Children of the 80s

Jim and Lindsay take listeners on a heartfelt journey through the life and legacy of James Earl Jones, one of Hollywood’s most iconic voices. 

Jim and Lindsay welcome special guest, Jason Colvin from the Surely You Can't be Serious podcast. Jason drops in to throw down a challenge to Jim. Who'll walk away with the belt? Listen now to find out! 

Jim and Lindsay talk about the Mandela Effect and things that lots of us misremember from the 1980s. 

In a tribute to MTV Friday Night Video Fights, Jim and Lindsay are pitting Phil Collins' solo career versus his work with Genesis during the 1980s. It's ten rounds of non stop action! Who will come out on top? Listen now to find out! 

In this episode, Jim and Lindsay talk about their love of Phil Collins. They breakdown the highs and lows of his career and try to answer the age old question, why do people not like Phil?!? 

Jim and Lindsay are joined by Brad and Giff, hosts of the Pop Culture Yearbook Podcast, to talk about their favorite hair metal songs of the 1980s. It's the first ever draft on Children of the 80s and this one does not disappoint. So grab your spandex and Aquanet and crank up the volume!

Jim and Lindsay are joined by Brad and Giff, hosts of the Pop Culture Yearbook Podcast, to talk about their favorite hair metal songs of the 1980s. It's the first ever draft on Children of the 80s and this one does not disappoint. So grab your spandex and Aquanet and crank up the volume!

Join Jim and Lindsay as they do their first concert review. For the first time in 34 years, Lindsay gets to see her fav band live and in person and Jim tags along for moral support. 

Jim and Lindsay each count down their top 8 1980s songs that can turn their frowns upside down.  

Join Jim and Lindsay as they go back 40 years to reminisce about the 1984 Summer Olympics. We dive deep into the stories that made the 84 Olympics special. Jim, the Olympics super fan, may even surprise you with the depths of his Olympic stats knowledge. 

It's a very special episode of Children of the 80s. Jim's brother Matt joins us to talk about the dangers of 1980s playground equipment. It's an episode chuck full of 80s nostalgia. 

Join Jim and Lindsay as they count down the anthems that best represent the artists who sang them. It's the best of the best on this 80s countdown! Shop podcast merchandise here: https://www.threadless.com/@childrenofthe80s

We continue celebrating Tom Cruise's birthday by looking at his final four movies of the 80s. Listen to see if we think Tom deserves a Lifetime Achievement Oscar. You might be surprised by who says he doesn't! 

We're cruisin' with Cruise! In celebration of Tom Cruise's upcoming birthday we're looking back at some of his iconic 80s movies. 

Jim and Lindsay count down the top 10 songs of the summer from 1989. Lindsay wishes Jim's list had more New Kids on the Block but Jim stuck strictly to the data. 

Join Jim and Lindsay as they count down their top 10 favorite summer themed songs of the 80s. Take a listen, you may be surprised at who makes the list!  Shop our podcast merch! http:..childrenofthe80s.threadless.com/

Jim and Lindsay are talking about iconic '80s commercials again! Toys, cars, fruit and candy bars all make the list this week.  Shop our podcast merch! https://childrenofthe80s.threadless.com/

Jim and Lindsay kick off the summer season by counting down their top 1980s songs with summer in the title. Shop our podcast merch! https://childrenofthe80s.threadless.com/  

It's Rasslin' time! Join Jim and Lindsay as they wrap up their conversation on the first ever Wrestlemania.

Jim schools Lindsay on how Wrestlemania came to be. And he answers the age old question, " Why was Cyndi Lauper ever in the squared circle?".

In honor of Mother's Day Jim and Lindsay are counting down the top 10 sitcom mom's of the 1980s. Once again Jim creates a formula to determine who the best mom was while Lindsay always goes with her gut. Check it out to see if your favorite mom made the list.

Jim and Lindsay discuss artists from Australia who took the States by storm in the 1980s. This group runs the gamut from soft rock to heavy metal to Funky Town.

Jim and Lindsay discuss the board game Trivial Pursuit and the grip it had on us in the '80s. Lindsay goes through the history of the game while Jim gives pop culture highlights from 1981, the year the game is released. Finally, Lindsay throws down a challenge to Jim that he can't resist.

On this episode Jim and Lindsay review the Netflix documentary, The Greatest Night in Pop, which chronicles the making of the charity single, We Are the World. The biggest stars in American music came together in 1985 to write, produce, record, and promote the song which went on to raise millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.

This episode is all about those 80s songs that take us back to a time long ago. Join Jim and Lindsay as they look back on songs that pine for the past.