KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast

Last Stand Media & Studio71

Episodes 290
Avg. Duration 2h 9m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 4.9 (1,501)
Since Feb 2018
Latest Episode Apr 2026

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Weekly
Format
Episodic
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feeds.megaphone.fm

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About This Podcast

A weekly, retro-and-nostalgia-themed podcast co-hosted by brothers Colin and Dagan Moriarty. Video games, television shows, movies, books, toys, comics, and more... this podcast covers it all. New episodes post each Monday. To get every episode a week early and ad-free, as well as gain the ability to submit questions and comments to be read on the show, please consider supporting the show on Patreon: patreon.com/laststandmedia We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4  For advertising opportunities please email [email protected]    Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20Policy

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Recent Episodes

#289 | The Wizard (1989 Film)

Apr 08, 2026 3h 42m

There was something truly mystical about the NES era. Video games were resurgent, rapidly increasing their mindshare with the assistance of an excited public. In short, people were so eager to play…

#288 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 Film)

Mar 04, 2026 2h 47m

urprise! Today, Dagan and I (Colin) gather for the first time in nearly a year for a brand new episode of KnockBack, this one dedicated to the 1990 live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film.…

#287 | The Last of Us: Part II

Apr 16, 2025 7h 12m

It may only be about five years old, but The Last of Us: Part II is quite easily one of the greatest games of all-time. Thus, it not only deserves its own episode of KnockBack, but a seven-ish hour…

#286 | Final Fantasy V

Mar 19, 2025 2h 40m

In 1992, Final Fantasy V came to Super Famicom in Japan, but in the west, the seminal JRPG would remain a mystery for years. In 1999 (via PS1!) English-speaking audiences would gain access to the…

#285 | Ex Machina

Jun 12, 2024 2h 6m

When a movie invokes our obscure hometown of Brookhaven, Long Island, you know we have to give that film the proper KnockBack treatment. Dagan's been smitten with Alex Garland's 2015 directorial…

#284 | Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

May 29, 2024 1h 54m

It's been a while since we've covered a game on KnockBack, so we thought we'd return with a bang. Long-requested as a target of our show, The Lost Legacy is a peculiar 2017 release that fits…

#283 | 'Do A Kickflip!' Skateboarding with Dagan and PJ

May 01, 2024 2h 40m

PJ returns to KnockBack to talk about all things skateboarding. Long Island's favorite skate rats chop it up about Tony Hawk, Supreme, injuries, favorite tricks and the infamous 'vert button'. Learn…

#282 | Our Parents

Apr 17, 2024 3h 4m

We're settling back in from Sacred Symbols 300 live in New York City, and the experience has us (The Brothers Moriarty) feeling nostalgic, which is a good thing for our retro-and-nostalgia-themed…

#281 | 'Sega, Skateboarding and Shenanigans' The PJ WIlliams Episode

Mar 20, 2024 3h 26m

Dagan's best friend and Colin's other older brother finally arrives on the KnockBack scene to discuss skateboarding, video games, and growing up on the sometimes shady streets of Long Island. Learn…

#280 | Starship Troopers (Book + Film)

Mar 06, 2024 2h 23m

With all of the hullabaloo surrounding Arrowhead's hit PS5 and PC game Helldivers 2, we figured we'd delve into its most obvious inspiration: Starship Troopers. Most people know Starship Troopers as…

#279 | Trying (and Largely Failing) to Make a Top 10 NES Games List

Feb 28, 2024 2h 14m

For this week's KnockBack, we thought we'd do something a little bit different. A major fuel source for the origins of our podcast back in 2018 was our shared love of the NES: The hardware, its…

#278 | Jaws

Feb 07, 2024 1h 52m

1975's Jaws is a seminal work in the thriller genre, and it was somehow delivered by an overwhelmed, overworked, and over-his-head Steven Spielberg, directing only his second theatrically-released…

#277 | Our Introduction to Drinking

Jan 24, 2024 2h 11m

While we certainly neither condone nor encourage underage drinking, the reality is that both of us did plenty of it in our heyday. Indeed, drinking before you're 21 in the US is basically a rite of…

#276 | Mama Moriarty Joins the Chat

Dec 31, 2023 2h 37m

For our 'holiday' episode of KnockBack this year, we thought we'd do something special. As such, please welcome our mom to the show, BettyAnn Moriarty. The reality is this: Our mother comes up on the…

#275 | Final Fantasy IV (Redux)

Dec 17, 2023 3h 6m

For the Brothers Moriarty, Final Fantasy IV -- or Final Fantasy II, as we once knew it on SNES way back when -- is a uniquely nostalgic product. Upon its release in the west, we played the game…

#274 | A Brotherly Inquisition

Dec 03, 2023 1h 51m

For this week's episode of KnockBack, we thought we'd do things a little differently. Indeed, there's no specific topic to discuss per se. Instead, we thought we'd ask each other a few random…

#273 | Family Gatherings

Nov 19, 2023 2h 17m

While KnockBack typically revolves around the video games, films, TV shows, and so on of the past, some of the most-popular and most-requested episodes of the show over the last six-ish years relate…

#272 | RoboCop

Nov 05, 2023 1h 49m

Paul Verhoeven's 1987 dystopian sci-fi film RoboCop is considered more and more of a classic the further we get from its release year. Indeed, a lot of the ongoing revision pertaining to RoboCop has…

#271 | Avatar

Oct 22, 2023 1h 41m

Only a couple of months from when this episode of KnockBack launches, an Avatar-themed AAA game will launch from Ubisoft-owned studio Massive. And -- as you may already know -- I (Colin) am a fan of…

#270 | MTV

Oct 08, 2023 2h 14m

If you're an American gen-xer or millennial, there's a better-than-decent chance you were heavily influenced by MTV growing up. Launched in the early '80s, culturally crescendoing in the '90s, and…

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KnockBack: The Retro and Nostalgia Podcast has published 290 episodes since February 2018, covering topics in History, Leisure.

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