'80s Movies: A Guide to What's Wrong with Your Parents podcast Archives - Page 3 of 5

Podcast: How FAME inspired GenX to follow their dreams…with mixed results

By Tara McNamara / May 15, 2020 /

A look at the impact of FAME (1980).

Podcast: The misogynistic influence of PORKY’S goes all the way to the Supreme Court.

By Tara McNamara / May 11, 2020 /

’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcasters Riley Roberts and Tara McNamara look at the influence of PORKY’S on Generation X.

Podcast: Eddie Murphy’s DELIRIOUS is a shocking reminder of how socially screwed up we were in 1983.

By Tara McNamara / April 23, 2020 /

The ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast looks at Eddie Murphy’s 1983 comedy special DELIRIOUS with historical perspective as well as a modern lens.

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Podcast: FERRIS BUELLER Inspired Teens to Also Take a DAY OFF

By Tara McNamara / April 17, 2020 /

’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast examines the impact that John Hughes’ FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF made on Gen X.

Podcast: PURPLE RAIN taught love is colorful — purple…black…and blue.

By Tara McNamara / April 10, 2020 /

’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast hosts Riley Roberts and Tara McNamara with their take on PURPLE RAIN.

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Cherry Slushies with HEATHERS writer Daniel Waters: how he hoped his 1989 classic would put an end to teen suicide, but is still waiting for his “school shooting residuals.”

By Tara McNamara / February 12, 2020 /

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Podcast: ANIMAL HOUSE Was So Good, It Ruined a Generation

By Tara McNamara / December 7, 2019 /

The ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast looks at NATIONAL LAMPOON’S ANIMAL HOUSE, the 1978 screw-ups rule comedy classic that impacted a generation for the worse.

Podcast: THE TERMINATOR teaches that Masculinity is Guns and Muscles

By Tara McNamara / November 8, 2019 /

In the latest ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast, Tara McNamara and Riley Roberts look back at how THE TERMINATOR affected ’80s kids and the adults they would become.

Podcast: THE LOST BOYS – So Much Subtext in the Shadows

By Tara McNamara / October 25, 2019 /

The ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast looks at THE LOST BOYS (1987) for what it reveals about and impacted Gen X teens

Podcast: GHOSTBUSTERS – Con Your Way to Success!

By Tara McNamara / October 17, 2019 /

In this episode of the ’80s Movies: A Guide to What’s Wrong with Your Parents podcast, GHOSTBUSTERS (1984) is put through the modern day lens to show why the movie is so great — and so damaging.