Back to the Future (1985)
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
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🎙️ SYSK Episodes
#102825
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Masterpiece
"Among the likes of Jaws, Exorcists, Young Frankenstein, and Back to the Future, in Annie Hall."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions Back to the Future as one of Tarantino's perfect movies.
Oct 28, 2025
#081524
The Cher Episode
"he was the original Marty McFly in Back to the Future, did you know that?"
— Josh
Josh mentions Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly before Michael J. Fox took over.
Aug 15, 2024
#042324
The Power of the Wind
"should make Doc Brown shake in his whatever shoes he wore"
— Chuck
Apr 23, 2024
#021724
Selects: Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't
"That's like when they debuted that back to the future ride years ago."
— Chuck
Chuck compares the Soarin' ride at Epcot to the old Back to the Future ride experience.
Feb 17, 2024
#111823
Selects: E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?
"Ernest Klein, who wrote the book Ready Player One, he showed up in his Back to the Future Delorean."
— Josh
Reference to the iconic Delorean car from Back to the Future that someone drove to the excavation event.
Nov 18, 2023
#110423
Selects: Are Election Laws Designed to Suppress Voting?
"and back to the future part one, and back to the future part two, which was the very famous sequel"
— Chuck
Referenced in a fan theory that connects Back to the Future Part II with To Kill a Mockingbird's courthouse setting.
Nov 4, 2023
#030423
Selects: Live From San Francisco: How Malls Work
"And maybe one of the most famous mall parking lots of all time. The twin Pines mall from back to the future."
— Chuck
Discussing iconic mall locations featured in famous films.
Mar 4, 2023
#022823
The Awe-Inspiring, Absolutely Crucial Amazon
"i'm gonna call this another delorean email um love the delorean app"
— Josh
Josh reads listener emails about DeLorean ownership, the car famously featured in Back to the Future.
Feb 28, 2023
#012423
Let's Talk About John DeLorean
"And of course, back to the future, like he was just someone I was fascinated with"
— Josh
Josh mentions Back to the Future in relation to his childhood fascination with John DeLorean and the DeLorean car.
Jan 24, 2023
#082621
Les Paul & Leo Fender Part II
"It's like Marty McFly getting blown across the room in Doc lamp sort of is."
— Chuck
Chuck uses Marty McFly's experience being blown by an amplifier in Back to the Future as a comparison to Leo Fender's ear injury from Dick Dale's amplifier.
Aug 26, 2021
#071021
Selects: How Historic Districts Work
"Save the clock tower. It's good. You like that? I wasn't reading this article thinking Back to the Future."
— Josh
Josh references the famous clock tower scene from Back to the Future when discussing historic landmarks and preservation.
Jul 10, 2021
#031321
Selects: Please Listen to How Plasma Waste Convertors Work
"Back to the Future. Right? Right. When you start feeding that, it starts to produce energy."
— Chuck
Referenced as a comparison when discussing feeding garbage into a plasma waste converter and the immediate energy production that results.
Mar 13, 2021
#010921
Selects: How Skateboarding Works
"if you've seen the movie Back to the Future, when Marty and White Fly rips the little milk crate off the front of the homemade wooden scooter."
— Josh
Used as an example of the origins of skateboards, referencing the milk crate scooter scene.
Jan 9, 2021
#020120
SYSK Selects: How Maglev Trains Work
"What is it, like 88 miles per hour? That's back to the future."
— Chuck
Chuck references the famous speed requirement from Back to the Future when discussing the speed needed for Japanese maglev trains to begin levitating.
Feb 1, 2020
#102419
How Historic Districts Work
"Save the clock tower. It just popped into my head."
— Josh
Josh spontaneously references the iconic Back to the Future phrase when discussing historic landmarks and preservation.
Oct 24, 2019
#101919
SYSK Selects: The 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980s
"I was continuing with the Back to the Future references. What was too darn loud?"
— Josh
Josh references the Back to the Future movie, specifically the scene where Huey Lewis auditioned for the film.
Oct 19, 2019
#062219
SYSK Selects: How the Donner Party Worked
"We all heard you guys go get into the Wayback machine, but I think only few of us realized that you never came out."
A listener made a humorous reference comparing the hosts to characters trapped in a time machine, referencing the Wayback Machine and flux capacitor from Back to the Future.
Jun 22, 2019
#032019
Short Stuff: The Sandman
"Marty goes back to 1955, and I believe it's one of the first songs he hears when he goes into Hill Valley."
— Josh
Explaining another famous use of 'Mr. Sandman' in a movie.
Mar 20, 2019
#122018
E.T.: Is It Really the Worst Video Game of All Time?
"Ernest Klein, who wrote the book Ready Player One, he showed up in his Back to the Future Delorean"
— Chuck
Ernest Cline showed up to the E.T. cartridge excavation event in a DeLorean car from Back to the Future.
Dec 20, 2018
#121818
Geodesic Domes: The Wave of the Future That Wasn't
"when they debuted that back to the future ride years ago"
— Chuck
Chuck references the Back to the Future ride at theme parks when discussing immersive rides with hydraulics and movie screens.
Dec 18, 2018
#020917
Live from San Francisco: How Malls Work
"The Twin Pines Mall from Back to the Future. Which was actually the Puente Hills Mall."
— Chuck
Discussing the famous parking lot location from Back to the Future that was filmed at Puente Hills Mall.
Feb 9, 2017
#010516
The "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s
"I was continuing with the Back to the Future references. What was too darn loud?"
— Josh
Josh references Back to the Future when discussing Huey Lewis and the News auditioning for the film.
Jan 5, 2016
#102015
Please Listen to How Plasma Waste Converters Work
"Like back to the future."
— Josh
Josh compared the self-powering aspect of plasma facilities to the movie's time machine.
Oct 20, 2015
#050614
How Gypsies Work
"About 25% are money making ploys like the old Back to the Future, bringing the sports almanac"
Referenced in listener mail as an example of time travel scenarios where people would go back in time to make money.
May 6, 2014
#031114
How Skateboarding Works
"if you've seen the movie Back to the Future when Marty McFly rips the little milk crate off the front"
— Josh
Josh references the movie when explaining the origins of skateboards and how they evolved from homemade wooden scooters.
Mar 11, 2014
#120513
How Maglev Trains Work
"Like 88 miles per hour? That's back to the future."
— Josh
Josh referenced Back to the Future when discussing the speed needed for maglev trains to begin floating.
Dec 5, 2013
#020513
How Garbage-powered Cars Could Work
"this article starts off with a little back to the future reference"
— Josh
The article about garbage-powered cars references Mr. Fusion from Back to the Future as an example of fictional garbage-to-fuel technology.
Feb 5, 2013
#072612
How Time Travel Works (Live at SD Comic-Con)
"Probably the best demonstration of a consistent causal loop is found in the film Back to the Future"
A guest named Brian uses the movie as an example to explain consistent causal loops and time travel paradoxes.
Jul 26, 2012
#021412
How Zero Works
"Lit up like a flux capacitor"
— Josh
Josh uses the flux capacitor reference when describing their time machine lighting up.
Feb 14, 2012
#080411
Ethnobotany: How to Get Drugs from Plants
"This would have been a much better way to start out the future of the internet one, huh?"
— Josh
Josh made a reference to Back to the Future when discussing starting out with the internet episode topic.
Aug 4, 2011
#110509
How Product Placement Works
"Back to the future. The DeLorean was prominently featured obviously"
— Josh
Example of car product placement, though noted as tongue-in-cheek since DeLorean had already failed.
Nov 5, 2009
#102909
The Real How Jack the Ripper Worked
"Right, Doc Brown says that we could not prevent the crime"
— Chuck
Chuck references Doc Brown when explaining they can't prevent historical events from happening while time traveling.
Oct 29, 2009
#082509
How easy is it to steal a nuclear bomb?
"you've seen the 1985 Robert Zemeckis classic Back to the Future"
— Josh
Referenced as an example of a movie where terrorists wanted plutonium to make nuclear weapons.
Aug 25, 2009
Cast
Michael J. Fox
Marty McFly
Christopher Lloyd
Emmett Brown
Crispin Glover
George McFly
Lea Thompson
Lorraine Baines
Claudia Wells
Jennifer Parker
Thomas F. Wilson
Biff Tannen
Marc McClure
Dave McFly
Wendie Jo Sperber
Linda McFly
George DiCenzo
Sam Baines
Frances Lee McCain
Stella Baines
James Tolkan
Mr. Strickland
J.J. Cohen
Skinhead
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