"When are we now?" takes a fresh look at the chart-topping music of the past.
Ben and Sam pick a random week in history, dive into the Billboard charts, and curate their own playlists - and a "nay list" - from the hit songs of yesteryear.
A fun foray into music, pop culture, history, and the perspectives of two guys from 2018.
It's a short jaunt in the time machine this week, but we bet you'll discover some sick new beats to get your streaming library on fleek.
Join two guys from 2022 as they curate playlists and naylists …
Who ya gonna call? Where's the beef? When are we now? Ghostbusters, Wendy's, and 1984!
Join Ben and Sam on a totally tubular trip in our time machine, as they curate playlists and naylists from the …
Fire up your modem, log in to your favorite semi-legal file sharing server, and get ready to spend the next few hours downloading Ben and Sam's 2003 playlists while you watch Joe Millionaire and play…
Ben and Sam dug through the 8-track bins and found some hit songs that'll make your mood ring turn purple. It was fall of 1975: the summer of Jaws was drawing to an end, Saturday Night Live premiered…
"When are we now?" is back for a third season!
Before our fully vaccinated hosts climb into the freshly sanitized time machine for a new set of chart-hopping adventures, enjoy this mini episode in wh…
Hold on to your Hypercolor shirts, kids, Ben and Sam have your 1991 play lists and "nay lists!"
Enjoy this never-before-heard, previously-unreleased episode recorded in June 2020.
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Road trip! In this special episode, Ben and Sam travel the continental U.S., choosing their favorite songs mentioning American cities and regions along the way.
We take a brief vacation from the Bil…
The boys and girls of 1965 were very good, because Santa delivered some terrific records: Beatles, Dylan, Motown, and much more. Whether you're a hippie, a square, or a "daytripper," you'll find plen…
Oops, we did it again: we made a playlist. Put on your trucker hat and aviator shades and join us in the summer of 2000. It was a simpler time, when reality TV was a fresh concept and we were all rel…
Put on your tightest hot pants, warm up the fondue pot, and get ready to boogie: It's 1971. Ben and Sam spin some records, discover some hidden gems, get down with intergenerational nostalgia, and Sa…
Put on your jeggings, water your Farmville crops, and TiVo the Jersey Shore marathon: It's 2010. Join the Mayors of the Billboard Music Charts (It's legit; we checked in on Foursquare) as they curate…
Skip Jazzercise, ask your neighbor with the fancy VCR to tape Moonlighting for you, and grab your boombox. In this totally choice episode, Ben and Sam travel back to 1986.
Listen to two guys from 201…
The President is new, the music is great, and the soda is OK. Alternative Rock is becoming mainstream and we recall the influential songs of a pivotal era. We also enjoy some one-hit wonders best c…
Ho ho ho! Ben and Sam put on their Santa hats, tie some jingle bells to the WAWN time machine, and fly from the 1950s through the 2010s, choosing their favorite Christmas songs from each decade. They…
Hold on to your Livestrong bracelet. We picked some semi-legal MP3s so fetch that you'll want to download them as ring tones for your Nokia phone. It's 2005! In the immortal words of Paris Hilton, "T…
Sixty years after Billboard's first Hot 100 chart, we're in a strange world of oat milk, Instagram influencers, and ubiquitous Drake. We brought in our experts on this decade, 7th graders Evie and Ma…
We cranked the time machine back to the first week of the Hot 100, to the era of hula hoops and doo-wop groups. It was a time of creative explosion with rock legends and monster hits lighting up the …
Crack open a can of Tab, slather on some suntan lotion, and listen to us on your Walkman while your kids splash unsupervised in the neighborhood pool. Or head indoors to watch your favorite MTV VJ in…
A month after 9/11, things felt... weird. America was reeling from tragedy, yet people were still living their lives, going to Tae Bo class, and listening to pop music. Ben and Sam dig in to that mus…
Put on your disco pants; it's 1978! This episode has it all: classic rock, punk, yacht-adjacent rock, and plenty of disco. You'll want to dance, strum your air guitar, and maybe play some Dungeons an…