When It Was Cool Retro Pop Culture

About When It Was Cool Retro Pop Culture

When It Was Cool reviews, remembers, and celebrates the toys, music, action figures, television, movies, and popular culture of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Super Friends, Comic Books, Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, My Little Pony, Alice in Wonderland, books, Six Million Dollar Man, Godzilla, video games, and all things retro.

Publisher

WhenItWasCool.com

Category

society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jan 2017

Latest episode

1 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

168 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Dec 2025

   Star Trek (1966) Episode 01 The Man Trap Review

   It's one of the biggest television shows in history! Today at When It Was Cool, Karl reviews Episode 1 Season 1 of Star Trek from 1966.  Now Karl is admittedly a bigger Star Wars fan than Star Trek fan but he tells us that he really enjoyed episode 1 of Star Trek.  This episode in interesting, in that, it is actually closer to a horror or Twilight Zone episode than a sci-fi movie. We meet Captain Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Sulu, and others for the first time and learn a little bit about them. Join When It Was Cool for some fun Star Trek talk on this Wednesday retro TV review!

2. 

   25 Nov 2025

   Half Off Patreon Sale!

   For the first time in the history of When It Was Cool! Half off every Patreon level! Get instant access to almost 3,000 podcasts, books, and more on pro wrestling history, pop culture, and retro pop culture. Sale ends soon! Save this feed and get TONS of content! https://www.patreon.com/wiwcool

3. 

   17 Nov 2025

   Update on the future of this podcast feed

   Important changes could be coming to this show. Listen to find out how to keep this free show feed alive in 2026. http://www.whenitwascool.com

Reach and audience

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

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

15 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 47 / 100

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

Quality

57

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

96