Nostalgia Trap

Deep dive conversations on American history, politics, and pop culture, hosted by history professor and writer David Parsons.

Nostalgia Trap is a history podcast hosted by David Parsons, with 562 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

David Parsons hosts Nostalgia Trap, a history show with 562 episodes published.

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  You're Like Me w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

  Oct 2, 20265 min

  This week Justin joins me to speculate on the inevitable "October Surprise" of the coming U.S. midterm elections: Terror attack? Alien invasion? Sharknado? The landscape of possibilities seems endless. Our conversation veers into a wider discussion of MAGA's fracture and the psychosexual politics of homoeroticized schadenfreude, the pleasure of punishment, and social media lynch mobs. Click here to listen to the whole episode

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  Hopelessly Inhospitable w Justin Rogers-Cooper

  Sep 18, 20265 min

  Listen to the full episode here Is the widespread hatred of AI just another stupid viral moment that will be forgotten in a week? Or is there something deeper happening? Justin and I game out the historical/psychological parameters of an anti-tech cultural politics, and try to come to terms with our own attitudes about the seemingly unstoppable rise of the machines. Check out Sam Stein's latest book, A Right to Housing?

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  Meet Me in the Backrooms w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper

  Sep 4, 20263 min

  In taking his internet creepypasta Backrooms from YouTube to the cinema screen, director Kane Parsons has created a piece of popular art that resonates deeply with some of our favorite Nostalgia Trap themes: '90s analog culture, toxic masculinity, psychedelic dream spaces, and the overriding feeling that the historical vibe is growing dark . Justin joins me to explore this puzzle of a movie, and to unpack its uncanny connection to our collective trips into extradimensional worlds. Listen to the whole episode here

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  Chasing It w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

  Aug 21, 20264 min

  In the shadow of the U.S. officially losing the war in Iran, the American political and economic world continues to chase after a high that's perhaps no longer attainable. This week we examine how Trump, MAGA, AI companies, and the American left are grappling with a bubbling existential crisis that's unprecedented in scale and intensity. Click here to listen to the whole episode!

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  Vote Blue No Matter Who w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

  Aug 7, 20266 min

  It's time for the old "there's a civil war brewing in the Democratic Party" conversation again, and Justin joins me to poke holes in the orthodoxies embraced by both "sides" of the alleged progressive/left vs centrist debate currently gripping the American public. It's 2016 all over again! Or is it? Click here to hear the whole episode!

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