As we start off a new year full of hope and promise (?), it's time to hop in the DeLorean with Aaron and Dr. Amy as we head back 40 years to January 1986! Join us as we relive the music, movies, toys, and cultural events that made that month so special, including Dr. Amy's PTSD-inducing experience of being home sick from school on the day of the space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Yikes!

Picture this: it's a random Thursday night in 1983, and you have an hour to kill before your parents kick you out of the living room to watch Simon & Simon. What do you do? Well, you consult the TV Guide, of course! This most important of sacred texts will soon let you know what's happening on the latest episodes of Gimme A Break, Family Ties, and Magnum, P.I., so that you can optimize your TV viewing experience! Or you know ... you could go outside, I guess. Join Aaron and Dr. Amy this for a very special LIVE episode in which we pore over a pile of ancient TV Guides (thank you, Chris!).

What are your time-honored holiday traditions? Do you bedazzle your Christmas tree with scratch-off lottery tickets, like Aaron's family? Do you leave personalized awards for neighborhood light displays like Dr. Amy? The 1980s were a simpler time, when all we had to do to ensure a perfect Christmas was listen to "Last Christmas" by Wham! 9,000 times and watch all of the very special holiday episodes of our favorite TV shows!

In 1972, as the Vietnam War wore on, a military-themed sitcom debuted on CBS. M*A*S*H was based on the 1970 film of the same name, which was based on the 1968 novel "MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors." The show featured an ensemble cast of characters who drank and flirted and played pranks on each other when they weren't tending to casualties and otherwise experiencing the daily horrors of war. Was M*A*S*H a comedy? A drama? A satire? Turns out it didn't really matter, as the popular show went on for 11 seasons, racking up awards and airing a finale in 1983 that remains to this day the most-watched episode of television in history.

PARENTAL ADVISORY: This episode, which contains references to gerbils, rib removal, and certain questionable sexual practices, is not approved for all audiences, including Best Friend Doug, Jake, Mimi and Kristin, and ESPECIALLY COUSIN JANA!

What music do you think of when you hear the term "New Wave?" Is it the blistering post punk of Elvis Costello? The synthesizer-driven, radio-friendly pop of New Order? Blondie? Talking Heads? Devo? Whatever your flavor, New Wave was everywhere in the 1980s, and Aaron and Dr. Amy are here to sing about it!

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? The Latchkey Kids! If there's somethin' weird, and it don't look good, ho you gonna call? Aaron and Dr. Amy!

If you listened to our last episode (and if you haven't, do so immediately!), you know that Oscar winning actor, comedian, and superstar Robin Williams got his start playing the lovable, eccentric alien Mork from Ork in a one-off episode of Happy Days in 1978. On this episode, Aaron and Dr. Amy dive deep into the brilliant movie career of Robin Williams - including star turns in "Dead Poets Society," "Good Will Hunting," and "Good Morning, Vietnam" - and we discuss his untimely and tragic death.

In 1978, a new comedic actor from the San Francisco Bay roared into our national consciousness "like a hurricane," in the words of David Letterman. In the red spacesuit that he would soon make famous, Robin Williams guest starred as the wild and lovable alien Mork from Ork in a single episode of "Happy Days." Williams was an overnight sensation and before the year was out, TV producers had turned this one-off performance into "Mork and Mindy." Join Aaron and Dr. Amy this week as we dive into the life of one of Hollywood's brightest stars, the legendary Robin Williams. Nanu nanu!

Raising children is tough no matter the time period, and perhaps that's why 80s parents seemed to let their kids parent themselves. Were you free range when you were a kid? Did you have to be home before the street lights came on? Join Aaron and Dr. Amy as they relive the best - and maybe not so best - parenting styles of the past few generations.