A Product of Our Time

A Product of Our Time Podcast

What is nostalgia, and why does it seem that every current social media trend evokes it? We offer you a reading of the concepts that share the core of our day-to-day, i.e., love, childhood, home, nature, identity (and more!) through the lens of nostalgia. First and foremost though, we’re two friends having a conversation about a topic that resonates with us deeply, so please tune in to our conversations every Thursday. Marina & Steph

Episodes

  1. 12/18/2025

    Identity

    In the last episode of this season, Steph and Marina embark on a journey to understand how our identity is shaped by nostalgia. We explore identity continuity by sharing personal memories and asking how nostalgia can shape it. After this one, we are away for Christmas, but we'll be thinking about next steps and creative development. If you have any ideas on how we can grow, please share them here in the comments or on Instagram at @product.of.our.time.podcast. Your thoughts may very well help shape what we develop in the future :) Thank you for listening!

    31 min

  2. 12/05/2025

    Food

    In this personal episode, Marina and Steph embark on a journey of food in the context of nostalgia. Food is a representation of our culture, on both a broader and a personal level, and we try to make sense of that by reminiscing about foods that have been important for us throughout our lives. The book Marina mentioned is Tayeb Salih's "Season of Migration to the North". Music: Fay Guiffo Art: Liza Hihlushka

    24 min

  3. 11/28/2025

    Grief

    For our seventh episode, we’ve chosen to discuss something we didn’t originally plan to talk about, but it kept coming up in our private discussions around the podcast. What is grief, and how does it relate to nostalgia? While grief is usually associated with a loss of a person, we also talk about mourning the loss of home, place and identity. We also mention mourning past relationships, be it romantic or platonic and how that leads to nostalgia and grief blending.  We hope we’ve done justice to this heavier topic, and we can’t wait to hear your thoughts. Music: Fay Guiffo Art: Liza Hihlushka

    25 min

  4. 11/20/2025

    Location

    Steph and Marina embark on a journey across different locations in North Bewick and Edinburgh to discuss the significance of location and belonging. Tune in to hear our thoughts on language, migration and home. Music: Fay Guiffo Art: Liza Hihlushka

    31 min

  5. 11/13/2025

    Bana-Bhuidseach│Witch

    Marina and Steph delve into the memory of witches in Scotland. Steph shares her knowledge of the witch trials in Scotland, contextualising historical truths. This allows us to explore capitalisation of nostalgia, emotional truth versus historical fact, and how we can reclaim the memory of the subversive and the marginalised with respect. Music: Fay Guiffo Art: Liza Hihlushka

    31 min

  6. 11/06/2025

    Historic Nostalgia

    What is historic nostalgia, and can it be about connecting with people of the past? Marina and Steph delve into social history, exploring it from the perspectives of art, literature, theatre and place. Since we discuss history in this episode, we will mention a few places, names, and sources.  If you wish to delve deeper after hearing our remarks, here’s your reading list: The article Steph mentions is from Michel de Certeau’s book ‘The Practice of Everyday Life’ (First published in English in 1988).  The painting Marina brought up is ‘Unequal Marriage’ (1892) by Vasili Pukirev, and there’s a wonderful article by Rhiannon Piper delving into some details. The link is on Linktree via our bio.  Speaking of nostalgia studies, mentioned for the second time on this pod is Dr Christine Batcho. There’s a video where she delves into the psychological purpose of nostalgia, which is also attached via Linktree in case you want to give it a listen. Books mentioned by Marina include Eric Hobsbawm’s ‘On Nationalism’, Benedict Anderson’s ‘Imagined Communities’, and Edward Said’s ‘Culture and Imperialism’.  Place mentions included the People’s Story Museum (@museumsgalleriesedinburgh) and Culloden Battlefield (@cullodenbattlefield) Steph mentions a play called ’The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil’, and there’s a link to a short video from its 2020 tour attached through the Linktree as well.  Access links via our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/product.of.our.time

    27 min

  7. 10/30/2025

    Childhood

    In ‘Childhood’, Marina and Steph embark on a deeply personal, nostalgic journey through the material objects and core memories of their childhoods. Recounting stories from South Africa, Scotland and Belarus, we take you back in time, and hope this journey into our pasts can help you find a way into your own. p.s. We apologise for some sound issues in this episode, hope you still enjoy it! Music: Fay Guiffo Art: Liza Hihlushka

    28 min

  8. 10/23/2025

    Longing for Love

    In the second episode, your co-hosts Steph and Marina delve into the most familiar, yet at times alienating notion – love. Pop culture trends capitalise on love, urging a cross-generational nostalgia for people and times that never were. However, can longing for love help us build community and forge an understanding of ourselves? Find out with us in Longing for Love! Music: Fay Guiffo Art: Liza Hihlushka

    31 min

  9. 10/16/2025

    Nostalgia Musings

    In the first episode, Marina and Steph go over reasons for the recent rise in the trend of micro-nostalgia, and describe their personal associations with the wider notion of nostalgia. Music: Fay Guiffo Art: Liza Hihlushka

    19 min
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What is nostalgia, and why does it seem that every current social media trend evokes it? We offer you a reading of the concepts that share the core of our day-to-day, i.e., love, childhood, home, nature, identity (and more!) through the lens of nostalgia. First and foremost though, we’re two friends having a conversation about a topic that resonates with us deeply, so please tune in to our conversations every Thursday. Marina & Steph

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