Memories you didn’t know you remembered: A deeper dive into nostalgia

Episode 163 May 25, 2021 00:40:24
Memories you didn’t know you remembered: A deeper dive into nostalgia
Deviate
Memories you didn’t know you remembered: A deeper dive into nostalgia

May 25 2021 | 00:40:24

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Hosted By

Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“This is a weird time to be grateful for, but I’m sure we’ll feel heaps of nostalgia for it.” – Kristen “Kiki” Bush

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Kiki talk about how interacting with objects from your past (or getting rid of them) forces a kind of nostalgia on you (2:00); how cultural nostalgia can fall on generational lines, and how venues like YouTube curate generational nostalgia (7:30); how nostalgia can hinge on sports and music from the past, how going to concerts to reconnect with times of your life, and the phenomena known as the “nostalgia bump” (12:00); how journals are a way to collect and hold on to moments and memories, and what it feels like to revisit them (24:00); how technology has changed the way we interact with other people, as well as the way we experience things and remember and revisit things (31:30); and how it’s hard to tell what from the current moment will evoke nostalgia later (36:00).

Kristen “Kiki” Bush is an actress, known for Paterno (2018), Liberal Arts (2012), and Synecdoche, New York (2008). Her TV credits include The AffairThe Good WifeElementary, and Law & Order: SVU. She has performed onstage at Manhattan Theatre Club, The Public, the Old Globe, Goodman Theatre, and Lincoln Center.

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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