The Importance of Being Bored and Nostalgia In The Target Toothpaste Aisle

The Importance of Being Bored and Nostalgia In The Target Toothpaste Aisle

June 15, 2026 · 57 min · Season 7 · Episode 23

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The episode explores nostalgia and various topics stemming from a trip to Target.

Send us Fan Mail This week on Super Familiar with the Wilsons, a quick Target trip spirals into a Gen X nostalgia summit, we uncover a child sized fashion manifesto and discuss sleep accessories forehead dents. Along the way, birthday-party battlefield tactics, accidental hometown reunions, the strange power of sports fandom. Plus: antique mall treasure hunting, British pub curiosities, listener mail from around the world, and a reminder that screens may be the solution to many modern p...

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Places: Target, antique mall, British pub

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