Nothing’s Ever New is the podcast for anyone who has ever watched the internet lose its mind over a trend and thought, “Haven’t we done this before?”
Hosted by Ryan Shaw, the show breaks down the moments, obsessions, scandals, fandoms and cultural chaos happening right now—then traces them back to the people, eras and internet rabbit holes that came before.
From pop culture and celebrity mythology to music, fashion, social media and the strange ways we collectively decide what matters, Ryan connects the present to the past with sharp takes, deep dives and just the right amount of side-eye.
Because the platforms change. The names change. The chokehold stays the same.
Welcome to Nothing’s Ever New.
2020 was a fever dream, but the pop culture? Unfortunately iconic. In this episode, I’m kicking off the first-ever Nothing’s Ever New Pop Culture Bracket, and we’re starting with the year that somehow lasted 700 days and five minutes at the same time. We’re throwing 16 of the biggest 2020 pop culture moments into the bracket: Tiger King, the rise of TikTok, WAP, Red Table Talk, Love Is Blind, sourdough bread, The Queen’s Gambit, election week memes, the cranberry juice guy, Savage, and severa...
11 Sept 2026
The Rise and Fall of the TV Monoculture
Remember when you could walk into work, school, literally anywhere, mention one TV show and everybody knew exactly what you were talking about? Yeah. What happened to that? This week, I’m getting into the rise and fall of the TV monoculture—the shows that basically had America in a chokehold and why I’m not sure that kind of TV exists anymore. We’re going from Seinfeld, ER, Friends and Sex and the City to The Sopranos, Lost, The Office, Grey’s Anatomy, Game of Thrones, Succession, Tiger King ...
4 Sept 2026
The Music My Parents Raised Me On
What does your parents’ music taste say about you? Apparently, in my case… a lot. This week on Nothing’s Ever New, I’m ranking the top 10 albums and artists my parents introduced me to—and basically tracing the musical pipeline that turned me into the person I am today. We’re talking Lauryn Hill. Alanis Morissette. Fleetwood Mac. Nirvana. TLC. Smashing Pumpkins. Boyz II Men. Garth Brooks. The Who. Barenaked Ladies. And yes, I have opinions. We get into the albums that were constantly playi...
15 Aug 2026
2016 Pop Culture Mount Rushmores
Ten years later, 2016 still feels like it’s running the playlist in your head and picking your comfort watches when you’re tired. We’re marking the 10-year anniversary by building 2016 Pop Culture Mount Rushmores, the kind of friend-group argument that instantly turns into receipts, hot takes, and “wait, that was THAT year?” energy. We start with the best movies of 2016 and chase both craft and cultural gravity: Rogue One as the Star Wars outlier that stays grounded, Arrival as sci-fi ...
7 Aug 2026
New Podcast, Same Old Chaos: Welcome to 2012.
Buckle the f*ck in. We’re going back to 2012. A year when One Direction was a full-blown cult, Instagram filters made every photo look vaguely haunted, Taylor Swift started going pop, and everyone thought the world might actually end. In the first episode of Nothing’s Ever New, I’m handing out high school superlatives to the songs, memes, movies and cultural chaos that defined my senior year. We’re talking “Call Me Maybe,” Kony 2012, Honey Boo Boo, the Cup Song, Frank Ocean, The Hunger Games,...
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