KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

About KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

A weekly, retro-and-nostalgia-themed podcast co-hosted by brothers Colin and Dagan Moriarty. Video games, television shows, movies, books, toys, comics, and more... this podcast covers it all. New episodes post each Monday. To get every episode a week early and ad-free, as well as gain the ability to submit questions and comments to be read on the show, please consider supporting the show on Patreon: patreon.com/laststandmedia We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy

Publisher

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Category

history · leisure · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Feb 2018

Latest episode

8 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 290 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #289 | The Wizard (1989 Film)

   There was something truly mystical about the NES era. Video games were resurgent, rapidly increasing their mindshare with the assistance of an excited public. In short, people were so eager to play along (pardon the pun), that when The Wizard came along -- a film ostensibly designed to help sell Super Mario Bros. 3 in western markets -- no one really cared that it was a glorified advertisement. Chock-full of endless nostalgia and a barrage of late '80s staples like Double Dragon, Zelda 2, Ninja Gaiden, Mega Man 2, and Mario 2, The Wizard is frankly a must-watch. And we're very pleased to cover it here on KnockBack, as we reflect on the life and times of Fred Savage, the epic nothingness of the Power Glove, Real Life's seminal new wave classic Send Me An Angel, and absentee parenting so staggering that "it's 10 O'Clock, do you know where your children are?" seems quaint by comparison. Without further delay, let's head back to the Nintendo glory years, shall we? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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   4 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #288 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 Film)

   urprise! Today, Dagan and I (Colin) gather for the first time in nearly a year for a brand new episode of KnockBack, this one dedicated to the 1990 live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. There's no doubt that TMNT is still relevant and present today, but decades ago, it was at its cultural zenith on the back of a humble series of graphic novels, a smash-hit cartoon series, and one of the most famous toy lines of all-time. The TMNT movie really had no right to be good, and yet, it's somehow great. And we're eager to talk about it. So come join us in the sewers for a little ninjitsu in New York City, won't you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

3. 

   16 Apr 2025

   #287 | The Last of Us: Part II

   It may only be about five years old, but The Last of Us: Part II is quite easily one of the greatest games of all-time. Thus, it not only deserves its own episode of KnockBack, but a seven-ish hour one, the longest show in Last Stand history to date. Divisive even before it came out -- but absolutely dripping with style, message, and storytelling -- TLoU2 is a tale about endless violence and cyclical revenge, the kind that you simply can't back away from. The deeper Ellie and Abby fall into their timeless feud, the less they gain and the more they lose. But they just can't help themselves. They refuse to. It's at the heart of what makes this game so incredibly great, and perhaps what makes it so very controversial, too. There's little else to say, other than that the Brothers Moriarty wanted to give love to one of gaming's most phenomenal adventures. Click play for the result... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Inside a recent episode

#289 | The Wizard (1989 Film)

Published 8 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I'm going to rescue you from this Home and then I'm going to take you to California because that's what you keep rambling on about and it was just like brother We love thing of like let's do with this kid want so it was kind of this open -ended thing which is going to California Then it becomes a thing of like oh well. He's a really good at video games and it's a $50 ,000 person in the line So we could tie that that seems like a night that seems like a nice Thing to accomplish while we're we're on our way there anyway, right? That type of thing So it becomes this other thing, but it's a kind of a weird way that they get there. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

4,818,331

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

1,503 ratings

Spotify

4.7 / 5

850 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

98

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