The TRN Time Machine podcast is back! As a way to honor Jason’s podcasting legacy, we’re re-releasing classic episodes from the original Retro Network Podcast, as well as classic episodes from the early days of CONTINUE READING…
Like many other kids growing up in the 80s, the holidays were a huge deal to me. Christmas was the big one as it lasted a whole month, and Thanksgiving served as the kick-off to CONTINUE READING…
Like many other children of the 80s or 90s, I grew up watching Saved by the Bell. I previously wrote an article about something that has always puzzled some fans of the show, titled “Where Did CONTINUE READING…
I grew up in a small town/city in upstate New York with my mom and brother. In my 16th year my dad invited me to spend the summer with him in Maryland. What conversations took CONTINUE READING…
Following my parents’ divorce in 1993, my father was transferred to the Naval Training Center in Orlando, Florida. He took custody of my brother and me and we relocated to the city of every kid’s CONTINUE READING…
My childhood was spent in Southern California, the home of palm trees and endless sunshine. While most folks imagine a California summer filled with surfboards, bikinis and Beach Boys tunes, I grew up just 20 CONTINUE READING…
Sometimes, what you see on TV doesn’t match up with real life. When I think back to what television taught me about summer breaks in the 90’s, it consisted of adventures at camp or family CONTINUE READING…
Thirty years ago this month, Batman hit theaters and kicked off a summer of Batmania from which many of us didn’t recover. Most people I know have stories about this film and how it consumed CONTINUE READING…
Believe it or not, Memorial Day has already come and gone. So, what better way to celebrate The Retro Network’s Summer Camp 2022 than with a story about ice cream? After all, who doesn’t love CONTINUE READING…
Some of my favorite memories growing up were created during the Summer months. As Bob Marley once sang, “Sun is shining. Weather is sweet. Make you wanna move your dancing feet.” There are certain songs that CONTINUE READING…
TRN Time Machine is on hiatus this week but Jason and Mickey are opening the VIP Vault to replay episodes from the old TRN Podcast. In this week’s episode, we go back two years and CONTINUE READING…
White Water is a seventy-acre amusement park in Marietta, Georgia. It opened in May of 1984 as White Water Atlanta and was owned by a company. In 1999, it was brought into the Six Flags CONTINUE READING…
With this being graduation time, I am reminded of a couple scenes from my beloved ’80s movies. First we have Rodney Dangerfield as “Thornton Melon” in 1986’s Back to School delivering something on the humorous CONTINUE READING…
After watching season 3 of Stranger Things and discussing on our recent TRN Roundtable Review podcast, my memories of visiting the local county fair have flooded back. While so much focus was on the Starcourt CONTINUE READING…
As I was growing up, I was fortunate enough to be able to take a lot of vacations. Â Well, vacations may be the wrong word. Working vacations, road trips, or just getting away from home CONTINUE READING…
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