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  • 19. Hair Metal (Part 1)

    19. Hair Metal (Part 1)
    Dec 5 2025
    It’s the sound, and the look, that makes you instantly think: 1980s. It’s power ballads all the way down, because today we’re starting our look back at Hair Metal.

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    22 min
  • 18. The 1983 Invasion Of Grenada

    18. The 1983 Invasion Of Grenada
    Dec 3 2025
    The 1983 invasion of the tiny Caribbean nation of Grenada was the first major combat operation for the US military after the end of the Vietnam war.

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    45 min
  • 17. New Jack Swing

    17. New Jack Swing
    Dec 1 2025
    As the 80s turning into the 90s, one sound of young America was Grunge. The other was New Jack Swing. Did New Jack Swing help inspire Pharrell, Bruno Mars, and... KPop?

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    33 min
  • 16. Phil Hartman Part 2

    16. Phil Hartman Part 2
    Nov 24 2025
    The second half of Phil Hartman's career. Leaving SNL. NewsRadio. The tragic murder-suicide that ended his life. And what might have been...

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    31 min
  • 15. Phil Hartman Part 1

    15. Phil Hartman Part 1
    Nov 21 2025
    You might know him from... but did you know he had a flourishing career before comedy designing 70's album covers? Did you know that he co-wrote the movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure? How did he become "the glue" at Saturday Night Live, but also, the guy everyone wanted to write for on The Simpsons? This is the first part of the Phil Hartman story.

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    28 min
  • 14. Why The 80s Looked Like That: The Memphis Group

    14. Why The 80s Looked Like That: The Memphis Group
    Nov 20 2025
    Why did the 1980s look like the 1980s? Nickelodeon, Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Miami Vice, Saved By The Bell? I'll tell you why: The Memphis Group was a short-lived but highly influential Italian design and architecture collective, founded by Ettore Sottsass in 1980. They radically challenged the era's prevailing minimalism and functionalism by creating postmodern furniture and objects with bold colors, geometric shapes, and playful, clashing patterns. THIS IS why the 1980s looked the way it did.

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    27 min
  • 13. The 1982 Tylenol Murders

    13. The 1982 Tylenol Murders
    Nov 19 2025
    It's one of the biggest, unsolved mass-murder/serial killings of the 1980s. It changed how every product you buy appears in a store. It changed how crisis management happens. The 1982 Tylenol murders/poisonings is one of the craziest/most tragic stories of the 1980s.

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    31 min
  • 12. Total Request Live

    12. Total Request Live
    Nov 18 2025
    This episode explores how MTV's Total Request Live changed the evolution of teen culture in media, how engagement with fans and the impact of social media have transformed entertainment for young audiences. The dynamic interaction between producers and fans and artists, laid the groundwork not only for reality television, but for social media.

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    26 min