When are we now?
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When are we now?
"When are we now?" takes a fresh look at the chart-topping music of the past. Ben and Sam pick a random week in history, dive into the Billboard charts, and curate their own playlists - and a "nay list" - from the hit songs of yesteryear. A fun foray into music, pop culture, history, and the p...
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September 1, 2017
It's a short jaunt in the time machine this week, but we bet you'll discover some sick new beats to get your streaming library on fleek.
Join tw...
June 30, 1984
Who ya gonna call? Where's the beef? When are we now? Ghostbusters, Wendy's, and 1984!
Join Ben and Sam on a totally tubular trip in our time m...
April 19, 2003
Fire up your modem, log in to your favorite semi-legal file sharing server, and get ready to spend the next few hours downloading Ben and Sam's 2003 p...
September 13, 1975
Ben and Sam dug through the 8-track bins and found some hit songs that'll make your mood ring turn purple. It was fall of 1975: the summer of Jaws was...
Ben and Sam's Pandemic Playlists
"When are we now?" is back for a third season!
Before our fully vaccinated hosts climb into the freshly sanitized time machine for a new set of...
December 21, 1991
Hold on to your Hypercolor shirts, kids, Ben and Sam have your 1991 play lists and "nay lists!"
Enjoy this never-before-heard, previously-unrele...
Where are we now?
Road trip! In this special episode, Ben and Sam travel the continental U.S., choosing their favorite songs mentioning American cities and regions alon...
December 18, 1965
The boys and girls of 1965 were very good, because Santa delivered some terrific records: Beatles, Dylan, Motown, and much more. Whether you're a hipp...
June 24, 2000
Oops, we did it again: we made a playlist. Put on your trucker hat and aviator shades and join us in the summer of 2000. It was a simpler time, when r...
October 23, 1971
Put on your tightest hot pants, warm up the fondue pot, and get ready to boogie: It's 1971. Ben and Sam spin some records, discover some hidden gems,...
August 21, 2010
Put on your jeggings, water your Farmville crops, and TiVo the Jersey Shore marathon: It's 2010. Join the Mayors of the Billboard Music Charts (It's l...
November 1, 1986
Skip Jazzercise, ask your neighbor with the fancy VCR to tape Moonlighting for you, and grab your boombox. In this totally choice episode, Ben and Sam...
January 23, 1993
The President is new, the music is great, and the soda is OK. Alternative Rock is becoming mainstream and we recall the influential songs of a pivota...
A Christmas Gift from WAWN
Ho ho ho! Ben and Sam put on their Santa hats, tie some jingle bells to the WAWN time machine, and fly from the 1950s through the 2010s, choosing thei...
February 12, 2005
Hold on to your Livestrong bracelet. We picked some semi-legal MP3s so fetch that you'll want to download them as ring tones for your Nokia phone. It'...
August 4, 2018
Sixty years after Billboard's first Hot 100 chart, we're in a strange world of oat milk, Instagram influencers, and ubiquitous Drake. We brought in ou...
August 4, 1958
We cranked the time machine back to the first week of the Hot 100, to the era of hula hoops and doo-wop groups. It was a time of creative explosion wi...
July 23, 1983
Crack open a can of Tab, slather on some suntan lotion, and listen to us on your Walkman while your kids splash unsupervised in the neighborhood pool....
October 13, 2001
A month after 9/11, things felt... weird. America was reeling from tragedy, yet people were still living their lives, going to Tae Bo class, and liste...
July 22, 1978
Put on your disco pants; it's 1978! This episode has it all: classic rock, punk, yacht-adjacent rock, and plenty of disco. You'll want to dance, strum...
February 15, 1997
Buckle up for Spice Girls, heroin references, and blue cars with semi-functional headlights. It's 1997, and your hosts are college students listening...
January 21, 1967
The Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and some of the most important music of the 20th century. Ben and Sam weren't around in 1967, but they sur...
March 17, 2007
Plug in your Zune, update your MySpace page, and text your friends using the number pad of your phone: It's 2007, snitches! Ben and Sam were bleary-ey...
April 28, 1979
Like so many boats gliding into a sparkling marina at the end of a summer day, 1979 brought a convergence of musical genres: disco, New Wave, early hi...
October 14, 2014
This era of iPhones and pumpkin spice lattes was not long ago, but it is full of surprises. Ben finds a song he loves on the mainstream rock chart, Sa...
March 2, 1963
We turned the time machine to "extra wayback" and landed in 1963. It was a strange world where Elvis was a movie star, astrophysics was trendy, and pe...
April 16, 1988
Press "play" and "record" on your tape deck, because we made you a 1988 playlist. Ben and Sam travel to the era of big hair, synthesizers, and the Col...
August 25, 1973
Turn off the Watergate hearings, load the family into your wood-paneled station wagon, and pop us into your 8-track player as you drive to McDonalds w...
June 19, 1999
Fresh out of college, our hosts were blasting Beastie Boys in their beat-up Hondas, browsing used-record stores, and finding their way in a world full...
September 20, 1969
The moon landing, Woodstock... the summer of 1969 was a memorable one, even for people who weren't born yet. Ben and Sam explore the music charts, ask...
January 29, 2011
Ben and Sam were new dads in their mid-30s and definitely not the target audience for popular music. They dig in and search for musical gems in an unf...
May 23, 1992
Ben and Sam go back to high school and discuss MTV, hair bands, decathletes, and Ben's most disappointing album of all time.
Listen to two guys...
August 21, 1982
Ben and Sam dive into the Billboard music charts of 8/21/82, and curate their own playlists - and a "nay list" - from synth-heavy pop, the dre...