Kate Steinberg, Erin Miller, Nicole Story Dent to Launch ‘You Had 2 Be There’ Nostalgia Podcast Reveling in ’90s and 2000s Pop-Culture Moments
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- You Had 2 Be There will premiere on June 18 across all major platforms, featuring three millennial influencers discussing 90s and 2000s pop culture.
- Kate Steinberg, Erin Miller, and Nicole Story Dent collectively have more than 14 million followers on TikTok and Instagram, and they are using the podcast to extend their community into a longer audio format.
- SickBird Productions, a female‑led creative studio founded by Jade Watson, is producing the series, with Diona DaCosta as executive producer and Kayla Forman and Rachel Derbyshire as producers.
- Steinberg describes herself as the “Nostalgia Queen” and plans to unpack “core memories” and “the everyday chaos of millennial life” on the show.
- Miller says the podcast will let them share “hot takes” and humor while exploring “weird parts of being a millennial”.
- Dent emphasizes that the podcast aims to feel like “the group chat you never want to leave,” allowing listeners to “hang out with friends” and relive moments that shaped them.
Why it matters: The launch gives Steinberg, Miller and Dent a longer‑form audio channel to monetize and deepen their combined 14 million‑plus follower base, while listeners gain a group‑chat‑style show that revisits ’90s‑2000s pop culture. It expands the creators’ reach beyond TikTok and Instagram into podcasting.
