About this podcast
Join your hosts, Joe Christopher and Kari Race, as they discuss all the outrageous hits, and those deeper hits, from the 80's! Which songs still hold up today, which songs should be left in the 80's, and which ones are hidden gems? We'll cover the well-known hits from the decade (Ghostbusters, anyone?), and even songs that you haven't heard in 30 years (paging Karla Bonoff). Dust off your Members Only jacket, crack open a Pepsi Free, and join us for segments like "Just a Bit Outside" and "Coming Around Again" and more! Chime in on Facebook at www.facebook.com/hrt80s or on Twitter @hrt80s.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 308 episodes
- Episode 308 - Paste's Top 100, Part II (Freddy's Revenge) · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 8Kari and Joe are back to talk about more of Paste's Top 100 songs of the 80s. Up first, lots of documentary news, including one that we are GAGGING for but have to wait until…
- Episode 307 - Tribute to Dolly · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 7This week Kari and Joe celebrate the one and only Dolly Parton. What can you say about this beautiful angel on earth that has not already been said? Well, not much, but we still…
- Episode 306 - Birthday Bash · 38 min · Season 2 Episode 6Grab your party hat and get ready to celebrate some birthdays with Kari and Joe. Toni Basil is turning 83 (and can probably still fit into that cheerleader outfit from the…
- Episode 305 - !Trivia Challenge! · 23 min · Season 2 Episode 5Are you ready to match wits with Kari and Joe on some trivia questions about 80s movies, TV, and OF COURSE, music?? Well, hop in the backseat and take a ride with them as they…
- Episode 304 - Paste's Top 100 of the 80s · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 4Yes, another best songs of the 1980s list has been published and Joe and Kari are here to walk you through some of the songs (and call bullshit on at least one!) The bottom of…
- Episode 303 - It's a Hodge Podge · 34 min · Season 2 Episode 3This week is all over the place as Kari and Joe tackle some listener suggestions, songs they have wanted to talk about for awhile, and weird videos that were mysteriously linked…
- Episode 302 - More Dance Chart Fun · 41 min · Season 2 Episode 2Get ready to once again cruise through the pages of Joel Whitburn's Hot Dance/Disco chart book as Kari and Joe highlight some of the notable artists and songs that were…
- Episode 301 - We're Back! · 45 min · Season 2 Episode 1Kari and Joe are back from hiatus with a bunch of tidbits covering the past couple months. Are you dying to know what they thought of Madonna's new album? Or the Kylie…
- Episode 300 - Road Trippin' Down Memory Lane · 1 h 26 min · Season 1 Episode 300Get in losers, we're taking a road trip through the past seven years and 300 episodes of this podcast, can you flipping believe it? Send us Fan Mail
- Episode 299 - Class is in Session · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 299Take your seats, your TAs Joe and Kari are ready to go over this week's lecture by Professor Kinzer in Music Theory 101 all about drones, those unchanging pitches held for a…
- Episode 298: Potential Spam · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 298Stop screening your calls and PICK UP on this new episode of Hey! Remember the 80's? After some Tidbits about Jem and a daytime concert, you'll get the skinny on how to use a…
- Episode 297 - The Roof is on Fire! · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 297It's a mish mash of an episode with tidbits covering some recent songs with 80s flavor and a roundup of documentary news, including a "docu-concert" called The Phil Collins Story…
- Episode 296: Dance Chart Fun · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 296Hello, hello, hello! Episode 296 is here, along with some documentary Tidbits! Then it's time for a new segment called Dance Chart Fun (aka Kari Got a New Chart Book). You'll…
- Episode 295 - Going Juuuuuust a Bit Outside · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 295Slowly but surely Kari and Joe are making their way through every song that peaked on the Hot 100 in the 80s between number 41 and number 100. In this edition, it's three songs…
- Episode 294 - Supersized Tidbits · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 294Get ready for some SUPERsized tidbits! You wanna hear about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees... we got you! How about a review of the documentary Billy Idol Should Be…
- Episode 293 - Coke Psychosis · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 293Hi there! Taking inspiration from a playlist by music guru and MP3 blog pioneer Matthew Perpetua, Joe and Kari are exploring songs with the "crazed energy or manic intensity" of…
- Episode 292 - Billboard Flashback · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 292Join Kari and Joe as they turn the pages on the February 4, 1984 issue of Billboard magazine. An Australian group is asking a computer for dating advice, R&B stations are getting…
- Episode 291 - Adult Contemporary Education · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 291It's time for an Adult Contemporary Education (topic courtesy of the one and only Dom.) Kari and Joe talk about AC gems that did not cross over to the Hot 100, or if they did…
- Episode 290 - Hits 80's, Part II · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 290Join Kari and Joe to cover the second disc of Hits 80's, the crazy French compilation Joe bought at the Hollywood Bowl and then carted all along Hollywood Boulevard while he…
- Episode 289 - Bye Bye 2025 · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 289Kari and Joe say goodbye to 2025 with a short episode that goes just a bit outside in 1980. Find out if nuclear weapons owe you a beer and what in the world new wave heavy metal…
