In My Footsteps: A Gen-X Nostalgia Podcast
Attention lovers of nostalgia! The buffet is now open! The In My Footsteps Podcast fills you up with a heaping helping of Gen-X nostalgia. Covering the 1960s through the 1990s the show is sure to fill your plate with fond memories. Music. Movies. Television. Pop Culture. Oddities and rarities. Forgotten gems pulled straight from your childhood. There is so much to enjoy. New England author Christopher Setterlund hosts the show. The best part? You can binge all you want and never need an antacid. Bell bottoms, Members Only jackets, torn jeans, and poofy hair are all welcome. Come as you are and enjoy a buffet of topics you'll love to reminisce about.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 213
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 33: Obsolete Technology; The Rise and Fall of Cable TV; Dummerston Vine Cemetery; Harrisburg PA, The Legend of Elvis(8-19-2021)
Episode 33 begins with a classic tale of old New England folklore. Could a creeping vine predict the impending deaths of a cursed family? This is the tale of the Dummerston Vine Cemete…
Episode 32: Lizzie Borden Took An Axe; Favorite Boston Athletes; Scranton PA Home of The Office; Collecting Baseball Cards(8-12-2021)
Episode 32 starts with one of the most infamous murder cases in American history. Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother 40 whacks. Or did she? Although acquitted for the murders …
Episode 31: 2,100-Mile Road Trip Overview; MTV Debuts; Kevin McHale Basketball Camp; My Top 5 Concerts I've Seen; Hudson, NY(8-5-2021)
Episode 31 begins with an overview of my amazing 2019 Road Trip. Spanning 2,100-miles, 6 days, and 11 states, it was chock full of incredible sites I had always wanted to see. In this…
Episode 30: BONUS - Coping With Grief and Loss; Let Me Tell You About My Friend Matt(7-22-2021)
Episode 30 is a special Bonus edition of the podcast.
It is a subject I've wanted to speak on for a while and was just waiting for the appropriate time. It is all about one of my oldes…
Episode 29: When I Was On TV; Top 5 Cape Cod Scenic Drives; Basketball Hoop Memories; Road Trip Middleborough, MA(7-15-2021)
Episode 29 kicks off with my memories of my one and so far only television appearance. I go into detail about how I got on WCVB-TV Channel 5 Boston's Award-Winning show Chronicle in 20…
Episode 28: The Cannibals of Boon Island, Maine; Top 5 80's TV Mascots; An Epic Martha's Vineyard Photo Trip; 1980's Music Stores (7-8-2021)
Episode 28 begins with a return to the Dedication to the Craft series. This time it is a wild, fun-filled trip Steve and I took to Martha's Vineyard. It includes alpacas, fearless sku…
Episode 27: Top 5 Lighthouses; The Benny's Retail Stores History; Road Trip: Hampton Beach, NH; Remember the Sega CD?(7-1-2021)
Episode 27 begins by sharing the long history of a Southern New England staple, the Benny's retail store. Originally an automotive store it evolved into a place you could get anything …
Episode 26: BONUS - The Iconic History of the Cape Cod Coliseum (6-24-2021)
The history of the iconic supernova that was the Cape Cod Coliseum is covered in depth on a special Bonus episode of the podcast.
Episode 26 covers the flash in the pan that was the Coli…
Episode 25: Top 5 Cape Cod Icons; How Jolt Cola Fueled My Teenage Years; Restaurant Storytime II: Electric Boogaloo; Road Trip: Groton, CT(6-17-2021)
Episode 25 has a few new and exciting changes!
The debut of the Top 5 includes Cape Cod Icons, the places you have to see and experience if you have never been to the Cape, or even if y…
Episode 24: Chef Mason Pryme Interview(Cleat & Anchor); Cape Cod's Target Ship; What Is A Xennial?; This Week In History(First Drive-In)(6-10-2021)
Episode 24 starts off with a special interview. Mason Pryme is a highly-rated, award-winning chef. He is now plying his trade at the Cleat & Anchor in Dennis Port. He shared why this …
Episode 23: The Home of Cape Cod Clam Chowder; Road Trip Narragansett, RI; Reliving My First Crushes; This Week In History(Memorial Day)(6-3-2021)
Episode 23 starts with a look back at one of Cape Cod's most iconic restaurants: Mildred's Chowder House. In the shadow of the Barnstable Airport this legend spent decades delivering c…
Episode 22: BONUS - Mental Health Awareness: Chris Cornell, Depression, and Myself (5-27-2021)
Episode 22 is another shorter bonus episode of the podcast.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and this episode is a deep dive into shining a light on mental health issues, specificall…
Episode 21: The Eldia Comes Ashore at Nauset Beach; New Book Release Info!; Memories of Staying at the National Seashore; This Week In History(Wizard of Oz)(5-20-2021)
Episode 21 is packed! It is the week of the launch of my 6th book Iconic Hotels and Motels of Cape Cod through Arcadia Publishing/History Press! I go over some of what went into the c…
Episode 20: BONUS - Special Tribute to My Hero, My Role Model, My Grampa (5-15-2021)
This is a special bonus episode of the podcast. Episode 20 falls on the 2 year anniversary of the death of my grandfather John Sullivan. I thought what better way to honor him than by…
Episode 19: The Debut of Restaurant Storytime; Owl's Head, Maine; 1980's Children's Books; This Week In History(Golden Girls)(5-13-2021)
Episode 19 starts off with the debut of a fun new segment. Restaurant Storytime shares entertaining, strange, but totally true stories from my nearly 2 decades in the restaurant indust…
Episode 18: Before the Cape Cod Mall There Was Storyland; Little League Baseball Memories; Middlebury VT; This Week In History(Hindenburg)(5-6-2021)
Episode 18 begins with the unique Storyland amusement park that stood where the Cape Cod Mall currently stands. A beloved fixture of the 1950's and 1960's this Mother Goose inspired at…
Episode 17: Let's Go To Friendly's; Road Trip to Nantucket; Some Embarrassing Old School Sleepover Stories; This Week In History(First Boston Marathon)(4-22-2021)
Episode 17 starts with chicken strips and ice cream as I reminisce about lunch dates with my Nina at Friendly's. From patty melts, Fishamajigs, Jubilee Rolls, to Jim Dandy sundaes and …
Episode 16: Revisit A Cape Cod Speakeasy; What Was Digital Music Express?; Why I Quit Drinking; This Week In History(Titanic Sinks)(4-15-2021)
It's the Sweet 16 episode of the podcast. Raise a glass to one of Cape Cod's Prohibition-era speakeasies. The Casa Madrid sat among the trees in a quiet village of South Yarmouth, Mass…
Episode 15: Celebrating My Nina's Life; Road Trip to Block Island; The Day Grunge Music Died; This Week In History(TV Is Unveiled) (4-8-2021)
Episode 15 is a very bittersweet one. I am sad yet proud to share a celebration of life for my Nina, Rosemarie Sullivan, who passed March 23. It is a reflection of the amazing person …
Episode 14: A Beginner's Guide to Photography; Running Is Fun(No, Really); I Was An 8-Year Old Metalhead; This Week In History(Alcatraz, etc) (3-25-2021)
Episode 14 starts with a special introduction to photography. Recorded on location at the Old Stone Church in West Boylston, Massachusetts I interview professional photographer Steve D…