Dancing with Myself: an 80s podcast

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Dancing with Myself is a totally rad podcast devoted to the gnarliest decade of excess: the 1980s. Each week your host Heather will like totally walk you through great moments from history to pop culture. Throw on your leg warmers & let's party 'til we puke! Episodes release Monday, Wednesday and Friday!

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    • Feb 9, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 16 EPISODES


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    DWM16: Vietnam Wall, Post Punk Era and Mike Tyson

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 5:46


    Episode 16 of Dancing with Myself checks out the history of the Vietnam Wall, the post punk era of music and Mike Tyson who had the world of boxing quaking in the 80s.

    DWM15: Prom Looks, Weird Al and Halloween Scare

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 5:41


    Dancing with Myself checks into the hoop skirt prom craze of the early 1980s as well as parody satirist Weird Al.

    DWM 14: Country Music TV, Reagan/Bush Reelection & Giorgio Beverly Hills

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 5:19


    Dancing with Myself brings you the perfume that was all the rage in the 1980s as well as Reagan's land slide reelection in 1984. Country Music TV ushered in two stations for artists like Randy Travis and EmmyLou Harris. Host: HeatherEmail: dancingwithmyselfpod@gmail.com

    DWM13: 80s art scene, Yuppies and Sally Ride

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2021 4:24


    Dancing with Myself episode 13 dives into the New York City art scene to discuss Keith Haring and other post modernist artists, explores the Young Upward Professionals who earned the monicker "yuppies" and the first American woman in space, Sally Ride.

    DWM12: Broadway, Cocaine & Golf's Popularity

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 5:27


    In the 1980s, Broadway had a facelift. Rising production costs and demand saw live theater shows evolve, Tom Watson increased golf's popularity and cocaine is the glamour drug of yuppies.

    DWM11: Facts of Life, Rock Music, and Dungeons & Dragons

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 5:08


    Dancing with Myself episode 11 takes a look at the spectrum of rock music in the 1980s. From hair metal to blues rock, music from the 80s was inclusive to all genres. Dungeons and Dragons was a game that caught on with nerdy kids and The Facts of Life was an important TV Show with moral lessons.

    DWM10: Jerry Falwell, Rambo and Cabbage Patch Kids Craze

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 9:54


    Dancing with Myself takes a look at the marriage of religion and politics, the toy craze that swept the early 1980s and a movie with an anti-hero that showcases the trauma of war.

    DWM9: IBM, Test Tube Babies, and Beruit Bombing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 4:12


    Dancing with Myself episode nine explores the personal computer craze of IBM's open source technology, the first test tube baby born in the United States and the 1983 bombing of a US Marine Barracks in Beruit.

    DWM8: Raiders of the Lost Ark & Drive In Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 7:10


    Dancing with Myself discusses arguably one of Spielberg's greatest films, Raiders of the Lost Ark and drive in movie theaters--perhaps you were lucky enough to see Raiders at the drive in?

    DWM7: Sandra Day O'Connor, 9 to 5 and Debbie Gibson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 8:13


    DWM episode 7 features women of the 1980s! Sandra Day O'Connor became a feminist icon when she landed a seat on the Nation's highest court. The movie 9 to 5 was relatable to all genders who worked in an office. Debbie Gibson became pop music's princess!

    DWM6: Business Celebrities, Hip Hop & Basketball

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 8:07


    Dancing with Myself Episode 6 takes a look at the basketball renaissance brought by Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the 1980s, the rise of hip hop and how titans of business became overnight celebrities.

    DWM5: Exercise Craze & Airplane!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 9:31


    Dancing with Myself Episode 5 covers the 1980s exercise craze that elevated Jane Fonda's career as well as the cult classic film Airplane!

    DWM4: A Royal Wedding, MTV and Michael Jackson

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021 7:58


    Dancing with Myself's episode 4 covers the royal wedding of the decade as well as the launch of a cult phenomena known as MTV and the star who made the music video an art form, Michael Jackson.

    DWM3: Rubik's cube, Nuclear Weapons and John Lennon's Assassination

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 6:13


    Dancing with Myself's episode 3 examines the puzzle game that became a worldwide sensation as well as the nuclear arms race between the United States and Soviet Union. The episode wraps up with John Lennon's murder at the hands of a mad man.

    DWM2: Casey Kasem & The Blues Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 10:18


    Dancing with Myself's episode 2 covers Casey Kasem and how he changed music with his American Top 40 Countdown. 1980's The Blues Brothers was considered the most expensive movie of it's time but created a lasting legacy--and revived the careers of many talented soul musicians!

    DWM1: After School Specials & Show Biz Pizza vs Chuck E Cheese

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 3, 2021 11:24


    Dancing with Myself discusses the drama and suspense that was After School Specials as well as a not so delicious candy treat then the show wraps up with the Show Biz showdown between two rival pizzeria arcades in the 1980s!

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