Katie Needs: A Podcast

We did it. The final episode. It's been a decade of nostalgia, and we cross the finish line with a very special guest: Sydney Schutte! There's iconic prom fashion moments, there's space news, Kanye enters the chat with his iconic Katrina benefit appearance, and I make a cultural prediction that will shock you to your core. Listen to us chat about all that and more as we land the plane & reflect on the iconic year that was 2005. Thanks for listening everyone! 

Alright y'all - it's the penultimate episode of KNAP and we are BACK with Mallory Hood talking about all things 2004. Lots happened, including the invention of a little thing called The Facebook. We cover the big news, the big moments, the big sunglasses. We dig into sports (Michael Phelps), fashion (Uggs), movies (Mean Girls), music (It's Usher time), TV (Reality TV rules everything around us), celebrity gossip (Janet Superbowl Boob) and a surprise that will truly shock you (well, if you know us...it won't, really). Enjoy. 

Listen up, fam! We're going back to 2003, and I'm joined by a true gruesome twosome to discuss ALL the things. We're talkin' war, we're talkin' the blackout, we're talkin' SARS 1, we're talkin' all the boobs we touched. Remember fashion? It happened. Remember celebrities? Oh, they were there. Remember TV? Movies? Music? SPORTS? Ummm, yeah those were all poppin' off. Remember the McGriddle? Of course you do. All this and more are waiting for you behind that play button so SMASH IT FOLKS! Enjoy.

Tighten your studded belts because it's the year 2002 and we are entering emo territory. This episode we are joined by man, myth, cool dad, the editor of this podcast & overall legend: Travis Alexander. We cover WMD, some Olympics figure skating DRAMA, captain cyborg, SARS 1, SPORTS, the worst fashion of all human history and all the pop culture hits! Avril, Xtina, Justin, Britney, Bennifer, Nickelback, Kelly texting Nelly on Excel, plus so many more iconic music, movies, and TV moments. Enjoy!

We're baaaaaack! In this episode of KNAP we are going back 20 years to 2001, and our guest is three-peat, Dr. Maggie Reid. We cover news like: Enron, Dubya, 9/11 and all the aftermath (remember the War on Terror? Anthrax?! The dang PATRIOT Act?!). And in pop culture, we've got you covered. Remember tops and low rise jeans? What about grinding at the grade 9 Much Music Video Dance? We discuss all this and MORE! 

It's the new Willenium on KNAP, and we're joined by my best bud Mallory Hood to discuss all things Y2K. What were we up to? Being tweens, of course! Have you seen Pen15? It's just that. In this episode we discuss everything that went down in the year 2000. The Dot Com bubble? Check. Microsoft's Antitrust case? Check. The Walkerton E-Coli case? Check! Over in Pop Culture Land? We're talkin fashion, food, fads, books, SPORTS, and the main event - movies, TV, music. It's a TGIF world and we were LIVIN in it! We're reading every teen magazine and renting every teen movie from Blockbuster and we are taking SIDES in the BSB/NSYNC debate! It's all happening!

Happy New Year? In this week's episode, we close out the decade with, arguably, the most important year of my young life - 1999. I'm joined by Greg & Joe from Big Lists in what "people" are "saying" is the "crossover episode of the year" (It's me, I am saying this). Listen to find out:- which one of us Slim Shady'd- which one of us got locked into a bowling alley overnight- which one of us did "whipped cream stuff" and regrets it& so much more! Thanks for listening & enjoy!

In this week’s episode of KNAP I am joined by a very special guest - writer, internet person and fellow Canadian Virgo & shrimp ring enthusiast, Anne T. Donahue! We discuss the year 1998 and all the iconique things that went down such as: What we were up to, as youthsNotable births & deathsThe Clinton/Lewinsky scandalToronto’s amalgamationThe Olympics, anti vaxxers, and more nonsense like that.Pop culture wise, we cover the fashion trends, celebrity news & our last WWJTTD segment of this podcast. We take a PLUNGE into the most important thing that happened in 1998 which was Leomania, of course. And we also cover the TV, movies & music that shaped us that year (Shoutout Student Bodies, shoutout Stepmom, shoutout Now 3).Thanks for listening & enjoy!

In this episode, I’m joined by my friend; artist, musician & 1997 expert Michael McGregor to discuss…1997, obviously. We chat about what we were each up to, and then dig into Mike’s 2017 research project where he fully immersed himself in the year 1997. Topics include: Mike going to 45 Bar and Bats, which is a lot. Katie wearing a slutty cat costume for Halloween, which is a lot.The news: the Internet, Dolly the Sheep, Deep Blue, Princess Diana, Heaven’s Gate, inventions & introductions (including auto tune!), the Kyoto AccordBirths & DeathsTV, Movies and Music - Ally McBeal ftw, our hearts go on and on about Titanic & how unfair it was to have Elliot Smith perform before Celine Dion, Columbia House, and what seeing Daft Punk & Aphex Twin premiere on MTV back to back will do to a young boy’s brain (spoiler: it blows it). We also talk about how good Hanson is, when the Spice Girls met Nelson Mandela, Korn, what’s up in Pop Music & how special and free this time was. As always, thanks for listening!

Weeeee’re back! It’s 1996, Maggie returns and we are talking about all the things. Topics include: the formation of our friend group (3:54), the status of Maggie’s mushroom cut (6:20), how much Ontario Premier Mike Harris sucks (7:52), neoliberalism 101 (10:57), the internet (20:11), births & deaths (21:22), the Atlanta Olympics (26:30), residential schools (31:50), and the telecommunications act & its churnalistic aftermath (36:39). We also dig into some important firsts & introductions (46:19), book releases (59:26) - huge shoutout to The Beach (1:01:49) - and finally reach the most important part of each episode: celebs, movies, music (1:03:17), duh. We ask WWJTTD? (1:06:40), what was on TV (1:08:25) and also we discuss my obsession with tornadoes (1:08:40), kids movies (1:11:09), the Kids Choice & MTV Awards (1:12:55), Romeo+Juliet and the moment I fell in love with Young Leo (1:19:05). Finally, we get into music (1:25:31), the significance of Spice Girls AND we start putting the pieces together for my full & thorough investigation in the pop music renaissance. And that’s our show! Thanks for listening!

In the first ever episode of Katie Needs A Podcast our host welcomes her best bud Dr. Maggie Reid to the show to help her breakdown all the goings on in the year 1995. They kick things off by discussing where they both were (mentally and physically) in the year 1995 (4:10), then move on to look at where the world was at during this year (10:20) which includes discussion of world leaders, austerity measures and notable births and deaths. Then they dive into why 1995 is such a fascinating year by discussing a notable New Yorker article (22:10) which outlines the 5 things that opened the door to the future. They cover OJ (22:52), the Oklahoma City bombing (27:16), the Dayton negotiations (29:42), and a few other events such as: Newt Gingrich (31:36), Paul Bernardo (36:04), the Quebec Referendum (37:46), HRC (40:14), and most importantly, Netscape Navigator (42:51) and the subsequent browser wars with Microsoft (50:02). After a quick snack break (56:35) - please sponsor us Delissio Frozen Pizza - they dive into Pop Culture. They talk trends (58:57), celebs (1:00:48), teen mags (1:04:26), fashion (1:07:46), the Kids Choice Awards (1:10:50), primetime TV (1:14:19), The Rachel (1:16:45), essential movies (1:20:16), and certified hotties (1:21:17). They dig into the career of the quintessential 1995 crush, Jonathan Taylor Thomas in the segment WWJTTD (1:22:02) - spoiler, he’s in some questionable movies that year (1:22:30). And finally, they chat about the music that defined the year (1:26:40) and whether or not 1995 did, in fact, change everything (1:29:04).