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All things 80s from the greatest decade ever. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

Paul Combs


    • Jul 7, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10m AVG DURATION
    • 15 EPISODES


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    The Best Teen Films of the 1980s (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2022 9:30


    The 1980s were a golden age of teen movies, and in today's episode we'll look at my five favorite from the first half of the decade. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    The Misinterpretation of "Born in the USA."

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 7:26


    In today's episode we'll look at the misunderstandings and misinterpretations that have sprung up around one of the most famous songs of the 1980s, "Born in the USA." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    The Best Albums of the 1980s

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 12:21


    On today's episode I venture into the perilous territory of Top 10 lists, this time my Top 10 Albums of the 80s. I am certain you will disagree with one or more on here, but at least give it a listen before you burn me in effigy. Let's get rockin'. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    Springsteen in the 1980s

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 14:28


    The 1980s are rightly known as an amazing musical decade. In today's episode we focus on the 1980s albums of the one and only Bruce Springsteen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    Bret Easton Ellis: The Voice of Generation X

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 9:13


    In today's episode, we look at Bret Easton Ellis, author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho, and a key voice of Generation X. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    Throwback Thursday: The Myth of Reagan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 8:57


    In today's Throwback Thursday episode we look at the myth that has grown up around one of the towering figures of the 1980s: the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    The Best Albums of the 1980s

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 12:21


    On today's episode I venture into the perilous territory of Top 10 lists, this time my Top 10 Albums of the 80s. I am certain you will disagree with one or more on here, but at least give it a listen before you burn me in effigy. Let's get rockin'. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    The Misinterpretation of "Born in the USA."

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 7:26


    In today's episode we'll look at the misunderstandings and misinterpretations that have sprung up around one of the most famous songs of the 1980s, "Born in the USA." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    Throwback Thursday: Books of the 80s

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 8:34


    The 1980s is not usually remembered as a literary decade. That's a shame, and today's Throwback Thursday episode aims to correct that faulty notion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    Springsteen in the 1980s

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 14:28


    The 1980s are rightly known as an amazing musical decade. In today's episode we focus on the 1980s albums of the one and only Bruce Springsteen. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    The Literary Brat Pack

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2020 23:25


    In today's episode we travel back to the glorious 1980s to re-discover (or maybe discover for the first time) a group of authors that you really should be reading. And as you you'll learn in the episode, I hate the term Literary Brat Pack, but unfortunately it's what they were called. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    The Myth of Reagan

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2020 8:57


    In today's episode we look at the myth that has grown up around one of the towering figures of the 1980s: the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    The Saint and the Soviets

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 8:33


    Welcome back to That 80s Podcast after a long hiatus. Our return episode explores some of the causes of the fall of communism in the 1980s and especially the role of Pope John Paul II, the Polish priest who became a saint. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    Books of the 80s

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2019 8:58


    The 1980s is not usually remembered as a literary decade. That's a shame, and today's episode looks to correct that faulty notion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

    Welcome to That 80s Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 5:09


    Welcome to the first episode of That 80s Podcast, where we look back at the good (the music, clearly), the bad (nuclear war), and the ugly (the big hair...definitely the big hair) of the greatest decade ever. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/that80spodcast/support

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