Podcast Episodes

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 e…

7 hours ago

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 …

1 week ago

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 d…

2 weeks ago

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 ha…

3 weeks ago

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 t…

4 weeks ago

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…

1 month ago

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 …

1 month, 1 week ago

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 n…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

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 n…

1 month, 3 weeks ago

ET: The Movie That Stayed at Number One for 11 Years

Steven Spielberg was extremely nervous... this was the most personal project he had ever created, and he wondered if he had made a huge mistake. That…

2 months ago