{"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":"Star Search, Billy Joel and MTV Are Back!","slug":"star-search-billy-joel-and-mtv-are-back","published_at":"2026-01-13T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1980s-now-1177337/star-search-billy-joel-and-mtv-are-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1980s-now-1177337","url":"https://1980snow.com//star-search-billy-joel-and-mtv-are-back","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/9b27000f-1744-426c-b9a6-f8b30421c835.mp3","summary":"Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss the following topics: 0:00 - Introduction 4:15 - Star Search is back 13:30 - MTV is back—sort of 22:15 - Billy Joel is back—sort of 28:20 - Monchhichi is back—apparently it never left 37:15 - What if Stranger Things had secret finale? 45:35 - Michael J. Fox didn’t want to imitate Michael Jackson 52:25 - Wrap Up and Thank You Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow . Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow Check out Gen X Talks here: https://genxtalks.com/ Get your MTV at MTV Rewind here: https://wantmymtv.vercel.app/ 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 4:15 - Star Search is back 13:…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3415,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1980s-now-1177337/episodes/star-search-billy-joel-and-mtv-are-back/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/star-search-billy-joel-and-mtv-are-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}