Nostalgium Arcanum

By: Doug Lief
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  • Each episode we add a new entry to the Nostalgium Arcanum, a repository for the movies, tv, music, games, and other pop culture that still enchants us today. Find us on twitter at: @nostalgiumpod
    © 2025 Douglas Lief
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Episodes
  • Songs of 1991

    Songs of 1991
    Mar 10 2025
    Here we are now. Entertain us! 1991 ushered in a musical sea change as hair metal, new wave, and other genres were swept aside by grunge, alternative, and more. Guest musician Kyle Lieberman and comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) bust out their flannel and join us to rank our top ten songs of this unforgettable year of music. If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Everything I Do, I Do It For You – Bryan Adams Monkey Business – Skid Row God Gave Rock And Roll To You II – KISS Hunger Strike – Temple Of The Dog Hey Stoopid – Alice Cooper Mad About You – Sting The Show Must Go On – Queen No More Tears – Ozzy Osbourne Unbelievable – EMF The Promise Of A New Day – Paula Abdul Silent Lucidity – Queensrÿche Be Our Guest – Alan Menken / Howard Ashman (Performed by Jerry Orbach) What You Give – Tesla To Be With You – Mr. Big Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong – Spin Doctors Wasted Time – Skid Row Nothing Else Matters – Metallica Sad But True – Metallica Into The Great Wide Open – Tom Petty Guns N’ Roses – November Rain Even Flow – Pearl Jam It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday – Boys II Men Alive – Pearl Jam Come As You Are – Nirvana Mama, I’m Coming Home – Ozzy Osbourne Enter Sandman – Metallica Losing My Religion – R.E.M. Smells Like Nirvana – Weird Al Yankovic
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    2 hrs and 1 min
  • Total Recall

    Total Recall
    Mar 3 2025
    Get your ass to Mars! We're having total recall over Total Recall, one of Arnold Schwarzenegger's best films. Guest filmmaker Alex Sosin ("The Canyon") joins us to revisit Paul Verhoeven's take on Philip K. Dick that is relentlessly entertaining, funny, exciting, and over the top from the first frame to the last. Come do your best Arnold "nnyyaaarrrrgggh!" along with us for the memory of a lifetime. Check out the teaser for The Canyon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFWbNbdtKA If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) All score from Total Recall by Jerry Goldsmith Total Recallin’ - Opie and Anthony Come on Cohaagen, Give Deez People Ehyar - Austrian Death Machine
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    2 hrs and 23 mins
  • Sneakers

    Sneakers
    Feb 24 2025
    A high-stakes heist with an all-star cast, 1992's Sneakers is one of the most entertaining capers ever put on screen. Returning guest filmmaker Tarik Davis (@tarikrdavis) joins us to decrypt a film with too many secrets. Our voices are your passport. You can find Tarik on NBC's The Amber Ruffin Show, and on his essential podcast, Brothers From Another Planet, see him perform live with Freestyle Love Soupreme. More importantly, Tarik's short film "Doc - Race, Revolution, Relativity, and the Confessions of a Time Travelling Terrorist" is now out and you can (and should) watch it here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-uBvVgBTIY) If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) Score from Sneakers - James Horner Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
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    1 hr and 46 mins

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