From Trapper Keepers to AI: How Times Have Changed

Back to school, mixtapes & memories — what started as a conversation about the beginning of another school year quickly turned into a trip down memory lane. In this episode of Our View From the Porch, Doug and Kelly look back at the excitement of new school supplies, Trapper Keepers, notebooks, and fresh starts, and compare it to what school looks like today with laptops, technology, and AI. Of course, as usually happens when the two of us start talking, we don’t exactly stay on topic. Before we know it, we’re talking about cassette tapes, making mixtapes, fixing a tape with a pencil, old telephones, DVD players, Columbia House, 8mm film, home movies and family photographs. The conversation eventually turns to something a little deeper: the memories attached to all that old stuff. Doug shares his love of preserving old films and family history through Doug’s Vintage Films, and we talk about why an old photograph, home movie, or forgotten roll of film can mean so much years later. It’s a little nostalgia, a little technology, a few rabbit holes, and a lot of memories about how much life has changed. So grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair, and join us for another conversation from Our View From the Porch. Music By: Epidemic Sound Just Do It (Instrumental Version) - Houses On The Hill Our View From the Porch is a Common Thread Media production. #OurViewFromThePorch #GenX #80sNostalgia #BackToSchool #Mixtapes #CassetteTapes #TrapperKeeper #RememberWhen #ThenAndNow #FamilyMemories #CommonThreadMedia