• Why are we so nostalgic for Y2K?

  • Feb 28 2025
  • Length: 33 mins
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Why are we so nostalgic for Y2K?

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  • Lately, we’re feeling nostalgic for the Y2K era. The glitter-slathered techno-optimism of the millennial moment continues to shape our darker present.

    Our guest, author Colette Shade, has written a 2000s nostalgia fest. Y2K: How the 2000’s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never Was) is a memoir and a cultural critique of an optimistic era that ended with a financial crash. She joins the show to talk about the end of history, inflatable furniture and chatroom usernames.

    Also, Vass and Katrina wear butterfly clips and Ugg boots in the snow.

    Subscribe to the Lately newsletter, where the Globe’s online culture reporter Samantha Edwards unpacks more of the latest in business and technology.

    Find the transcript of today’s episode here.

    We’d love to hear from you. Send your comments, questions or ideas to lately@globeandmail.com.
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