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Retro Spectacles

Looking Back on Pop Culture with Really Cool Glasses

Comedians Mitcz Marzoni and Teddy Tutson are on a mission to look back in time - at least 10 years at a time - and uncover hidden gems, discuss nuances of cult classics, figure out why things popped off the way they did, dig deep into both short-lived trends and enduring legacies, and so much more.

With a focus shifted more towards enjoyment and exploration, but never shying away from criticism, Retro Spectacles explores pop culture with two very opinionated media addicts in their 40s. They are here to think way too much about everything they've seen, read, heard and more, and to push each other - along with our audience - to think about and discuss it all at length.

We invite you to peer through the lenses of our retro spectacles with us.

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Black Mirror Season 4 (Part 2): When Privacy Becomes Evidence

Retro Spectacles continues its Season 4 deep dive with Arkangel and Crocodile, two stories about what happens when technology turns private life into something that can be watched, recorded, and ultimately used against you. Black Museum proved substantial enough to...

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Retro Spectacles begins its Season 4 deep dive with USS Callister, Hang the DJ, and Metalhead, three episodes that push Black Mirror deeper into simulated consciousness, algorithmic relationships, and autonomous ...
Retro Spectacles enters the Netflix era with Black Mirror’s expanded six-episode third season. A larger budget, an international cast, and a broader canvas take Charlie Brooker’s anthology from Channel 4 ...
Retro Spectacles continues its Black Mirror deep dive with the 2014 special that closes the show’s original Channel 4 era. Built around three interconnected stories, White Christmas brings the ideas, ...
Retro Spectacles continues its Black Mirror deep dive with Series 2, the three-episode Channel 4 run that pushes Charlie Brooker’s anthology into darker, more emotionally punishing territory. Be Right Back, ...
Retro Spectacles begins a new deep dive into Black Mirror with Series 1, the original Channel 4 run that introduced Charlie Brooker’s bleak, funny, horrifying vision of modern technology staring ...
Retro Spectacles continues “Good, Good for Its Time, or Good for My Time?” with Mitcz’s pick: The NeverEnding Story. Wolfgang Petersen’s 1984 fantasy is remembered as a whimsical childhood staple, ...
Retro Spectacles kicks off a new series, “Good, Good for Its Time, or Good for My Time?” with Teddy’s pick that also doubles as a Fourth of July celebration: The ...
Spoiler warning: this episode goes deep into every plot point, twist, and ending of Toy Story 5. Retro Spectacles closes out the Toy Story franchise deep dive with a full ...