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Hey! Remember the 80"s?

Joe Christopher and Kari Race

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

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27:50

Episode 289 - Bye Bye 2025

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2025/12/30

Kari 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 pop sounds like. There's also a segment that has sat in the archives for awhile: That's What Friends Are For. Big Country got a really big name to help them out on the title track to their third album, but the band's record label went and screwed it up in the end. Send us a text

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47:17

Episode 288 - On the Brink II

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2025/12/23

Kari and Joe have friend of the podcast Chad back to revisit a topic he thought of a couple years back: songs that debuted just as the decade was ending that probably are more 90s but that we still love. This time around Joe Cocker, The Smithereens, After 7, Pixies are in the mix along with one acid house DJ with too many names (Dancing Danny D, Danny D, D-Mob) and another acid house DJ with infinite uses of the lyric "welcome to the 90s". Thanks dude, we have been welcomed. All this, plus ti...

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Episode 287 - A Very Special Episode

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2025/12/01

Join Joe, Kari and Charlie to celebrate Charlie's 80s Attic, reminisce about almost six years on the air and hear some big news about the future of the station. Send us a text

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51:00

Episode 286 - Hits 80's

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2025/11/25

Join Kari and Joe for a crazy ride through a compilation Joe bought for 50% off at the Hollywood Bowl called Hits 80’s, and with that weird syntax and punctuation, you guessed right, it’s from France! And this episode has one of the strangest mixes of music we’ve covered in awhile! Get ready to hear from a 14-year-old American theater kid, learn all about “new beat” music and go “around a dream” (twice). After all that, you will need some Scotch, the band and the liquor. Oh, and of course, it...

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Episode 285 - Native American Heritage Month

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2025/11/11

Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Joe and Kari as they discuss some 80s acts with Native American heritage. And we’re ping ponging wildly between genres in this episode, going from southern rock to new wave to thrash metal to adult contemporary. There’s something for everyone in the mix! Think you won’t enjoy it… well, never say never. Oh, and also, this episode is your fate, DON’T DEBATE. Send us a text

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Episode 284 - Bop Til You Bang

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2025/10/28

Another great suggestion from Dom finds Joe and Kari exploring some literal bops and bangers... 80s songs that actually have those words in the titles. And this episode is a real international affair, with acts from Australia, Belgium, Sweden and Oklahoma in the mix. Are you are a Bop Girl doing The Modern Bop or maybe your Heart Goes Bang (or Bang Bang)? No matter how you bop or bang, hopefully you will find something to love in this episode. Send us a text

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44:06

Episode 283 - Soundtrack Songs (You Will Never Be the...

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2025/10/21

Join Kari and Joe as they cover some soundtrack songs of the 80s, including two versions of a theme to a cult classic that was originally going to star Debbie Gibson, the demo version of what would become one of the biggest soundtrack songs of the decade and a collaboration between Roy Orbison and... Glenn Danzig??!!?? Yes, it's as weird as it sounds. Send us a text

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Episode 282 - DJMattB's 1980 Treasure Trove

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2025/10/07

Join Joe, Kari and special guest DJ Matt Bailer to discuss Matt's special project revisiting the music of 1980 to create his own personalized top 40 charts! This has led him to discover so many great lost songs he wants to share with Joe, Kari and all of you, so get ready to take a free ride, spend some time in the kitchen, fall in love, shout and scream and learn how to be a hustler (if you wanna get on). 1980 usually means boring boring boring, but not this time. Tune in and find out! Send ...

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Episode 281 - Just a Bit Outside, All 1989 Edition

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2025/09/30

First up in tidbits, Kari and Joe also talk 80s artists collaborations with Miley Cyrus and once again beg some millionaires to just go to therapy already. Then they are going just a bit outside yet again to talk about those songs that hit the Hot 100 but peaked between number 41 and number 100. This time around it's six tracks from 1989, including brothers covering brothers, an icon in her adult contemporary era, more hair metal than you can shake a can of aqua net at, and... Dion. Yes, Dion...

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Episode 280 - Novelty Songs (with Friend of the...

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2025/09/23

Join Kari, Joe and special guest Dom (aka DC Sheehan) to explore the full range of novelty songs of the 80s. There's one that hit the top 40, one by the king of novelty pop himself, one that went all the way to NUMBER ONE in the UK (and number two in New Zealand, but don't blame Dom, he didn't buy it), and two "rap" "songs" that... defy any and all explanation. Then get ready to be introduced to the beautiful voice (and commanding stage presence) of Margaret Urlich, a New Zealand singer who w...

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Episode 279 - A Little Vibraslap and Tickle

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2025/09/16

Kari and Joe don't want to work, they just want to bang on the vibraslap all day, so... we did. Well, we talked about songs that used vibraslap for about 50 minutes, same difference. Join us for the fun! That vibraslap is so versatile everyone from yacht rocker Ali Thomson to rock rockers Pat Travers Band (covering a reggae classic, don't ask) to R&B legends The S.O.S. Band to sophistipoppers Simply Red can make great use of it. Hear songs from those folks and more, plus tidbits abo...

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46:50

We're On the Road to Somewhere...

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2025/09/03

come on inside. Join Joe and Kari (with a soundtrack programmed by friend of the podcast Dom) as they take a road trip through the many songs of the 80s titled with roads (and some related tracks as well). We're visiting that cheating jerk Leo Sayer down on Orchard Road, stopping for a couple rounds at the Double Deuce and hitting a Roadblock with Stock Aitken Waterman. Grab a fountain soda, your favorite snack, buckle up and let's go! Send us a text

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Episode 277 - Ja (h Mo) B (e There) O

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2025/08/27

No, the title doesn't make any sense, deal with it. Kari and Joe are taking you just a bit outside (JaBO) the top 40 once again, talking about Hot 100 singles from acts as varied as Ray, Goodman and Brown to Pink Floyd to Paul Shaffer with The Fresh Prince and every dude who sang in a doo wop group in the 50s. Yea, for real, you gotta hear it to believe it. Kari also dishes on some recent music documentaries she's been watching and The Captain & Tennille cause Joe to have an existential b...

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57:47

Episode 276 - And Your Little Dog, Too!

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2025/08/22

Kari and Joe are back with a bunch of capital R capital A capital N capital D capital O capital M tidbits and then a recap of their latest concert, a triple bill of Christopher Cross/Men at Work/Toto. And while we're on the subject of Toto, let's talk about a Rob Lowe anecdote straight out of Boogie Nights and then FINALLY get to the bottom of just how many ladies Toto has... written songs about. Just close your eyes, tap your heels together three times and hit that download button...

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Episode 275 - Meet Us in St. Louis

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2025/07/08

Hope you all have been having a great summer so far! Joe and Kari certainly have, and you are about to hear what they've been up to! It's been a while since the last episode, but they are back with a super-sized episode to recap most of what's been going on. Kari made a trip to STL for a few concerts, as did friend of the podcast Michael, who is also a special guest on this episode! You'll hear all about concerts from Simple Minds (along with Modern English and Soft Cell) and Peter Hook and t...

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Episode 274 - Ranking the Hits of Duran Duran

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2025/06/10

Are you hungry like the wolf for some discussion of all the singles of Duran Duran? Well, there is something you should know... the wild boys (Joe, Kari and special guest Chad) are doing just that this week on Hey, Remember the 80s! That's right, we ranked all 20 of the Fab Five's singles released in the 80s and I can't fit any more title puns in this description. Just join us for a supersized deep dive into everything from Planet Earth to Burning the Ground. Will your fave be at the top? Wil...

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Episode 273 - Truly Random, Truly Outrageous

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2025/05/28

Ooh, go on an adventure with Joe and Kari through some truly random and truly outrageous 80s hits. You'll hear it all! Bisexual overtones, camp clamor on the dance floor, Joe Strummer hurling a wrecking ball through the Grand Ole Opry, Gladys sending up an SOS and more! All that, plus the debut of a brand new segment, glamour and glitter, fashion and fame. Whoa, Hey Remember the 80s, the music's contagious... Send us a text

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Episode 272 - Billboard Flashback

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2025/05/20

Join Kari and Joe for a journey through the March 16, 1985 issue of Billboard. You opera fans who've been waiting 272 episodes for a mention of Madame Butterfly are in luck! Then, get ready to hear about wild 80s personalities like Doctor G and Lee Abrams, before partying out of bounds with WLIR and getting an invitation to dance with a chart triple threat. We're also going just a bit outside with entries from Welsh rockers that would later become electronic superstars, California bros who we...

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67:07

Episode 271: Oops! All Tidbits!

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2025/04/15

Episode 271: Joe and Kari are back with an episode that is chock full of delicious tidbits, so strap on the ol' feedbag and tune in! You'll hear about some exciting news that's taken place in the past few weeks (new, unreleased music from Bruce Springsteen, new recordings from Susanna Hoffs, etc). Plus you'll hear about Joe's recent concert experience, and all of Kari's thoughts on the recent 80's Cruise. We're so happy to be back, hope you enjoy the loose format of this week's episode! Send ...

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45:00

Episode 270: Just a Bit Outside

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2025/03/04

Episode 270: Joe and Kari are back and they brought plenty of tidbits to share with you this week, from the stage to the screen to the sea! Then buckle up for Just a Bit Outside, your look at songs that hit the Hot 100 but NOT the Top 40 -- a surprisingly large amount of great songs for this round. You'll hear from chart mainstays like Little River Band and Eddie Rabbitt, plus acts like The Babys, Vesta, and Kon Kan. Send us a text

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