Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 Word...
Dec 23, 2020•35 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 fashio...
Dec 09, 2020•41 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 bee...
Nov 25, 2020•45 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 innova...
Nov 10, 2020•50 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 wonder...
Oct 28, 2020•40 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 pr...
Oct 21, 2020•44 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! “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 tr...
Oct 07, 2020•49 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 stat...
Sep 30, 2020•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 ...
Sep 23, 2020•51 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 spe...
Sep 09, 2020•46 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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, Chris and Courtney. 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...
Aug 26, 2020•43 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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? Connect with us Subscribe to GenX Stories in your favorite podcast app Visit our site Join our Facebook Group Follow our 80’s inspired Instagram Share your story Send us an emai...
Aug 25, 2020•1 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 writin...
Aug 12, 2020•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 inspi...
May 27, 2020•44 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 li...
May 13, 2020•37 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 thing...
Apr 29, 2020•33 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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...
Apr 15, 2020•23 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 Stori...
Apr 01, 2020•18 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 coronavi...
Mar 25, 2020•36 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 8...
Mar 11, 2020•38 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 u...
Feb 26, 2020•31 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 med...
Feb 12, 2020•28 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 sp...
Jan 29, 2020•25 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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...
Jan 15, 2020•30 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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 t...
Jan 15, 2020•34 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 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.genxs...
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