The Baby Boomer Radio, TV, Movies, Magazines, Music, Comics, Fads, Toys, Fun, and More Show!

Sep 05 2024 276 ep. 37 mins 2.8k

The Baby Boomer Radio, TV, Movies, Magazines, Music, Comics, Fads, Toys, Fun, and More Show! Podcast artwork

Since its inception in 2009, Galaxy Nostalgia Network has posted nearly 300 podcast episodes that feature the nostalgia and memories of growing up as a Baby Boomer. Shows are typically not timely to the dates they were posted...each episode spotlights past memories of music, radio, TV, books, hobbies, pastimes of an era of long ago. Listen to any or all of the shows, as two Baby Boomers and featured guests take a digital time machine back to the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and other times and years that will have listeners reminising happy, sad, and day-to-day life as a Baby Boomer.

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