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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.
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Hey! Remember the 80's? is hosted by Joe Christopher and Kari Race. The show has published 307 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 306 - Birthday Bash" (22 September 2026, 38 minutes), "Episode 305 -!Trivia Challenge!" (15 September 2026, 23 minutes), and "Episode 304 - Paste's Top 100 of the 80s" (7 September 2026, 43 minutes).
Hey! Remember the 80's? publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 45 minutes across 307 episodes.
Booking probability for Hey! Remember the 80's? is 49%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hey! Remember the 80's? requires a Pod Score of 86 or higher. Hey! Remember the 80's?'s contact route on record: public web form.
Joe Christopher and Kari Race hosts Hey! Remember the 80's?, a music podcast with 307 episodes published.
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Episode #6
Grab 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 "Mickey" video), Tracey Thorn is celebrating...
Episode #5
Are 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 see who will be the winner of this...
Episode #4
Yes, 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 Paste Magazine's list (100 - 93) has got a...
Episode #3
This 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 in their podcast ideas spreadsheet. We'll...
Episode #2
Get 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 soundtracking the clubs in the 80s. Alphaville is...
Episode #1
Kari 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 documentary on Netflix? Well you are in luck. Then...
Episode #300
<p>Get in losers, we're taking a road trip through the past seven years and 300 episodes of this podcast, can you flipping believe it?</p><p>Send us Fan Mail</p>
Episode #299
<p>Take 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 number of beats or even notes repeated...
Episode #298
<p>Stop 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 landline telephone (remember those?)...
Episode #297
<p>It'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 that mystified Kari and Joe even...
Episode #296
<p>Hello, 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 hear about some big (and not so big)...
Episode #295
<p>Slowly 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 from early 1980 and three from late...
Episode #294
<p>Get 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 Dead... hell yea, we got that too! Oh...
Episode #293
<p>Hi 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 a good ol 80s coke psychosis. Lindsey...
Episode #292
<p>Join 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 Fresh and Genesis has got a ghost...
Episode #291
<p>It'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, barely made a dent on that chart. The...
Episode #290
<p>Join 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 nearly froze to death (sarcasm). You will...
Episode #289
<p>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. </p><p>There's also a...
Episode #288
<p>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.</p><p>This...
Episode #287
<p>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. </p><p>Send us Fan Mail</p>
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