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Season 6 of the podcast is wrapping up—and in true Gen X fashion, we’re doing it our way: a little chaotic, a little nostalgic, and completely unfiltered. For this special season finale, all four of us (yes, miracles happen!) are finally able to record at the same tme, answering the questions you—our gloriously curious, sarcastic, and slightly unhinged Facebook group—sent in. From deep thoughts to weird rabbit holes, nothing’s off limits. It’s part AMA, part group therapy, and 100% real. You’re welcome. (or… maybe sorry?)

Episode links

• The episode about takimg a break post-election
• The episode about ‘86 albums
• The episodw about ‘87 albums
• The episode we faked
• The episode about my compter eating our recordings
• The episode about genealogy
• The episode about aging
• The episode about AI
• Walk this way Run DMC/Aerosmith video
• Glass brick 80’s trend
• Clan of the Cave Bear book
• Greed is Good Wall Street movie speech
• Strawberry pretzel tart
• History of the Jello Cake
• Gen Alpha slang words
• Hostess Pudding Pie
• Ford PInto

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In this episode, we are diving into the world of GenX digital nomads—that’s right: people our age who are living and working from foreign countries, cool cities, or just wherever the Wi-Fi’s decent and the coffee’s strong.

So how do they decide where to go? How do they find a place to stay? And most importantly, how do they do all this without losing their minds (or all their chargers)?

We’ve got TWO guests with us today—yes, two—who just so happen to be married and currently living the digital nomad dream. (Bonus: Courtney and I have known them since college, so we’re legally allowed to ask inappropriate questions). 

Tune in as we grill them about all things nomad-life, take notes for our own escape plan, and try not to sound too jealous.

Episode links

• The rise and rise of the Digital Nomad
• Digital Nomad Stats
• Report on Digtals Nomads
• The 10 best cities in America for digital nomads
• Best Countries For Digital Nomads In 2025
• CTO Lunches
• 'Rose-colored glasses': The stressful reality of being a digital nomad
• 5 Steps For Digital Nomads To Source And Attract Clients Worldwide

Info on our guests

• Jason Cole
  • Jason’s Website
  • Jason’s Instagram
  •  Jason on Threads
  • Jason’s Linkedin
• Rachel Cole
  • Rachel’s Website
  • Choose Happiness Podcast:
  • Rachel’s Music on Spotify
  • Rachel’s Instagram

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We're wrapping up Season SIX (can you believe it?!), and we want to hear from YOU — yes, YOU!

For the last episode of this season, we’re flipping the script. Instead of an “Ask Me Anything,” it’s an Ask US Anything — and we mean anything (well, anything show-related… don’t go nutty, kids 😄).

Got questions about the four of us? Curious about how our generation sees the world? Burning topics you want us to cover in Season Seven (OMG, Season SEVEN!)?

Drop us your questions, hot takes, or wish list ideas. We’re all ears and are ready to spill the tea in the final episode of the season. It’s ALL up to YOU.

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So why ARE Gen Xers suddenly obsessed with their roots? Just in time for Mother’s Day, we’re falling headfirst into the rabbit hole of family history (because apparently we're finally old enough to care.) We’re talking dusty records, surprise relatives, and the occasional “Wait… what?” moment, joined by a GenX guest who’s wayyyyy deep into the genealogy weeds too.

Listen in to a kick ass episode that’s part scavenger hunt, part identity crisis, and 100% curiosity (because after genealogy found the Golden State killer, what else can it uncover?)

Episode links

• How Genetic Genealogy Helped Catch The Golden State Killer
• A search for a biological father, and the surprise of a lifetime
• 23andMe Just Filed for Bankruptcy. You Should Delete Your Data Now.
• TV Show: Finding Your Roots
• Who Do You Think You Are? EP Lisa Kudrow Tells Why Show Is ‘Fascinating’
• No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
• Ancestry.com
• My Hertitage
• GED Match

Info on our guest, Aryn Youngless

• Geneology by Aryn
• Substack
• IG
• TikTok
• Bluesky
• Facebook
• Substck
• BOOK: My Mom, Her Story
• BOOK: My Dad, His Story
• BOOK: The Genealogy Journal
• COURSE: From Research to Novel

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While technology has changed a ton since we last did an episode about it in 2020 (OMG), we couldn't have anticipated then what it would become today. Is it possible to keep a Walkman mindset in an AI world? What's the impact on our humanity? Listen in for a brutally honest GenX take on how technology is shifting everything in our lives, for better or worse. 

Episode links

• Last technology episode we did in season 2
• The Digitally Savvy Generation: How Gen X Embraces Technology
• GenX, We Bridged the Technological Gap
• Descript app for podcast editing
• Fathom AI notetaker
• New York Times: GenX Career Meltdown
• AI was enemy No. 1 during Hollywood strikes. Now it's in Oscar-winning films

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Remember the episode earlier this season  where each co-host picked a 1986 GenX album and we got way too into it? Yeah… we’re doing that again. This time, it’s 1987—and no, we’re not out of opinions yet (not even close). Each of us picked an album from that iconic year, we all (mostly) gave ‘em a listen, and then lovingly (and loudly) overanalyzed them.

Expect deep tracks, random trivia no one asked for, and at least one “omg I totally forgot about that song!” moment. Oh, and as usual, we’ll be dragging our former teenage selves and probably uncovering something weird about each other along the way.

So press play, roll up those acid-wash jeans, and let’s get back to 1987—because clearly, we think it rocked.

Episode links

• Did this concept earlier this season
• Best albums of 1987
• How Sting made art from loss
• Sting’s November 1987 Nothing Like the Sun Spin Cover Story: Invisible Son
• 10 things you didn’t know about INXS’s Kick
• The Unlikely Story of How INXS Came to Rule the Late ’80s With ‘Kick’
• Rock And Walk: Husker Du's 'Warehouse'
• ‘Warehouse” marked the begnning of the end
• ‘Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me’ Fall Back In Love With A Classic Cure Album
• Just Like A Dream: The Cure’s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Revisited

OUR ALBUMS

• Lori: Kick, INXS
• Courtney: Nothing Like the Sun, Sting
• Chris: Warehouse: songs and stories, Husker Du
• Eve: Kiss me, kiss me, kiss Me: The Cure

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We totally planned this episode… by not planning at all. Instead, we each showed up with a handful of random topics, hit record, and hoped for the best. So if you've ever wondered what Gen X ad jingles, annoying earworms, pet psychics, and a questionable amount of DayQuil have in common—same.  Does it all make sense? Probably not. Will it be fun to hear? Absolutely. Tune in for a totally unplanned, mildly chaotic ride—because let’s be real, we could all use a few unhinged laughs right now.

Links 

• The Local Chicago Commercial Hall of Fame
• “My Neck, My Back” lyrics
• Dove’s  “My neck, my back” ad
• Budweiser wassup commercial
• “We built this city” lyrics
• Kars for Kids jingle
• Mahna mahna - Muppet Show
• Camptown Races song
• What does an animal communicator do?
• Wanda Sykes and the Mosquito Man

Eve’s list of Ads using GenX Music 

• Push it - soda stream 
• Melt with you - Hershey 
• We quilt this city - quilted northern
• Don't change – Chevy EV car
• Listen to your heart – repatha heart med
• Simply irresistible – Calfia almond milk
• I wanna be with you, Everywhere – PayPal 
• I want you to want me – kerrygold
• Holding out for a hero - Bet 365
• Total Eclipse Of The Heart – Downey rinse and refresh
• Goodbye to you - Airsupra asthma drug
• You make me feel like dancing – Osteo Bi-Flex
• Roam - Marriott bonvoy 
• Situation - [ truly ] hard seltzer 
• All nite long  – mattress firm 
• Oohh yeahhh - Meibo 

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Look, we weren’t gonna talk about aging, but here we are—because apparently, it’s happening whether we like it or not. People say GenX is aging differently, but tell that to our knees, eyesight, and ability to function after 9 PM. From shifting looks to mystery aches to questioning if we can still pull off certain outfits, we’re covering it all. As always, expect brutal honesty, a little oversharing, and plenty of “WTF happened?!” moments. Buckle up, cuz midlife is wild.

Episode links

• Aging Well: Generation X, examined
• How Old Were The Golden Girls During The Show
• OPINION: Are old folks looking younger? They are. Now, get off my lawn!
• Why Gen-X Women Will Not Be Aging Quietly
• Gen X Woman's Epic Response to Those Who Say You Should 'Dress Your Age'
• Gen X has hit 'that stage' of life and is not handling it very well
• Gen X Is Getting Plastic Surgery Right
• 10 Gen X Celebrities Who Make Us Feel Good About Aging
• I'm an Influencer in My 50s—These 6 Ageless Trends Have Refreshed My Wardrobe
• Dressing Bridget Jones in her 50s: The ‘Frazzled Englishwoman’ grows up
• 16 Clothing Brands Every Woman in Her 40s and 50s Needs in Her Wardrobe
•  Society ‘disappears’ ageing women. So I harnessed that cloak of invisibility to do all sorts of ‘inappropriate’ things
• Here's the Real Reason Older Women Don't Want to Be Invisible
• 'Gen X has had to learn or die': Mid-career workers are facing ageism in the job market
• Why Divorce at 60 Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
• AARP GenX ASMR
• Younger Is Here to Stream, and It’s Never Too Late to Watch
  
  

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Grab your sugary cereal and get comfy—we’re throwing it back to the cartoons that defined our childhoods! From Saturday morning classics to the animated gems we still love today, we’re diving into what made these shows so special. Did we move on to “grown-up” animation, or are we still watching our old favorites? OH! And you know you want to know Courtney's Saturday morning parental theory and why Eve named her Roomba after a favorite cartoon chatacter. Tune in for a kickass & nostalgic ride!

Episode links

• The 50 Greatest Saturday Morning Cartoons
• The 40 Best Nostalgic Saturday Morning Cartoons That Fans Still Love
• Muttley
• Kids weren't always 'Free to Be... You and Me' — here's a look at its legacy, at 50
• Free to Be. . . You and Me: 50 Years of Stories and Song
• Schoolhouse Rock
• Knowledge Is Power: The History of Schoolhouse Rock!
• ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ premiered 50 years ago — and shaped a generation
• Schoolhouse Rock Rocks! Album
• 12 far-out things you never knew about 'The Jetsons'
• ‘We jumped the shark in the very first episode!’ Thirty-five years of The Simpsons
• Every Simpsons Episode Conan O’Brien Wrote
• How Pixar Started
• All 28 Pixar Movies, Ranked
• The Making of Fantasia: Disney’s Masterpiece
• When the Wind Blows
• Adult Swim
• Cartoon Network Website Shuts Down, Warner Bros. Discovery Kicks Visitors Over to Max
• Star Trek Lower Decks
• The Best Current Animated Series Airing Now

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Miss us? We took a little breather after the 2024 election, but guess what? We’re BACK, whether you’re ready or not! Today, we’re diving into all the wild, questionable, and downright dangerous things we did as kids. Seatbelts? Helmets? Never heard of ‘em. Left home alone with zero supervision? Of course. Roaming on our bikes for hours with no cell phone or tracking? How did we even survive?! Plus, our Facebook group chimed in with their own insane childhood stories—you won’t believe what they got away with. Buckle up (or don’t, in true 80s style) and hit play!

Episode links

• Those Who Grew Up Latchkey Kids Are Opening Up About The Lives No One Knew They Had
• 10 Things Kids in the 80s Did That Would Shock Kids Today
• Things '80s Kids Did That Could Get Us Arrested Today
• 21 Things ’80s Kids’ Did That Would Horrify Us Now
• Things in the 80s that are unacceptable in today’s society
• 27 Dangerous And/Or Illegal Things People Did As Kids That Would Never, Ever Fly Today
• How did “Latchkey” Kids Become Snowplow Parents?

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