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Prozac Nation! – How one grunge-era depression memoir changed everything

Mon, 11 May 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s… Elizabeth Wurtzel’s groundbreaking grunge-era memoir of depression, medication and alienation Prozac Nation divided opinion like few books ever have. How did it become the book of a generation? Does it stand up now? Did Wurtzel reinvent an old genre or start a new one? And would Lena Dunham’s Girls exist without it? Miranda Sawyer is joined by Sian Pattenden, culture writer, artist and musician, to discuss how Prozac Nation changed the game for young women writers.

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Alcopops! – Hooch, Metz, Breezers and the booze of the ’90s

Mon, 04 May 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Bright, sugary and brewed to go down far too easily, alcopops arrived in the ’90s with a bang. They blurred the line between soft drink and spirit, encouraged a new generation into the pubs and if you believed the tabloids sparked a youth drinking revolution.

This week on Talk ’90s, Miranda is joined by drinks writer Pete Brown to revisit the sticky-sweet rise of Hooch, Bacardi Breezers and Blue WKDs. We take a look at the moral panic that followed and how their legacy impacts how we drink today.

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Ash! – Tim Wheeler on the Northern Irish kids who crashed the Britpop party

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. It’s 1994, three schoolkids from Downpatrick get permission from their headteacher to go on tour with Elastica… and the rest is history. Ash arrive with the bombastic Girl From Mars and pure teenage nerve, somehow landing a record deal before they’ve finished their exams, then opening their A-level results live on BBC Radio 1! Frontman Tim Wheeler joins Miranda to revisit the madness, their complicated place in Britpop, and the 30th anniversary tour of their debut album, 1977.

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Goldie – The drum’n’bass bad boy who defined ’90s Jungle

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Nothing captures the raw excitement of ’90s clubbing like the speaker-shattering sound of jungle and drum’n’bass – a collision of real time breakbeats and chest-rattling sub-bass that created a culture that still lives on today. And the undisputed don of the scene is Goldie, the Metalheadz mastermind whose unstoppable ambition brings drum’n’bass out of the underground and into the mainstream. Thirty years later and slightly mellowed, Goldie joins Miranda Sawyer to look back on the craft and the chaos, from pirate radio to primetime TV and the lasting impact of jungle in the UK.

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Sky Magazine! – Sex, sin and six-packs with the Bible of the ’90s

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Stuffed with high-glam, sex-soaked shots featuring the likes of Kylie, Johnny Depp, Madonna, Ewan McGregor and Uma Thurman, Sky Magazine was the glossiest badge of adulthood you could possibly leave on the coffee table. In an age when satellite TV was booming and the remote was king, it catapulted suburban Britain to the heart of Hollywood.

Sky Magazine’s editor Simon Mills joins Miranda to revisit the glory days of the mag that turned TV listings into a lifestyle. From megastar interviews with Prince, Matt Dillon, Jason Priestley and Madonna to immaculate photoshoots to the mysteries of what was on at 6am on Sky One, it’s a flashback to a time when mags ruled the world…

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Judge Jules – The original superstar DJ on decks, drugs and rock’n’roll

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. “The Judge won’t budge!” DJ Julius O'Riordan AKA Judge Jules was at the centre of the ’90s dance music boom that took the scene from pirate radio and illegal raves to Radio 1, superclubs and Ibiza at its most ’avin it. The law student turned DJ became one of the defining figures of the decade.

Miranda sits down with Jules to talk about how dance music changed across the ’90s, what Ibiza was really like before it went mainstream, and the tracks that defined the era. It turned out that his law degree helped Jules put on raves and led to a career as a music lawyer. So how does he balance that with life as a touring DJ, playing more than 100 gigs a year?

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This Life – The definitive guide to being young in the ’90s

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Cigs for breakfast! Oral sex in the kitchen! Wobbly cameras! E binges! Egg! Milly! Miles! Anna! Warren! And “the punch”. It’s 30 years since the groundbreaking houseshare drama This Life exploded onto our screens and gave us a candid look into the lives of young lawyers living together in London. What made this ramshackle saga work? And what made the characters so believable? Miranda talks over the tears, the tantrums and the fridge arguments with entertainment journalist, podcast host and Sir! Magazine writer Boyd Hilton.

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Eastenders icon Natalie Cassidy! – On being Sonia, barmy soap stories and Britpop!

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. What happens when you grow up on the most famous square in Britain? Natalie Cassidy was barely a teenager when she became Sonia Fowler and suddenly the nation was watching her first kisses, first heartbreaks and, yes, her many trumpet solos.

In this episode of Talk ’90s To Me, Natalie looks back on life as a child star at the heart of EastEnders at its peak: the pressure, the pace, and the peculiar reality of growing up in public. From her love of Britpop to some of the most gloriously barmy storylines of the decade, it’s a journey that turned her into a bona fide national treasure.

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Leonardo DiCaprio – The Rise of the 90s’ Ultimate Heartthrob

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. In 1994, a 19-year-old Leonardo DiCaprio received his first Academy Award nomination for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. It proved he was the real deal and set him on course to become more than just an actor. Within a few short years he’d become the ultimate poster boy, with bedroom walls across the globe filling up with Leo pictures carefully snipped from teen mags.

This week on Talk 90s To Me, Miranda is joined by journalist and author of the upcoming newsletter Celebrity Intelligence , Dan Wakeford to revisit the hysteria the tabloids dubbed “Leomania”. From teen magazines and paparazzi economics to Leo’s infamous ‘Pussy Posse’ and the boom years of celebrity gossip, they unpack how the 90s media machine built the cult of Leo.

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Jeff Buckley – Inside a Beautiful Tragedy

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Jeff Buckley died in 1997 at just 30 years old, leaving behind only a handful of recordings but a huge impression on his fans. In the decades since, the mythology of the singer-songwriter hasn’t really faded. Buckley didn’t leave a long catalogue behind, but what he did leave was enough to make him a legend.

This week, Miranda sits down with music Journalist Jude Rogers to talk about Buckley’s legacy, the lasting impact of his only full album Grace, and his haunting version of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, which brought a new audience to the song. Jude also reflects on her own complicated history with Buckley, including an infamous article she wrote for The Guardian in 2007.

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How The Fast Show and Cold Feet defined ’90s Telly with John Thomson

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. British comedy got faster, stranger and more gleefully quotable in the ’90s than ever before. At the centre of it all was John Thomson, the everyman who helped turn The Fast Show into a cultural phenomenon, popped up everywhere from I’m Alan Partridge to Men Behaving Badly, and then pivoted to the Sunday night, must-watch dramedy Cold Feet.

This week, Miranda sits down with Thomson to discuss the dizzying speed of ’90s fame, the catchphrases he still can’t escape, and the darker side of sudden success – phone hacking, tabloid harassment, and learning the hard way that fame in that decade came with very few boundaries.

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Lads' Mags – From Loaded to GQ, how the ’90s changed media

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. 1994, Loaded lands on newsstands and suddenly the tone of British magazines shifts overnight. Louder, cheekier, more irreverent than anything before. At the centre of it all is James Brown, the unlikely magazine wunderkind who rocked the world of ’90s publishing.

This week, Miranda Sawyer sits down with James, author of new fanzine Zine Age Kicks to discuss his beginnings, the swaggering influence of the NME-era music press, and how a DIY, fan-first focus shook things up across the publishing world in the ’90s. But did these lads’ mags simply wink at modern masculinity, or help market a new era of sexism dressed up as irony?

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Björk! – The National Elf Service… and how she shaped the ’90s

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Pop was trying very hard to look polished, predictable and a little bit American in the early ’90s… then Björk arrived, barefoot, uncompromising, and sounding like the future of music. She didn’t just release hit records. She blew open the idea of what a pop star could be: experimental but chart-friendly, weird but deeply human. In this episode of Talk ’90s to Me, journalist and author of Bjork’s Hegemonic, Emily Mackay joins Miranda to look back on Björk’s astonishing decade. The creative highs, the tabloid lows, the boundary-pushing videos and ask how one Icelandic artist quietly reshaped the entire sound and attitude of the ’90s.

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Calvin Klein! The brand that made Kate Moss into the ’90s It Girl

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. CK’s iconic black-and-white underwear ads didn’t just sell underwear – they practically defined the style of the ’90s. Slip dresses that looked like you’d forgotten the rest of your outfit, billboards full of brooding half-dressed teenagers, and a minimalist aesthetic all reshaped fashion forever.

Sali Hughes, The Guardian’s beauty columnist and host of the Beyond the Bathroom podcast, joins Miranda Sawyer to look back at the man, the myth and the legend of Calvin Klein. They revisit the campaign that turned Kate Moss into the defining model of the decade, the unisex scent phenomenon CK One, Calvin’s famously salacious personal life, and why CK has stood the test of time when other brands have fallen into obscurity.

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Disney Villains! – How queer baddies helped save Disney in the ’90s

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. The Disney Renaissance is usually remembered for its big tunes and Broadway bombast, but one of its most long-lasting impacts is the strength of its villains. From a sea witch inspired by the most transgressive drag queen of the ’80s to a Shakespearean lion schemer voiced by Jeremy Irons, these characters defined the era. Louder, stranger and far more interesting than the nice, beige heroes they were supposed to lose to.

This week on Talk ’90s To Me, we’re diving into the gay Disney villains of the ’90s with comedian and host of Welcome to Hell Dan Foxx. We explore why Disney’s baddies were allowed all the flamboyance its heroes weren’t, how queerness became shorthand for glamour, danger and excess, and why these characters have grown in popularity in the decades since.

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When Posh married Becks – The original Beckham wedding that dazzled Britain

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Brooklyn and Nicola? Pffft. In 1999 David Beckham and Victoria Adams were the two most stratospherically famous people in Britain – and their wedding blew the nation’s collective mind. How did the Posh’n’Becks nuptials change celebrity culture, the media and the minds of everyday people? Diehard Posh’n’Becks fangirl, Guardian columnist and Mirror veteran Polly Hudson joins Miranda to look at the purple outfits, the bespoke thrones, that (ahem) unusual “VD” monogram and the “private wedding alcoves” that made the People’s Royal Wedding.

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Britney Spears – the world’s most powerful teenager

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. In 1999, Britney Spears exploded into pop superstardom. One song, one video, and suddenly she was everywhere with barely any build-up and no room to breathe. Was Britney’s debut a pop miracle, or the start of a life lived on other people’s terms? This week, Miranda Sawyer is joined by Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, author Being Britney, to look back at culture that made her, adored her, and then watched as the consequences played out in public?

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Josh Widdicombe on TFI Friday and the chaos of ’90s live TV

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. This week, Miranda is joined by comedian and podcast royalty Josh Widdicombe (who loved ’90s TV so much he even wrote a book about it Watching Neighbours Twice a Day..) to talk about ’90s TV phenomenon TFI Friday hosted by the one and only Chris Evans.

Red hair, loud shirts, laddish chaos, celebrity stunts, flashes of brilliance and moments that make you ask, how did that ever get on TV? Evans wasn’t just a presenter in the ’90s, he was a sensation. TFI Friday captured the decade’s excess and bravado perfectly: thrilling, messy and slightly out of control. We’ll probably never see a TV show like it again. But maybe that isn’t a bad thing…

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Pulp Fiction! Tarantino’s masterpiece that changed cinema forever

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Cool. Violent. Funny. Quoted to death. Still feels modern today. This week on Talk 90s To Me, Miranda opens the briefcase on 1994’s Pulp Fiction, the film that didn’t just dominate the cinema, it rewired culture entirely. With non-linear storytelling, electric dance scenes, super cool hitmen and a soundtrack that instantly made you cooler just for owning it.

This week, Miranda is joined by broadcaster, podcast pioneer and film buff Jamie East to unpack how Tarantino’s second film turned him into a household name, resurrected John Travolta’s career, launched a thousand posters, and became the film everyone pretended they understood the first time round.

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Adidas Gazelles – The '90s trainer that will never go out of style

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0000

A special preview of the kind of thing we're doing over on our Patreon to tide you over the new year! Suede, slim and quietly confident, Gazelles could improve almost any outfit. Worn by everyone from indie kids to people who definitely weren’t trying, they went to gigs, clubs, school and back again without fuss. This week on our Patreon pod shot, Miranda is joined by DJ, journalist and man with some of the best shoes in England, Anthony Teasdale, to find out how, 30 years on, Gazelles are still everywhere.

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Were the ’90s the golden age of Christmas Number Ones?

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Did the Great British Christmas Number One peak in the ’90s? Miranda Sawyer sits down with comedian Marc Burrows, author of Mistletoe and Vinyl: The Story of the Christmas No. 1, to get our heads around the annual scramble to be top of the Christmas pops. It’s an epic tale featuring Michael Jackson, the Spice Girls, Queen and even Cliff Richard. Plus: we attempt to answer the most important question of all – what is Mr Blobby, and how did his Christmas Number One help usher in the downfall of the Christmas chart crown?

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Stay Another Day – The story of East 17's accidental Christmas classic with Tony Mortimer

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Today we unwrap one of the great Christmas gifts: how a lad from Walthamstow wrote the Crimbo anthem of the 90s. Yes, we’re talking about East 17’s Stay Another Day. Miranda sits down with Tony Mortimer to find out how he turned real heartbreak into a perennial festive classic. Plus: the highs and lows of life in a boyband, four legged bandmates, giant puffa jackets, and how the track even beat Mariah Carey to Christmas No. 1 in 1994 — even though it isn’t very Christmassy!

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Italia ’90 – Gazza’s tears, Maradona’s madness and the tournament that changed football!

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. Italia ’90 wasn’t just a World Cup, it was a national mood. The summer when Gazza wept, England stumbled heroically, and football suddenly looked… different. Sleeker. Made for TV. This week on Talk ’90s to Me, Miranda Sawyer is joined by Simon Kuper, author of World Cup Fever, to dive back into the tournament that rejuvenated the sport. They talk about the drama and the daftness: Maradona’s chaos, Cameroon’s rise to cult-hero status, and Miranda’s personal choice for the best football song courtesy of New Order and a rap from John Barnes.

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Catwalk Britain, Absolutely Fabulous and shopping in the ’90s – with Mary Portas, darling!

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0000

Diving deep into all things ’90s. The British high street was everything in the ’90s. A place to roam, reinvent yourself and blow your wages on whatever you fancied. Fashion maven Mary “Queen of Shops” Portas, author of I Shop, Therefore I Am, joins Miranda to revisit a decade when shop floors became catwalks, window displays turned into art, and the real-life fashion of the decade helped inspire the world of Absolutely Fabulous.

Mary was right there in the thick of it: transforming Harvey Nichols from dowdy to dazzling and helping set the tone for the high street’s boldest reinvention. From celebrity shoppers to the rise of fast fashion, Miranda and Mary unpack how the shops defined the decade for better or worse.

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Seinfeld – The best sitcom of the ’90s?

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. Seinfeld was a “show about nothing” that critics didn’t get, audiences didn’t love at first, and yet somehow became one of the biggest comedy phenomena of the decade. From Jerry’s neuroses and Elaine’s sharp tongue to Kramer’s manic energy and George’s miserable existence, we explore how a strange sitcom rewrote the rules of TV.

To help make sense of its unlikely rise, Miranda is joined by Seinfeld superfans: writer Phoebe Roy and comedian Milo Edwards, hosts of Masters of Their Domain to dig into the show’s legacy, favourite episodes, and answer the all-important question: what’s the deal with Seinfeld?

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RIP Mani – Why the Stone Roses bass genius was universally loved

Fri, 21 Nov 2025 16:02:00 -0000

The sudden death of Stone Roses bassist Gary “Mani” Mounfield aged only 63 shocked music fans everywhere and led to an outpouring of love and appreciation from fans and friends including Liam Gallagher, New Order, Elbow, the Courteeners, and many more. In a special tribute edition Miranda talks to music journalist John Robb of Louder Than War about how Mani’s bass put the funk into what would become Britpop… how his personality glued the Stone Roses together… and why Mani never ever gave in to cynicism. “He was a lover not a fighter,” says John, “and that’s a pretty nice epitaph to have.”

RIP Mani x

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Thelma & Louise – The ’90s most important chick flick

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. This week we’re talking about the Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis blockbuster Thelma & Louise: the renegade feminist road movie that rewired Hollywood’s idea of what a chick flick could be. Miranda Sawyer is joined by screenwriter Sarah Morgan to talk crime, camaraderie and cultural legacy. And yes, we’re going to talk about that Brad Pitt scene.

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From Take That to Westlife – Inside the boy band boom!

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. Boy bands were a big deal in the ‘90s, with Take That paving the way for what feels like hundreds of different groups. From Westlife, to 5ive to East 17 to plenty you haven’t heard of or whose songs are forgettable, sorry Boyzone. Miranda discusses this phenomenon with Michael Cragg, author of Reach for the Stars: 1996–2006: Fame, Fallout and Pop’s Final Party.

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Patreon mini-pod! UNFINISHED SYMPATHY – How MASSIVE ATTACK kickstarted trip-hop

Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:49:00 -0000

Back us on Patreon and get a special extra podcast like this every two weeks. On our first mini-pod, the story of Unfinished Sympathy. Back in 1991, a mystery trio from Bristol were mixing hip hop, soul, dancehall and house into a potent, bass-driven and very danceable sound that would reshape ’90s music. Stand-up comic and fan Carl Donnelly tells Miranda how Massive Attack inspired everyone from Portishead, Mo’Wax, The Chemical Brothers big beat to Björk and U2. Just don’t call it “trip-hop”…

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The KLF! The real story of the band that burnt one million quid

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty didn’t just make pop music in the 90s. They abducted it, held it to ransom, then gleefully set it on fire. From their acid-house days to a feud with ABBA and eventually a million-quid bonfire, The KLF combined pop with art and the final result was chaos. This week, Miranda Sawyer talks to Joe Muggs about how two pop pranksters built a cult out of rave culture, Doctor Who mashups and why people are still searching for the road to Mu Mu Land.

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How Scream started the ’90s horror revolution

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 04:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. For our special Halloween episode, we’re looking back at the film that defined ‘90s horror. When Scream slashed into cinemas in 1996, Wes Craven’s meta-masterpiece tore up the rulebook and rewrote the genre for a new generation. Miranda Sawyer is joined by Clark Collis, author of Screaming and Conjuring: The Resurrection and Unstoppable Rise of the Modern Horror Movie to find out why Scream is still the sharpest horror satire and asking the question: “What’s your favourite scary movie?”

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Adam Buxton! – Inside the making of The Adam and Joe Show!

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. Before YouTube, before TikTok, Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish were ahead of the curve: parodying Hollywood blockbusters with toys, pranking shopkeepers with the direction of Louis Theroux and doing it all on a shoestring budget. This week, Miranda Sawyer is joined by Adam Buxton, podcaster, national treasure and author of I Love You, Byeee, to look back at the cult brilliance of Channel 4’s The Adam and Joe Show.

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Tomb Raider! – Lara Croft, girl power and the game that changed everything

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. The world met Lara Croft in 1996 and video games were never the same again. The decade’s most iconic heroine wasn’t just raiding tombs; she was breaking boundaries, redefining gaming, and accidentally becoming a global sex symbol in the process. This week, Miranda’s joined by tech expert and OG gamer girl Aleks Krotoski, host of Radio 4’s The Digital Human and author of The Immortalists, to talk polygons, power fantasies, and why Miranda herself might be partly responsible for Lara’s leap into the mainstream.

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How the Castlemorton rave changed festivals forever

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. In May, 1992, Fifty thousand people descended on Castlemorton Common for a week-long party that scandalized Middle England and rewrote the rules of British nightlife. This week, Miranda Sawyer sits down with filmmaker Aaron Trinder, director of Free Party: A Folk History, to dig into the delirious mayhem of Castlemorton, the legal fallout and the cultural shift away from raves and how the fallout changed nightlife culture to this day.

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Radio 1's most chaotic decade – with Mark Radcliffe of 'Mark and Lard'

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. In 1997, Mark and Lard landed the biggest job in British radio: hosting the Radio 1 Breakfast Show. Nine months later, ratings had plummeted and the two were sacked. On this week’s Talk 90s To Me, Miranda Sawyer sits down with Mark Radcliffe, one half of the comedy duo, to look back at the short, chaotic stint that nearly broke the station, from surrealist humour, clashes with management and the surprising support from pop megastars like Kylie Minogue and David Bowie.

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The birth of Parklife, Britpop and Cool Britanania with Blur's Dave Rowntree!

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. Before they were the poster boys of Britpop and the soundtrack to Cool Britannia, Blur were just four awkward lads from Colchester trying to work out who they were. On this week’s Talk 90s To Me, Miranda Sawyer sits down with drummer Dave Rowntree to talk about his new book, No One You Know, of never-before-seen photographs captures Blur at their most raw and unpolished.

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Madonna! From Blonde Ambition to the Pope’s Blacklist

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. From cone bras to the sexist coffee table book of all time, Madonna ruled the early 90s like no one else. In the wake of record breaking Blonde Ambition tour, she became both the decade’s biggest pop icon and public enemy number one. Provocative videos, banned shows, and revealing documentaries the erotic era was worshipped by fans and condemned by the Catholic church. This week on Talk 90s To Me, Miranda Sawyer is joined by John Sizzle to ask: was Madonna simply pushing buttons, or was she rewriting the rules of pop stardom forever?

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The Prodigy – Keith Flint, Firestarters and a rock-rave fusion

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. How did a gang of Essex ravers in baggy jeans and bucket hats end up storming Top of the Pops and terrifying your mum in the process? How did they leap from underground raves to inspiring the most popular Halloween costume of 1996? This week, Miranda Sawyer is joined by the host of Oh God What Now and seasoned music journo Andrew Harrison to change the pitch up and revisit the legacy of the most unlikely chart-toppers of the ’90s.

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Princess Diana – The inside story of THAT ‘Revenge Dress’ – with Vogue’s Plum Sykes

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. On June 29, 1994, Prince Charles confessed on national TV that he’d cheated on Princess Diana, stunning the world. But Diana stole his thunder and entranced the global media by stepping out in the now-legendary ‘Revenge Dress’. How did a little black dress spark a tabloid storm that still fascinates people today? Vogue journalist Plum Sykes joins Miranda Sawyer to reveal the inside story of the Revenge Dress and Diana’s frosty reception from the fashion world – and why cycling shorts paired with oversized jumpers always works.

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Friends! Could a TV show be any more influential?

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. In 1994, six twenty-somethings walked into a Manhattan coffee shop and changed TV forever. Friends wasn’t just a sitcom: it became the defining show of the decade, shaping how we laughed, dated, and even decorated our flats. This week on Talk 90s To Me, BAFTA-nominated comedian and writer Gráinne Maguire joins Miranda to discuss the perfect casting, the astronomical viewing figures, and why it’s still a huge hit with audiences in the streaming era.

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George Michael! – From tabloid target to shamelessly gay pop icon

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. On April 7, 1998, George Michael was arrested for “lewd conduct” in a Beverly Hills public toilet. But instead of shrinking away in shame, he flipped the script. What followed rewrote the rulebook on how celebrities came out, and shifted the way we talked about sexuality. This week, Jack Guinness, curator of The Queer Bible , joins Miranda Sawyer to revisit the scandal that swept the nation. We dive into George Michael’s unapologetic wit, the activism that defined him, and the secret loves that shaped some of pop’s most romantic songs.

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Nirvana! Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, grunge and the whole brilliant mess – with Yasi Salek

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 06:25:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. How did a grunge band from Seattle become a global sensation? Yasi Salek, host of the Bandsplain podcast, joins Miranda Sawyer to unpack the legacy of Nirvana from raw teenage angst to the dazzling lights of the MTV Awards. Plus, we trace their influence on everything from alt-rock to pop-punk, and how their sound and style changed rock forever.

Note: This episode includes discussion of suicide.

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Trainspotting! – Irvine Welsh on what it all REALLY meant

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. This time: How did a novel about heroin, unemployment and clubbing become a cultural phenomenon? Miranda Sawyer is joined by Irvine Welsh, the author of Trainspotting, to talk about the book’s legacy, from drug-fuelled nights to its impact on how we talk about class, masculinity, and even his plans for a brand new musical. Plus, we explore his new novel, Men in Love, which brings the Trainspotting characters into the modern day.

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Oasis! Music, mayhem and the band that kickstarted the ’90s – with author Ted Kessler

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 03:00:00 -0000

The brand new podcast that dives deep into all things ’90s. This time: Oasis brought chaos, electricity and working-class swagger to a music scene dominated by po-faced grunge and indie bands in the early 1990s. How did the Gallaghers go from humble beginnings in Manchester to taking over the world? Miranda Sawyer is joined by Ted Kessler, co-author of A Sound So Very Loud which covers every single song the band ever made, to discuss their journey – from the ’90s origins to their current mega-selling stadium tour.

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Talk '90s to me - trailer!

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:32:00 -0000

Diving deep into a wild decade of chaos, creativity and hedonism – from Oasis to ‘Friends’, from grunge to girl power, from Kate Moss to alcopops to ‘Trainspotting’ and beyond. Join award-winning Observer journalist and Smash Hits graduate Miranda Sawyer as she meets the people who were really there for the decade of Cool Britannia, Cantona and the Chemical Generation.

Talk ’90s To Me – could a podcast BE any more brilliant?

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