Fifty years ago, the George Lucas film “American Graffiti,” an homage to his high school days of cruising hot rods and ’50s rock music, revved up the age of nostalgia. People had already been pining ...

How has ‘nostalgia’ changed meaning throughout history?

This essay is adapted from the Pessimists Archive podcast, a show about technology and the history of unfounded fears. Subscribe on iTunes, or listen to the full audio version. Why Donald Trump won ...

Not long after Ronald Reagan first became president, the poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron recorded a single called “‘B’ Movie” that attributed the Gipper’s appeal to various factors, but most of all ...

When you look around and realize how dangerous, complicated, and exhausting the world has gotten, you can’t help but yearn for the good old days. Life seemed much simpler and far less messy in the ...

The Touchdown Club of Annapolis is about history, tradition and nostalgia. It is also about camaraderie and community. All those characteristics were on display during Thursday night’s 63rd annual ...

Nostalgia isn’t just a warm feeling, it is a powerful marketing tool that taps into memory, emotion, and identity. The most ...