{"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":"The Influence of 80s Music","slug":"the-influence-of-80s-music","published_at":"2026-04-07T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1980s-now-1177337/the-influence-of-80s-music","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1980s-now-1177337","url":"https://1980snow.com//the-influence-of-80s-music","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/49bd183e-d3aa-46c9-9cd4-03b3e4f37b2f.mp3","summary":"In a special interview, Will chats with Mario Toscano ( Back to the 80s ), Jim Butler ( Children of the 80s ), and Eric Shoars about the continued influence of 80s music in our lives. We also talk about Eric's new book Life Goes On , which is a collection of essays by Gen Xers that examines this topic. 0:00 - Introduction 1:24 - Interview Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow . Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow Check out Back to the 80s with Mario: https://www.fm80s.com/ Check out Children of the 80s with Jim: https://bit.ly/4bVI4BT Get your copy of Life Goes On: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Music anywhere books are sold.","meta_description":"In a special interview, Will chats with Mario Toscano ( Back to the 80s ), Jim Butler ( Children of the 80s ), and Eric Shoars about the continued influen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2862,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1980s-now-1177337/episodes/the-influence-of-80s-music/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/the-influence-of-80s-music.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}