Thirty Twenty Ten

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A pop culture time machine! Each episode covers that very week from 30 years ago, 20 years ago and 10 years ago, which means each show is loaded with forgotten movies, timeless TV episodes and songs best left to the past. We'll examine TV, movies, music and video games from the 90s, 2000s, and 2010s. Come remember with us!

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529 episodes
Updated Dec 26, 2025
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Mar 5, 2022 · 2 hr 41 min
MTV's Biggest Reality Hit, Disney's Biggest Failure, and Stephen King Mows Lawns into Worlds
March 4-10: Indiana Jones hides on the TV schedule, giant casts fail to make comedies work, giant effects fail to make action movies work, Eddie Murphy can't talk, Mass Effect is over, comedy jams get def, Ice-T gets banned, Ice Cube is all about the benjamins, HBO goes to Laramie and Wasilla, and we talk about The Osbournes without once yelling 'Sharon!' All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Feb 26, 2022 · 2 hr 32 min
Chevy Chase is Invisible, Halle Berry is Award-Winningly Sad, and Danny DeVito Speaks for the Trees
Feb. 25-March 3: The worst lineup in TV history includes a dragon, a dog and some fish, Mambo Kings play songs of love, Emma Thompson gets a house, Josh Hartnett can't have sex, Mel Gibson goes to Nam, the best high school party ever brah, and the truth behind the McDonald's coffee lawsuit. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Feb 19, 2022 · 2 hr 23 min
Stallone's Mom Got a Gun, Anne Rice's Theatrical Follow Up, and The Simpsons Have a Lot to Celebrate
Feb. 18-24: Feb. 18-24: The second best hockey movie, Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston hang out with hippies, Marge Simpson and Wicket the Ewok are headliners, Indian weddings are amazing, Kevin Costner's haunted, Ross Perot interrupts, Elijah Wood encourages child suicide, the post office loves Elvis, and the ultimate jock jam. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Feb 12, 2022 · 2 hr 37 min
Nic Cage Returns to Ghost Ride, Wayne's World Movie is NOT bad, Super Troopers is Out Meow
Feb. 11-17: George Constanza launches Vandalay Industries, Bruce Willis is a POW, Britney Spears is at the crossroads, Denzel is mad about health insurance, Dr. Katz and Family Guy leave…for now, Reese Witherspoon starts a war, and RIP Whitney. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Feb 5, 2022 · 2 hr 42 min
Sean Connery Cures, Arnold is Collateral Damage, and Jackass Takes its Final Nutshot
Feb. 4-10: Denzel in a romance and a spy thriller, Richard Gere's a terrible therapist, kids walk across Australia, Get a Life is invaded by an alien, the E.U. begins, lots of Winter Olympics, Letterman turns 10 the first time, Paul Giamatti is a liar, Rollerball is a crime, Channing Tatum makes a vow, Woody Harrelson is a bad cop, and part of Dwayne Johnson's jungle quadrilogy. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jan 29, 2022 · 2 hr 3 min
Wes Craven's Nightmare Cafe is Open, Nicole Kidman is a Mail-Order Bride, and Found Footage Superheroes
Jan. 28-Feb. 3: Glee remembers the time with Michael Jackson, Ned Beatty sings, Melanie Griffith is a spy, animated vermin infest the White House, Bush targets the Axis of Evil, Jason Segel is a slacker, Glenn Close is a man, whales find a miracle, and Daniel Radcliffe is haunted. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jan 22, 2022 · 2 hr 10 min
Sean Penn is Sam, Tupac has Juice, Kathy Bates Fries Green Tomatoes, and Tim and Eric Waste a Billion Dollars
Jan. 21-27: Daria graduates, the Super Bowl halftime show ON ICE!, Todd Solondz tells a story, Anthony Hopkins goes down under, Mandy Moore remembers walking, a kung-fu cow, Guy Pearce plots, Sam Worthington's on a ledge, Katherine Heigl jumps bail, and Sean Penn goes full R-word. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jan 15, 2022 · 2 hr 44 min
Black Hawks Down, Red Tails Up and Freejack Now!
Jan. 14-20: Clapton goes acoustic, Kevin Kline loves LA, Cuba Gooding Jr. goes to the dogs, Robert Altman's prequel to Downton Abbey, Madonna loves royalty, horny gnomes, Gina Carano goes haywire, Tom Hanks' 9/11 movie, more Underworld, Betty White's pranking the kids, and the Golden Globes have always been bad. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jan 7, 2022 · 2 hr 38 min
The Hand That Rocks The Lifetime Movie, Mark Wahlberg Smuggles, and One of MTV's Best Movies
Jan. 7-13: President Bush invents slang, Dolly Parton's fixing the choir, Christian Slater's a semi-cop, Ray Liotta's a narc, Colin Hanks tries to leave the OC, Carson Daly's other job, Meryl Streep is prime minister, Don Cheadle lies, exploitative reality shows, and we're sending our love down the well. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Jan 1, 2022 · 2 hr 59 min
British Spies, Royal Tenenbaums and We Look Back at the Best of the Year(s)
Dec. 31-Jan. 6: We look back at the best of 1991, 2001, and 2011, plus new movies with Russell Crowe doing math, Gary Oldman feeling smiley, and put on our red track suits with Wes Anderson. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Dec 24, 2021 · 1 hr 29 min
Barbra Streisand Gives Therapy, a Horse Goes to War, and Will Smith Plays the Greatest
Dec. 24-30: Ending the year with time traveling Hugh Jackman, Time's people of the year, Matt Damon buys a zoo, romantic Nick Nolte, Spielberg tries WWI, lots of Kennedy Center Honors, and there's two things wrong with the title Naked Lunch. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Dec 17, 2021 · 2 hr 27 min
Kevin Costner's Through the Looking Glass, David Fincher Gets a Dragon Tattoo, and Peter Jackson's First Epic Trilogy
Dec. 17-23: Gandalf won't let you pass, Steve Martin hates weddings, we start having to take our shoes off in the airport, Tim Allen is Joe Somebody, Warren Beatty goes to Vegas, Method Man and Redman get higher education, Jimmy Neutron launches, Michelle Williams is Marilyn Monroe, and Daniel Craig fights Tintin and a Swedish murder mystery. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Dec 10, 2021 · 2 hr 5 min
Tom Cruise Battles Heights, Charlize Theron is an Awful Adult and Robin Williams Goes Full Pan
Dec. 10-16: Bruce Willis is the last boy scout, a very Dinosaurs Xmas, Steve Martin plays another bad dentist, Not Another Teen Movie is…or isn't?, Alvin gets chipwrecked, not your daddy's Sherlock Holmes, Luck runs out, and Hook steals the kids and the movie. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Dec 3, 2021 · 1 hr 37 min
Star Trek's Original Cast Says Goodbye, Fry is His Own Grandpa, and Clooney Goes Hawaiian
Dec. 3-9: Ocean's Eleven plans the ultimate heist, Community roasts Glee for the holidays, Jonah Hill babysits, everyone and their drunk uncle stars in New Year's Eve, Tom Berenger stars in an Avatar prequel, and these pretzels are making me thirsty. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Nov 25, 2021 · 1 hr 49 min
Macaulay Culkin Hate Bees, Owen Wilson Says Wow to War, and The Artist Keeps Silent
Nov. 26-Dec. 2: Coppola goes insane, Britney Spears fails Star Search, Michael Fassbender feels shame, Bette Midler is for the boys, Enron screws everyone, Edward Burns is a budget Woody Allen, Arthur Christmas saves the day, the "American Taliban" is captured, and we lose the quiet Beatle. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Nov 20, 2021 · 2 hr 26 min
Scorsese Makes a Kids Movie, Martin Lawrence Goes Medieval, and New Generations Meet The Addams Family and The Muppets
Nov. 19-25: Beauty and the Beast makes history, Redford and Pitt play a spy game, Sissy Spacek smashes dishes, Keira Knightley gets Freudian, Fievel goes west, Hugo pulls a switcheroo, the Muppets are back, and RIP Freddie Mercury. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Nov 12, 2021 · 2 hr 39 min
Harry Potter Debuts, Twilight Breaks Dawn, and Martin Scorsese Capes Fear
Nov. 12-18: Michael Jackson beats up a car, Luigi and Master Chief go head to head, Mr. B Natural stalks children, Dana Carvey has a massive headwound, Billy Bob Thornton isn't there, Bernie Mac's gonna kill them kids, Jeremy Irons gets Kafkaesque, penguins have more happy feet, Minecraft dominates everything, and a special guest tells us why Achtung Baby is the greatest album of all time. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Nov 9, 2021 · 6 min
Introducing Operator - A New Miniseries from Wondery and Topic Studios
SPONSORED: During the 1-900 number craze of the Nineties, one company provided the vast majority of phone sex. American Telnet was an empire founded by the man who called himself "The Telephone Pimp." He ran the company "like General Motors" and got filthy rich doing it. But for the (mostly) women who answered the calls and delivered fantasies 24-7, it was a different story. The powerful stigma against sex work was always lurking just beneath the surface, until it threatened to tear apart the whole company. Hosted by Tina Horn (Why Are People Into That?), OPERATOR is an eight-part series about big ambitions, Shakespearean-level corporate backstabbing, men and women at the cutting edge of a technological revolution...and on the front lines of a sexual one. Listen to Operator now! http://wondery.fm/OP_Laser_Time
Nov 5, 2021 · 2 hr 19 min
Bobby Hill Claims his Purse, Jack Black Struggles with Weight, and Adam Sandler Does Drag
Nov. 5-11: Magic Johnson makes history, a crazy WWII story, Ethan Hawke is caught on tape, Kevin Kline builds a house, Gene Hackman's stealing stuff, Leslie Nielsen is Santa, The Tick goes live action, Jack Bauer amps up the tension, Leonardo DiCaprio wears too much makeup, Jesus loves marijuana, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer sings once more with feeling. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.
Oct 29, 2021 · 1 hr 52 min
Leonard Nimoy Returns to Star Trek, Monsters Incorporate, and Harold and Kumar Close Out the Trilogy
Oct. 29-Nov. 4: We meet the people under the stairs (no, not Harry Potter), Jet Li is the one, Jodie Foster has a genius kid, Kenny Rogers forms the Avengers for Dads, Dustin Hoffman bombs, Eddie Murphy is in on the heist, Vince Vaughn is a bad dad, and the Worst Movie Ever 2: The Quickening. All that and more this week on Thirty Twenty Ten, your weekly look back on the week that was 30, 20, and 10 years ago.