{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"GenX Journeys: Huey Lewis and the News","description":"Put on your skinny tie, crank the horn section, and try not to \u201cblack out\u201d when you meet your heroes. \ud83d\ude04 In this roundtable episode, Paul is joined by GenX Book Club cohorts Suzanne Mattaboni and Del Roehling, plus special guests Caroline Connelly and Claire Young (from St. Louis, proudly repping their Huey shrine\/koozie energy), to celebrate the music, movies, memories, and mythos of Huey Lewis and the News. We talk iconic hits, deep cuts, MTV-era videos, Back to the Future perfection, We Are the World, the \u201cGhostbusters\u201d lawsuit, and Huey\u2019s later-life health challenges\u2014plus a detour into 80s cruises, costumes, and the kind of friendship origin story you only get when someone barges into your office and says, \u201cWe\u2019re going on a boat.\u201d What You\u2019ll Hear in This Episode How Huey Lewis accidentally became the reason an entire friend group (and a whole company!) exists First Huey memories: MTV, family road trips, and that Back to the Future opening scene that still hits every time Album talk: Picture This, Sports, Fore!, and favorite tracks (including the underrated ones) Huey\u2019s Meniere\u2019s disease and how it changed his relationship with music and performing The legendary We Are the World documentary moments The American Psycho \u201cHip to Be Square\u201d cultural imprint (and Huey\u2019s spoof with Weird Al) Meeting Huey in person\u2026 and the extremely relatable \u201cI blacked out\u201d phenomenon Back to the Future: The Musical and its extra love letter to Huey Bonus: 80s Cruise talk\u2014lineups, traditions, costumes, and why the bathtub had to be sacrificed   Guests & Links Caroline Connelly + Claire Young (Clocktower Experiences) Website: ClocktowerEXM.com (Events, festivals, activations, fashion shows, tournaments, and more) Suzanne Mattaboni \ud83d\udcd6 Suzanne Mattaboni (Author of Once in a Lifetime) \ud83d\udd39 Get her book anywhere books are sold, including Kindle Unlimited and onceinalifetimenovel.com \ud83d\udd39 Visit her at suzannemattaboni.com \ud83d\udd39 Follow Suzanne: \ud83d\udcf7 Instagram: @suzannemattaboni80s \ud83d\udc26 X: @suzmattaboni \ud83d\udcd8 Facebook: Suzanne Mattaboni \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f Del Roehling (Host of 80s at 8 on 91.1 WEDM FM) \ud83d\udd39 Tune in to 80s at 8 for all your favorite throwback tunes \ud83d\udd39 Get your daily dose of \u201880s news on the 80s at 8 Facebook page \ud83d\udca1 Connect with GenX Journeys \ud83c\udf0e Website: GenXJourneys.net \ud83d\udce9 Email: paul@genxjourneys.net \ud83d\udcfa YouTube: @GenXJourneys \ud83d\udcf7 Instagram: @GenXJourneys \ud83d\udc26 Twitter\/X: @Returntothe80s \ud83d\udcd8 Facebook: GenX Journeys \ud83c\udfa5 TikTok: @GenXJourneys \ud83c\udfa7 Subscribe to the GenX Journeys Podcast on: \u2705 Apple Podcasts \u2705 Spotify \u2705 iHeartRadio \u2705 Podbean \u2705 PlayerFM ","author_name":"GenX Journeys","author_url":"http:\/\/genxjourneys.net","html":"