Quantum Week: Movies & Music From The Past

A pop culture nostalgia podcast where we talk about the hit song and movie from a random week in a random year.

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BRAVE THE NEW WORLD: MARCH 26, 2026
Western Hemisphere Wars

- Operation Total Extermination
- Operation Southern Spear
- Operation Epic Fury
- Operation Absolute Resolve
- Shield of the Americas
- The Donroe Doctrine

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Quantum Week is LIVE today at 1pm! We're heading to 2002 to talk PT Anderson and Missy Elliott.

🎬 Punch Drunk Love |🎵 Work It
1pm ET right here

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Quantum Week full episode where we leap into Jan 7-13, 2001.

Movie: Traffic, Song: Ms. Jackson by Outkast

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Quantum Week: Total Recall & Jealous Again, The Week of June 3-9, 1991 https://t.co/7fxJiBEXx6

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Movie: 3:10 To Yuma / Song: Stronger / The Week of Sept 2-8, 2007 https://t.co/sCbH9p9dde

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Movie: Insomnia, Song: The Middle, The Week of May 20-26, 2001 https://t.co/C1zFf8PxIv

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Steven Spielberg through the Years

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Quentin Tarantino Through The Years

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Start the conversation right.

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Radiohead was first known as "On A Friday".

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What are friends for?

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On This Day in Movie History

August 15 1986: The Fly was released. The film was based on George Langelaan's short story of the same name and later became a cult classic. This is Jeff Goldblum at his finest.

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On This Day in Movie Culture History

August 13 2021: Free Guy was released. Free Guy was one of the highest-grossing movies of the year, earning $300 million.

It was the only movie not part of an existing franchise in the top 10.

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On This Day in Music History

August 11 1984: Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, staying there for 3 weeks.

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A beacon.

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Did George Clooney really sing his bits in O Brother Where Art Thou? He did not! But his co-star Tim Nelson Blake sang his bit for "In The Jailhouse Now".

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On This Day in Pop Culture History

August 9 1930: Betty Boop makes her first appearance on screen in the black and white cartoon, Dizzy Dishes. She's the very first fully human and fully female character to be animated.

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On This Day in Pop Culture History

August 9 1985: Anna Kendrick was born. At the age of 12, she became a Tony-nominated actress for her role in the musical "High Society".

In 2009, Kendrick was nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role in "Up In The Air".

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Everyone can change.

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On This Day in Pop Culture History

August 8 1969: The iconic album cover for Abbey Road was taken.