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 73: The Horrifying True Story of Medfield State Hospital; 1990's Internet; Scary TV Show Theme Songs; Camden Maine(6-16-2022)
Episode 73 of the podcast kicks off with the horrifying true story of the scariest place I have ever visited, Medfield State Hospital in Medfield, Massachusetts. For a century patients…
Episode 72: Wild Nights At Guido Murphy's of Hyannis; Giant Pizza Wars of 1993; E.T. Turns 40; 90's Passing Fads; Groton CT(6-9-2022)
Episode 72 is loaded with flashbacks and wild nights.
It begins with a trip back to the Golden Age of Cape Cod nightlife. Guido Murphy's of Hyannis was one of the most popular, and most…
Episode 71: Cape Cod's Woodstock; An Old School Trip to the Candy Store; Concerts I Wish I Could Have Seen; New London NH(6-2-2022)
Episode 71 begins by taking a trip back 50 years ago to the week and Cape Cod's very own Woodstock concert. Held in Provincetown in 1972 it had big aspirations and noble intentions. W…
Episode 70: BONUS - Becoming A Teenage Filmmaker aka My Camcorder Days(5-26-2022)
Episode 70 is the monthly bonus episode of the podcast.
For this show we take a deep dive Back In the Day to when my desire to be a writer took a detour. After getting my first taste of…
Episode 69: The Cape Cod Murder Case of Edwin Ray Snow; Johnny Carson's Tonight Show; Westerly RI; Biggest 1980's Sports Stars(5-19-2022)
Episode 69 begins with a Cape Cod true crime tale. In 1899 a shocking murder rocked the Cape and specifically the town of Yarmouth. Young James Whittemore had been killed by his suppo…
Episode 68: Friday the 13th; West Barnstable Brick Company; Forgotten 90's Alt Bands; Road Trip Hull, MA(5-12-2022)
Episode 68 falls the day before Friday the 13th and this spooky day is intertwined throughout the show.
It begins with a somewhat creepy tale, though more sad and unfortunate. The West …
Episode 67: Cape Cod's Suicide Alley; Beavis & Butthead; 1980's TV Show Themes; Jamaica/Townshend VT(5-5-2022)
Episode 67 kicks off with the story behind what some consider to be the most dangerous stretch of road in Massachusetts. This stretch of Cape Cod's Route 6, between Dennis and Orleans,…
Episode 66: BONUS - Sunday's At Nana's(4-21-2022)
Episode 66 is the monthly bonus show.
This is an episode I have wanted to do. Although this show will be dedicated to and focus on my Nana I hope that the positive memories she gave me …
Episode 65: Lady of the Dunes Documentary Premiere; Married with Children; Old Saybrook CT; Best Movies to Win A Razzie Award(4-14-2022)
Episode 65 begins with the behind the scenes story of the premiere of the Lady of the Dunes documentary produced by Frank Durant. From who was there at the Provincetown Theater, plans …
Episode 64: The Story of Cape Cod's Target Ship; Layne Staley's Death 20 Years Later; Bangor Maine; 1980's Product Flops(4-7-2022)
Episode 64 begins with the story of Cape Cod's oddest tourist attraction. For more than fifty years the SS James Longstreet sat in Cape Cod Bay, off of Eastham. It was a former Libert…
Episode 63: Remembering The Paddock of Hyannis, Old School Telephone Problems, Movies That Remind Me of My Sisters, Brattleboro VT(3-31-2022)
Episode 63 starts with a trip down memory lane. For more than four decades The Paddock in Hyannis was home to great food and great music. Whether it was in house singers and musicians…
Episode 62: BONUS - Cape Cod's Lady of the Dunes Murder Mystery, Special Interview with Producer Frank Durant(3-24-2022)
Who was The Lady of the Dunes? This question had fascinated and confounded people across America for nearly fifty years. Since her body was discovered in a remote area of the Province…
Episode 61: Restaurant Storytime 4 - Murder On the Prep Room Floor; MAD Magazine; Cape Cod's First Summer White House; Favorite Childhood Cereals(3-17-2022)
Episode 61 begins with another installment of Restaurant Storytime. This is perhaps the king of unbelievable stories that happened during my tenure in the restaurant industry. The key…
Episode 60: When Henry Ford Bought A Piece of Cape Cod; Nantucket's Great Point; My Nana's Favorite Game; Forgotten Childhood Drinks(3-10-2022)
Episode 60 begins with the story of revolutionary automobile industrialist Henry Ford and his purchase of a piece of Cape Cod history. In a fascinating turn of events it is possible th…
Episode 59: A Trip Back to Cape Cod's Pufferbellies Nightclub; A Vampire in Rhode Island; U2's POP Album 25 Years Later; Top 5 Music Supergroups(3-3-2022)
Episode 59 begins with a trip back into the golden age of Cape Cod night life. For three decades Pufferbellies was one of the biggest and brightest stars of Cape Cod after dark thanks …
Episode 58: BONUS - The Teacher Who Influenced My Life the Most(2-24-2022)
Episode 58 is the monthly bonus episode. This is a special look at the teacher who impacted my life the most. Ms. Claire Rodrigues was my Second Grade teacher and it was in her class …
Episode 57: When Cape Cod Blew Up A Lighthouse; First Celebrity Crushes; Top 5 Symbols of the 1990's, Road Trip Retrospective(2-17-2022)
Episode 57 falls during Valentine's week. So naturally it begins with the story of Cape Cod blowing up a lighthouse. Bishop and Clerks Lighthouse sat off of the coast of Cape Cod for n…
Episode 56: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out; An Island of Wild Horses; A Race Point Sunrise; Worst Movies I Saw In the Theater(2-10-2022)
Episode 56 kicks off with Dedication to the Craft III. This time it is an adventure into the dark, cold, and winter for a numbing yet beautiful sunrise at Race Point Lighthouse in Prov…
Episode 55: The Wreck of the Montclair; Cape Hatteras National Seashore; 1970's Product Mascots; the Genius of Weird Al Yankovic(2-3-2022)
Episode 55 starts off with the story of the wreck of the schooner Montclair off of Nauset Beach. Destroyed in a storm in 1927 the vessel remains a part of the beach itself, being revea…
Episode 54: BONUS - How to Write A Book(01-27-2022)
Episode 54 of the podcast is a special bonus show.
If you have ever had the desire to write a book of your own, or wondered how to go about getting it published, I am here to share some …