By the end of the decade style would conquer substance but in 1982 the battle had just begun. In our third episode a great American philosopher declares, "People on 'ludes should not drive", a legendary Punk Rocker runs in the Paris Marathon, and a lovable alien visits planet Earth only to end up homesick and lying in a ditch. We say hello to the compact disc and goodbye to John Belushi. We talk hairstyles and hecklers, Randy Rhoads and recording budgets, Stephen King and syzygy. And of course everybody knows about Thriller but did you know that Time Magazine's 1982 Man of the Year is in your pocket?

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