Podcasts by Year 2000 Fix

A Lifetime of Academy Awards (Part II) from 2021-04-23T06:07:12

Just in time for the 93rd Academy Awards, Jordan continues this Hollywood-themed podcast with cinephile friend, Claire.

For Part II, Jordan and Claire give the Academy credit where credit...

A Lifetime of Academy Awards (Part I) from 2021-04-21T06:03:01

With another Academy Awards Ceremony on the way, Jordan is joined by his cinephile friend, Claire, to talk about Hollywood’s biggest night! Together, they explore their first experie...

The 2003 California Recall - PART III: Arnold the President of KALLIE-FOR-NI-YA from 2021-04-11T15:35:02

The villainous plan of America’s energy pirates worked! They humiliated California Governor Gray Davis with their manufactured blackouts and made sure the Federal Government allowed them to bank...

The 2003 California Recall - PART II: Gray Davis’ Judgment Day and the Rolling Blackouts from 2021-03-25T06:12:56

The plot thickens in the story of California’s 2003 Gubernatorial Recall and ENRON has plenty to contribute! For Part II, Jordan rewinds to 2000 – the year a series of blackouts hit California. ...

The 2003 California Recall - PART I: The ENRON States of America from 2021-03-17T03:09:34

ENRON: the energy and commodities company that proves that when you have enough money, power, influence, and sheer cockiness, you’re free to destroy the career of a state’s governor and install ...

Guitar Hero & Rock Band – The Titans of Music Rhythm Games from 2021-03-03T03:15:06

In the mid-2000s, hardcore gamers and people whose knowledge of video games didn’t go beyond Pac-Man, had one thing in common: they had a GUITAR HERO controller in their living room! Or maybe, i...

The Invasion of TV Psychics from 2021-02-17T04:00

When people like John Edward, Allison Dubois, or the Long Island Medium appear on TV and expose the intimate life details of a person they never met, are they able to do so because they are "psy...

AT THE MOVIES, Roger Ebert, & the Current State of Film Criticism from 2021-02-10T05:08:11

Jordan is joined by Miles, a person who equally loves movies and the people who review them. Together, they discuss their exposure to arguably the most famous critic of all-time, Roger Ebert, an...

Steroids in Baseball - Barry Bonds, BALCO & Bud from 2021-02-03T07:13:47

Jordan is rejoined by friend, Grace, to understand the era of steroids scandals in America’s favorite sport! Together, they explore the role performance-enhancing drugs played in Major League Ba...

10 Years of Rebecca Black's “FRIDAY” / Early 2000s Nickelodeon from 2021-01-27T07:08:47

Jordan and Alyssa collectively scratch their heads as they try to understand “fellow kids”. First, they flashback to 2011 to discuss the history of Rebecca Black’s “Friday” and its relation to o...

THE ROOM and BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR - Analyzing the "So Bad, It's Good" Movie Genre from 2021-01-20T04:23:04

How can a movie reach the level of being so terrible that you actually like it, instead of attempting to permanently erase it from your memory? Jordan is rejoined by his very good friend, Alyssa...

Even More on WONDER BOYS, HIGH FIDELITY, ALMOST FAMOUS, and O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU – Part II from 2020-12-17T06:58:47

Jordan and Cody continue their deep look into WONDER BOYS, HIGH FIDELITY, ALMOST FAMOUS, and O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU-the year 2000’s best films.

To cap things off, Jordan’s music journa...

20 Years of WONDER BOYS, HIGH FIDELITY, ALMOST FAMOUS, and O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU – Part I from 2020-12-14T01:52:59

Jordan is joined by Cody to celebrate the 20-year anniversaries of WONDER BOYS, HIGH FIDELITY, ALMOST FAMOUS, and O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU, and to intensely analyze the films’ legacies. Expect ...

STAR WARS Episode II: Revenge of the Original Trilogy Purists from 2020-11-23T04:39:50

Picking up from last week, Jordan and co-host, Alyssa, continue their co...

STAR WARS Episode I: Attack of the Prequel Menace from 2020-11-18T05:27:27

When people accuse the STAR WARS prequel movies of “pandering to little kids”, no one stops to ask, “Who were those kids anyway?”

Well, those kids were Jordan and special guest, Alyssa, w...

Birth of Xbox, HALO, & the Modern American Gamer from 2020-11-11T06:35:13

Would Microsoft have become obsolete in the 21st century, had the tech giant NOT taken on Japanese video game heavyweights, Nintendo and Sony? Microsoft seemed to think they would and that’s why...

The 2004 Election from 2020-11-01T23:37:36

An inoffensive, centrist represents the Democratic Party in their fight to take down the worst Republican president in recent memory. Will the Democrat prevail in making the Republican incumbent...

Uber, Lyft, & the 21st Century Gig Economy Battlefield (Vote NO on CA Prop 22) from 2020-10-14T08:00

Vote NO on California Proposition 22. That’s the bare bones of this special 2020 election-themed episode. Prop 22's result will set a precedent for worker rights nationwide and will still be rel...

THE APPRENTICE and Donald Trump's Reality TV Rehabilitation from 2020-10-07T09:00

“Donald J. Trump is New York’s largest real estate developer whose lucrative brand made successful properties, casinos, golf courses, modeling agencies, and shuttles”…is a phrase easily disprove...

SPECIAL ENCORE EPISODE: THE O.C. Fan Retrospective from 2020-10-04T05:30:25

It was quite the challenge making the last podcast on THE O.C. enjoyable for those wh...

THE O.C.'s Pop Culture Domination from 2020-09-30T07:00

California: Here We Come! THE O.C. – the primetime soap opera created by Josh Schwartz about a troubled kid from Chino, adopted by a wealthy Newport Beach family – aired for only four seasons (2...

The 21st Century Scientology Media Powder Keg (feat. Tony Ortega) from 2020-09-23T08:00

The Church of Scientology presents itself as a humanitarian organization with the answers to life and a membership of 8 million people. 

Yet, CoS likely has less than Listen

The Final Year of Schulz & The Peanuts Gang from 2020-08-26T10:00

“Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy, how can I ever forget them…” These were the final words from PEANUTS creator Charles M. Schulz (aka “Sparky”) in his last comic strip ever. As it so happened...

Pets.Com & The 2000 Dot-Com Bubble from 2020-08-19T10:00

The Silicon Valley Tech Industry is taking over the new millennium…with a loquacious sock puppet dog? Jordan is joined by Dylan to go over Pets.com, their infamous mascot, and the Dot-Com Bubble...

The 2000 Election - Part Two from 2020-08-12T11:00

Ignominious presidential candidates, voter disenfranchisement, ignored laws, news media failure, tarnished principles of American Democracy - it all leads to the wrong guy ending up in the White...

The 2000 Election - Part One from 2020-08-06T06:32:36

In the very first episode of Year 2000 Fix, Jordan and actor-writer-poet George (@instageorgious), discuss...