The Latchkey Kids

We pity the fool who doesn't listen to this podcast about Mr. T! From his upbringing in the Chicago projects to his renown as "America's Toughest Bouncer" to his star-making turn as Clubber Lang in Rocky III, Aaron and Dr. Amy cover the life and times of one of the greatest icons of the 1980s. Stick around to the end for the craziest Mr. T story of them all: The Lake Forest Chainsaw Massacre!

Listen this week as Aaron and Dr. Amy go SCRIPTLESS and play a wild game of 1980s pop culture word association! What comes to mind when you think of senior prom, favorite teachers, or BFFs? Also, are you ready for another Latchkey Kids True Confession? This one has to do with certain misdemeanor crimes Aaron may or may not have committed at the local Thrifty grocery store.

Which is the more talented, good-looking, and successful pair of siblings: The Batemans (Justine and Jason) or Aaron and Dr. Amy? Learn the answer to this question - and also whether or not Ricky Schroder is still riding around on his mansion train - on this very special sequel on child stars of the 1980s. And also ... does anyone remember gleeking?

The 1980s were truly a Golden Age for child stars. We had the diminutive, wisecracking Gary Coleman, the precocious yet worldly Drew Barrymore ... and who can forget cute little Ricky Schroder tooling around on his mansion train with his blonde hair waving in the breeze? But where are all these kids now? Some of their stories (Corey Haim and basically the entire cast of Diff'rent Strokes) are downright tragic while others (Jason Bateman) have been able to turn their childhood stardom into adult success. Join Aaron and Dr. Amy as we find out what Punky Brewster is up to these days!

The 1980s was a transformative time for Broadway musicals. With the spectacle of The Phantom of the Opera, the unbridled joy of La Cage aux Folles, and whatever the heck was going on in Cats, Broadway was bigger, better, and more expensive than ever! But, unfortunately, all of this grandeur was completely lost on Aaron, who is the type of person who eats baked beans out of a can.

Can you believe it's been FIVE YEARS since The Latchkey Kids showed up in a DeLorean and took over the world of 1980s nostalgia podcasts? Join Aaron and Dr. Amy as they share some of their favorite fashions, music, and celebrities of the 80s, and take a look back at some favorite Latchkey Kids moments from the last five years.

As the 1970s came to a close and disco was pronounced officially dead, the music world stood on the cusp of great change in 1980. The world had not yet been introduced to the genius of Prince, the many bracelets of Madonna, or MTV (which would debut in 1981), but Michael Jackson was beginning his solo career, Ozzy Osborne forged a path beyond Black Sabbath, and bands like The Clash were redefining punk rock. Meanwhile, Aaron and Dr. Amy also found themselves in the midst of great change, as their family moved from freezing Michigan to the Arizona desert. Good thing Sony invented the Walkman that year so we could all tune in!

Have you ever wanted to start your own cult? In this episode, Aaron and Dr. Amy research the many cults of the 1980s, hoping to learn more about what makes them tick, and the many steps needed to convince a large group of people that its necessary to wear color-coordinated outfits while preparing for the impending global apocalypse. Are you ready to join the Latchkey Kids Cult yet?

Remember in the 5th grade, when they would separate the boys and the girls, and give everyone an extremely uncomfortable and rudimentary overview of human sexuality? Well, in Aaron and Dr. Amy's family, this was about the only "sex talk" we ever received, and along with Judy Blume and whatever we heard from our extremely knowledgable peers, it made up the entirety of our sex education. Luckily, we had Dr. Ruth! Learn all about the incredible life of the diminutive German sex therapist the world fell in love with - on this episode!

Do you have a guilty pleasure movie? The 1980s were chock full of movies - like Ishtar, Mac and Me, or Leonard Part 6 - that maybe sounded appealing ON PAPER, but were complete and total flops at the box office. For Aaron, the pinnacle of 1980s bad movies is a certain cult classic that involves Lea Thompson (Marty McFly's mom from Back to the Future) making out with an animatronic duck.