Season 1

June 8, 2023

03. Howard Dean with Heath Eiden

During the summer and fall of '03, leading up to the 2004 presidential race, there was one candidate who emerged as the unlikely frontrunner: Vermont governor Howard Dean. Dean is remembered today for an unfortunate audio gaf...

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June 1, 2023

01. It's Raining Teens with Aliza Kelly

July 2003. Vanity Fair releases an issue with ten shimmery starlets on its cover and declares "It's Totally Raining Teens!" Inside, 28 of Hollywood's youngest up and comers are each given a pop quiz, subjected to the gaze of ...

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June 1, 2023

02. Pirates of the Caribbean with RJ Aguiar

Helen and guest RJ Aguiar discuss one of the most influential films from the early 2000s: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. But Jack Sparrow wasn't the only pirate who made headlines in 2003. NOTE: Discu...

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May 29, 2023

Class of '03 Trailer

Welcome to the Class of '03 Podcast, a show about the year 2003 and the ways it still affects us today, 20 years later. Each week on the show, we discuss one or more subjects from that year — anything from politics to pop cul...

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