Introducing "Everything 80's"
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
It was a classic battle between good and evil and it gave us one of the greatest toys of all time. Today, we journey back to revisit the history of the iconic Transformers.
From their early days in Japan to dominating TVs and toy shelves in North America, this is another defining 1980s toys franchise that was also a masterclass in marketing. So hit play and let's roll out!
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
| 0:04.7 | early and ad-free on Amazon music included with Prime. |
| 0:09.5 | Hi there, it's Kathy Kinsora. |
| 0:11.6 | Today, I want to introduce you to another podcast that I think you will love. |
| 0:16.0 | It's called Everything 80s, and it's hosted by Jamie Logie, who takes you on a dizzying journey full of |
| 0:21.8 | excess, discovery, and innovation that forever change the way we dressed, consumed, and connected. |
| 0:28.1 | On his weekly podcast, he covers everything from the explosion of Blockbuster movies to the |
| 0:33.8 | birth of the cable networks and the MTV Generation. |
| 0:37.2 | The 80s was full of groundbreaking leaps in science and technology |
| 0:41.0 | with the creation of Apple, the space shuttle, to the compact disc. |
| 0:44.9 | The world would never be the same again. |
| 0:48.1 | So jump in your DeLorean and buckle up as Jamie brings you the story of the Transformers. |
| 0:54.6 | An alien race in search of new sources of energy, crashlands on Earth, where they remain |
| 1:01.0 | in tomb for four million years. |
| 1:04.4 | That is, until 1984. |
| 1:09.9 | That's when Megatron's evil Decepticons wake up and set about to pillage Earth to revitalize their war efforts on their metallic home world, Cybertron. |
| 1:20.6 | Meanwhile, the heroic Autobots and their leader Optimus Prime aim to stop them and protect Earth. |
| 1:28.3 | But these are no ordinary aliens. |
| 1:31.3 | These are giant robots that can transform into vehicles and other objects. |
| 1:37.3 | I'm Jamie Logie and this is Everything 80s, a podcast about a decade that forever changed the way we dress, |
| 1:43.3 | consumed, and connected. |
| 1:46.2 | On today's dizzying journey, I take you back to the definitive toy and cartoon series that |
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