What You Missed When You Didn't Exist

Corbett (age 54) and Lucy (age 24) discuss events in pop culture, history, and anything that happened between 1971 and 2001.

Podcasting since 2023 • 65 episodes

What You Missed When You Didn't Exist

Latest Episodes

China's One Child Policy

Lucy and Corbett Talk about the China One Child Policy. Like a lot of things that happened in the past, it is crazy and has all the twists and turns you would hope for. To have kids, or not to have kids, that is the question, at lea...

August 15, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 15 • 19:05

Principal Joe Clark

Lucy and Corbett are talking about the most famous or infamous Principal of the 80's, Joe Clark. "They used to call be Crazy Joe, well now they can call me Batman!" does seem to be the theme for the show. They talk about the f...

July 31, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 14 • 19:10

Pagers

Lucy and Corbett are talking about the telecommunications miracle that is the pager. Obviously, everyone has one and knows what they are, so no further discussion is needed... or it is a weird box that allows you to sell drugs? Yeah...

July 14, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 13 • 27:12

Heaven's Gate

Lucy and Corbett talk about the Heaven's Gate cult and where it all ended back in the 90's. Lots of cult talk, so if you are looking for advise on joining a cult, we don't have a lot to tell you, but plenty on the other side of that discu...

June 30, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 12 • 16:16

Happy Days

What days are worth living, if they are not all happy days? Lucy and Corbett get to talk about the The Happy Days television show and a little bit of what the impact it had on TV. We will certainly all remember where we were when th...

June 15, 2026 • Season 3 • Episode 11 • 22:57

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this podcast is fantastic. Binge listening, (dad 57, with daughter 30) keep up the fun and intelligent discussion.

Ft Wash, Pennsylvania