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Hosted by Steve Spears and Brad Williams, the show blends sharp takes with insider stories from the people who lived it. From ’80s music and movies to MTV culture and pop culture history, each episode goes deeper than nostalgia to uncover what made the decade unforgettable.
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Mike Hipple is the author of a new book about our decade: "80s Redux: Your Favorite Musicians Today." He joins us on this week's podcast to talk about his book and his encounters with some of the most beloved artists of our decade, including Dave Wakeling of the English Best, Cindy Wilson of the B-52s and more.
Mike is also giving away a free signed copy of his book for this week's seggie winner.
Also, always we thank our sponsors for making Stuck in the '80s happen. This week, that includes The 80s Cruise. Use the promo AUGUST for special pricing and a full year to pay it off.
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Thanks thanks for music supplied by Breakfast Club - 80s Revisited and Dark Light - 80s Revisited.
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Remember way back in ye olden days when Stuck in the '80s promised to do more shows on metal? Well, we did one. And now we're doing another. Special guest host Dave Dirt joins to show to give up the goods on three amazing metal albums that turned 30 in 2018.
Stuck in the '80s is sponsored by The 80s Cruise. Use the promo code SIT80s to get a free drink package on select cabins. And then start prepping for our Big '80s Trivia challenges, hosted by B-Rad, Spearsy and Jen with One N next year.
Stuck in the '80s is also a proud partner of Care/Of. For 25% off your first month of personalized care/of vitamins, visit takecareof.com and enter 80s.
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What's that quote from Tom Cruise in "Cocktail?" All things end badly - otherwise they wouldn't end. So how did the '80s end? With a bang or a whimper? Or was it just a overly choreographed music video from some one-hot wonder. On this week's podcast, we revisit an older episode and second-guess our picks for songs that ended the '80s.
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This week's episode is also sponsored by The 80s Cruise. Use the promo code SIT80s when you book a Veranda Stateroom or higher at the First Time Guest Price and the first two people in the cabin receive a free Classic Beverage Package (a $409 value).
End date: August 15, 2018.
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The 2019 voyage of The 80s Cruise is shaping up to be truly unique. A new ship. New theme nights. New bands, of course. And to help us all wrap our nostalgia-filled brains around it, The 80s Cruise production manager Joey Fairchild visits the podcast to give us the latest scoop.
Plus, Spearsy tries to stump Brad in LA and Jen With One N with a special cruise trivia challenge.
Special thanks to music contributions by Kenny Loggins (I'm Alright), Check Battery Daily (theme music) and Kevin MacLeod (Cold Funk - Funkorama).
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Midnight Run, probably the best road movie of the '80s, is now 30 years old. Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin gave us one of the best anti-buddy flicks of our time, so our hosts gather to honor the film - and Spearsy continues to work out issues related to "Lasangerie Girl." Plus, there's an unrelated but epic fight over ... Star Trek?!?
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We don't like to "work negative" when it comes to our love of the '80s, but this week's episode of Stuck in the '80s shines a light (and throws some ... well, you know) at movie sequels in our decade. We also name the movies for which we'd still love to see a sequel.
B-Rad and Jen With One N return to this week's show, which includes special offers from HelloFresh for ForHIMS.com.
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Listen to new music from Tom Bailey of Thompson Twins along with the latest releases from The English Beat and Tony Hadley. Plus, what to watch on TV this summer and more.
Also, we give you the latest scoop on a holiday sale at The 80s Cruise. Plus, special offers from Green Chef and ForHIMS.com.
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The 1980s didn’t suddenly begin musically at midnight on Jan. 1, 1980. Like every major cultural shift, the sounds, styles and attitudes that defined the MTV generation had been building for years — even decades — before synth-pop and new wave fully exploded into the mainstream. This week on the Stuck in the ’80s Podcast, Steve and Brad dig deep into the roots of the “’80s sound” and trace its surprising origins through underground rock, glam, punk and experimental music stretching back to the 1960s and ’70s.
The conversation begins with pioneering artists like The Velvet Underground, whose minimalist style, artistic experimentation and outsider attitude influenced countless musicians who would later shape new wave, alternative rock and synth-driven pop. Spearsy and Brad explore how artists often ignored by mainstream radio in their own time eventually became foundational influences for the MTV era.
The episode also revisits the glam-rock and art-rock explosion of the 1970s through artists like David Bowie and Roxy Music, who blurred the lines between music, fashion, performance art and identity long before MTV made visual presentation central to pop stardom. Their influence on style, synthesizers and theatricality helped create the DNA of 1980s pop culture.
Along the way, Spearsy and Brad discuss the rise of punk and new wave acts like Blondie and power-pop bands like The Knack, whose concise songwriting, attitude and modern production pointed directly toward the sound of early ’80s radio. The conversation highlights how musical revolutions rarely arrive all at once — instead growing slowly through experimentation, underground scenes and artists willing to challenge expectations.
Like many great Stuck in the ’80s music-history episodes, the discussion becomes about more than genres and timelines. It becomes a celebration of the strange, unpredictable evolution of pop culture and how generations of artists unknowingly built the foundation for the music that would eventually define the decade we love most.
If you love music history, new wave, glam rock, punk and exploring the hidden roots of the MTV era, this episode belongs in your playlist.
The Stuck in the ’80s Podcast has spent nearly 20 years celebrating the music, movies, television and pop culture of the greatest decade ever. Support the show on Patreon for bonus episodes, exclusive livestream hangouts, behind-the-scenes content and merch for longtime listeners.
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It's been 30 years since Tom Hanks first made a wish to make it "Big." We honor the anniversary of his 1988 film with clips, trivia and more.
Also this week, full seggies including Listener Mailbag, Mystery Movie Moment and Name that '80s Tune.
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Summer time in the '80s meant one thing: Beaches, booze and ... books?!? Yes, for the first time ever, Stuck in the '80s has compiled a Summer Reading List. It's full of books set in or about the '80s. Plus, we have our listener picks for great books as well.
Listen to the show to find out why we like them. But we also promised people we'd list them here as well. So here you go:
Opening music: "Read a Book" by Falco
Bonus song: "Everyday I Write the Book" by Elvis Costello
Gayle's book blog: Everyday I Write the Book Blog
Gayle's pick: "Mad World: An Oral History of New Wave Artists And Songs That Defined The 80s" by Lori Majewski and Jonathan Bernstein
Steve's pick: "World in My Eyes" by Richard Blade
Jen's pick: "Life Moves Pretty Fast: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Movies (and Why We Don't Learn Them from Movies Anymore)" by Hadley Freeman
Brad's pick: "The Speed of Sound - Breaking the Barriers Between Music and Technology" by Thomas Dolby
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