 'Rental Family' (20:29), A24's romantic comedy film 'Eternity' (27:56), the musical fantasy film 'Wicked: For Good' (38:00), and Chloé Zhao's historical drama film 'Hamnet' (52:20).
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Duration:01:11:45
Sentimental Value, Now You See Me 3, The Running Man, Nuremberg, & Nouvelle Vague - Ep. 503
11/17/2025
Dave reviews Danny Brown's 6th album 'Stardust' (0:57), NCT Dream's 6th EP 'Beat It Up' (6:51), historical drama film 'Nuremberg' (12:03) , heist film 'Now You See Me: Now You Don't' (22:27), Edgar Wright's dystopian thriller film ' The Running Man' (28:02), Richard Linklater's comedy-drama film 'Nouvelle Vague' (36:05), and Joachim Trier's comedy drama film 'Sentimental Value' (41:14).
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Duration:00:53:08
Predator Badlands, Rosalía, Frankenstein, Pluribus, Star Wars Visions, & 2026 Grammy Noms - Ep. 502
11/11/2025
Dave reacts to the 2026 Grammy nominations (1:03) and reviews ITZY's 11th EP 'Tunnel Vision' (11:36), Rosalía's 4th album 'Lux' (15:31), 'Star Wars Visions' Season 3 (22:46), Apple TV's science fiction series 'Pluribus' (33:03), Lynne Ramsey's comedy-drama film 'Die My Love' (39:47), Netflix's gothic drama film 'Frankenstein' (45:25), and Dan Trachtenberg's science fiction film 'Predator: Badlands' (56:56).
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Duration:01:08:34
2026 Grammy Nominations Predictions, Dave, Ballad of a Small Player, & It Was Just an Accident - Ep. 501
11/5/2025
Dave reviews Netflix's psycholigical thriller film 'Ballad of a Small Player' starring Colin Farrell (1:16), Jafar Panahi's thriller film 'It Was Just an Accident' (9:40), and Dave's 3rd album 'The Boy Who Played the Harp' (9:40). Dave then shares his 2026 Grammy nominations predictions (28:45).
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Duration:00:44:42
Springsteen, Bugonia, A House of Dynamite, Gen V, The Mastermind, & Le Sserafim - Ep. 500
10/29/2025
Dave reviews Le Sserafim's 1st single album 'Spaghetti' (1:03), Amazon Prime Video's superhero series 'Gen V' Season 2 (4:28), Netflix's political thriller film 'A House of Dynamite' (14:05), Kelly Reichardt's heist film 'The Mastermind' (25:35), the music biopic film 'Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere' (32:46), and Yorgos Lanthimos's absurdist black comedy film 'Bugonia' (42:29).
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Duration:00:51:46
Task, After the Hunt, Good Fortune, Peacemaker, & Hearts2Hearts - Ep. 499
10/20/2025
Dave reviews Hearts2Hearts' debut EP 'Focus' (0:52), Aziz Ansari's comedy film 'Good Fortune' (7:11), Luca Guadagnino's psychological thriller film 'After the Hunt' (15:40), HBO's superhero series 'Peacemaker' Season 2 (28:33), and HBO's crime drama miniseries 'Task' (35:09).
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Duration:00:45:50
Tron: Ares, Roofman, BABYMONSTER, & Chance The Rapper - Ep. 498
10/15/2025
Dave reviews Chance The Rapper's 'And We Back' concert tour (0:42), BABYMONSTER's 2nd EP 'We Go Up' (9:05), the crime comedy film 'Roofman' starring Channing Tatum (17:25), and Disney's science fiction film 'Tron: Ares' starring Jared Leto (23:41).
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Duration:00:31:22
Taylor Swift, 731, & Anemone - Ep. 497
10/8/2025
Dave reviews the psychological drama film 'Anemone' starring Daniel Day-Lewis's return to acting (0:49), Chinese historical drama film '731' (7:06), and Taylor Swift's 12th album 'The Life of a Showgirl' (15:25).
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Duration:00:33:05
One Battle After Another, Doja Cat, Zara Larsson, Bad Bunny, & The Smashing Machine - Ep. 496
9/29/2025
Dave reacts to the announcement of Bad Bunny as the next Super Bowl Halftime show performer (0:56) and reviews Zara Larsson's 5th album 'Midnight Sun' (8:23), Doja Cat's 5th album 'Vie' (15:36), Paul Thomas Anderson's crime thriller film 'One Battle After Another' starring Leonardo DiCaprio (22:22), and A24's biographical sports drama film 'The Smashing Machine' starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson (38:51).
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Duration:00:51:17
Cardi B, Alien Earth, Gen V, & A Big Bold Beautiful Journey - Ep. 495
9/24/2025
Dave reviews Kogonada's romance film 'A Big Bold Beautiful Journey' starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell (0:51), Amazon Prime Video's black comedy superhero series 'Gen V' Season 2 (6:29), FX's science fiction series 'Alien: Earth' (13:04), and Cardi B's 2nd album 'Am I the Drama?' (23:33).
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Duration:00:36:23
Sabrina Carpenter, Joey Badass, Task, Aespa, Chaeyoung, & 2025 Emmys - Ep. 494
9/17/2025
Dave recaps the 2025 Emmys (1:04), HBO's crime drama miniseries 'Task' starring Mark Ruffalo (14:02), Chaeyoung's debut solo album 'Lil Fantasy Vol. 1' (18:14), Aespa's 6th EP 'Rich Man' (24:11), Joey Badass's 4th album 'Lonely at the Top' (29:21), and Sabrina Carpenter's 7th album 'Man's Best Friend' (38:32).
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Duration:00:46:05
Highest 2 Lowest, Caught Stealing, The Roses, Dead to Rights, Kaytranada, & Bryson Tiller - Ep. 493
9/1/2025
Dave reviews Bryson Tiller's 5th album 'The Vices' (0:57), Kaytranada's 4th album 'Ain't No Damn Way' (5:50), the Chinese historical drama film 'Dead to Rights' (10:41), Jay Roach's black comedy film 'The Roses' (21:31), Darren Aronofsky's crime thriller film 'Caught Stealing' starring Austin Butler (27:28), and Spike Lee's crime thriller film 'Highest 2 Lowest' starring Denzel Washington (33:10).
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Duration:00:51:59
Peacemaker, Stray Kids, Earl Sweatshirt, BigXthaPlug, Offset, Relay, & IVE - Ep. 492
8/26/2025
Dave reviews IVE's 4th EP 'IVE SECRET' (0:58), Stray Kids' 4th album 'Karma' (5:26), Offset's 3rd album 'Kiari' (10:53), Earl Sweatshirt's 5th album 'Live Laugh Love' (16:56), BigXthaPlug's 3rd album 'I Hope You're Happy' (23:13), David Mackenzie's thriller film 'Relay' starring Riz Ahmed (29:30), and DC's superhero series 'Peacemaker' Season 2 (35:12).
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Duration:00:41:37
Alien Earth, Chance The Rapper, Rich Brian, & Nobody 2 - Ep. 491
8/19/2025
Dave reviews the action thriller film 'Nobody 2' starring Bob Odenkirk (0:52), Rich Brian's 3rd album 'Where Is My Head?' (5:18), Chance The Rapper's 2nd album 'Star Line' (12:23), and the FX science fiction series 'Alien: Earth' (23:12).
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Duration:00:32:07
Freakier Friday, JID, Key, & Lazarus - Ep. 490
8/11/2025
Dave reviews Key's 3rd album 'Hunter' (0:50), JID's 4th album 'God Does Like Ugly' (5:43), the anime series 'Lazarus' (13:26), and the comedy film 'Freakier Friday' starring Lindsay Lohan (20:43).
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Duration:00:29:55
KPop Demon Hunters, The Bad Guys 2, The Naked Gun, & Clipse - Ep. 489
8/5/2025
Dave reviews Clipse's 'Let God Sort Em Out' concert tour (0:53), Dreamworks' animated film 'The Bad Guys 2' (9:04), Akiva Schaffer's comedy film 'The Naked Gun' (13:36), and Netflix's animated film sensation 'KPop Demon Hunters' (20:37).
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Duration:00:31:19
Fantastic Four: The First Steps, Hanumankind, Happy Gilmore 2, & Freddie Gibbs - Ep. 488
7/29/2025
Dave review Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist's collaborative album 'Afredo 2' (0:47), Hanumankind's debut mixtape 'Monsoon Season' (6:10), Netflix's comedy film 'Happy Gilmore 2' starring Adam Sandler (15:01), and Marvel's superhero film 'Fantastic Four: The First Steps (21:42).
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Duration:00:43:22
Tyler The Creator, Eddington, Jackson Wang, WayV, & TOMORROW X TOGETHER - Ep. 487
7/21/2025
Dave reviews TOMORROW X TOGETHER's 4th album 'The Star Chapter: Together' (0:49), WayV's 8th EP 'Big Bands' (5:54), Jackson Wang's 3rd album 'Magic Man 2' (10:01), Tyler The Creator's 9th album 'Don't Tap the Glass' (16:08), and Ari Aster's neo western film 'Eddington' (24:28).
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Duration:00:39:56
Superman, Clipse, Justin Bieber, Burna Boy, BLACKPINK, TWICE, & 2025 Emmy Nominations - Ep. 486
7/15/2025
Dave reacts to the 2025 Emmy nominations (0:44) and reviews BLACKPINK's comeback single 'Jump' (15:24), NCT Dream's 4th album 'Go Back to the Future' (21:54), TWICE's 4th album 'This Is For' (26:03), Burna Boy's 8th album 'No Sign of Weakness' (34:27), Justin Bieber's 7th album 'Swag' (43:50), Clipse's 4th album 'Let God Sort Em Out' (51:21), and DC's superhero film 'Superman' (1:01:38).
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Duration:01:23:46