Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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...
Feb 09, 2022•45 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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....
Jan 26, 2022•28 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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...
Jan 19, 2022•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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...
Jan 05, 2022•40 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 Ne...
Dec 22, 2021•29 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 Pro...
Dec 08, 2021•37 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 ...
Nov 23, 2021•45 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 na...
Nov 10, 2021•44 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 ...
Oct 27, 2021•43 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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! ...
Oct 20, 2021•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 expectat...
Oct 06, 2021•26 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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. ...
Sep 22, 2021•41 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! "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 w...
Sep 08, 2021•36 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 ...
Aug 25, 2021•46 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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. Episode links The 50 Greatest Concerts of the Last 50 Years Musical acts ...
Aug 11, 2021•45 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 muc...
Jul 28, 2021•44 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 c...
Jul 14, 2021•32 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! New episodes may be on mini-hiatus til season 3 drops on July 14, but today’s bonus episode is full of goodies that will make even the most sarcastic GenXer smirk. 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 particula...
Jun 16, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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? Connect with us Subscribe to GenX Stories in your favorite podcast app Write us a review Visit our site Join our Facebook Group Follow our 80’s inspired Instagram Send ...
Jun 02, 2021•25 min•Ep 22•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 Corn...
May 19, 2021•38 min•Ep 21•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 shoulde...
May 05, 2021•42 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 ...
Apr 21, 2021•51 min•Ep 19•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 nee...
Apr 07, 2021•35 min•Ep 18•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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, ...
Mar 24, 2021•43 min•Ep 17•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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,...
Mar 10, 2021•46 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 affe...
Feb 24, 2021•49 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 t...
Feb 10, 2021•40 min•Ep 14•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 ...
Jan 27, 2021•55 min•Ep 13•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 Mo...
Jan 13, 2021•43 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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...
Dec 30, 2020•37 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast 
