Turn of the Century Rob Vera

This week, Mandy and Rob dive into a sublime trio of TOTC era music documentaries covering TLC, Duran Duran, and the incredible story behind the making of 1985's star-studded, ultra-classic charity single "We Are the World"! We've also got our TOTC Picks of the Week!Hosts: Mandy Heaps and Rob VeraTopic Links:TLC Forever: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13220796/ Duran Duran--There's Something You Should Know: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8638750/ The Greatest Night In Pop: https://www.imdb.com/t...

The TOTC Podcast is BACK for 2024 with a grab bag episode on the movies/music/TV consumed over the break! This week, we pine for the days of long TV seasons, talk En Vogue’s masterpiece Funky Divas, review The Iron Claw, argue the merits of Mystic River and much more!Hosts: Mandy Heaps and Rob VeraTopic Links:"Can we PLEASE bring back TV seasons with 20-plus episodes?" by Kayleigh Dray: https://www.avclub.com/bring-back-the-20-plus-episode-tv-season-1851018940Funky Divas by En Vogue: Sp...

This week's episode is a holly jolly celebration of some of our favorite songs, TV episodes and movies of the 80s, 90s and 2000s featuring prime holiday content from Buffy, 90210, Living Single, Seinfeld, Babes in Toyland, Scrooged, Die Hard, Kurtis Blow, The Waitresses and more! Rob and Mandy opine on everything from the very special holiday episode TV template of the 90s to the magic of a young Drew Barrymore and Keanu Reeves doing a bizarro holiday TV movie and they explain why a certain S...

This week, Mandy and Rob are joined by friend and fellow film lover Chris White to take a deep dive into the classic 1995 Michael Mann crime drama, Heat. The gang discusses what makes this particular film transcendent, what makes a great heist film work, casting, other favorites of the era and--as always--there are plenty of non-sequiturs. We've also got our TOTC Picks of the Week including a couple classic 90s albums and a movie that we're into at the moment starring Halle Berry, Vivica A. F...

Welcome to the Turn of the Century Podcast with your hosts Rob and Mandy! This first episode is all about explaining what the hell we're doing here, our love for the 80s/90s/00s and all that that implies as well as a little bit about what you can expect on the journey ahead!Hosts: Mandy Heaps and Rob VeraX/Twitter: @CenturyTurnInstagram/Threads: @TOTCenturyE-mail: TOTCThePodcast@gmail.com

This is Rob Vera, host of the all-new Turn of the Century podcast!nJoin me and my guests each episode for conversations that don’t suck about the weird and wonderful world of music, movies, television and more from our favorite pop culture era ever—the 80s, 90s and 2000s. What was Madonna’s best era? Is Heat the greatest heist film ever? Did the WB ruin an entire generation of teenagers? We’ll laugh, we’ll argue—maybe even cry a little bit—Turn of the Century will cover the art, the icons, an...