We're closing out another year at The Weirdest Thing Podcast, so Scotty and Amelia are here with a look back at some of their most significant pop-cultural events of 2025. There are TV shows like "Dying for Sex" (Hulu) and "Death By Lightning" (Netflix), movies like "28 Years Later" and "Wicked Part 2," ruminations on Leonardo DiCaprio's squinty face, new possibilities for superhero movies, and more!

Note: Scotty and Amelia recorded this episode before the tragic death of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. They will return after the New Year with a tribute to the legendary filmmaker and activist.

On this (admittedly beefy) Pocket Size episode, Amelia and Scotty present a bit of a companion piece to their earlier "Teenage Hijinks!" episode with another entry in their ongoing series about Movies They Just Don't Make Anymore, by looking at the uniquely 80s subgenre of "Kids on Adventures!" flicks.

To that end, they consider three specific entries: 1985's "Goonies" (directed by Richard Donner), 1987's "Monster Squad" (directed by Fred Dekker), and -- perhaps the greatest of them all -- 1986's "Stand By Me" (directed by Rob Reiner). And, of course, no discussion of this particular grouping of movies would be complete without a few words on Steven Spielberg's 1982 classic "E.T.: The Extraterrestrial."