Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - Introducing: Look Back At It

Episode Date: May 2, 2026

Each week, Sam and Alex will hop in their time machine and spend time in the past in hopes of understanding the chaos that is sure to be our future. From pop culture to political news to scientific markers and medical breakthroughs, they and a guest will hold up a mirror to society and ask ourselves, “Did we really learn anything, or did we just become dumber?” Listen here and subscribe to Look Back At It on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you remember when Diana Ross double-tapped Little Kim's boobs at the VMAs? Or when Kanye said that George Bush didn't like black people. What about when Carlton got that gun after he and Will got robbed? Or when High Sea discontinued the efto cooler flavor. I know what you're thinking. What the hell does George Bush got to do a little Kim? Well, you can find out on the Look Back at it podcast. I'm Sam Jay.

And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a here, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it. with our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors. We turned to some of our favorite people and ask, who were you back then? And how did the past shape the world as we know it today? Like Mark Lamont Hill on the crack-filled 80s.

To be clear, 84 was big to me, not just because of crack. I'm down to talk about crack all day, but literally. We also have AIDS on the table right now. 84 was a wild. It was a wild year. It's so. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Really? Yeah. For me, it's one of the most important years for black people in American history.

Or Sydney Washington on 2001. Are you figuring out you're gay or you're not gay at all? No, I'm not gay at all. Me either. That is a heterosexual lady. I'm not gay at all in 2001 either. Or Larry Wilmore schooling us on the year 1979. History not only repeats itself, it turns into mystery before it comes back and becomes history once again. Boom. That was dope.

That just blew my wig back. We're running back the hands of time together, y'all, to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting... Hold up, hold up. So we're doing the real world line now. Not you dating yourself. That's the point, Alex. We're looking back at it and everything else too.

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