If you’ve tuned in expecting a brand new episode this week, surprise! The podcast crew is off on spring break right now but we’ll have some kick ass stuff for you when we get back. Topics like being resilient as a Gen Xer, and songs turning 40 in 2024.
Meanwhile, why don’t you check out our website and catch up on past episodes you may have missed, like the perks of being over 50, favorite 80’s snacks, movies that defined our generation, making friends at midlife and more.
See ya'll in April!
Episode Links
- Our Website
- Past episode: The Perks of Being GenX
- Past episode: It’s a Snack Attack!
- Past episode: Sincerely yours: Movies that define GenX
- Past episode: You’ve got a friend: making BFF’s at midlife
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Is there a better time to get real about the darker side of Valentine's Day, especially for GenXers? Is it all hearts and flowers, or is there more to the story? Things have definitely changed for a few of us since our last romance episode in 2021, but you know that we still have tons of opinions. Gird your loins for some straight-up GenX talk about this Hallmark Holiday and the Vday expectations game.
Episode links
- We did a romance topic last on Sept 8, 2021, season 3
- Dark Origins of Valentine’s Day
- You Can Blame Geoffrey Chaucer for Valentine’s Day
- To be or not to be your valentine: Shakespearean expressions of love
- The Best Candy Heart Sayings from the Past 120 Years
- Jake Ryan article
- What Is a Sadie Hawkins Dance and Where Did It Come From?
- GenXers dont care about Valentine’s Day
- Galentine’s Day
- When is Galentine's Day? What to know about the 'Parks and Rec' holiday
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Ready for some real GenX scoop? Today, we're dishing about the perks of being over 50 (yep, they exist!). From health and work to society, pop culture, relationships, family, and the dreaded 'Misc' category (aka, WTF moments) you know we never hold back. Want more? Tune in for the wisdom of our kick-ass FB group and our personal top three GenX bennies. Buckle up, kiddies.
Episode links
- The 50 Best Things About Life Over 50 (gallery)
- 50 Reflections at 50
- Top 10 reasons being 50 rocks
- Reddit thread
- Golden age of happiness: Turning 50 is key to 'content and comfortable' life
- FB group member’s’ over 50 meme
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Yeah, we get the irony of discussing this here, but buckle up because today's episode is about Chris’s favorite topic - social media (#not). What channels are GenXers on? Are the people we follow doing our generation proud or making us cringe? Do we even belong there? And what the fuck is an influencer? Tune in for all the good, the bad, the ugly, and the “whatevers” about the socials. because GenX has entered the chat.
Episode links
- Season 2’s Tech Episode: This is your brain on tech. Dammit
- Yeeting definition
- Eve’s accidental text to Lori
- GenX Social Media Stats
- Your Old MySpace Profile Is Still Taking Up Space on the Internet
- People Increasingly Turn To Social Media For News
- Everything you need to know about the internet's obsession with eating Tide pods
- The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings
- What is an influencer?
- Is Social Media Addictive? Here’s What the Science Says
- GenX Social Media Influencers
- 6 Awesome Gen X Creators to Follow on TikTok
- Would Emily in Paris’s Bot-like Instagram Actually Go Viral?
GenX social media peeps we dig
- Kevin Bacon Tik Tok
- Sesame Street GenXer on TikTok
- Kelly Manno on Instagram
- The Holderness Family
- GenX guy dancing in supermarket
- TueNight
- Corbette on TikTok
- Girls of a Certain Age on SubStack
- SmartLess
- GenX_Reference Desk
- You Wish You Were GenX
Even more ironic - our social media
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Well, we survived 2023. Wanna hear what the GenX Stories podcast crew is looking forward to next year? Of course you do. Listen in and you’ll even hear our words for 2024 (because you know how we feel about those stupid resolutions). Happy new year everyone! Seeya in January.
Episode links
- Season 3 New Years Episode: Genie Wishes & Resolutions
- Pick a New Year’s nudge word instead of a resolution
- 6 Unusual Alternatives to Traditional New Year's Resolutions
- New Year's Day 2024: Why Does the Year Start on January 1?
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Today we're talking all about video games, both what they were like when we were kids and what they've evolved into. From Pacman to Space Invaders, Donkey Kong to Pitfall, and even the OG Pong, we're spilling the tea on our top three all-time favorite games from back in the day. Oh and admit it - whether you were rocking arcade adventures and console classics in the basement with your crew or diving solo into a computer classic, we were all as competitive as our Facebook group. So, toss in that quarter and get those joystick skills warmed up, because this one's gonna rock!
Episode links
- Best Video Games That Defined Generation X
- Back to the Classics: Video Games Then and Now
- Best 10 Atari 2600+ Games to Feed Your Nostalgia
- Pizza hut Pacman table
- Pong
- Tabletop Pacman game
- Hotter than Mothers Music Tee shirt
- Dave & Busters Arcade
- Intellivision
- ColecoVision
- Handheld Mattel football game
- The Legend of Zelda
- Myst game
- Purple Game Boy
- Nostalgic gaming: how playing the video games of your youth reconnects you to yourself
- Atari 50: the Anniversary Celebration
- Google Doodle Pacman
- Twitch
- Vibrating football game
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Today we're taking on something Courtney has been after us to talk about for years - ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response). From chasing the elusive 'brain tingles' to pondering its potential as the ultimate sleep aid for a restless generation, we're exploring how (or if) GenX engages with ASMR. Between uses by AARP, Super Bowl ads and even sports teams, find out if there's a quiet(er) side to midlife or if ASMR just ain't for us.
Episode Links
- ASMR, explained: why millions of people are watching YouTube videos of someone whispering
- ASMR Is About to Have a Huge Super Bowl Moment. Here's What You Should Know
- What is ASMR? The calming benefits behind those brain tingles
- From Slinkies To Trapper Keepers, This Gen X ASMR Series Transports You To The Sounds Of The ’80s
- AARP TikTok: Gen X ASMR Series entry in the 15th Annual Shorty Awards
- KC Chiefs ASMR
- YouTube Massage ASMR channels
- Dog ASMR
- Food/Cooking ASMR
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Get ready for a crazy musical ride on our latest episode. The experiment: Each host picked an GenX album they love, made the rest of us listen to it, and then we talked about it. This is a totally new thing for us so it could have been amazeballs or a total disaster (hint, it wasn't a disaster). From dissecting tracks to digging into behind the scenes trivia to just sharing personal stories about why these albums meant so much to us, we're dishing it all out. And trust us - you will NOT want to miss it.
our album selections
- Chris: The Replacements, Tim (The new Ed Stansium mix)
- Lori: Yaz, Upstairs at Eric’s
- Courtney: Annie Lennox, Diva
- Eve: The Go-Gos, Beauty and the Beat
episode links
- Replacements documentary about Ed Stasium's muscular new mix of 'Tim'
- The Go-So's Documentary
- Wham Documentary
- The Replacements Documentary (longer one)
- An Open Letter to the Pair of Gen-Z Men in the Northeast Regional Quiet Car Loudly Discussing Pitchfork’s 100 Best Albums of All Time
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In this episode, we dig into the movies that shaped who we are as a generation. Whether you're looking to reminisce about your favorite coming-of-age movies (Breakfast Club anyone?) or are curious about the cultural touchstones that made us, step back in time with the GenX Stories crew. We even reveal some of our Facebook group’s favorite flicks. Let’s be demented and sad, but social together.
Past movie episodes
- Season 2: Epic Movie Soundtracks
- Season 3: Is it a reboot or a remake?
- Season 4: What makes a movie a cult classic?
Episode links
- Quintessential Movies That Define Gen-X
- 15 Gen X Movies That Summarize An Entire Generation of Angst
- 25 Movies That Defined GenerationX
- The 22 Most Gen X Movie Characters Of All Time
- 25 Movies You Should Watch to Really Understand Gen Xers
- John Hughes, Who Captured the Lives of Teenagers in the 1980s, Dies at 59
- John Hughes: 10 essential films
- Simple Minds Make The Breakfast Club Unforgettable
- The Original Ending of ‘Pretty In Pink’ and Why It Was Axed
- This '80s Thriller Was Chilling Enough to Affect National Security Policy
- Molly Ringwald feels differently about ‘Sixteen Candles’ in the wake of #MeToo
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We hope you're hungry! It's time to talk GenX's favorite snacks & drinks. What we loved as kids, what kept us going as young adults (at least when we moved away from our parents!) and even what we're feeding GenZ these days. So spread some florescent Cheeze on a cracker, dig out that 40 year old Twinkie to nibble on and wash it all down with some Tang while you listen to this tasty walk down memory lane.
Past food episodes
Episode links
- The Existential Necessity of Midlife Change
- Pick Your Favorite Childhood Foods and We'll Guess If You're Gen X, Millennial or Baby Boomer
- 27 Iconic Snacks Only Gen Xers Remember
- Top Ten Uniquely '80s Foods
- 33 Foods That ’80s Kids Will Recognize
- Maurice Lenell cookie
- After 98 Years, Twinkies-Maker Hostess Just Made a Bittersweet Announcement About Its Future
- Get some Handi-Snacks
- The California Raisins: How A Bunch of Dried Grapes Became A Hit Band
- Charcuterie Boards Are Adult Lunchables
- Remember these retro air-pop popcorn makers?
- 24 Specialty Oreo Flavors
- All the Takis Flavors, Ranked
- Gen X Food Preferences
- Gen Z’s Favorite Snack Is Not What You’d Expect
- Chill, ‘Girl Dinner’ Is Literally Just a Snack Plate
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On today’s episode of GenX Stories we wonder if you can really change your world in midlife? What have we done that we thought we were too old to try? Or what are we still planning to try? Life definitely ain’t over and you may be surprised how GenXers are choosing to reinvent ourselves in our 50s.
Episode links
- The Existential Necessity of Midlife Change
- The 5 Rules Of Reinventing Your Life At Any Age
- Here’s How Generative AI is Reshaping Hollywood & the Entertainment Industry
- The Future of AI in the Entertainment Industry
- Kevin Bacon celebrates 65
- Kevin Bacon "walking into 65" TikTok
- 48 Stars Who Didn't Become Famous Until After 40
- Jenny Laden's book, This Terrible True thing
- A stunning second act! Meet the people who changed course in midlife – and loved it
- Kim Hale on TikTok
- A new start after 60
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On today’s kick-ass encore episode, we have a real treat - Eve’s cousin Jenny talks all about her debut semi-autobiograhical YA novel. Set in 1991 during the AIDS crisis, and revealed through sketches, journal entries & the music we grew up on, hear how sharing her story became an authentic statement about GenX for a younger generation. When we originally recorded this in season 3, the book wsn’t published yet but now it’s OUT! You can buy it or catch her on her book tour! Also check out the Spotify playlist for the book.
Book blurb
Told through sketches, journal entries, and first-person narration, This Terrible True Thing is a semi-autobiographical story of high school senior with a gay dad. Applying to art school, and yearning to escape her conservative boarding school, her world at home is struck by AIDS. Balancing mourning and physics, crushes and paralyzing fear, Danielle must struggle to find the positive in the dark days of the early 90s. In this heartbreaking multimedia debut--filled with drawings, poems, and journal entries--author Jenny Laden draws on her own experience to create a story of grief and transcendence, perfect for fans of Francesca Zappia and Jennifer Niven.
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Episode links
- The Recollectors
- Adult Children of AIDS Victims Take Their Memories Out of the Shadows
- 'The Recollectors' Gives Voice To Children Who Lost Parents To AIDS
- JennyLaden.com
- Jenny Laden Art FB page
- Jenny Laden on Twitter
- Jenny Laden on Instagram
- This Terribe True Thing book Spotify playlist
- About Jenny: Journey to Becoming a Solo Mom by Choice
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Welcome to Season 5 of GenX Stories! While as kids we used to have a "break" over the summer, GenXers don't really get that anymore at midlife. So what the hell did we actually DO on our podcast hiatus? You'd actually be surprised what we've been up to. Between painting rocks, fuck-it travel and getting Covid, we were pretty busy. Plus our Facebook group shared all the cool shit they did. So listen, or don't. Whatever.
Episode links
- Movie: I know what you did last summer
- Rock On! Painting Rocks- The Best Hobby You Never Heard Of
- Alluvial Definition
- The Azores
- Our Season 3 Summer Eposide
- NYC Marriot Marquis hotel
- Sweeney Todd on Broadway
- Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
- What is an unveiling?
- The Shiva Ladies
- Mary Tyler Moore Documentary
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While season 4 of the podcast was shorter than we planned, the Gen X stories gang is getting ready for season five. Usually we keep our goofy-ass brainstorms private, but we totally want you to listen in on this one. Not only will you get a behind the scenes look into what we are planning, but you can hear what topics our Facebook group suggested for us. If you have thoughts about anything you hear please contact us here.
We will try to do a few encore/silly episodes for you this summer but when season 5 drops, we promise you won’t be disappointed. Thank you for being there for us over this tricky year and listening to our little show. Seeya in September!
Episode links
- ASMR Meaning and Why ASMR Videos Are So Popular
- AARP TikTok
- “The fuck you are”
- The Top 10 David Letterman Top 10 Lists
- 100+ Hilarious Steven Wright Quotes and Jokes
- Why does everyone have a podcast?
- Kelly Manno on IG
- From Slinkies To Trapper Keepers, This Gen X ASMR Series Transports You To The Sounds Of The ’80s
- George Carlin stuff bit
- People Are Saying GenX Retirement Homes Should Be in Abandoned Malls and It Sounds Like Heaven on Earth
- How long should TV shows be? The rise of shorter TV
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The band is finally back together! After months of dealing with so much personal big stuff this season, the GenX Stories crew is finally together just in time to talk about it all. On this episode, we discuss accountability and integrity, when we actually started adulting and how we manage the bumps along our midlife road with humor. We also gain insight from our Facebook community as they get really raw and vulnerable on a topic that demands it of us all. Cuz really - for such a grown up word, how do we determine what "adulting" means for our generation?
Episode links
- What is “adulting”?
- Urban Dictionary definition
- What does it mean to be a grown up?
- How Oprah Winfrey inspired a generation of outspoken women
- She Invented Adulting. Her Life Fell Apart. She Wants You to Know That’s Okay
- The Benny Hill Theme
- The Chicken Dance
- Choose Joy meme
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Today we've got a GenX topic that effects us all deeply: making friends at midlife. Weird you say? Well you may be surprised to hear that after years of doing this podcast together, Lori and I had actually NEVER MET. At least not in person.
All that changed earlier this spring and we’re going to spill all the tea. (well, most of it). Not only did we meet (and talk and talk and talk and talk) we had dinner with 2 other new friends we made through our facebook group (and drank, and drank and drank.) So here is the question - is there a trick to making new friends at midlife, and are those “rules” different than when you were younger? Or is it just dumb luck. Listen and find out.
Episode links
- Why It’s Harder to Make Friends After 40 (and How to Combat the Odds)
- The Scientific Reason It's So Hard to Make Friends as an Adult (and What to Do About It)
- Why Making Friends in Midlife Is So Hard
- 12 Ways to Make Friends in Mid-Life and Beyond
- Past podcast ep: Bad Boys & Mother Crushes
- Past podcast ep: Ride or Die - Gen Friendships
- Past podcast ep: 30th College reunion friends
- I Tried Bumble BFF for 30 Days—Here’s What Happened
- GenX Stories FB group
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What happens when a generation that uses gallows humor to deal with trauma loses someone they love? That’s the question The Grief Mixtape Project will explore through stories from you, our community. To learn more and contribute your voice to the Grief Mixtape, go to at genxstories/grief.
Related Podcast episodes
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On today’s encore episode, the gang digs into what makes GenX the latest “sandwich” generation and how we’re handling it. Smushed between taking care of our parents and our kids, how did we go from being ignored to being needed by two different age groups? No matter what kind of generational sandwich you are - club, open faced, keto, whatever - hear about choosing support groups over ice floes.
Episode links
- What is a sandwich generation?
- GenX women facing the caregiving crisis
- The Sandwich Generation: When Caregiver Seems to Be Your Only Role
- What Is a Mother-in-Law Suite, and Should I Consider Adding One?
- Swedish Death Cleaning
- I Care A Lot movie
- Care Options for People with Dementia or Alzheimer's
- 9 ways sandwich-generation caregivers can manage stress
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In an encore episode, the crew dishes on one of the sexiest topics around: money. Ok, maybe not THAT sexy but we can make anything fun. Between paper route Ponzi schemes, having a monthly “nut”, wondering if we can ever retire, and how much we still owe Columbia House, you’ll never think of Gen X finances the same. Crack open that piggy bank and tune in today.
Episode links
- The Flying Lizards "Money" song
- Look up social security and see your working history
- 5 Interesting financial Facts About Generation X
- “I want my two dollars” from Better Off Dead
- What’s your monthly nut?
- Ewan McGregor Expedia ad about stuff
- Generation X: All Eyes on Retirement
- Best money tips for people in their 40s and 50s
- Gen Xers are the forgotten financial superheroes
- Why Gen Xers Are Way More Worried About Money Than Boomers
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Well, it happened - we couldn’t get our schedules lined up to record this week. BUT the good news is that we have an encore episode for you we think is pretty special - our first ever together on the podcast! Learn how Lori, Courtney, Christopher and I started doing this wacky thing in season 2 (since season one was a totally different format.)
In this episode, we dig into what being GenX means to each of us knowing how pivotal the 80’s were for music, fashion, crisis and more. We'll also discuss our generation’s creativity & innovation and why Chris thinks that sequins and the SpaceX Dragon capsule don’t mix.
So as spring is starting around the country, why not find out a bit more of our origin story? (Which also happens to be a really fun episode.)
Fun Episode links
- Meet our new hosts
- Check out Tremor, the SpaceX sequined zero-g dinosaur
- See Chris’ pug’s MRI on Twitter
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Today on the podcast we're talking all about jobs. The ones we had as kids, our first “real” ones, and even the ones that taught us a thing or two about life and ourselves. In a world where “quiet quitting”,“quiet firing” and the “great resignation” are now just part of work life, what do 50+ year olds expect in a job now? (Other that retire - well, maybe). We also share some of our beloved Facebook community’s first jobs, and pick one to send some awesome show swag to. Seriously, make it your job (see what we did there?) to listen.
Episode links
- How to Highlight The Unique Attributes of a Gen X Jobseeker
- Brief History of AOL
- The short but destructive history of mass layoffs
- GenXers in the workforce
- Job searching for GenXers
- GenX and the Great Resignation
- Early 1990’s Recession
- The Year in Quiet Quitting
- "Follow your bliss”
- How to balance your passion project with full time job
- For GenX, retirement bites
- Eve’s strange job path (plus video)
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Did you want your MTV? We certainly did! Today’s episode is all about being the “MTV generation”, the iconic music video cable channel launched the summer of 1981. What was the first day like? Who were these “VeeJays”? And why does MTV still feels like a cultural rite of passage for GenX. We are also joined by music video historian and the brains behind website & magazine Music Video Time Machine, Stephen Pitalo. Hear all the behind the scene stories of your favorite videos from Madonna to Duran Duran to Bon Jovi and even Michael Jackson's Thriller in 3D. Trust us - you’re gonna be surprised.
Episode links
- Music video Time Machine
- Michael Jackson's Thriller 3D
- MTV Launch day
- First videos aired on MTV
- MTV’s impact on GenX
- Music Videos by David Mallet
- 10 Favorite Videos by Steve Barron
- I want my MTV campaign
- Videos Directed by Wayne Isham
- Original MTV VeeJays
- David Bowie Rips Into MTV for Not Spotlighting Black Artists
- Peter Kagan Videos
Videos
- Video Killed the Radio Star
- Infatuation
- Take on Me
- Money for Nothing
- Girls Just Want to have Fun
- Living on a Prayer
- Tell her About it
- Tim Jones' Kiss
- Thriller
- Lucky Star
- Higher Love
- Rock the Casbah
- Every Breath you take
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Today’s podcast episode is going to be a little different. We’re taking on a topic that both Courtney and I have sadly experienced firsthand - losing a parent as a Gen Xer - and it’s just the two of us. This is also a longer episode than usual and barely edited because we felt it was important to be as authentic as possible with you.
While we know this is an emotional topic, we don’t cover any of that up. You'll will hear us lose it, get angry and even laugh, because that’s how grief is. It’s also how GenX is - never one dimensional. We really hope this will start to normalize how we talk about grief, and helps you heal.
All that being said, if hearing about loss and grief upsets you to much, especially when it relates to someone you love, we will understand if you skip this episode because we are really really really open.
Thank you for being there for us. Let us be there for you?
- The Grief of Losing a Parent Is Complex — Here’s How to Start Navigating It
- 64 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Grief
- 22 Things No One Tells You After A Parent Or Loved One Passes Away Unexpectedly
- Older generations are half as likely to seek bereavement support
- Finding a Therapist Who Can Help You
- Grief therapist look up
- How to Start Hard Conversations About End-of-Life Planning
Eve’s writing about grief
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Today the GenX Series Podcast gang is talking about cult classic films with with a special guest - Final Destination and American Pie movie producer Craig Perry (who happens to be married to one of our hosts). Given his vast amount of knowledge and the ton of research he asked us to read (OMG!) about the difference between a Cult Classic movie vs a cult following, we’re definitely going deep.
You know you want the behind the scenes info about your favorite cult classic movies so don’t miss this one.
- Craig Perry IMDB
- Cult Classics Explained: How a Movie Fits the Definition
- Surprising Cult Classics
- The 40 best cult movies of all time
- What is a cult movie?
- What is cult following?
- Motherfucking Snakes on motherfuking plane scene
- “There was this one time at band Camp” scene
- What we miss about the Video Store
- Mystery Science Theater 3000
- Secrets of ''Rebel Without a Cause''
- 'Star Trek': The Cult of William Shatner
- 7 reasons why ‘Die Hard’ is a Christmas movie
- Peter Jackson’s Brain Dead
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
- 15 Gen X Movies That Summarize An Entire Generation of Angst
- The Old Cult Mixlist: Songs from and inspired by classic cult films
- The Holiday: 6 things you didn't know about the cult Christmas film
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Today the GenX Stories gang is talking about obsessions. I mean… fandoms & collecting. Were you into puffy stickers or comics as a kid? And let’s get really honest and admit what weird thing you still collect. So grab that Holly Hobby lunch box and Star Wars Pez dispenser and get ready to get deep into it with your favorite GenX Geeks.
- Collecting Stickers in the 1980s
- What is a Fandom?
- What did we collect?
- Corky the dog
- Victorian Heating grates
- Post office doors
- Wacky packs
- Poppin' fresh doughboy
- Divorced Couple Splitting Up Beanie Babies
- Funko pop
- Conan Funkos
- 9 questions about furries
- 80s stuff Worth a Fortune Now
- LEGO Minifigures The Muppets
- Animal Lego Minifig
- 30 worthless Collectibles
- Wheat pennies
- Bicentennial quarters
- State Spoons
- Boo Buckets
- Charvel Surfcaster Electric Guitar
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2022 just hasn't been our year here over at GenX stories. Life keeps interfering so we’re just gonna start fresh in 2023. We plan to be back to publishing every two weeks starting January 11, 2023 and can’t wait to bring you new episodes about fandom, cult movies, ageism, music videos, & more.
Courtney, Lori, Chris, and Eve hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season, and look forward to seeing everyone in the new year. Love you. Mean it. Keep rocking.
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Today we have a special little bonus episide for you - an interview with Gabi Lorino, a kick ass book editor and 100% pure GenXer. We originally thought this would be part of the books episode published last week, but it was too fabulous to edit down to a few minutes so it got it’s own.
Gabi's actually the type of GenXer we created this podcast for because she’s got some amazing stories to share. Hear all about her work as an anthology editor, the books she loved as a kid (and which she re-reads) the books she’s written already and what her “big birthday” goal is.
- Made in LA Writers
- Photos of Gabi’s Books
- Gabi’s Books on Amazon
- Gabi’s "author blog"
- Gabi on Twitter
- Gsbi on Instagram
- Gabi on Facebook
- Gabi’s GenX Blog
- The musical stylings of the Ukeladies singing "Single in December."
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This week, the gang talks about books, books, and more books. The ones we loved reading as kids, the ones we shouldn't have read as kids, the books that shaped us how we grew up and what role books & reading plays now in our increasingly digital world.
Between rolling into the Scholastic book fairs, paying fines from overdue library books, sneaking forbidden books as a teenager and audio books vs old school reading, jump into to the land of make believe and imagination with us. Call us geeks, call us bookworms but don’t cancel our library card because we have opinions.
Episode links
- A Century of Reading: The 10 Books That Defined the 1980s
- 17 Required High School Books We Ended Up Loving
- 30 Books Everyone Should Read At Least Once In Their Lives
- The Golden Booksgoldenbooks.com/
- Dr. Seuss
- Richard Scarry books
- Highlights magazine
- Scholastic Book Fair
- William Stieg
- Mr. Nosey
- Shel Silverstein
- Judy Blume
- The Enduring Allure of Choose Your Own Adventure Books
- Is Listening to Audiobooks Really Reading?
- As Book Bans Escalate, Here’s What You Need to Know
- Book Review: The Tales of Generation X Feel as Poignant Now as in the 1990s
- Prince Harry will read audiobook of his memoir which promises to be 'candid and powerful'
- Little Free Library
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The GenX Stories gang needed some laughs so we took on the Muppets & Sesame Street which caused a serious conversation. (because of course it did).
Did you grow up with the Muppet Show or Sesame Street? Is Yoda really a muppet? (don’t fight Courtney about it!). And seriously, what character would YOU be? We get brutally honest and share our thoughts on muppet doppelgängers among other Jim Henson/Frank Oz stuff. You know you need a break from Thanksgiving so it's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights. Yayyyyyyy!
Episode links
- Sesame Street Characters
- Muppet Characters
- Sesame Street Characters are muppets
- Differences between Muppets and Sesame Street
- Kermit was an old coat before a frog
- The Dark Crystal
- Fizzgig
- Yoda is not a Muppet per Frank Oz
- Sesame Street: fly in his soup
- RNC and fight with Big Bird
- Kermit hosted the Tonight Show
- Muppets on SNL
- Miss Piggy’s dog
- Animal commercial
- QUIZ: Which muppet are you?
- The Muppets Mayhem: Everything We Know About the Disney+ Series
- Sam & Friends book
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Welcome to Season 4 of GenX Stories! While we we originally intended to launch this episode at the end of summer, I lost my father in September which sadly impacted everything. But we finally got the gang together, and thought we'd kick off our new season talking about how everything old is new again. Music, movies, fashion, everything is back (even stuff we wish wasn’t). With the GenZ'ers trying to own on our nostalgia now, is GenX down with that or does it annoy the fuck out of us? Listen and find out, because you know we have opinions.
Episode links
- We won a Best in Show W3 award - hear about it all
- Urban Dictionary definition: Pseudo Nostalgia
- It’s not nostalgia. Stranger Things is fuelling a pseudo-nostalgia of the 1980s
- Rick Astley’s Insurance commercial
- They weren’t even born, so why is Gen Z nostalgic for the ’80s?
- The clever ways brands are tapping into Gen Z’s obsession with nostalgia
- Gen X, Millennials and Boomers are Battling Over Who Owned the Super Bowl
- Dad's TikTok for son showing what his 80s childhood was like is total Gen X nostalgia
- "Stranger Things" and the frustrations of Gen X's '80s nostalgia habit
- 'Top Gun: Maverick' is apparently a total Gen X win and frankly, we deserve this
- Why ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Almost Had a Different Opening Sequence
- I Rediscovered the ’90s Caboodles Case in Lockdown—Here’s Why It’s the Greatest Makeup Organizer Ever
- Sesame Street’s first TikTok
- AARP on TikTok
- Gen Z isn’t mourning the past – we’re trying to redeem it
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Season four of GenX Stories is finally going to drop Wednesday, November 9th!
Get ready for more of the awesome banter and kick ass GenX-ness you’ve come to expect from us as we chat about everything from nostalgia trends to books to Late ADHD diagnoses to muppets to travel to therapy to family dysfunction and even to ASMR (whatever that means).
Meanwhile, check out some of our AWARD WINNING episodes from season 2 and 3 and brace yourself for our new season. We promise you - it will NOT disappoint.
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Given the recent loss of my father, it’s a crazy time to share good news, but I wanna think dad would have been so proud.
Born from my 25th Penn reunion, the GenX Stories podcast just won a Best in Show W3 Award in the podcast category. For a teeny show run by four 50+ friends (and first time podcasters) not a podcast network, this is a huge honor.
I am SO thankful for our supporters & listeners and my beloved co-hosts who somehow agreed to go along with this crazy thing. Lori, Courtney, Chris and I can’t wait to share more GenX topics with you all in Season 4 later this month so stay tuned.
Meanwhile, check out some of our favorite now AWARD WINNING (hah!) episodes.
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- W3 Award Best in Show Winners
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While we had hoped to start season four in September, sadly my beloved father passed away on September 11 due to a rapidly growing aggressive brain cancer. I am still reeling because it happened so fast and my mother and I are navigating the next few weeks, but season four of the podcast is obviously delayed.
On the bright side, Courtney, Chris, Lori and I did record the first two episodes at the end of August. And they’re great We are planning to launch the new season sometime in October so stay tuned.
Meanwhile, I have linked both my father’s obituary and the eulogy I gave for him here so you can get to know this incredible man a little bit.
I’ll miss you forever, daddy.
- Obituary: Dr William H. Simon
- Daddy's Girl: A eulogy for my father
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While we are on hiatus this summer (ahead of season four’s fall release), we are re-publishing some of our most popular episodes with brand new intros and trust us, this one is worth the wait.
Get out the popcorn! The GenX Stories gang goes all out & shares how we really feel about the “new takes” of tv shows and movies we grew up on. While this was originally released WAY ahead of Top Gun: Maverick, thanks to GenX nostalgia it’s soared to $1.895 billion worldwide already. Cuz it was THAT good.
So without further ado, break out those snacks and check out the replay of one of our favorite season 3 episodes, appropriately entitled "Is it a reboot or a remake?”
Episode links
- ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Topping ‘Avengers’ Sequel As 12th Biggest Film In History
- 'Top Gun: Maverick' is apparently a total Gen X win and frankly, we deserve this
- Quentin Tarantino Calls ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ a ‘Spectacle’ He Never Thought He’d See Again: ‘I F—ing Love It’
- Is it a reboot, remake, prequel or sequel?
- 14 Remakes That Are Better Than the Original
- Why are there so many film and tv remakes right now?
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Remake
- How Cronenberg's The Fly Remake Improved On The Original Movie
- How James Bond Should Return Following No Time To Die
- How West Side Story Reset Itself
- How the new Wonder Years captured the spirit of the original — and why it's not a remake
- ABC's Facts of Life Live Begins With OG Cast Reunion
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While we are still on hiatus this summer (ahead of season four), we are re-releasing some of our most popular episodes with brand new intros and trust us, this one rocks (literally).
In a summer filled with kick ass concerts - including many of our generations favorites - do you remember YOUR first? What about your favorite? And what bands are you planning to see this summer. We also asked what shows our facebook group are excited about and were surprised with their answers.
So without further ado, lean hard into that contact high and check out the replay of one of our favorite season 3 episodes, appropriately entitled "We Will Rock You: Our Fave Concerts”.
Episode links
- Stadium Tour setlist
- Summer 2022 Concerts
- The 50 Greatest Concerts of the Last 50 Years
- Musical acts from the 80s who are still playing today
- Sting solo singing Roxanne acoustic
- Styx: Mr Roboto
- Belinda Carlisle dated Michael Huchence
- Live Aid
- Live Aid’s You Tube Channel
- The Hooters
- All Your Zombies Video
- Ani DiFranco on touring w/Dylan
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While we are on hiatus this summer (ahead of season four), the GenX Stories crew is re-releasing some of our most popular episodes and today’s is sadly pretty appropriate for our world right now.
After the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe Vs Wade on Jun 24, 2022, many of us have been very upset. Most of our listeners (and our show hosts!) have-not known a time when abortion wasn’t legal and safe, so we all worry what this means for our country now both in terms of bodily autonomy and overall human rights.
Between growing up with Gloria Steinam's influence on our mothers, watching Katie in The Way We Were, "Leaning In" w/Sheryl Sandberg at work and stressing out with Ada Calhoun at midlife, we share our expectations, experiences and how we're feeling about everything right now.
Check out the replay in it’s entirety of "What it’s like for a (GenX) girl” with an updated intro that includes post-Roe resources to help you all take action right now. If you (or a beloved woman in your life) have also been dealing with a changing world, this ep is for you.
- WIRED: Post Roe Resources
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN: Post Roe Resources
- Interactive Map: US Abortion Policies and Access After Roe
- What to Know If You're Planning on Protesting the End of Roe v. Wade
- Post-Roe polls: Midterm support for Democrats soars after Supreme Court strikes down abortion access
- The Way We Were
- The Way We Were movie clips
- 3rd Wave Feminism
- Gloria Steinem
- Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In
- About Sheryl Sandberg
- Strong women quotes
- How a Voice of Female Gen X Anxiety Spends Her Sundays
- The new midlife crisis
- What to expect when you’re expecting to be a GenX girl
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- Aging Life Care Association
- Health Care proxy in NY State - note each state will have different laws about this so look yours up. People with estranged family should also know that a family member will be able to make decisions for them and that typically the proxy can’t just unplug you
- What is a sandwich generation?
- GenX women facing the caregiving crisis
- The Sandwich Generation: When Caregiver Seems to Be Your Only Role
- What Is a Mother-in-Law Suite, and Should I Consider Adding One?
- Swedish Death Cleaning
- I Care A Lot movie
- Care Options for People with Dementia or Alzheimer's
- 9 ways sandwich-generation caregivers can manage stress
- Facing Senilicide: How do we treat our aging parents?
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As we wrap up season 3 of the podcast (OMG - really?) and look ahead to season 4, this episode is a love letter to our kick-ass and hysterical hosts. Check out some of the funny clips that were either bloopers or new stuff you’ve never heard before.
While new episodes of GenX Stories are on hiatus until season 4 drops late summer/early fall, don’t think you’ll get a total break from us! We’re gonna either re-release some of our personal favorites or share clips that will make you laugh your ass off and remember what it really means to be GenX.
Meanwhile, get comfy in that beach chair, enjoy a cool beverage and rock out with your favorite 50-somethings who are never at a loss for words.
Links to some of our most popular Season 3 episodes
- Is it a reboot or a remake?
- Becoming our parents
- We Will Rock You: Our Fave Concerts
- Stuck in the middle with you: GenX as a sandwich generation
- Wait, What? Misheard song lyrics
- Holding out for a hero?
- We are GenX
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On today’s episode we're digging into what being GenX really means to the podcast crew, from a personal, cultural and even societal point of view. In addition, we have clips from real GenXers - classmates from Courtney and Eve’s recent 30th college reunion. Want to know what makes us, us? Listen now!
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It’s almost summer and the GenX Stories gang has a ton of kick-ass memories from ours. As kids, we were all about hanging at the mall, riding bikes all day, finding that one friend with a/c and a pool, blowing stuff up at camp, snacking on fla-vor-ice and coming home when the street lights came on. Sneak into a cool movie theater with us and hear all about those footloose and fancy free summers.
Episode links
- Favorite GenX Summer memories
- Your Guide to the Ultimate ’80s Summer
- SunIn in the 80s
- The real story about summer reading
- A Return To The '80s Mall Of Our Youth
- Ice Cream Man
- Bike ramp jumps in the 70’s
- Letterman Pumpkin (not watermelon) Cannon Fail (That Chris art directed)
- Boy scout camp
- This may have been Eve’s Computer camp
- Coding on TSR-80s (from computer camp)
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Because we rarely have guests on our show, this one deserved it’s own little bonus episode. Bobbi Rebell is a fellow GenXer, certified financial planner and host of the critically acclaimed Money Tips for Financial Grownups podcast. If you still don’t think of yourself as an adult (cuz we don’t!) you’re gonna totally dig our little chat about GenX finances and Bobbi’s new book "Launching Financial Grownups”. Even if this topic freaks you out, listen in. Bobbi has GOODIES you’re gonna wanna snag so don’t miss this little gem of an episode.
Episode links
- Bobbi’s Website
- Bobbi’s book: Launching Financial Grownups
- Money Tips for Financial Grownups podcast.
- Follow Bobbi on Twitter
- Grownup Gear
- Listen to our financial episode, “I Want My Two Dollars”
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This week the crew dishes on one of the sexiest topics around: money. Ok, maybe not THAT sexy but we can make anything fun. Between paper route Ponzi schemes, having a monthly “nut”, wondering if we can ever retire, and how much we still owe Columbia House, you’ll never think of Gen X finances the same. Crack open that piggy bank and tune in today.
Episode links
- The Flying Lizards "Money" song
- Look up social security and see your working history
- 5 Interesting financial Facts About Generation X
- “I want my two dollars” from Better Off Dead
- What’s your monthly nut?
- Ewan McGregor Expedia ad about stuff
- Generation X: All Eyes on Retirement
- Best money tips for people in their 40s and 50s
- Gen Xers are the forgotten financial superheroes
- Why Gen Xers Are Way More Worried About Money Than Boomers
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We know it’s after April fools day, but we still have some stories to share. On this little bonus episode, hear all the funnies from our Facebook community, and why Gen X doesn’t trust anyone, especially not on April 1.
Episode links
- Nikita’s pun-o-matic
- Gmail launched on April 1
- 60 great April Fools jokes
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Does our generation have any heroes? The Gen X Stories gang isn’t really sure. Between family members we respect, public figures we admire & others who inspire us, hear why we think our generation struggles to use the word “hero” at all. Plus we hear from our Facebook community about their thoughts on the matter. You may be surprised where we end up as much as we were.
Episode links
- Songs about heroes
- Urban Dictionary definition of a hero
- When Everyday People Become Unexpected Heroes
- A Hero in A Hat: Abraham Lincoln's Heroism
- Miracle on the Hudson & Sully Sullenberger
- An Unlikely Hero: Volodymyr Zelensky’s rise
- Lin Manual Miranda and the backlash about the In the Heights Movie
- Habitat for Humanity: A glimpse at what inspires President Carter
- The Sustained Charitable Giving Model Of Newman’s Own
- Why Carl Sagan is Truly Irreplaceable
- 35 years after Challenger disaster, former students of Christa McAuliffe honor her legacy
- Jaime Escalante from “Stand and Deliver”
- Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Kitchen
- Lighting designer Dennis Parichy
- 5 moments from 9/11 that shouldn’t be forgotten
- New Yorkers celebrating first responders every night
- Chris’s Emmy nominations & wins
- 12 acts of everyday heroism that will instantly put a smile on your face
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Arrrrroooooooooooooo! On today’s episode, the GenX Stories gang is talking all about our furry friends. The ones we had growing up, the ones we maybe shouldn't have had and why we love TikTok dogs so much now. Between Chris’s pug's viral MRI, Lori’s wish for an illegal hedgehog and Eve’s Monty Python parakeet issues, you won’t believe the role pets have always had in our lives.
Episode links
- Generational shifts/differences in pet ownership
- The Most Popular and Famous Dog Breeds in the 1980s
- How Often Did Lassie Have to Rescue Timmy from a Well?
- Purple Parakeets
- Monty Python bird sketch
- Cane Corso
- What’s a Schnoodle?
- 11 Things You Will Want to Know About Sheepadoodles
- Scrumpy the pug’s MRI
- Andy Richter’s tweet of Scrumpy the pug’s MRI
- Puppy Conan
- Puppy Lingerie Bowl
- Puppy Big Bang Theory
- Noodles the Pug on TikTok
- Noodle, an Internet-famous pug, sets the vibe for the day. Here’s why we love him
- Maxine the Corgi - MadMax and her branded backpack
- Brodie the Dood - Titok Dog
- Veronica and Baby Boo - TikTok cats
- Best Friends Animal Society - No-kill animal adoption
- Pandemic pets
- Research on the pet-human bond has boomed in the pandemic
- Pet trends
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Between learning square dancing, playing the recorder, studying geometry and even taking typing class, the GenX Stories gang explores the importance of what we were taught (or not!) when we were younger & if that changed when we grew up. Get ready to dig into lifelong learning, even if it’s not how you expected it to be. And seriously, what really happened to Pluto?
Episode links
- Kermit Recorder Meme
- 11 Absolutely Useless Things You Were Taught In School
- Americans Use Just 37 Percent Of Information Learned In School, Survey Finds
- 25 Facts You Learned in School That Are No Longer True
- 24 life skills every functioning adult should master
- 10 Shocking Reasons Why Geometry is Important in your Life
- 11 Examples of Geometry In Everyday Life
- Should Pluto be a planet again? The debate rages on
- 6 Simple Life Lessons With Schoolhouse Rock
- Remember when you could call the time?
- 5 Math Lessons You Don't Really Need in the Real World
- Chisanbop
- ROYGBIV Rainbow colors
- Are There Really Right-Brained and Left-Brained People?
- How to Keep Learning At Every Stage of Your Life
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Religion, faith or Flying Spaghetti monster - do you believe in any of it? This week the GenX Stories gang explores our generation’s unique relationship to a higher power, whatever that may be. Between our own personal experiences, how they may have changed as we’ve aged and our take on the 15, er, 10.. 10 commandments, the universe ain’t ready for what we’ve got to say. Plus don’t miss wisdom from our FB community from an especially deep Zoom happy hour. So grab some of those good communion crackers and listen in!
Episode links
- Religion and GenX (Pew)
- Generations and their belief in god (chart)
- Hebrew Alphabet song
- Campus Life religious club
- What is a Bris?
- One spot in Jerusalem with three religions
- The 10 Commandments
- Moses & the 10 Commandments from History of The World Part 1
- The Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Pasta strainers and pirates: how the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was born
- Yahrzeit: Remembering on the Anniversary of a Death
- Seven Deadly Sins
- Hineni: ‘Here I am’ and ‘I am here’ are different
- Eve’s Huffington Post article about Hineni
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Admit it - we never thought we’d turn into our parents, but it’s happening. The podcast gang explores what that actually looks like for a sarcastic, non-conforming group like GenXers. We'd like to say you'll be surprised by our stories, but it's pretty likely that you’ll recognize yourself. It’s ok - we won’t tell.
Episode links
- Dr Rick & Parentimorphosis Progessive ads
- Breakfast club: When you grow up, your heart dies.
- The Most Important Message of the The Breakfast Club Is a Lie
- Afraid of becoming your parents? Dr. Rick smartly satirizes a generational divide
- People share their “turning into their parents” moments
- 10 signs you’re turning into your parents
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On today’s kick-ass bonus episode, we have a real treat - Eve’s cousin Jenny talks all about turning the loss of her father to HIV into a very personal YA novel. Set in 1991 during the AIDS crisis, and revealed through sketches, journal entries & the music we grew up on, hear how sharing her story became an authentic statement about GenX for a younger generation.
Episode links
- The Recollectors
- Adult Children of AIDS Victims Take Their Memories Out of the Shadows
- 'The Recollectors' Gives Voice To Children Who Lost Parents To AIDS
- JennyLaden.com
- Jenny Laden Art FB page
- Jenny Laden on Twitter
- Jenny Laden on Instagram
- Positive Space book Spotify playlist
- About Jenny: Journey to Becoming a Solo Mom by Choice
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Get out the popcorn! This week the GenX Stories gang shares how we really feel about the “new takes” of tv shows and movies we grew up on. Between Ghostbusters, A Star is Born, The Facts of Life and others you didn’t even know are remakes (or reboots?), can they ever be as good as the originals? And why is it happening so much now? Trust us - just listen and do NOT cross the streams.
Episode links
- Is it a reboot, remake, prequel or sequel?
- 14 Remakes That Are Better Than the Original
- Why are there so many film and tv remakes right now?
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace the Remake
- How Cronenberg's The Fly Remake Improved On The Original Movie
- How James Bond Should Return Following No Time To Die
- How West Side Story Reset Itself
- How the new Wonder Years captured the spirit of the original — and why it's not a remake
- ABC's Facts of Life Live Begins With OG Cast Reunion
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As 2021 winds down, the GenX stories podcast gang waxes poetic about making genie wishes instead of resolutions, self-improvement holiday gifts never to give and all the rules we’re gonna break in the new year. Plus why the Babylonians can suck it.
See ya all next year!
Episode links
- Nobody claim 2022 as your year meme
- 2019 Peloton ad campaign
- Where did resolutions come from?
- Eve’s New Years’ Word vs. resolutions
- Genie Rules
- Achievable New Years resolutions
- Wish Paper
- New Year’s resolution statistics
- 55 New Year's Resolution Ideas for 2022
- How to Make (and Keep) a New Year's Resolution
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On today’s episode, the gang nibbles on some tasty tidbits about our generation’s relationship to cooking. Grab a snack and hear about our favorite cookbooks, food TV shows and why we dabble in the kitchen (or don't). Plus we take on the eternal PB&J debate - love it or hate it. You’ll just have to listen to find out what we really think.
Episode links
- Mark Bittman cookbooks
- Rachel Ray
- Anthony Bourdain’s Meal With Obama Was a Proud American Moment
- Kitchen Confidential
- The Joy of Cooking
- Burnt movie review
- The food in Julie & Julia
- Stop shaming recipe bloggers for writing a lot
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Embracing holiday traditions, dealing with crazy family and filling up on appetizers - that’s what is on the holiday menu this week with Eve, Courtney, Chris and Lori. Prepare for your Thanksgiving by hearing our insane family stories (because weaponized sticky buns), finding out the right time to eat holiday dinner and getting advice for this hectic time of year, including the best way to handle a "drive-by bunning”. Hanging out at the kid's table was never this fun.
Episode links
- Family holidays memes
- Holiday “Incidents”
- What time should Thanksgiving dinner be?
- Home for the Holidays (movie)
- Dealing w /family during the holidays
- How to ask for vaccine status before holiday
- Tips for a peaceful family holiday gathering
- Recipe for sweet potato orange cups
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On today’s episode, the gang digs into what makes GenX the latest “sandwich” generation and how we’re handling it. Smushed between taking care of our parents and our kids, how did we go from being ignored to being needed by two different age groups? No matter what kind of generational sandwich you are - club, open faced, keto, whatever - hear about choosing support groups over ice floes.
Oh, and that Swedish Death Cleaning isn’t a band name.
Episode links
- What is a sandwich generation?
- GenX women facing the caregiving crisis
- The Sandwich Generation: When Caregiver Seems to Be Your Only Role
- What Is a Mother-in-Law Suite, and Should I Consider Adding One?
- Swedish Death Cleaning
- I Care A Lot movie
- Care Options for People with Dementia or Alzheimer's
- 9 ways sandwich-generation caregivers can manage stress
- Facing Senilicide: How do we treat our aging parents?
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Hey! Did you know that GenX Stories was named one of Top 15 Gen X Podcasts? We’re thankful and grateful to be included on this epic list.
In honor of Halloween, the GenX Stories podcast gang is freaking out over horror movies. Why they work, how has their impact on us changed over time, and what scares the crap out of us now. Plus we are joined by a kick-ass producer of blockbuster scary movies, who just happens to be married to one of our hosts. Don’t answer the phone, go to bed or run into the woods - just listen now! 🎃👻
Episode links
- The best halloween movies & TV shows
- Final Destination
- Craig Perry
- David Cronenberg movies
- The Fly Is Still David Cronenberg’s Masterpiece
- The Silence of the Lambs at 30: An unsettling horror that's still utterly terrifying
- The Lingering Horror of ‘Night of the Living Dead’
- Night Gallery TV Show
- Twilight Zone original TV Show
- Sweeney Todd: fact or fiction?
- Jamie Lee Curtis doesn’t even like horror films
- Best order to watch all the Halloween movies?
- The Exorcist: 10 Ways It Still Holds Up Today
- 10 Gnarliest Practical Effects in Horror Films
- Shaun of the Dead
- 'Hocus Pocus 2'
- Human Centipede
- Human Centipede menorah
- The Conjuring
- The Real 'Amityville Horror'
- Get Out
- Dawn of the Dead
- Midnight Mass on Netflix
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We have something embarrassing to admit - we got our publish dates a little off. While we have a kick ass Halloween episode ready to go, we're actually going to publish it next week (because, ya know, Halloween) which left today's scheduled episode sorta up in the air.
But have no fear because now you get to be a fly on the wall for this special BONUS ep - a little glimpse into our planning session for the rest of season three! We're keeping this short and sweet both because we want to keep you guessing and because we're still figuring it all out. As GenXers do.
Also Courtney is on the east coast right now, and we got to spend some in person time this past weekend, so hear about the trouble we got into together.
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Is this episode a PJ party or just good old fashioned girl talk? What’s for sure is that the ladies of the podcast (Chris was traveling) chat openly and honestly about feminism & what it’s like to be a GenX woman. Between growing up with Gloria Steinam's influence on our mothers, watching Katie in The Way We Were, "Leaning In" w/Sheryl Sandberg at work and stressing out with Ada Calhoun at midlife, we share our expectations, experiences and how we're feeling about everything right now. If you (or a beloved woman in your life) have also been thinking about evolving through it all, this ep is for you. Pinky promise.
Episode Links
- The Way We Were
- The Way We Were movie clips
- 3rd Wave Feminism
- Gloria Steinem
- Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In
- About Sheryl Sandberg
- Strong women quotes
- How a Voice of Female Gen X Anxiety Spends Her Sundays
- The new midlife crisis
- What to expect when you’re expecting to be a GenX girl
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Singing your favorite song at the top of your lungs is awesome, but did you always get the lyrics right? (Especially before you could look them up online). In this episode, the GenX Stories podcast gang finds out what a Mondegeen is, what a Raspberry Beret is not and which songs we embarrassingly just learned the right lyrics to.
Plus laugh your ass off at the best misheard lyrics our Facebook group members shared at a recent happy hour.
- Facebook group for misheard song lyrics
- Misheard song lyric memes
- What’s a Mondegreen?
- The New Yorker: Excuse me while I kiss this guy
- This is why you mishear popular song lyrics
- 40 Song Lyrics That We've Been Messing up This Whole Time
- Bobby Brooks
- It’s gonna be Maaaaaayyy meme
- Kiss This Guy misheard song lyrics website
- A to z lyrics website
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"Mawage is wot bwings us togeder today”. Thanks to the Princess Bride, we all had a vision of "tru wuv” when we were growing up, but was it the fairy tale in reality? This week the gang gets way personal (with the help of our outspoken Facebook happy hour crew) and digs deep into the truth about love, marriage, divorce, long distance relationships and SO much more. Get ready to face what's next in the second half of life with us, the snarky bridesmaids/man you never knew you needed.
Episode links
- The U.S. Divorce Rate Has Hit a 50-Year Low
- 10 Essentials About Midlife Love Relationships
- Getting your MRS degree
- Equal Rights Amendment
- Swedenborgianism
- Princess Bride wedding scene
- “Mawidge”
- Being married means mostly shouting "What?" from other rooms
- Divorce at Midlife
- Divorce stats
- Get ordained online
- Dating at midlife
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It's the podcast gang's 1 year anniversary and we're celebrating! Between drivers ed, first cars, stick shifts, speed traps and sex in the back seat - you'll drive yourself nuts for missing this one. Catch a ride with Eve, Chris & Courtney (Lori was traveling but sent notes!) as we remember when we had the wind in our hair, slid across bench seats and cruised around with our best friends, blasting 80s tunes out of the sunroof. There’s even a surprise appearance at the end of the show, plus a kick ass “the more you know” ride sharing find.
Episode links
- Why your first car is so special
- The ugliest cars of the 80’s
- The coolest cars in the 80’s
- Prefrontal cortex is not developed until 25
- We think Lori found Mr Mudge, Chris’s drivers ed teacher
- Red Asphalt is the horror movie they showed in driver’s ed
- A nostalgic review of the 1985 Honda Prelude
- Moon roof vs. sun roof
- “Three on the tree.”
- Yugo: The worst car in history
- The K car
- Chilton Manuals
- Curryville MO speed trap
- Why American teens are driving less
- Uber WAV, wheelchair accessible vehicle
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The gang is back this week to talk all about our first concerts, missed musical opportunities and flat out not remembering the biggest show of our lifetime, LiveAid (Guess who that was?). We even have a surprise guest with the best concert story ever (and a magic microphone).
Lean hard into that contact high and listen to this crazy episode on repeat. We won’t tell.
- The 50 Greatest Concerts of the Last 50 Years
- Musical acts from the 80s who are still playing today
- Sting solo singing Roxanne acoustic
- Styx: Mr Roboto
- Belinda Carlisle dated Michael Huchence
- Live Aid
- Live Aid’s You Tube Channel
- The Hooters
- All Your Zombies Video
- Ani DiFranco on touring w/Dylan
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Remember playing sports as a kid, with terrible equipment, unexplainable injuries and fields littered with gopher holes? We definitely do!
Cheer us on from the sidelines as Eve, Chris, Courtney and Lori share both our athletic triumphs and defeats along with memorable sporting events and mishaps (Nancy Kerrigan anyone?). Plus thoughts on 2020/2021 Olympic brouhaha, obsolete sports we’d like to see again (can you say Skijoring?) and so much more. Grab one of those useless helmets and drive on in.
- About the Wide World of Sports “agony of defeat” guy
- Philadelphia Eagles fans climbing greased poles
- Totem Tennis (what smacked Courtney in the head)
- Water and orange slices
- 1984 Olympics
- Tour de France
- Mark Cavendish
- 1985 Chicago Bears
- Michael Jordan: The Last Dance movie
- Cubs Win the World Series
- Nancy Kerrigan/Tonya Harding: live footage
- I, Tonya (movie)
- Pete Rose Gets Booted from Baseball
- Rocky Statue Story in Philly
- Veterans Stadium
- Baseball is boring
- ABC Wide World of Sports
- Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
- Stone Skipping
- Young Bull Riders
- IOC rules on weed
- IOC Rule 50 revised
- 2020 Olympics Mascot
- Golden Slam
- Skijoring Is Winter’s Wildest Sport. Here’s How to Do It
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You know the story - something happened to your best friend's 3rd cousin and OMG it’s sooo true. And yet.
On today’s episode, the GenX Stories gang starts season 3 digging into all our favorite urban myths. Where did they come from? How did we find out ? And why did we believe them?
From Mikey dying from mixing pop rocks and Coke, to gerbil adventures, to UFO’s & Nessie, and even the birth of fake news, we’re on it. But just in case, have that Ouija board handy, cuz you never know.
Episode links
- What is an urban myth?
- 20 urban legends Americans can't stop talking about
- How the Explosive 'Pop Rocks and Coke' Legend Destroyed an Iconic Candy Brand
- Passing notes in the 80s
- Aesop's fables
- Brothers Grimm
- From the Beatles to Phil Collins, 13 Biggest Urban Legends Tied to Top Music Hits
- The Great Kidney-Snatch Myth
- Razors in the apple during Halloween never happened
- How the Tylenol murders of 1982 changed the way we consume medication
- History of Gerbiling
- Calls coming from inside the house
- Bubble Yum and spider eggs
- Anatomy of a Fake News Scandal: Pizzagate
- 20 Years Later, the Y2K Bug Seems Like a Joke—Because Those Behind the Scenes Took It Seriously
- Media Bias Chart
- A Definitive Guide to the Bronx Zoo Cobra Meme
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Hear how GenX is taking over TikTok (oh hello @whiteyy18!) get a sneak peek of an upcoming episode and be a fly on the wall for some never before heard podcast outtakes. As if that weren't enough, you’re gonna love what our Facebook community had to say during a particularly wild zoom happy hour.
So, see you on the other side. Or whatever.
Episode links
- The rise of #cougartok and Whiteyy18
- How the Explosive 'Pop Rocks and Coke' Legend Destroyed an Iconic Candy Brand
- Man with sex doll wife
- Chris Columbus on why 'Gremlins' is a Christmas movie — and the dark Santa story the studio wanted to cut out
- GenX Stories FB group
- Write us a review. Get cool shit.
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Wanna go behind the scenes with the GenX Stories gang? As we wrap up season 2, we share what surprised us about this crazy podcast process, things we’re excited about in Season 3 and what members of our Facebook community really think about it all.
And Tom Hanks - call us?
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Remember the summer vacations of your youth? Have no fear - we do! This week the GenX Stories gang reminisces about our first experiences traveling with family, to the adventures we had as young adults up until our recent and upcoming travel plans.
If you've always wanted to know what it's like to party on a private yacht, travel while living abroad, see Pink Floyd’s The Wall concert at the Berlin wall, or even why the Four Corners monument is in the wrong place, you won’t be disappointed.
Oh, and are those pillows? We’ll never tell.
Episode links
- Wood paneled station wagons
- First class air travel then and now
- What family vacations looked like in the 80s
- The Donner party
- Mt. Rushmore
- The National Monument That's in the Wrong Place
- Pink Floyd's “The Wall” (full concert in Berlin)
- Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' in Berlin: 30 years ago
- AAA Trip Tik’s
- Maine weather stick
- Traveler’s Checks When Traveling Abroad — Useful or Outdated?
- Pre paid phone cards
- The private yacht Lori vacationed on
- How Summer vacations have changed over the years
- Gen X Travelers to Lead 2021 Pandemic Recovery
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As 2021’s high school class approaches their end of year events, you know the GenX Stories gang had to relive our own. But here’s the big question: who loved these rites of passage from the 80’s and who was all “whatever” about them?
We neither confirm or deny that these last days of senior year were filled with epic pranks, ditching class, bad silver tux rentals and graduation controversies. You’ll just have to get out that puffy shouldered prom dress out and hear what really happened.
- The prom, GenX Style
- Remembering Gunne Sax/Jessica McClintock prom dresses
- The good the bad and the 80s - prom movies
- Best graduation songs for the last 20 years
- Craziest senior pranks
- Hickman High school Kewpies (weird mascot)
- Eve’s senior project “book”
- Eve’s graduation photo
Our 80’s prom songs
- Mony Mony
- OMD: If you leave
- Moody Blues: Knights in White Satin
- Lionel Richie: Truly
- Billy Joel: This is the time
- Lady in Red
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Between Legos, Superballs, Lite Brite, Spirograph, video games, Lori's Barbies, and David Mamet’s Tetris high score on Eve’s computer, it’s pretty clear that the gang had no shortage of fun things to occupy our time as kids. Unless you’re Chris, who would turn all of his toys into something new (i.e break them) when he got bored.
Get ready to solve your Rubik's Cube like Courtney while you hear all about the games & toys we loved back then, which ones are still around today, and how we are managing the new bells and whistles that the latest generation seems to need. (Hint: Remove the batteries)
Oh! As an FYI, this episode has more personal sound effects than we’ve ever made in public before, and we’re here for it all.
Episode links
- 34 Toys You’ll Totally Remember If You Were A Kid In The ’80s
- Toys that defined the 80s
- Toys from the 80s and 90’s you can still buy
- Barbie Townhouse
- Large Barbie doll head
- Lite Brite
- Simon
- Whales Tales
- Pong
- Frogger
- Atari 2600
- Tetris
- Clackers
- 2XL robot
- Spirograph
- Travel Spirograph
- Teddy Ruxpin
- Conan’s Wiki Bear
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This week the gang waxes nostalgic about the movie soundtracks that scored our youth. And our midlife. And everything in-between.
Tune in to hear why we think soundtracks can make (or break) a movie, the unvarnished truth about overplayed songs (hint: Titanic), what it takes to get picked for a Bond film intro, and how movies are our “gateway drug” for discovering great music. Oh, and CHOMPERS. (Wait, what?).
Are you ready to drop the needle?
Episode links
- 10 best 80’s soundtracks
- Best Songs from 80’s movies
- Top Gun volleyball scene
- What is a music supervisor?
- Lost in Translation soundtrack
- Yello's “Oh yeah" from Ferris Buellers Day off
- Ferris Bueller end credits - The English Beat
- Maniac in Flash Dance
- Risky Business Tangerine Dream train song
- Say Anything boom box scene
- Don’t you forget about me - The Breakfast Club
- Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack
- Use of music in Grosse Pointe Blank:
- Reality Bites My Sharona scene
- Pretty in Pink: OMD - If You Leave
- Pretty in pink - original song
- Pretty Woman Montage
- Tears for Fears: Everybody Wants to Rule the World
- Everybody Wants to Rule the World Hunger Games cover
- Tears for fears & movies their songs were in
- Xanadu
- LaLa Land intro
- This is Me from The Greatest Showman
- Kesha’s version of This is me
- Every opening Bond song
- What makes a Bond song?
- Star Trek Beyond: Beastie Boys Sabotage
- Peter Gabriel’s The Veil from Snowden
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Irony is rich as the podcast gang takes on GenX being summoned into the latest cancel culture kerfuffle. Seriously - have they met us? From the PC battles of our youth with Tipper Gore and PMRC to the recent “cancellations” of Mr. Potato Head, Dr Seuss and Pepe Le Pew, we have a ton of opinions.
For even more GenX perspective, we’ve added some wayyyyy unfiltered thoughts from our FB group community. Thanks to Nikita, Spam, Alan, Allison, Krystee, Trish, Carrie, Christine & Rob for a kick-ass discussion on how our generation really feels about cancel culture.
So, listen or not. Whatever.
Links
- Cancel culture is out of control — and Gen X is our only hope
- Zero Hour for Gen X: How the Last Adult Generation Can Save America from Millennials
- Conservative media calls on Gen X to save us from ‘cancel culture’ and Gen X responds, cancel that
- Gen X Would Very Much Like To Be Left Out of These Meaningless “Cancel Culture” Conversations
- Fox News asked Gen X to 'stop cancel culture' and the responses are simply hilarious
- Why Attacking ‘Cancel Culture’ And ‘Woke’ People Is Becoming The GOP’s New Political Strategy
- Tipper Gore and the PMRC “explicit” labeling in 1985
- We knew it as PC
- When did “cancel culture” come into play?
- What happened to the Dixie Chicks
- Dr. Seuss's six books being removed
- John Stewart on Crossfire
- Stats say Gen X might be more conservative than we think
- Emmanuel Acho to replace the Bachelor host
- Uncomfortable conversations with a Black Man
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Between Ginsu knives, the Pepsi challenge, Life Cereal and even the 1984 Apple ad that played only once, GenX has been marketed to our whole lives. Since we’re not captive audiences anymore, has anything changed now that we're in our 50s? Or has our nostalgia become our kryptonite?
The GenX Stories gang definitely has opinions (and memories). Hear stories like Lori’s brush with Grow Up Skipper, the COVID Alaska Air ad Courtney hates, Chris’s real use for his Evil Knievel toy and how AARP found Eve on Facebook the second she turned 50.
Find out if Trix are still for kids on this deep dive down the GenX advertising rabbit hole.
Don’t miss the links to many of the commercials we talked about
- Pepsi challenge
- Wheres the Beef Wendys ad
- Rubik’s Cube 1980 Commercial
- Ginsu knife
- Saturday morning cartoon block commercials
- Trix are for kids 1986 ad
- Mikey Likes it Life Commercial
- Apple 1984 Macintosh ad
- I love NY 911 ad
- Budweiser 911 ad
- Pepsi ads through the years
- 1985 Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial
- Michael Jackson Pepsi ad hair on fire
- Jason Alexander MDLT ad
- Nads hair removal commercial
- Sun-In 1989 ad
- Evil Knievel toy ad
- AFX Track cars ad
- Hot Wheels 1980 ad
- EZ Bake Oven commercial
- Zillow SNL ad parody
- Alaska Air’s COVID Safety Dance Ad
- Sting Jaguar ad
- Breakfast Club JC Penny ad
- Geico 2020 Ratt Ad
- "Crazy People" movie trailer
- Brooke Shields Calvin Klein ad
- Paula Abdul Arthritis ad
- Kars for Kids radio commercial
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This week the GenX Stories gang is talking about all our friendships. The ride or dies, the ones who hide the bodies for us, the ones we'd bail out of jail with no questions, our “outer ring” acquaintances and even social media pals.
Listen in as Eve, Courtney, Lori and Chris dig into burning questions like: Are we finding our friendships more or less important during the pandemic? How DO you break up with a friend? Has politics affected friendships? What about all those "Pluto" friends? How are you judged by the company you keep? And finally, is there an embroidered pillow saying for that?
We’re seriously spilling all the BFF tea - you won’t want to miss this one.
Episode links
- Friendship phrase
- Other friendship pillow sayings
- Signs that you’ve found your ride or die
- I would take the 101 to the 10 to the 405 for you card
- Map of the solar system w/pluto
- Sex and City “and something bad happened”
- Queen's’ Butler and her “bag signals”
- Chef Movie scene about Twitter friends
- Making new friends as a grown up
- Bonus Eve’s Silent Generation father singing Cole Porter’s “Friendship”
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This Valentines week on GenX Stories, we ask the ultimate question from When Harry Met Sally: can men and women be friends or does sex always get in the way? Join the gang plus special guest Nikita to hear the secrets of our male/female relationships including missing all the signals, friendzoning, crossing the line, the fear of rejection, communication vs timing and picking Blaine over Duckie.
Between two men and three women, you know these GenXers have opinions! Listen to find out who we think is right on this one - Harry or Sally.
Episode links
- Harry Met Sally Movie Clip
- 15 Facts About When Harry Met Sally
- Can Men and Women Be "Just Friends"?
- Can Men And Women Be Friends Without Benefits?
- The Benefits of Men and Women Being Friends, Even if One Is Married
- Men Who Have Mostly Female Friends
- Mistrust of Opposite Sex Relationships
- Why Women Don’t Say “Friendzone”
- Team Duckie Vs Team Blaine
- The trouble with Duckie
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Saturday night appointment TV, Donny and Marie, raw eggs, talking cars and VCR’s - what do all of these things have in common? Join the crew as we discuss our favorite TV memories growing up, embarrassing on-screen things that may have flown over our heads, why Dick Clark wouldn't give anyone a full donut and what shows we're binge watching these days.
GenX totally created Must-See TV back in the day so don't even think of missing this episode!
Episode links
- Classic 80’s TV shows
- Forgotten 80’s TV shows
- 11 Amazing TV Shows From The ’80s Only True Gen X-ers Remember
- The More You Know PSA's
- Original Sesame Street Characters
- Jim Hensons's Lost Muppet SNL Sketch
- Ronco Infomercials part 1
- Ginsu Knife ad
- When TV Signed off at Midnight
- St Elsewhere show finale
- Sopranos ending debate
- 10,000 Pyramid Returns
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Late night TV, stand up, SNL & other shows - what made you laugh when you grew up? Join the crew as we dig into our trademark GenX snark, hiding our feelings through sarcasm, wondering if anything can be funny, the truth about honey cake and if The West Wing has a laugh track. (Wait, what?)
Episode links
- 80’s SNL was the best SNL
- The Irony Generation
- What do we find funny?
- Things that make GenX laugh
- GenX Memes
- Top 28 Dennis Miller Monday Night Football Jokes
- Carol Burnett Dentist episode
- 2nd City TV
- Mitch Hedberg
- George Carlin
- Jerry Seinfeld
- Gallagher
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To close out 2020, we get the band back together! In this nutty episode, the whole GenX Stories gang share our favorite holiday stories including Jewish girls that believe in Santa, the myth of the Hanukah bush, drinking port on New Years Eve, decorating fluffy trees and the truth about parades. As always, this episode is a kick-ass mix of killer convo topped off by Courtney’s perfect “bon mot” plus we share what single inspirational word we would each choose for 2021 instead of making resolutions. (Well, other than "don't suck as much as 2020")
Thank you to our listeners for being part of our crazy little community this year and here’s to an awesomely healthy and happy 2021 for everyone.
Episode links
- Top 10 GenX Christmas traditions
- Why 80s xmas was the best
- Boxing Day
- 10 Best Christmas Trees
- NYE in New York
- Mummers Parade
- Rose Parade
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So, like, do you remember all those rad 80’s words we like, used to use? Even better - do you still use ‘em? Hang out with the GenX Stories gang (including our special guest co-host, Nikita) as we dig deep into the catchphrases of our time. If you've ever rolled your eyes and exhaled “whatever", took a chill pill or dropped a Dude or two in daily use, you won’t want to miss this one. Cuz it’s totally bitchin’.
Episode links
- Words GenX made popular
- 80's Slang
- Even more 80's slang
- Where's The Beef? Wendy's commercial
- Fuckin' A, Man
- The Big Lebowski movie
- The Dude Abides
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High Movie
- Heathers Movie
- Quotes from Heathers you should know
- The Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- 14 Valley Girl Insults From The 1980’s We Should Like, Totally Bring Back
- Current Teen slang dictionary
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One thing is for sure - 80’s fashion will always be in our blood (even if one of us was barred from wearing denim as a kid). With Chris away this week, Eve, Courtney and Lori talk about our look when we were growing up and how our style has evolved over the years. From Vanderbilt jeans and popped collars, to legwarmers and docs to Zoom fashion and going gray in style, you won’t want to miss this neon-colored chat.
Episode Links
- 80s fashion trends
- 5 Trends That Gen-X Got Totally Right (And 1 Trend They Got Wrong)
- Why we're not psyched for a return to GenX fashion
- Lori’s 80’s fashion
- Eve’s 80’s fashion
- The History Behind Gloria Vanderbilt’s Iconic Denim Empire
- The Preppy Handbook
- The Preppy Handbook and Me
- Popped Collars
- Doc Martens guy on Instagram
- Britney & JT's Double Denim
- Working Girl: The Culture of Power Dressing
- Why Kamala Harris' Converse Are Much More Than Just Sneakers
- The Prairie look keeps coming back
- Fashion inspired by The Breakfast club
- Meet the Man Behind Jane Fonda and Sharon Osbourne’s Brand-New Silver Fox Styles
- Jack Martin, Colorist
- Torrid clothing brand
- Madonna's Lucky Star Video
- Gaga's Meat Dress
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Not sure what to expect this holiday season? According to our gang, pie is a must, kale belongs in the garbage and bathtub carp is a thing. Head down a tasty rabbit hole with us for this fun chat about the mashies vs stuffing debate, holiday tamales, matzo ball sinkers and the unexpected lure of Icelandic fish.
It's time for a good old fashioned food fight. Happy Thanksgiving!
Episode Links & Recipes
- Best holiday pies
- Creamed beef on toast
- What to do with Kale
- Cranberry sauce memes
- Anthony Bourdain eating Icelandic fermented shark head
- Icelandic donuts
- Hangikjöt - Icelandic smoked lamb
- Snappy Dogs
- Holiday tamales
- The history of bathtub carp
- Matzo ball floaters vs sinkers
- Eve's stuffing recipe
- How to celebrate Thanksgivukkah in 2013
- Sweet potato latkes
- How to make latkes
- Reminder, take the giblets out of the turkey before putting it in the oven
- Norman Rockwell's Thanksgiving table
- Leftover Thanksgiving carb sandwich
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If you don’t think our generation uses MacGyver as a verb, the GenX Stories gang will prove you wrong. How? Because we (ironically) recorded this technology themed episode using Eve’s plan D, Mercury retrograde headphone mic. No, we’re not kidding.
From the truth about old school TV clickers, to long telephone cord strategies, to why we absolutely refuse to use TikTok now (even though we love Steve Nicks), this funny chat about the innovations that made us will take you wayyyy back.
Or at least make you turn your phone off and on again to fix it.
Episode Links
- Is mercury retrograde?
- MacGyver as a verb
- Pew generations & tech trends
- The history of the remote control
- A Zenith clicker
- A brief history of the walkman
- Why vinyl is making a comeback in 2020
- Phones (and cords) of the 80s
- Pagers were hip in 1985
- Evolution of the cell phone
- Lori’s first cell phone
- Gordon Gecko's phone/brick in the 1987 movie, Wall Street
- Ellen asking younger people to use old tech
- Thomas Guides
- How does MapQuest work?
- The Strand bookstore in NYC
- Dreams Challenge TikTok guy
- Chris's Pug MRI that went viral by Andy Richter
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Boo! It’s a Monster Mash of spooky subjects on this week’s special Halloween episode of GenX Stories. The gang dives right in with haunted houses, fuzzy blue dog costumes and of course, candy corn! If that’s not creepy enough, check out the bite size versus full size candy debate, hear stories of shooting 8 lb pumpkins down 53rd street (and over to NJ), and get our grown-up take on 2020’s scary impact on Halloween.
Oh and for those wondering if passing out candy is still an option this year, Chris suggests a trebuchet or a t-shirt cannon to shoot candy from your doorstep.
Either way, we say have fun, buy all the candies 50% off and don’t forget to ditch all your hidden wrappers
Episode Links
- Mike Pence pumpkin meme
- Mercedes Ruhl in Married to the Mob
- Halloween masks of the 70’s and 80’s
- Halloween family photo
- Etsy Halloween tube
- Cincinnati dad created a Halloween chute
- Krispy Kreme and Lowes costume drive-by
- What IS a trebuchet?
- Who created the t-shirt cannon?
- OPI’s Stay off the Lawn nail color
- Songs of the Humpback whale that chris says played at level 10 will solve your neighbors loud music issue
Other Halloween Links
- CDC Trick or treating guidelines
- GenX's favorite candies
- Halloween 2020 website
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We’ll go ahead and say it - this celebrity crushes episode may be the funniest we’ve ever produced. But prepare yourself: Courtney was ON FIRE.
This week, we admit to our youthful celebrity obsessions (Jake - call me!), pre and post pubescent infatuations, and even name a few of our current hall passes. Along the way, there are bad boys, adorkable girls, Mary Tyler Moore (wait, what?) historical hotties, and finding out how to actually pronounce Elwes. There may even be a political passion or two, but we know that Rep Henry Waxman isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. OH! And we do a ton of callouts from our kick-ass FB group crew, who helped us pick this topic. (thanks guys!)
Make sure to listen until the end for some snort-your-coffee-out-of-your nose zingers. Seriously - it’s worth it.
Episode Links
- That last Jake Ryan scene in Sixteen Candles (like we NEED to remind you)
- Jake Ryan turned 60 this year
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song
- When MTM told a dirty joke on Letterman
- How to pronounce The Princess Bride's Cary Elwes
- The crushable Former CA Rep Henry Waxman
Other fun links
- Embarrassing 80’s celebrity crushes
- Weird genX celebrity crushes
- Rabbit hole worthy Pinterest board with GenX bad Boys & Hotties
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“What's wrong with you?” Who else heard that growing up? This week the gang discusses our hopes and dreams for who or what we would become, how our parents reacted to leaving stable jobs (or not entering into them at all), ways we navigated career expectations, and what really happened.
From dreams of writing for the NY Times and being the first woman president, to following your heart from the beginning, each of us shares the non traditional path we took to get to where we are today.
So what’s next? In true GenX fashion, most of us have decided to “buy the ticket and take the ride” and not worry tooooo much about the future (Cuz we can’t retire until 67 anyway!)
Our advice? “Take the leap and the net will appear".
Episode Links
- Party Goats
- Retiring at age 67
- 1978 song by The Who
- Hunter S.Thompson: Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride
- GenX: The forgotten middle child
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Today’s show was recorded on September 20th, just 2 days after the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The original plan was just add a few minutes to our previously recorded Rocking the Vote episode, but not with this gang.
We had such a great chat about RBG that deserved its very own episode. Hear about what she meant to us as GenXers, her legacy moving forward, plus a few fun little stories. Want to know why RBG fell asleep during the state of the union or why she learned Swedish? Ya gotta listen to find out.
While we usually drop episodes every 2 weeks, we are creating a few off-cycle, “bonus” episodes this season, both cuz things are moving really fast in our world, and we keep recording too much cool shit not to share. So stay tuned for more epic goodies to come this fall, when we all need it the most.
Episode Links
- RBG Obituary
- First women to lie in state
- What we can learn from Ginsburg’s friendship with Antonin Scalia
- The Supreme Court case RBG won about a widower's death benefits
- How Sweden influenced RBG
- RBG not being 100% sober at the state of the union
- The senate’s change to the “Nuclear option” for supreme court confirmation
- Senate confirms 200th Trump judicial nominee
- 10 ways to honor RBG's legacy now
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In this episode we dive deep into our first voting experience, our next one and everything in between. Having taped this initial episode several weeks before RBG passed, we also recorded a new intro to touch on how her loss changes everything (plus look for a special bonus off-cycle episode all about RBG next week!)
For this group of podcasters, it’s clear that our politics have not changed but our passion has grown deeper. (plus doesn’t it kick ass to get that damn sticker?). This week, we reminded ourselves of the importance of our vote in this current election, as well as discussed women in politics, RBG (wahhhhhhh!), why election day is the 2nd Tuesday in November, what presidents are like really like IRL, Obama, and the state of our world.
“Decisions are made by those who show up” may be a quote from The West Wing (Thanks Eve, you SorkinFreak), but it’s also a reminder that we need to vote like our lives depend on it. Because it really does.
Here are a few voting tips regardless of party:
- Make and plan and vote early
- If you are mailing your ballot, put two stamps on the ballot
- Use the same signature you used on your driver's license as that is the method of validation
Episode Links
- West Wing "Rock the vote" clip
- Rock the Vote
- Vote 411
- Vote.org
- About the 19th Amendment
- About the 20th Amendment
- Info about Willie Horton
- Dukakis and the tank
- Clinton playing sax on Arsenio
- How Ruth became the Notorious RBG
- A RBG meme about who should replace her
- Frontline piece about Biden v Trump
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In this episode we delve into the art of the mixtape and its cultural place in our lives. Co-host Courtney may have gone a little overboard with, “the mixtape were musical vignettes to tell the stories of our lives”, but okay Court! We’re rolling with it.
As for the rest of us, Eve, Lori and Chris saw the mixtape as a magical way to express our musical stylings back in the day, whether we were making the tape for ourselves or for that special someone. Take a journey with us as we remember the art, memories, and dare we say, replacement of the mixtape now (hint: it’s not what you think.).
OH! And we made a GenX Stories mixtape on Spotify just for you. Take a listen!
Episode Links
- YouTube Gen Z twins listening to “In the air tonight” for the first time
- The lost art of the Mixtape
- Are tapes coming back?
- That Outfield song that Chris hummed terribly
- Urban Dictionary definition of Mixtape
- Chris’s college mixtape covers
- Happy hour guest Melinda's 1987/88 looooooooove Mixtape
- Eve's Mixtape/CD
- GenX Stories collaborative Mixtape on Spotify
- Mixtape Memes
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You’re not hearing or seeing things - we changed things up a bit for season 2 of GenX Stories. Every Wednesday, Eve is going to have fun & frank conversations about everything GenX with a brand new gang of kick-ass co-hosts - Lori Luna, Chris Goumas and Courtney Spikes.
In this episode we dig into what being GenX means to each of us knowing how pivotal the 80’s were for music, fashion, crisis and more. We'll also discuss our generation’s creativity & innovation, Halloween candy pillowcase logistics and why Chris thinks that sequins and the SpaceX Dragon capsule don’t mix.
Some of the topics we are psyched to explore for season 2 include: the election, the art of mixtapes, celebrity crushes and Inauguration 2021 (well, if we haven't moved to New Zealand by then).
Fun Episode links
- Meet our new hosts
- Check out Tremor, the SpaceX sequined zero-g dinosaur
- See Chris’ pug’s MRI on Twitter
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GenX Stories is a podcast about how the so-called “Lost Generation” found itself at midlife. Join hosts Eve, Lori, Chris & Courtney every other Wednesday for a fun and frank discussion about what made us and what’s next.
We all have a GenX story. What’s yours?
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On today’s bonus episode, we’re talking all about weed and wine. We chatted with Elana Frankel of Indigo and Haze about being a cannabis entrepreneur, the evolution of cannabis for health and wellness, and cannabis and GenX. Plus, we discuss our own experiences with cannabis and wine -- then and now.
A bit of news....Sacha will be stepping back as the regular co-host of the GenX Stories podcast in order to focus on her business and writing, BUT stay tuned for a set of new co-hosts in season two, dropping Wed. Aug 26th!
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Grab some popcorn and a wine cooler--we’re going to the movies! On the final episode of our first season, we discuss growing up on Star Wars, E.T, and Sixteen Candles in the 80s and then having our lives reflected back to us in 90s indie hits like Slacker, Reality Bites, and Singles. Plus, we sit down with film producer Josh Goldsmith who co-wrote 13 Going on 30 (along with his wife and writing partner Cathy Yuspa) to talk about the inspiration behind the movie, the movies he loved growing up, what he’s working on now (Hint: it's headed to Broadway) and more. And...we wrap with a few clips from our latest virtual happy hour (including a special little guest at the end!)
Resources
140 Essential 80s Movies (via Rotten Tomatoes)
140 Essential 90s Movies (via Rotten Tomatoes)
The Films That Defined a Generation (via BBC)
10 Best GenX Directors
What Happened to Val Kilmer? He’s Just Starting to Figure It Out (New York Times)
Josh Goldsmith’s Top (More than) 10 Movies:
- Raiders of The Lost Ark
- Star Wars (Episodes IV, V & VI)
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Breakfast Club
- Vacation/Caddyshack/Stripes/Ghostbusters
- Risky Business
- Back To The Future
- Three Amigos (most underrated)
- Trading Places
- The Outsiders
- Broadcast News
- Dirty Dancing
- E.T.
- The Princess Bride
- The Shining
- Rocky
- When Harry Met Sally
Eve’s top 10 Movies That Made Us
- Princess Bride
- Star Wars
- Say Anything
- Breakfast Club
- Pump up the Volume
- Wargames
- Some Kind of Wonderful
- Footloose
- Sixteen Candles
- Reality Bites
Sacha’s top 10 Movies That Made Us
- E.T
- Star Wars
- Flashdance
- Annie Hall
- When Harry Met Sally
- Slacker
- Reality Bites
- Sex, Lies and Videotape
- Desperately Seeking Susan
- Singles
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Music makes the world go round, even in a quarantine. In the second to last episode of the season, we throw back to the music of the 80s and 90s and talk about the music that made us who we are today. From teenage heart throbs and pop music icons to grunge, rock, punk, hip-hop, and alternative--we’ve got all the bases covered. Plus, we chat with Colleen Wright, a founding member of Gonzo’s Nose about her musical influences, what it was like to be a lead singer in a popular 90s cover band, and why she and her husband started doing #quarantineconcerts from their front porch.
Resources
Gonzo’s Nose
Mood Music with Brad and Amy
120 minutes
Take On Me by Ah-Ha
We’re GenX, Motherfuckers playlist
Dystopia and Biscuits playlist
GenX Stores Illin' Mixtape
Essential GenX Albums
(via this article by Richard Guzman)
- Nirvana, “Nevermind”
- Pearl Jam, “Ten”
- Dr. Dre, “The Chronic”
- Radiohead, “OK Computer”
- Rage Against the Machine, “The Battle of Los Angeles”
- Sublime, “Sublime”
- Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”
- De La Soul, “3 Feet High and Rising”
- No Doubt, “Tragic Kingdom”
- Smashing Pumpkins, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness”
- REM, “Out of Time”
- The Notorious B.I.G., “Life After Death”
- Depeche Mode, “Violator”
- Jane’s Addiction, “Ritual de Lo Habitual”
- 2Pac, “All Eyez on Me”
- Alanis Morissette, “Jagged Little Pill”
- Fugees, “The Score”
- Soundgarden, “Superunknown”
- A Tribe Called Quest, ‘The Low End Theory”
- Green Day, “Dookie”
- Wu-Tang Clan, “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)”
- Snoop Doggy Dogg, “Doggystyle”
- Beastie Boys, “Ill Communication”
- Lauryn Hill, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”
- U2, “Achtung Baby”
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Dating during a pandemic. Is it even possible? And, are there any good things about meeting a potential suitor via Zoom? We sat down with Matchmaker Extraordinaire Laurie Berzack to discuss what’s has happened with dating and matchmaking since we all went into self isolation. And earlier this year, we also chatted with our good friend Mollie Mulvanity about her dating life as a GenXer. A lot has changed since this interview but some things have stayed the same, like managing expectations, the importance of clear communication, and the very human need to connect no matter the circumstances.
Plus, we’ve included some amusing, booze-fueled moments from our most recent GenX Stories Zoom Happy Hour. Special thanks to Liz, Sonia, Brad, Jennifer, Jon, and Nikita for letting us use their clips.
Resources
Laurie Berzack: https://carolinasmatchmaker.com/
Online Dating Surges During Lockdown
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It’s been just over a month since most of us went into self-isolation. How is GenX doing under these remarkable circumstances? Is the resilience that served us well over the years enough to get us through this insane situation? Are introverts managing better than extroverts? We checked in with some of our friends during a GenX Zoom happy hour and discussed how hobbies like collecting Star Wars Storm Troopers and dressing up in costume are keeping some of us sane. Plus, we delve into our favorite wines, self-soothing tips, and more.
Special thanks to Sonia, Liz, Lori, Mary, Derek, Cheri, Steph, and Jason for letting us use their clips!
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The coronavirus crisis rages on, forcing us to shelter in place and socially isolate. The very fabric of our lives has been shredded like an old punk rock t-shirt. But we persist. In today’s special episode, we discuss what it’s like when everything is cancelled, how to give back and support our communities during the pandemic, and how GenXers are coping in sickness and in health.
Plus, we share outtakes from our recent virtual GenX Stories happy hour including we're dealing with rebellious parents, kids stuck at home, and what we’re looking forward to when it’s all over. Like the rest of the world, we’re taking all of this day by day and doing the best we can.
Resources:
How You Can Help During the Coronavirus Crisis (Washington Post)
50 Ways Companies are Giving Back During the Crisis (in case you wanna support them)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble
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A global pandemic that once existed only in sci-fi films is now our reality. Self-isolation, social distancing, Zoom all day long, obsessive hand washing, toilet paper shortages, and trying to keep our parents and kids in check...welcome to this brave new world.
Sure, GenXers have faced tough times before including recessions, 9/11, and acid washed jeans, but nothing like this. In this episode, we discuss how GenX is handling the coronavirus pandemic and how our survival skills from growing up are playing a key role in staying sane. Plus, you'll hear from other GenXers on their coping strategies, first concerts, and why we’re uniquely prepared to deal with this crisis.
Resources:
GenX Stories Illin’ Mixtape (on Spotify)
How to Take Your Social Life Online
The Case for Empathy
Some GenX Covid-19 Memes
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Sugar cereal, the weird joy of carob, McDonald’s happy meals, The Silver Palate Cookbook, Ally Sheedy's Captain Crunch sandwich in The Breakfast Club, and early introductions to health food. Today's episode looks back at the food of our youth and how it shaped how we cook and eat today,
Plus, we chat with food writer Kristen Hartke about her childhood grilled cheese obsession, the organic food movement, TV chefs of the 70s and 80s, making her first birthday cake, and much more!
Resources:
The 10 recipes that defined the 1980s
https://www.thekitchn.com/10-recipes-that-defined-the-1980s-recipes-of-the-decade-200638
Foods 80s kids crave
https://www.foodnetwork.ca/fun-with-food/photos/foods-80s-kids-crave/
Snacks of the 80s
https://soyummy.com/1980s-snacks/
Recipes of the 80s:
https://frugalsos.com/vintage-recipes/food-nostalgia-40-popular-80s-recipes/
Woodstock birth year candies:
https://www.amazon.com/Woodstock-Candy-Birthday-Assortment-Childhood/dp/B01B36TXXO/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?
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Only two things in life are certain, so the saying goes: Death and taxes. This week, we tackle mortality, celebrity deaths, and what it’s like to face life-changing loss.
Eve opens up about the diagnosis that shook her world, Sacha discusses losing her mom (and best friend) at age 40, and what it’s like to come to terms with knowing that our time on earth is limited. Plus, the importance of resilience and other life skills that can help us grapple with the death of a loved one.
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Ah, dating in the 80s and 90s...
- Eve discovers boys and Bulletin Board Systems, and becomes Queen of the Geeks.
- Sacha spends high school pining for older boys who don’t pay any attention to her, and in general felt like a big loser until college.
- Sacha’s first college boyfriend, losing her virginity (finally!), and getting alternative mixtapes featuring 4AD bands.
- Eve explores dating an older guy and phone phreaking.
- Dating pre-social media and why we’re so thankful it didn’t exist back then.
- Peer pressure and life before #MeToo
- Sacha sows her wild oats at Model U.N.
- Eve and her boyfriend program side-by-side at computer camp, then he comes to visit at her parent’s house.
- Sacha spends years dating bad boys, and finally meets her husband at age 40.
- Eve (aka “Schoolie”) reconnects with an old love on LinkedIn.
- Leah from the Good Girls Talk About Sex podcast shares her first kiss story.
- Derek narrowly avoids an arranged marriage.
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Are GenXers really the “slackers” we were once called? History proves quite the opposite. Never ones to sit by and be comfortable with the status quo, GenXers questioned everything--from the racial injustice that was rampant in the 90s to the “greed is good” mentality of the 80s.
During this episode, we take a look back at how growing up in the 80s and 90s shaped our own activism. We discuss Eve’s stint at the ACLU during college, free speech, Third Wave Feminism, reproductive rights, Anita Hill, #metoo, and Sacha’s introduction to protests during the “Take Back the Night” marches at the University of Wisconsin, and how the 2016 election jolted us back into activism.
Plus, we talk to Elisa Camahort Page, one of the founders of BlogHER and the author of “Road Map for Revolutionaries: Resistance, Activism, and Advocacy for All” about how she started BlogHER, what drove her to write her most recent book, who inspires her, and how to make a difference.
Resources
New York Post article about homeless man at Whole Foods caused backlash
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What was it like to begin a career in the early 1990s and what’s it like to be middle-aged now in the workplace? Eve and Sacha talk about what they wanted to be when they grew up, what they thought they’d be, and what actually happened.
In this episode:
- GenX’s entrepreneurial spirit
- How the recession of the early 1990s impacted Sacha and Eve's career trajectories
- The impact of the Internet on GenX
- Ageism in the workplace
- The value of experience
- Why Eve and Sacha both ended up running their own businesses.
Plus, advice for surviving and thriving professionally no matter your age.
Resources
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On today’s episode Eve and Sacha discuss what it was like growing up as “two chubby Jewish girls” in a land of skinny, (mostly) blond shiksas.
- Sacha tried to fit into the standards of beauty while Eve rebelled against it.
- Sacha talks about being a makeup junkie since age 3, while Eve never really learned about makeup.
- The impact that musicians like Madonna and Cyndi Lauper had on Eve and Sacha growing up.
- What’s up with YouTube make-up tutorials?
- How has the idea of self care changed over the years and what it means now to us.
- What we do now to take care of ourselves.
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GenX Stories is a podcast about how the so-called “Lost Generation” found itself. Join hosts Eve Simon and Sacha Cohen every other Wednesday as they dive into all of the things that matter the most to our generation, from culture and style to relationships and the workplace. GenX Stories will also feature interviews with GenX authors, entrepreneurs, and creatives who have made an impact on our world.
To learn more, visit https://www.genxstories.com/ and don’t forget to follow us on Instagram.
We’d love to hear from you as well! Suggestions for upcoming episode ideas, guests, and more are welcome. Email us at hello@genxstories.com
