I was wondering not if it was just me, but I wasn’t motivated to watch NETFLIX. Maybe a few movies few and far. I began to prefer to read, write, practice with musical instruments, listen to a podcast, draw, and learn chess.

I’ve been listening for years and have grown through David’s insight, but lately the News Trap episodes have me worrying about the Alex Jones sort of tone the podcast has taken. Are we seeing a movement away from the measured, skeptical, inquisitive stance that is Nostalgia Trap? I hope not.

Interesting guests with eclectic subject matter

Dude you gotta stop starting every ep with “wassup nostalgia trappers”

Love this podcast!

David and Justin are the Shaq and Kobe I need in my life. Enjoying the livestreams!

David Parsons, before you interview someone like Jared Yates Sexton, maybe you should actually read his book. Your entire interview was basically you trying to interject how much you know about the real history of America because you teach a civil rights class, but you end up sounding like a simpleton next to JYS. Stop trying to pretend you’re smarter than your guests. It’s pathetic.

I love this podcast! It’s such a breath of fresh as David Parsons is a brilliant historian and interviewer whose interviews expose me to some of the most thought provoking and mind expanding thinkers on the Left. I can’t get enough of this podcast.

When I was this, and trying to flirt, I sounded like this. Like, this world is such a like cold dark place and like ya know. Twitter is praxis. Because.

Great episode w Ken Layne but you should do your research on Daniel Pinchbeck. He’s admitted to raping and drugging women since at least 2013. It’s common knowledge since 2017.

This is the best podcast I’ve ever heard. It gives me so much hope

The host of this show, David Parsons, has recently just harassed my friend on Twitter for the HORRIBLE crime of liking movies from the MCU. Please don't give him your time of day.

I love hearing about so many of my weird interests: psychedelic experiences, left politics, and history. Amazing guests and incredible podcast! Listen to all of them.

I don’t agree with the host on anything related to politics or economics, but his take on pop culture is interesting and usually entertaining. Most guests are interesting too. However, this podcast would be much more enjoyable if the host didn’t say “like” so much. When he gets excited, every 4th or 5th word he says is “like”. He sounds like a teenager and it gives me a dull headache.

Really love the historical perspective. Thanks for making my work day more bearable!

The host has thoughtful conversations with leftist writers and others on diverse topics. Give it a listen.

I've been listening almost since the beginning, and Nostalgia Trap has grown into an old favorite. There's nothing like it: conversations with historians (usually) and their lives on the left that touch on every aspect of the contemporary United States and the world, to the point they'd be interesting to any listener. And for those who are in academia, David has a running emphasis on career paths and the current collapse of humanities employment that he and many of his guests have faced.

I love this podcast that captures both public and academic history. Really excellent to listen to!

This has come to be one of my favorite podcasts. I love that David delves into the background of the guests that he has on. There's something deeply illuminating and human in finding out where someone comes from, how they grew up, what their ideas were and how they changed over time. It gives a depth to whatever topic they're discussing which broadens and illuminates the story they bring into the present. Thanks, David, for including me in these conversations.

Nostalgia Trap is one of my favorite podcasts. Unlike a lot of political podcasts, David puts things in a historical perspective and he always seems to have a really good rapport with his interviewees, which makes me feel like I’m at a party with some really smart and interesting guests. Although at times there’s a sense of existential dread in these discussions, there’s always that lefty idealism injected into the conversations that a better world is possible.

Great interviews with academics, activists and others about history, culture and society. The wide range of people interviewed means it's sometimes a bit hit and miss depending on your interests, but I've been listening for years and have continued to come back because some of the interviews are truly great.

I love the focus on people's backgrounds and intellectual formation. REALLY digging the AM/FM episodes.

Good variety of guest, some famous, some are not, all are interesting people with well thought out perspectives. Cool format of weaving together personal biography with intellectual and political development. Helps provide a more holistic understanding of scholars and their work. Conversations flow well, goes in different directions but stays in a general direction, like any good history.

Thank you, Dave. You do a great job! You engage intelligent and experienced people who are committed to making positive change and you've provided me with an opportunity to understand more of the dynamics of the upheaval, both during and leading up to, the 60's and 70's.

Interesting and engaging, but please, let the guests talk and finish their thoughts.

This is an interesting podcast: a thinking person's engagement with a changing world. I like mr. Parson's affable enthusiasm and intellectual chops. He steers the discussion in surprising & original directions. Now I want to read a paper on GI Joe as "chewable ideology."