{"podcast":{"title":"1980s Now","slug":"1980s-now-1177337","podcast_index_feed_id":1177337,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/80its/","website_url":"https://1980snow.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/345fc72e-792e-44a0-a9e2-7bbc8c05ea9f/htVCRr_0Hep0PFeqy3aQdg2m.jpg","author":"Will Padilla | 80s Now","episode_count":200,"summary":"1980s Now is a weekly examination of the importance of 80s pop culture and its continued influence today. We demonstrate that nostalgia alone doesn’t account for the contemporary fascination with our favorite decade. Instead, we share personal experiences and interview experts--including icons from 80s music, movies and TV--to demonstrate the “era of greed” bore the greatest moments in movies, music, television and sports. The show is equally entertaining and informative. (80s is aka '80s.)","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1980s-now-1177337"},"episode":{"title":"Changeables, Klingons, and the Worst Play","slug":"changeables-klingons-and-the-worst-play","published_at":"2026-02-10T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1980s-now-1177337/changeables-klingons-and-the-worst-play","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1980s-now-1177337","url":"https://1980snow.com//1984-changed-super-bowl-commercials","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ac4c2911-e5d2-434d-8424-f341e8f40eae.mp3","summary":"Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss the following topics: 0:00 - Introduction 5:50 - New York’s Longest-Running Play is also it’s “worst” 13:50 - Bigfoot! The Musical was spotted on Broadway 19:00 - The Cure Wins their first Grammys 25:00 - Does Steven Spielberg deserve his Grammy? 28:50 - McDonald’s has brought back an iconic 80s Happy Meal toy 38:00 - The first Happy Meal movie tie-in was Star Trek 44:40 - What happened to the Klingons look? 53:50 - How 1984 changed Super Bowl commercials forever 1:03:40 - Wrap Up and Thank You Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow . Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow Read our new book Totally Bogus (But True) Tales from the 1980s !","meta_description":"Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss the following topics: 0:00 - Introduction 5:50 - New York’s Longest-Runn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4103,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1980s-now-1177337/episodes/changeables-klingons-and-the-worst-play/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1980s-now-1177337/changeables-klingons-and-the-worst-play.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}