About this episode

Will interviews guests about the influence of 80s music and discusses Eric's new book.

In a special interview, Will chats with Mario Toscano ( Back to the 80s ), Jim Butler ( Children of the 80s ), and Eric Shoars about the continued influence of 80s music in our lives. We also talk about Eric's new book Life Goes On , which is a collection of essays by Gen Xers that examines this topic. 0:00 - Introduction 1:24 - Interview Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow . Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow Check out Back to the 80s with Mario: https://www.fm80s.com/ Check out Children of the 80s with Jim: https://bit.ly/4bVI4BT Get your copy of Life Goes On: The Lessons We Learned from Eighties Music anywhere books are sold.

People in this episode

Host: Will Padilla

Guests: Mario Toscano, Jim Butler, Eric Shoars

Topics covered

• 80s music
• influence of music
• Gen X
• interview
• cultural impact

Keywords

• 80s music
• influence
• Gen X
• Life Goes On
• interview
• cultural impact
• essays

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Back to the 80s, Children of the 80s

Books & works: Life Goes On

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