It'll Be Alright In The Nineties

Put on your anorak and grab a carrier bag out of the big carrier bag you keep all the other carrier bags in, because this time on IBAITN we're heading down the shops! Join us as we discuss our favourite lost shops from childhood and the hierarchy of South West shopping centres, before discovering which supermarket caused Stu to miss several episodes of the Simpsons, and which cherished item Alex still owns today from his 90s shopping career.Also this time: Guitar solos! Stu wets himself in Great Mills (again)! Royal Mail Datapost! And much, much more...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Next time: it's a welcome return for friend of the pod Teresa Stenson!Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Unbelievably we've hit our 4th birthday! That's 4 years of riding high in the nostalgia-focused podcasts chart (North Wessex region). Along with our customary exchange of gifts, it's rapidly becoming a tradition for us to celebrate our birthdays with a 90s quiz, so get a pen and paper and get ready to test your knowledge of all things 90s. Feel free to form a duo, or play alone, but make sure you submit your scores in the next couple of weeks. You can submit them in the comments section on our Insta or Youtube, or via email, find the links in our Linktree below.Tune in to find out how Alex and Stu did with each other's questions, which friends of the pod Alex inadvertently offends and what incredible gift Stu has got Alex.Also this time: Theme parks! An update on the official car of the pod! Further legal woes! And much, much more...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Next time: we're going shopping on the 90s high-street!Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Stu drops in with a quick message, and we only hope you can forgive us. See you in a couple of weeks for our fourth birthday broadcast!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Grab as many brochures and as much free promotional material as you can stuff in your rucksack, because this time on IBAITN we're taking a trip to the 1994 British Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham with our friends at 'old' Top Gear.Watch along with us as we discuss heckbends, small helmets, the post-TV career charitable vocations of both Michele Newman and Chris Goffey, Quentin Willson and Tiff Needell sharing a jacket, and everything else about this magnificent motoring time capsule from over 30 years ago.Also this time: Quiz embarrassment! The curious disappearance of BeBe Winans! Attending a Christian Festival by accident! And much, much more...You can watch the Top Gear episode along with us here.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Stu and Alex have just returned from shopping trips to Electronics Boutique and Pink Planet Games Exchange and are eager to talk about their favourite games from 1997. They each pick their customary 3 favourites from the year, sharing plenty of personal memories along the way.Tune in to find out which console still gives Alex a bitter Pavlonian reaction, which game provides a challenge that Stu cannot complete to this day and what huge statements will they both be making about different games?Also this time: What's the most 90s ice lolly? An update on a lift shaft falling footballer! Mystic Meg! And much, much more...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Next time: we'll be watching an old episode of Top Gear!Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

This time on IBAITN, we come close to actually doing a bit of serious journalism as we review the recent BBC documentary 'Loaded: Lads, Mags and Mayhem'. Join us as we reflect on the documentary before discussing our own thoughts on lad culture, how we experienced it at the time, and what we believe are the component parts of the archetypal 'lad'.'Loaded: Lads, Mags and Mayhem' is a fascinating documentary that we highly recommend all 90s enthusiasts watch, although Stu did need to be talked into watching it after being told it contained 'upsetting scenes'. At the time of episode release, you can watch it on BBC iPlayer here:https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002389y/loaded-lads-mags-and-mayhemAlso this time: Who's the most 90s wrestler! A 90s footballer falls down a lift shaft! A message from Dad of the Pod! And much, much more...Dom Smith's Wrestlesphere Youtube is ⁠HEREDom's Soundsphere music focused web magazine is ⁠HERE ⁠and Dom's personal Linktree is HEREThe Cannon and Ball Lada advert we discuss can be viewed here:Lada Advert With Cannon & Ball - YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Next time: we're taking a look at our favourite video games of 1997!Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

Come and meet us behind the bike sheds as we record our first episode of 2025 on the topic of secondary school life in the 90s⁠. We're joined by brother of the pod Adam to discuss some of our personal memories about life on the other side of the school gates, as well as some more general trends and themes about this era of schooling. Tune in to find out why Alex spent so many lunchbreaks hiding in a toilet, why Stu's first ever lesson was such a poor piece of time-tabling and just what did Adam refer to as piss-catchers? Also this time: What's the most 90s petrol station! Shameless plugs! And much, much more! ⁠⁠If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/alright90spodcast⁠ Next time: we're talking Loaded, Lads and Ladettes! Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠

It's time for our annual Christmas tradition at IBAITN Towers, as we welcome the other half of our podcast juggernaut, Kathryn and Dan from Now That's What I Call Bull$h!t, to discuss the Christmas number twos from the first half of the decade! Tune in to find out which prominent music industry figure had a brief NFL career in the late 80s, and which song reached the Christmas number two spot twice (with the involvement of Dan's nemesis group Westlife), in addition to incisive debates that cut straight to the heart of the Mr Blobby / Take That battle of 1993, and the ill-fated relationship between Vanilla Ice and Madonna. Also this time: Registration numbers being read out at football grounds! Party food! A plea for input from you the listener that doesn't come across as desperate at all! And much, much more... You can listen to the back catalogue of Now That's What I Call Bull$h!t here, and Kathryn and Dan will be back with new episodes in the new year. Dan is back on tour with Levellers Collective in March 2025, and you can find ticket information here. If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://linktr.ee/alright90spodcast⁠ A very merry Christmas to all our listeners, thank you for all the support you've given us this year. We'll be back with more in February; stay tuned! Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠

Christmas is just around the corner and we need to compile our Christmas lists. What better place to look for inspiration than the trusty Argos catalogue? Stu and Alex take a different catalogue each and pick some choice selections to share. Rather than relying solely on the audio descriptions, we really recommend you read the catalogues along with the episode so you can find Alex's 1991 catalogue HERE and Stu's 1999 one HERE. Tune in to find out what item Alex considers to be the physical representation of 12 year old Stu, which item Alex still owns to this day, and what sporting item gets Stu searching on eBay live on air. We also welcome Jesper and Jaan from the All Design Podcast to debate what the most 90s logo is. You can find their fantastic podcast at this address: designpodcast.org Also this time: Teresa Stenson! Listener complaints! Another update from the masonic lodge! And much, much more! ⁠My Teenage Diaries⁠ can be found at this link, and Teresa's beautiful handmade zines can be found ⁠here⁠ - we strongly recommend you check these out for more excellent 90s content! You can find the Wendy Toms BBC Archive clip HERE. If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://linktr.ee/alright90spodcast Next time: it's our Christmas tradition, Kathryn and Dan from the NOW That's What I Call Bulls**t podcast, talking about the Christmas charts! Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠

Here at IBAITN HQ, Geoff is still refusing to pay for satellite TV in the office. It's something to do with the lodge's subscription to the fishing channel needing to take preference, apparently. Anyway, this sorry situation has at least prompted us to take a look at the last great terrestrial TV landmark of the 90s, as we investigate the genesis and launch of Channel 5 in March 1997. Tune in to find out which former England rugby union captain Alex is personally linked with, which newsreader appears to have disappeared off the face of the earth, and which Channel 5 presenter scolded a crying student live on TV after they had opened their exam results (we think)? Also this time: Alex's new mortgage! Loads of corrections! The return of the Cadbury's Fuse! And much, much more... You can watch the full Channel 5 launch programme, along with some more content from its debut night, here If you'd like to hear more from us, be sure to like and subscribe, and share your thoughts with us on all our social media channels, found here on our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LINKTREE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Next time: we're getting ready to compile our Christmas lists by looking at another Argos catalogue! Music: Sports FM by Shane Ivers - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.silvermansound.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Pod logo: Adam Greenwood Photography & Design ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.adamgreenwoodphotographer.com⁠⁠⁠