On The Gist, our regular guest Chris Molanphy returns to explore Billboard chart hits from 1980, including rock songs, adult contemporary tracks, and lots of elements stolen from disco. It was a great year for dentists’ offices. For the Spiel, we name our new lobstar of the antentwig. 
Do check out this Spotify playlist to hear the songs mentioned in today’s show one more time. Once is never enough.
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