SPOILER ALERT FOR THE WHOLE SHOW

Stranger Things made you nostalgic for an era you maybe never actually lived through…and now you’re questioning everything, including your curated “80s vibes” playlist. In this episode, Lauren & Joel dive into how a show full of landlines, neon-colored hangout spots, and dangerously unsupervised bike rides managed to resonate with Gen Z and Zillennial viewers. We yap about borrowed nostalgia, visual & sonic time travel, and how intentional cinematographic decisions played such a role in the feelings of comfort in this beloved series. Is Stranger Things a sincere love letter to the 80s or a brilliantly packaged retro aesthetic for the streaming age? Grab your walkie-talkie (or, you know, your phone) and join us as we debate, overanalyze, and maybe even accidentally make you nostalgic for a life you never had.

(00:00) Intro

(2:03) What Nostalgia Actually Is

(6:00) The Aesthetic Layer: Visual and Sonic Time Travel

(35:40) The Storytelling Layer: 80s Narrative DNA

(38:01) Emotional Nostalgia: Friendship and Found Family

(45:14) Cultural Recycling and the Rise of Retro

(54:28) The “Idealized Past” Effect; Nostalgia as Comfort and Trap

(1:03:43) Lightning Round

(1:38:47) We'd Love to Hear From You!

Honorable Mentions:

Leggo My Eggo!

Tim Ives Interview

Season 1, ep. 1 DnD Campaign

Becoming Vecna: A Behind the Scenes Look

Dixon & Stein Interview

Lucas getting ready for the dance

Uncle Rico is Delulu

All clips from Stranger Things are property of Netflix & the Duffer Brothers

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🎵 Intro & Outro music by Joel Purvis

🎨 Profile Logo by LeeAnna Doud

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SPOILER ALERT FOR THE WHOLE SHOW (and also Wicked: For Good, and Loki - we promise that's it)

Lauren and Joel are turning this one all the way up to Eleven—because it’s their 11th episode, and who better to celebrate than Hawkins’ own telekinetic queen? In this supercharged deep dive, they explore her backstory, stacked strengths and glaring weaknesses, plus 11 of her best moments in Stranger Things. They speculate about Eleven’s fate before an “11:11 Make-A-Wish” lightning round. Friends don’t lie, so leggo of that Eggo, grab a seat (even if it's in the nosebleeds), and tune in to Camp Know Where—brought to you by WSQK: The Squawk, broadcasting straight from the rightside up of the Upside Down.

(00:00) Intro

(3:00) Eleven’s Backstory

(6:50) Strengths & Weaknesses

(20:08) Best Eleven Moments

(36:10) Do I Believe?

(43:20) 11:11 Make A Wish (Lightning Round)

(01:09:18) We'd Love to Hear From You!

Honorable Mentions:

Season 1 Recap Rap

I Said She's A Freak!

"She broke my arm!"

El threatening Vecna

"I do not belong"

"I piggybacked from a pizza dough freezer"

"Karen with her wine"

El flips the van

El connects with Billy

"You are the monster."

"You're not going."

El attacks the Flesh Monster

"Join me"... "No."

Goodbye, Mike

Mike's Theory

All clips from Stranger Things are property of Netflix & the Duffer Brothers

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🎵 Intro & Outro music by Joel Purvis

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SPOILER ALERT FOR THE WHOLE SHOW AND FOR ALL OF HARRY POTTER

Lauren and Joel wrap their mini-series “Harry Things” with a deep dive of Nancy Wheeler & Hermione Granger. They discuss the characters’ backstories and compare & contrast Nancy & Hermione, before a lightning (scar) round. Let’s get those wheel(ers) turnin’ while we use our time turners to take us back to our favorite moments of these girl bosses!

(00:00) Intro

(1:29) Characters’ Backstories

(9:50) Parallels Between Nancy & Hermione

(15:24) Differences Between Nancy & Hermione

(32:59) Favorite Character Moments

(50:17) Lightning (Scar) Round

(72:06) We'd Love to Hear From You!

Honorable Mentions:

SNL Jennifer Coolidge- LEMONS

Jinkies!

Nancy and Jonathan Practice Shooting

Justice for Barb

Hermione Punches Draco

Nancy & Robin Crack the Case

Friends- Little Women

All clips from Stranger Things are property of Netflix & the Duffer Brothers

All clips from Harry Potter are property of Warner Bros. & J.K. Rowling

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Join us on this journey to Camp Know Where!

Send us your thoughts in an email (we just might discuss it on the show 👀): campknowwherepod@gmail.com

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🎵 Intro & Outro music by Joel Purvis

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Thank you so much for listening!