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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — What started off as just a hobby for a couple of friends after they got off of work turned into something that is reaching millions of people. Dustin Tucker and Will Walk run a podcast celebrating everything old school called Super Retro.
What You Need To Know
- Super Retro is a podcast started by friends Dustin Tucker and Will Walk that focuses on all things old school
- The podcast features gaming, music, film, music, and anything nostalgic from their childhood. along with Pop culture from the 80s, 90s and even early 2000s
- A friend recommended the duo get on Tiktok and their podcast has gone viral
“While we collected, we started to accumulate stuff to talk about. Like, we’re like, oh, that’s a toy we can talk about. Oh, there’s a movie we can talk about. Oh, there’s a game we can talk about. So. And then just everything from our childhood that might make you nostalgic, we can talk about,” explained Walk.
Both Tuck and Will, as they are known, say they didn’t care about the logistics of the podcast but just did it for their pure enjoyment of the nostalgia.
“It was just something to do. And it was fun. You know, we didn’t have a ton of engagement from people. We didn’t have a ton of followers or listeners,” said Tucker.
“We didn’t really even care. We were just doing it because it was a creative outlet to get out, do what we like to do,” Walker added.
The Super Retro Podcast has been putting out content on Instagram and other streaming platforms, but a friend recommended the duo get on Tiktok as it is changing the way podcasts are being done. Days later, after posting a couple of videos up on TikTok.
“Check it, and one of them had blown up and had like half a million views,” said Tucker.
Walk continued, “It blew up and Tuck is like, you got to get TikTok, you got to watch it. So then that’s how it started. And then, ever since then, it’s just sort of changed the way we do podcasts.”
Tucker and Walk noticed improvement across all their social media platforms, never imagining the podcast could take off in this way.
“One day I was like, dude, I think we’re TikTokers. I never in my life thought I would say those words,” said Walk.
“It’s really cool,” Tucker said. “You know, it’s the last thing that I thought would ever happen is TikTok. Just had no clue. You know, as far as I knew, it was something that the kids used.”
They are excited to share the things they loved as kids with the new generation. Walk says the podcast is fueled by their childhood collection and nostalgia.
“That’s really what we were doing, was just collecting old stuff that we thought was cool as a kid, and now we’re literally doing a podcast about it and that’s what I think people would get out of this is just that it’s never too late to start collecting cool stuff from your childhood and getting those memories back that were out of a great time in your life,” said Walk/
The pair say it’s never too late to start a passion project. They hope through the Super Retro podcast, more folks will continue to enjoy the entertainment from the past into the future.
