Y2K FM https://www.y2k.fm Welcome to Y2K FM, the ultimate throwback podcast where one woman dives deep into the late ’90s and early 2000s. From dial-up internet to flip phones this channel is your personal time machine back to the era that shaped a generation. New episodes drop monthly. Subscribe and relive the days before YouTube existed. Learn about how things were in the late 90’s // early 2000’s from a first hand perspective. Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:45:46 -0500 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en us Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Society & Culture:Personal Journals 1440 episodic Melinda Wyers Melinda Wyers No false https://www.y2k.fm/feed.xml https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20865023/showcover1.jpg Y2K FM https://www.y2k.fm 144 144 The Collectible Card Game Boom The Collectible Card Game Boom https://www.y2k.fm/e/the-collectible-card-game-boom/ https://www.y2k.fm/e/the-collectible-card-game-boom/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:45:46 -0500 y2kfm.podbean.com/83f09e7d-c5f3-315f-ab33-1c3bc4bf3bdc Sorry for the delay on this one, I've had major allergies and my voice has finally come back. 

 

Grab your sleeves and starter decks, it's time to talk about the great Collectible Card Game Boom of the late 90's and early 2000's. I go on for half an hour about Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yugioh, DBZ CCG, The X-Files Card Game, and a few others. 

 

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Grab your sleeves and starter decks, it's time to talk about the great Collectible Card Game Boom of the late 90's and early 2000's. I go on for half an hour about Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, Yugioh, DBZ CCG, The X-Files Card Game, and a few others. 

 

]]> Melinda Wyers false No 1991 5 full Flash Player Flash Player https://www.y2k.fm/e/flash-player/ https://www.y2k.fm/e/flash-player/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:22:30 -0500 y2kfm.podbean.com/b0ce9571-c215-3030-b2a4-3d565f6368bc Welcome to the episode about Macromedia/Adobe Flash. Come learn about how the internet worked before streaming. 

 

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]]> Welcome to the episode about Macromedia/Adobe Flash. Come learn about how the internet worked before streaming. Melinda Wyers false No 816 4 full Stealing Music on The Internet Stealing Music on The Internet https://www.y2k.fm/e/stealing-music-on-the-internet/ https://www.y2k.fm/e/stealing-music-on-the-internet/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2025 01:01:00 -0500 y2kfm.podbean.com/55026a46-3aad-312f-ab5e-e50c13facb88 Learn about the history of Peer to Peer file sharing. Before Spotify there was Napster, KaZaA, Limewire, and BitTorrent. Find out how people in the early 2000's filled their new iPods with sketchy mp3 files downloaded from random computers. 

 

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Support the show at Y2K.FM

]]> Melinda Wyers false No 931 3 full College Without A Laptop College Without A Laptop https://www.y2k.fm/e/college-without-a-laptop/ https://www.y2k.fm/e/college-without-a-laptop/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:14:00 -0500 y2kfm.podbean.com/bcae230e-ca0f-3e33-9a97-b6d6b9131cec A laptop computer is nearly essential for work and school these days. That wasn't the case in 2002. They were expensive, loud, and not widespread in the classroom. 

 

Pull out your Scantrons and dust off your spiral notebooks. In this episode find out what it was like to be in college without a laptop. 

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Pull out your Scantrons and dust off your spiral notebooks. In this episode find out what it was like to be in college without a laptop. 

]]> A laptop computer is nearly essential for work and school these days. That wasn’t the case in 2002. They were expensive, loud, and not widespread in the classroom.  Pull out your Scantrons and dust off your spiral notebooks. In this episode find out what it was like to be in college without a laptop. Melinda Wyers false No 763 2 full When the Internet Was Slow When the Internet Was Slow https://www.y2k.fm/e/when-the-internet-was-slow/ https://www.y2k.fm/e/when-the-internet-was-slow/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2025 15:43:19 -0500 y2kfm.podbean.com/3867e424-f038-3806-b2f7-148e9e7f5509 The internet in the late 90's was vastly different than the internet today. Let's take a look at how we connected before we were always connected. In this episode: chat rooms, instant messages, and download speeds that you had to witness to believe. 

]]> The internet in the late 90's was vastly different than the internet today. Let's take a look at how we connected before we were always connected. In this episode: chat rooms, instant messages, and download speeds that you had to witness to believe. 

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