Culture Dumps
Flushed Away From Memory
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 154
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 14: Some Kind of Monster
The world’s biggest metal band is hardly a Culture Dump, but their 2002 documentary “Some Kind of Monster” and the album that followed “St. Anger” are definitely Culture Dumps. A high paid therapist,…
Episode 13: The Mystery of Al Capone’s Vaults
Live television is risky, especially when gangsters are involved. In 1986 Geraldo Rivera entered the basement of a run down Chicago hotel in hopes of discovering lost treasures of the golden age of g…
Episode 12: Jared the Subway Guy
In our most upsetting episode yet we dive into the rise and fall of Jared Fogle aka Jared, the Subway Guy. At one time he was the most recognizable spokesperson in the world, now he is serving a 15 y…
Episode 11: Pure Moods
This week Ryan is joined by Eric D, the mind behind Meth Syndicate. They discuss one of the staples of 1990’s television advertising: “Pure Moods.” What began as a compilation of the most cutting edg…
Episode 10: Balloon Fest 1986
You guys like balloons? You like disasters? Well this episode is for you! We dive into the biggest balloon related mishap of all time, Balloon Fest 1986. With two deaths, horse problems, and years wo…
Episode 9: Heinz EZ Squirt Ketchup
Our friend Andy Paz joins Ryan for the third installment of Culinary Dumps. We try and make sense of Heinz’s notorious EZ Squirt line. In the early 2000’s Heinz took major risk by releasing a newly d…
Episode 8: Disco Demolition
The Disco Demolition has gone down as one of the most negative reactions to a seemingly innocent cultural movement. Filled with racial and societal implications, the Disco Demolition is as sad as it …
Episode 7: Barney and Friends
We go all the way back to a simpler time, when recess was king, when we still felt special, when love came in the form of a purple dinosaur named Barney. Ryan and Parks layout the history of the belo…
Episode 6: Lilith Fair
The Culture Dumps team (along with guest Audra Isadora) gears up for the most celebrated women’s music festival of all time, Lilith Fair! What started as the brain child of Sarah McLachlan and ended …
Episode 5: McSalad Shaker
For our second installment of our food series, “Culinary Dumps,” Ryan and Adam breakdown what might be the most entertaining salad dish of all time. The McSalad Shaker. Interactive and healthy, what …
Episode 4: Milli Vanilli part 2
We finish up our mini series on tragic pop stars Milli Vanilli. Their lip sync game catches up to them in the worst way. But was the blame fairly placed? It usually is not. Stay tuned for a very biz…
Episode 3: Milli Vanilli part 1
We dive into what was perhaps the biggest scandal in pop music history. Milli Vanilli was the sacrificial lamb of lip synching, a practice commonly used in today’s pop music. Perhaps they took it a s…
Episode 2: Halloween Special
It’s time for our Halloween special! For the debut of our food-focused side series, “Culinary Dumps,” we discuss the infamous black bun clad Halloween Whopper. Enjoy, and don’t look into the toilet!
Episode 1: Hands Across America
Welcome to Culture Dumps! Throughout this series we will be diving into the bleakest corners of pop culture. Whether it’s music, tv, celebrities, food, or events, if it was forgotten or a failure we…