The Grit City Podcast
The Premier Business, Community, Entertainment, and Nightlife Podcast. Hosted from The Grit City - Tacoma, Washington! Located in the heart of the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
Displaying all 2 Episode of The Grit City Podcast with the tag “mtv”.
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GCP: Saturday Night Grit - Star Trek Secrets, the MTV Era, and the Mystery of Comet Atlas
January 9th, 2026 | 56 mins 4 secs
comet a/i, comet atlas, desilu studios, elko, ely, floating ice bar, gene roddenberry, headbangers ball, ice fishing, idiocracy movie, interstellar objects., lucille ball, minnesota life, mtv, mtv history, mtv's remote control, music videos, nevada geography, star trek history
Kick off 2026 with Jeff, Scott, and Mike on this episode of Saturday Night Grit. The crew dives into the "non-gravitational acceleration" of Comet A/I (Atlas), the golden age and eventual decline of MTV, and the wild history of Star Trek—from Gene Roddenberry’s complicated legacy to how Lucille Ball personally saved the franchise. Plus, a look at floating ice bars in the Midwest, the dangers of driving on frozen lakes, and a debate on why Americans don't travel enough.
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GCP: New Year's Eve - Chit Chat Edition
January 5th, 2026 | 1 hr 36 mins
90s mtv dating shows, ai, ai test kitchen, amazon polly, artificial intelligence in podcasting, aws, ball drop, big ben, caffine, carmen electra, carson daly, cbd pouches, chatgpt, dick clark, dinner theater, eastbound & down, epstein files, epstein files (redacted), fallout (tv series), google, grinds, grinds coffee pouches, hank azaria, how different countries celebrate new year’s, jenny mccarthy, llms, lucid dreaming, minnesota, movies, mtv, new years eve, new year’s eve chit chat edition, nicotine, nicotine gum, notebooklm, nye, paranormal theories, parenting tips for new year’s eve, pee-wee’s playhouse, rick moranis, robotics, schitt's creek, streaming new year’s countdowns, teatro zinzanni, the history of nicotine pouches, the righteous gemstones, the secret lives of mormon wives, times square, walton goggins, washington, why people make new year’s resolutions, zyn
Ring in 2026 with the Grit City crew! In this laid-back "Chit Chat" edition, Jeff, Scott, and Mike navigate the confusing world of live New Year's countdowns across the globe. From the technical glitches of YouTube streaming to deep dives into 90s dating shows and the future of AI, this episode is a nostalgic and futuristic romp through the final hours of 2025.