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Welcome to Everything 80s — the ultimate podcast for fans of 1980s pop culture and retro nostalgia.
Each week, we'll dive deep into the most iconic parts of the 1980s: unforgettable movies, legendary TV shows, classic toys, groundbreaking music, and the cultural moments that defined a generation.
From Back to the Future to The Breakfast Club, from Transformers and He-Man to MTV, Nintendo, and Michael Jackson — if it happened in the 80s, we're talking about it.
Whether you grew up in the 1980s or just love the retro vibe, Everything 80s is your time machine to a decade of innovation, color, and unforgettable fun. Perfect for fans of nostalgia, Gen X, and anyone who loves some good 'ol time travel...
Kids, you might not be ready for this yet--but your parents are gonna love it...
🎧 New episodes every Wednesday — hit follow and join the 1980s rewind.
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Introducing "Generation: Baby-Sitters Club"
Today, I'm sharing something exciting, an episode from Generation: Baby-Sitters Club, the new podcast from Connecticut Public. This series goes beyond nostalgia to explore this iconic book series as a cultural phenomenon in the 1980s and be
Halloween in the 1980s Vol. VII
Welcome to the Everything 80s Halloween Special! In this annual tradition, we travel back to revisit Spooky Season during the 80s, and in this episode, we look back at the defining name in Halloween costumes and why the 80s were such a nota
Britain in the 1980s: Thatcher, New Wave, and the Second British Invasion
The 1980s in Britain were one of the most turbulent but creative decades any country has produced. It started with a new Prime Minister and ended with a cultural revolution. In this episode, we look at how Margaret Thatcher's economic revol
Hot Wheels vs Matchbox: The Billion-Dollar Battle For the Toy Car Industry
They were two legendary toy car companies that were a part of growing up for millions of kids. But behind the scenes, it was a cutthroat battle for our brand allegiance. Matchbox and Hot Wheels had been fighting it out since the late 1960s,
Unsolved Mysteries: The 1980s TV Show That Terrified Us
Unsolved Mysteries was one of the scariest TV shows in the 80s, especially if you were a younger viewer... But it was also one of the most-watched shows of the decade. Its roots go back to the early 80s, and the show went through several it
10 Sports Rivalries That Defined the 1980s
It felt like a true golden age. An era that gave us multiple sports dynasties and individual athletes that seemed larger than life. The 1980s weren't just a historic era for the Big Four North American sports, but it led to some generationa
The Rise and Fall of Columbia House Record and Tape Club
It's been called the "Spotify of the 80s," and if you grew up back then, you know The Columbia House Record and Tape Club was not only your access to a vast world of music, but it also seemed too good to be true... Twelve albums for a penny
Peter Cullen: The Voice of Your Childhood
Peter Cullen was not just the iconic voice of Optimus Prime on the Transformers, but was also a part of more 1980s cartoon shows than you may realize. Today we look back at the remarkable career of the man who became one of the defining voi
Rewind: When Video Games Were Almost Banned
The early 1980s were a golden age for video games. From iconic arcade games like Space Invaders and Pac-Man to the growth of home consoles like the Atari 2600, it felt like a magical time for kids and video game lovers. But all of that almo
How Vitamins Became Candy in the 1980s
A lot of us grew up in the 1980s with Flinstone vitamins. Or you may have had one of the many other kids' chewable vitamins endorsed by cartoon characters and other famous figures. This was a time when kids' health products, vitamin supplem
The Karate Kid: Rocky for Kids
Welcome to a free preview of the Everything 80s Movie Review Podcast that you can find at Patreon.com. This is a previous episode devoted to one of the defining movies of the entire 1980s: The Karate Kid. In this episode, we do a full plot
When the World Was on the Brink of War
Unbeknownst to us at the time, the three-year stretch from 1983 to 1986 may have been among the most dangerous years in human history. Cold War tension looked to be at its peak, but how close did the world actually come to nuclear war? It m
Fox: The Launch of the Fourth Network
If you grew up watching TV in the 80s, you only knew the 'Big Three' networks: ABC, NBC, and CBS. But in 1986 came something we hadn't seen in thirty years: a legitimate fourth network. Welcome to the final episode of a three-part mini-seri
The Improbable Success of CNN in the 1980s
People in the industry said it wouldn't even last six months... but somehow, CNN, a station devoted to the unorthodox concept of 24-hour news, not only survived, but changed the face of cable TV in the 80s. This is part 2 of a three-part mi
The Rise of TBS: From UHF to Superstation
Welcome to Part 1 of a three-part miniseries that looks back on the rapidly changing world of television in the 1980s. In part one, we look back on the groundbreaking moment when Ted Turner -- via satellite -- took his local Atlanta TV stat
The Return of Halley's Comet
In 1986, Halley's Comet made its famous once-in-a-lifetime return -- and revealed just how much progress had come since its last appearance in 1910. In this episode, we look back at Halley's Comet over the previous centuries, our new world
The Magical Summer of 1986: Movies, Music, and Mall Culture
To many, the summer of 1986 may have been peak 1980s. Because of the music, neon fashion, and a rapidly changing culture, this is when the 80s may have felt the most '80s.' Today, we look back on the era-defining movies, decade-defining mus
The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
Take more than a hundred lions, tigers, and other unpredictable jungle cats, mix them in with an inexperienced movie crew, and you've got the makings for a disaster. Today, we look back on the movie Roar from 1981, a film that began with go
10 Iconic Albums From 1986 That Just Turned 40
Was 1986 one of the biggest years for music ever? If it wasn't, it sure was close, as it's the year that gave us a defining heavy metal album, two defining hip-hop albums, a pop standout, and one of the last albums from a jazz legend. But t
The Legend of Zelda: The History of the Golden Game
Before "Zelda" became a household name, it began as "Adventure Mario," a game that started out as giant sketches on long pieces of draft paper. But things quickly changed... This new video game would be nothing like Super Mario Bros. It wou
The 1980s Bubblegum Wars
VHS and Beta weren't the only ones trying to capture our loyalty in the 1980s; the same thing was happening in the world of... bubblegum. Heading into the 80s, bubblegum -- an industry that didn't even really exist five years earlier -- tur
The Hand of God Touches World Cup '86
Before the first ball was even kicked, World Cup '86 had faced a massive uphill battle. A change of venue, a struggling economy, and then a massive earthquake set to derail what was one of the most anticipated World Cups of all time. But Wo
Hockey, Mulroney & Bryan Adams: Canada in the 80s
In this episode, we look at some notable Canadian events and people from the 1980s, but this show is all about the world of pop culture. And when it comes to 1980s pop culture, Canada contributed a lot more than you may realize. From the mu
10 1980s Kids' Shows You May Have Forgotten
Not every kids' show from the 1980s could be an era-defining and long-lasting one. Some, for various reasons, just couldn't break through. But that doesn't mean they weren't any good. Today, we look back at ten live-action 1980s kids' shows
How Nickelodeon Rewrote the Rules of Kids' TV
From an experiment in the 1970s to a global phenomenon, the story of Nickelodeon is one that includes Walter Cronkite, satellites, and some simple hand puppets. But it was in the 1980s when the kids-only network really took off. With a new
The 1980s Stand-Up Comedy Boom: Part Deux
In part one, we looked at the origins of stand-up comedy and its evolution through the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Then, as we head into the 1980s, some big things happen. A strike, mainstream exposure, and the rise of comedy clubs everywhere took t
The Stand-Up Comedy Boom of the 1980s: Part One
From small, smoky nightclubs to prime time TV and Hollywood, stand-up comedy has gone through many iterations over more than a century. But it was in the 1980s when a true comedy boom took place. In part one of this two-part episode, we loo
Pac-Man Fever Takes Over the 1980s
Pac-Man was a solution to a major problem. That problem? The video game industry mainly attracted teenage males; no one else was really setting foot in arcades. Game designer Toru Iwatani believed he had created the right idea to change all
Hulk Hogan and the Rise of Hulkamania in the 80s
Before he was Hulk Hogan, he was Terry Gene Bollea. And before Hulkamania ran wild in the 1980s, he was carefully crafting the character that would not only change the world of professional wrestling but also break through into mainstream p
WrestleMania 3: The Biggest Event in Wrestling History (or Was It...?)
It was billed as the biggest event and the biggest matchup in the history of professional wrestling. Held at the Pontiac Silverdome, WrestleMania 3 not only became historic from a wrestling perspective, but also set a new world indoor atten
