68 episódios
Dreamland Podcast Dreamland Podcast
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You know how your subconscious makes connections between things as you slip into sleep? Dreamland helps you do this while you’re awake by mapping out surprising links and shining a light down the rabbit hole of hilarious and bizarre stories about the GenX pop culture phenomena you only thought you knew.
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Death: The True Meaning of Christmas (80s Xmas Specials)
Melinda and Conrad put the Dreamland spin on Christmas and review three decidedly dark 80s Christmas specials featuring the dark spectre of death: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1985, Rankin-Bass), The Snowman (1982, John Coates), and The Christmas Toy (1986, Jim Henson Productions).
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Vampira vs Elvira - Horror Hosts History
Vampira and Elvira definitely didn't get off to a good start with each other, but they definitely changed the televised landscape for horror and instigated some of our favorite B-movie anthology shows.
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Charity Singles and the 80s Spectacle of Giving: Live Aid and We Are the World
Conrad and Melinda discuss the onslaught of charity singles in the 80s: the concept, the dramas, and the impact.
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80s Movie Visions of AI - Melinda Reacts
Conrad gets Melinda to watch THREE 80s movies she's never seen before to get her reaction to the 80s vision of our artificial intelligence future. Will she guess their plots correctly? Will she like any of them? Can Conrad predict her reactions? Movies watched: 2010: The Year We Make Contact, D.A.R.Y.L., and Electric Dreams
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Stranger Danger and 80s Childhood Propaganda
This month we're discussing the child safety panic of the 80s in the US and UK, the funny and the terrifying.
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DeLorean- The Story You Only Think You Know
Melinda and Conrad discuss DeLorean: the man, the car, the myth - and what it's actually like to be in one!