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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.