Talk ’90s To Me
@talk90stome
Dive deep into a wild decade of chaos, creativity and hedonism with Miranda Sawyer, every Monday 💕🎸 Listen to the podcast ➡️
🎸 GODFATHER OF BRITPOP 🎸 Record producer Stephen Street was THE go-to guy for the ’90s guitar sound. He talks Blur, Cranberries, Morrissey, why Graham Coxon was skateboard-dependent and more with @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social… 🥁 Listen up – linktr.ee/talk90stome
Observant, razor-sharp, and totally uncynical, there’s a reason why Clueless has endured. Often referred to as the best teen film ever, @helenlohara.bsky.social ara.bsky.social joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to discuss how Clueless infiltrated every part of our culture. ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
Big Breakfast presenter, tabloid icon and 50% of THE rock power couple, Paula Yates was one of the most fascinating figures of the 1990s. @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social is joined by Guardian columnist Polly Hudson to explore the woman who captivated Britain and her legacy. ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
As events in Russia remind us, we really ought to do The X-Files on this show.
🎸 If you haven’t yet heard our celebration of SELECT, the music mag that kickstarted Britpop… why not? 🎪 Listen up for Nirvana, Primal Scream meet Kylie, naked hippies at Glastonbury and more with @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and her old boss @nndroid.bsky.social 📳 Connection: linktr.ee/talk90stome
🎸 The mag that invented Britpop AND reinvented Glastonbury… @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social talks to her old boss @nndroid.bsky.social about SELECT Mag, greatest rock’n’roll magazine of the ’90s. Includes Nirvana, raving and an inflatable Jarvis Cocker. 💿 Listen linktr.ee/talk90stome
We were so excited to release our episode celebrating Buffy The Vampire Slayer with the brilliant Brendan Murphy of buffyrevamped.co.uk. Then we got the sad news that Anthony Head had passed away. So now it’s our tribute to Rupert Giles. RIP xxx 📲 Listen linktr.ee/talk90stome
The music biz's golden age of excess, extravagance and enormous expense accounts came in the ’90s and John Niven was in the front row as an A&R man at the era-defining London Records. What was it like? @nivenj1.bsky.social joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to discuss it all. ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
Paul Verhoeven’s camp, deranged “erotic drama” Showgirls was a $45 million Hollywood gamble that became one of the biggest box office flops of the decade. Comedian Chantal Feduchin-Pate joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to ask: was Showgirls really the worst film of the 90s? ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
John Robins was a child at the start of the ’90s and 18 by the end. He talks to @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social about his Freddie Mercury obsession, controversial non-uniform day outfits and how his music taste evolved to the likes of Mogwai and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
🆕 Elizabeth Wurtzel’s memoir of depression, medication and alienation Prozac Nation divided opinion like few books ever have. How did it become the book of a generation? @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social is joined by @sian-superman.bsky.social to discuss its lasting impact. ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
The Craft just turned 30! The cult classic came out on May 3, 1996, where does it rank in the best witch movies of all time? 🧙♀️🧹🔮
🍋🍓🍒 Bright, sugary and brewed to go down far too easily, alcopops arrived in the ’90s with a bang. @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social is joined by drinks writer @petebrownbeer.bsky.social to revisit the sticky-sweet rise of Hooch, Bacardi Breezers and Blue WKDs ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
It’s 1996, three schoolkids from Downpatrick get permission from their headteacher to go on tour with Elastica… and the rest is history. Ash Frontman Tim Wheeler joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to revisit the madness and their complicated place within Britpop. LISTEN HERE ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! 🚨 The undisputed king of the '90s Jungle & Drum'n'bass scene — Goldie — joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to look back on the craft and chaos of '90s D&B and its transition to the mainstream. 🔊 LISTEN HERE: linktr.ee/talk90stome
🚨 NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! 🚨 From ill-fated attempts to woo Kylie Minogue to trampolining with Prince, Simon Mills joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to revisit the glory days of Sky Magazine that turned TV listings into a lifestyle. LISTEN HERE ➡️ play.megaphone.fm/saklzigjrcuz...
🙂 NEW EPISODE 🙂 The Judge won’t budge! Legend of superclubs JUDGE JULES chats rave, DJ superstardom in the ’90s, and Ibiza at its most ’avin it with @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social 🔊 Hold up your TUNE! card now… 🙌 Listen everywhere linktr.ee/talk90stome
🏠📺THIS LIFE🏠📺 Cigs for breakfast! Oral sex in the kitchen! Wobbly cameras! E binges! Egg! Milly! Miles! Anna! Warren! And “the punch”. It’s 30 years since This Life exploded onto our screens. @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social & @boydhilton.bsky.social discuss what made it click ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Eastenders icon Natalie Cassidy joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to discuss growing up on tv, barmy soap storylines and her love of Britpop! Listen ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
🎷 “Nice!” 👌 “Fat sweaty coppers?” 👮🏻♂️ ”SOCCER!!” ⚽️ Fast Show legend JOHN THOMSON joins Miranda to talk the glory days of ’90s comedy from Jazz Club to Cold Feet and beyond… 👌 Out now! Listen everywhere – linktr.ee/talk90stome
🥓 “Drop me bacon sandwich!” 🥪 How Lad Mags turned the media upside down in the ’90s with #Loaded editor @jamesjamesbrown.bsky.social & @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social (who came up with the name Loaded, fact fans!) 🍻 Listen everywhere linktr.ee/talk90stome
Pop was trying very hard to look polished and predictable in the early ’90s… then Björk arrived, barefoot, uncompromising, and sounding like the future. @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social is joined by author of 'Björk's Homogenic' Emily Mackay in our latest episode ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
💕NEW EPISODE💕 CK’s iconic black-and-white underwear ads didn’t just sell underwear – they practically defined the style of the ’90s. @salihughes.bsky.social joins @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social to discuss the minimalist aesthetic that reshaped fashion forever ➡️ linktr.ee/talk90stome
🎶Oh baby baby. How were we supposed to know that something wasn't right?🎶 This Week @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and Jennifer Otter Bickerdike look at the debut of Britney Spears in '99 and how the media wasted no time in tearing apart the teenage pop sensation. Listen here: linktr.ee/talk90stome
🚨New Episode🚨 Live TV chaos, laddish excess and moments that should never have aired. @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social is joined by Josh Widdicombe to revisit TFI Friday and ask why Chris Evans remains one of the most divisive figures of the ’90s. Listen: linktr.ee/talk90stome
We’re back for the new year, starting strong with the ultimate ’90s blockbuster: Pulp Fiction. @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and @jamieeast.co.uk don their sharpest suits and dig into why Tarantino’s gloriously messy crime classic struck gold in 1994. Listen: linktr.ee/talk90stome
Did Gazza's tears change football? 😭 @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social & @simonkuper.bsky.social discuss this & more in the latest episode of Talk ’90s to Me 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome #gazza #paulgascoigne #italia90 #football #worldcup #englandfootball #footy
Italia ’90 wasn’t just a World Cup, it was a national mood. The summer when Gazza wept, England stumbled heroically, and football suddenly looked… different. This week @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social is joined by @simonkuper.bsky.social, author of World Cup Fever, to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome
ICYMI — @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social & Mary Portas talk about what it was like to shop for clothes in the ’90s, Harvey Nichols, Ab Fab & more 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome #fashionsky #AbFab #90s #fashion #harveynichols #maryportas #podcast #talk90stome #shopping #retail #discussion #storytime