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 53: Jolly Jane Toppan's Poisoning Murders; A Cape Codder in New York City; Early 80's PC Games; Roanoke Island NC(1-20-2022)
Episode 53 begins with true crime. It delves into the sinister poisoning murders of Nurse Jane Toppan. At the turn of the 20th century this trusted figure betrayed that trust in a str…
Episode 52: Most Embarrassing Race Story; A 90's Teen's Wall Posters; Top 5 Defunct Car Brands; Kill Devil Hills NC; First Super Bowl(1-13-2022)
Episode 52 of the podcast begins by going back 10 years this week to the most embarrassing race story I have. An indoor half marathon, in a dome, with free beer at the end. What could…
Episode 51: KeeKee's Cape Cod Kitchen Interview; Things Kids Did In the 80's; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Best Sports Teams Outside of New England Of My Lifetime(1-6-2022)
Happy New Year! 2022 kicks off with Episode 51 of the podcast.
It's a jam-packed episode starting with a very special interview. Crystal Joy Smith, also known as KeeKee, is with us to …
Episode 50: BONUS - Holiday Special, Year In Review, 50th Episode Retrospective(12-23-2021)
Episode 50 is a special bonus episode. It is not only a Holiday episode, it is also a 2021 Year In Review, as well as a 50th Episode retrospective.
It is the Holiday season and hopefull…
Episode 49: Garbage Pail Kids; The Legend of The Columns of West Dennis; Top 5 Christmas Season Toys; Southern Shores NC (12-16-2021)
Episode 49 brings the gross out humor to the Holiday season. For a brief time in the 1980's Garbage Pail Kids took the youth of America by storm. At first these stickers were seen as …
Episode 48: The Flying Santa, Sears Wish Book, Top 5 Christmas Movies, Duck NC(12-09-2021)
Episode 48 is filled with Holiday cheer!
It kicks off with the heartwarming story of the Flying Santa, Edward Rowe Snow. He spent decades delivering gifts to lighthouses and other remot…
Episode 47: Top 5 Christmas TV Specials; Restaurant Storytime III - Baked Potato Adventures; The Nintendo Game Boy; Colonial Williamsburg VA(12-2-2021)
Episode 47 kicks of the Holiday season in style. It begins with the hilarious but true stories from Restaurant Storytime III. These center around what was to be done with baked potato…
Episode 46: BONUS - Happy Thanksgiving. What I Am Thankful For (11-23-2021)
Episode 46 is a special Bonus edition of the podcast.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who has been listening to the podcast over its first year in existence!
This episode focuses on the pe…
Episode 45: When the Cape Cod Melody Tent Was A Music Circus; U2's Achtung Baby 30 Years Later; Top 5 Disco Era Artists; Historic Jamestowne VA (11-18-2021)
Episode 45 is musically charged. It begins with the story of the Cape Cod Melody Tent. Before it was the premiere entertainment location on the Cape it was a Music Circus in a grassy …
Episode 44: Tecmo Super Bowl, The Original Cape Cod Canal Bridges, Favorite Maine Towns, Lynchburg VA (11-11-2021)
Episode 44 begins by going back more than a century to the story of the creation of the Cape Cod Canal, more specifically the three original bridges that spanned across it. Whatever ha…
Episode 43: The Legend of the Mill Hill Club; Podcast Year 2 Begins; Hair Coloring Follies; Funniest As Seen On TV Products; Appomattox VA(11-04-2021)
Episode 43 begins Year Two of the podcast and what better way to celebrate a birthday show than with the story of one of the kings of Cape Cod entertainment the Mill Hill Club in West Y…
Episode 42: BONUS - The Scariest Places I Have Ever Visited(10-21-21)
Episode 42 is the newest special monthly Bonus episode. In keeping with the spooky Halloween season this episode showcases some of the Scariest Places I Have Visited. Many of these ca…
Episode 41: Smuttynose Axe Murders; Fangoria Magazine; Underrated Cape Cod Attractions; Blue Ridge Parkway, SNL Debut(10-14-2021)
Episode 41 continues the spooky Halloween season with the ghastly true crime story of the Smuttynose Axe Murders. On a remote island miles off of the coast of Maine two women were brut…
Episode 40: Cape Cod's Loneliest Grave; 900/Hotline Numbers; North Shore MA Attractions; Winchester VA(10-7-2021)
Episode 40 is the first of October and begins the spooky Halloween season. This week's show kicks it off with the story of Cape Cod's loneliest grave. Located deep in the woods of Nor…
Episode 39: Running A Marathon; Being A 1980's Patriots Fan; Top 5 1980's Saturday Morning Cartoons; Harpers Ferry WV(9-30-2021)
Episode 39 begins with tips and advice for those looking to train for and finish a fall marathon. When you've run out of water and busted through the Runner's High you know you're mara…
Episode 38: BONUS - Nirvana's Nevermind Album 30 Years Later(9-23-2021)
Episode 38 of the podcast is a special bonus episode.
On September 24, 1991 Nirvana released their 2nd album Nevermind.
It changed the music industry by introducing Grunge music to a broa…
Episode 37: Writing For Travel Channel; Defunct New England Stores; The 27 Club; What Was A Fotomat?; Hagerstown MD(9-16-2021)
Episode 37 starts with the time I briefly wrote for Travel Channel's website. How did it come about? What were some benefits? What were some problems?
Take a trip back in time and remi…
Episode 36: Cape Cod's 1st Radio Station; Going Back to School; 9/11 20 Years Later; Gettysburg PA; Movies That Gave Me Nightmares(9-9-2021)
Episode 36 shines a light on Cape Cod's first-ever radio station. It came in with a lot of buzz but quickly died out. It did however lead to all of the stations that exist now so it d…
Episode 35: Restaurant Storytime III - Attack of the Swans; Top 5 1980's Fads; Old School PSA's; Hershey PA(9-2-2021)
Episode 35 begins with a return to the Restaurant Storytime series. For part III we take a look at what happens when people feed swans at a restaurant after being told not to. It does…
Episode 34: BONUS - Landscaping Love Letter(8-26-2021)
Episode 34 is another special bonus episode. It is all about the job that landscapers do. It is so much more than raking and mowing lawns. It is long hours in the hot sun, long trave…