Stranger Things Cultural Impact
X-Ray Vision
iHeartPodcasts
4.5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 November 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Rosie is joined by super producer Joelle Monique to discuss the lasting cultural impact of Netflix's Stranger Things. D&D and Eggos weren't the only things that saw a boost after the 2016 debut of the 80s nostalgia-fueled series. It also gave birth to new stars like Sadie Sink, Finn Wolfhard, and Maya Hawke. Rosie and Joelle predict the future of these stars and list out the five most impactful moments from the series.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | Warning, today's episode can taste light spoilers for Stranger Things season one to three, |
| 0:10.1 | but more so is an exploration of the impact of Stranger Things and Netflix on streaming. Hello, my name is Rosie Knight. |
| 0:33.1 | And I'm Joa Monique. |
| 0:34.7 | And welcome back to X-ray Vision, the podcast where we dive deep into your favorite shows, movies, comics, and pop culture. |
| 0:40.7 | We are here at IHart Podcast where we'll be bringing you three episodes a week, Plus News. |
| 0:45.4 | Plus News. |
| 0:47.6 | I don't know. I sound like a gremlin today. |
| 0:50.7 | I do that too sometimes. |
| 0:52.0 | It's got to be, it's the Plus News. |
| 0:53.7 | Plus News. Plus news. |
| 0:55.2 | I love it. |
| 0:58.1 | Oh my gosh. |
| 0:58.6 | Guys, we have such an exciting show for you today. |
| 1:01.9 | We are going to be talking about the way stranger things has impacted the culture. |
| 1:08.4 | All right? |
| 1:08.8 | Maybe you weren't there. |
| 1:10.1 | Maybe you don't remember. Possibly we're doing lots of drugs between now and then. You know, we don't know your life. We want to revisit it. And honestly, good for you. Okay, you're surviving. We get it. So we're going to talk about the history. We're going to talk a little bit about the five big moments that shaped and changed us. And then we're |
| 1:30.1 | going to talk about the future of the precious babies who were given to us unto us through this show. |
| 1:36.0 | So yeah, here we go. First, let's talk about the history. Now, before we started recording, Rosie, |
| 1:41.4 | we were talking about our different experiences coming into |
| 1:44.8 | Stranger Things. |
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