When They Popped - A Y2K Pop Culture Podcast
Hosted by Kelsey and Mary · Kelsey and Mary
4.8from 160 ratings
- 240
- Episodes
- 122
- Transcribed
- 160
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About When They Popped - A Y2K Pop Culture Podcast
Were you team Backstreet Boys or NSYNC? Britney or Xtina? Simple Life or Newlyweds? With When They Popped, you don’t have to pick a side, because we’re going to mention it all! When They Popped retells the stories of the late 90s and early 2000s biggest celebrities, trends, and phenomena like boy band mania, celebrity-based reality TV, and the rise of “famous for being famous” socialites who ruled the tabloids. Hosts Kelsey and Mary are discussing Y2Ks most impactful cultural moments, icons, and celebrities while chronicling their rise to stardom and discussing when they reached the pinnacle of pop culture, or, when they “popped!” The girls will also consider the cultural impact of Y2K on todays society and will look to see where our beloved Y2K stars are now.
- Publisher
- Kelsey and Mary
- Category
- music · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jan 2023
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
122 of 240 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Sharing Millennial Nostalgia with the Next Generation
5 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The It Shows of 2005: One Tree Hill, The OC and Gilmore Girls with @Misss2005
21 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Back to 1995 with the Elevator Boys
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Sharing Millennial Nostalgia with the Next Generation
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But one day my daughter and I, I was just like tucking her in. She's seven years old and she started asking questions about my childhood and I was explaining it and she was like nodding along, but looking very confused. And then she like really couldn't like conceptualize some of the things I was saying, like blockbuster, like she just turns on Netflix, the show pops up and she didn't understand that like those things weren't, you know, available to us when we were little. She's just like, what do you mean? You have to go to a store. Yeah. So I went on Google as one does when they can't find the answer to something and started looking for like, oh, something like a book that I could show her to kind of articulate what I was explaining and there was nothing on there. […]
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- Candice DelPercio
- Nicole Randone
- The Elevator Boys
- Ryan Cabrera
- Howie Dorough
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 58 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 102 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 71 / 100
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- Quality
- 88
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 89
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Who hosts When They Popped - A Y2K Pop Culture Podcast?
Kelsey and Mary host the show. Published by Kelsey and Mary.
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