Stay ConnectedThe longest-running ’80s podcast—featuring interviews with music legends, movie stars, and MTV icons. Deep dives, debates, and Gen X nostalgia every week.
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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Our hosts go dark this holiday season with their top 5 favorite "dark" holiday movies. Plus the darkest PPTMN ever!
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Thirty years ago, pop culture faced its biggest crisis to date. Three decades later, we tell the tale.
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Time to revisit one of our favorite holiday podcasts from 2006 while still giving you fresh seggies!
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No political parties. No campaign signs. Only winners in this special "Reunification" show where we aim to find common ground for '80s Nation. BONUS LINK: Here's a YouTube playlist with all the music from this show
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The gang honors three more albums that they connected with in 1986, including gems from XTC, Queen and the Smithereens. Plus full seggies.
BONUS LINK: Here's a Spotify playlist with the albums we discuss!
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No, we haven't been meditating all month - just wrestling with a crocodile of a technical problem. But we're BAAAACK with a quick look at this week's '80s news! Join Steve, Brad, and guest host Jen to hear what solutions we can provide to your paltry costume-related dilemmas, and to find out how much mad cash the boys in Spinal Tap have made in royalties.
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Dane Butcher, the master of ceremonies onboard The '80s Cruise, joins us to talk about the 2016 trip and to give us the scoop on the 2017 voyage. Plus, full seggies and a new finale idea.
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Lots of time to record, so little news to talk about. Wait. Strike that. Reverse it.
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Long before musicians were discovered on TikTok, there was another surefire way to reach America's teenagers:
Go to the mall.
That's exactly what Tiffany did.
In this classic Stuck in the ’80s interview, we talk with Tiffany Darwish about her remarkable rise from shopping-mall performer to one of the biggest teen pop stars of the late ’80s.
Tiffany was only 15 when her self-titled debut album arrived in 1987. But getting radio stations to pay attention to an unknown teenage singer wasn't easy.
The solution was the “Beautiful You: Celebrating the Good Life Shopping Mall Tour '87.”
Tiffany performed at malls across America, bringing her music directly to the teenagers who were already spending most of their free time there.
It worked.
Her cover of “I Think We're Alone Now” exploded, reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and giving Tiffany one of the defining pop hits of 1987.
Then she did it again.
The ballad “Could've Been” also reached No. 1, proving Tiffany wasn't going to disappear after one hit. Her debut album topped the charts as well, while a cover of The Beatles' “I Saw Him Standing There” — retitled “I Saw Her Standing There” — gave her another Top 10 single.
Suddenly, Tiffany wasn't performing for surprised shoppers passing the food court.
She was a genuine pop star.
And she was still a teenager.
The fame came remarkably quickly, bringing all the opportunities — and pressures — that accompanied being one of the most recognizable young singers in America.
In our Tiffany interview, she looks back on those extraordinary years, the mall tour that became part of ’80s pop-culture history and the songs that fans still want to hear decades later.
Her career also offers a perfect snapshot of late-’80s teen pop, when Tiffany and Debbie Gibson demonstrated that teenage performers could dominate radio, MTV and the album charts alongside the decade's biggest established stars.
And “I Think We're Alone Now” has never really gone away.
Play those opening notes at an ’80s party and watch what happens.
Chances are, we're not alone now.
Not even close.
Want to spend a week surrounded by ’80s music, stars and fellow fans? Join Stuck in the ’80s aboard The ’80s Cruise for trivia, live events, podcasts and plenty of other decade-inspired fun.
Use promo code STUCK when booking to receive $250 in onboard credit.
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We discover four more '80s classics that weren't originally from the '80s. Plus the craziest podcast time machine letter to date. Guest hosts include Just Drew and Gayle in DC.
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