SOLVE FOR GEN X

SOLVE FOR GEN X

By Nate Starkey, Ashley Ward, Matt VogelArts
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SOLVE FOR GEN X episodes

  • REWIND: The Sanctity of Breakfast Cereal (w/Millennial Jess McKenna and Generation X Kelly Vogel)

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, join Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) as they recall “The Sanctity of Breakfast Cereal”. Gen Xers grew up during the sweet spot of breakfast cereal culture and we have some strong opinions about it — and we’re not gonna sugarcoat it! 

    Special Guests: Jess McKenna (Millenial 1987) and Kelly Vogel (Gen X 1971)

    EPISODE LINKS:

    Off Book Podcast
    https://www.thezachandthejess.com/podcast-off-book.html

    Spoon Me on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/spoonmecereal/?hl=en

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    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    47 min
  • REWIND: The Movie That I Could Quote On My Death Bed (w/Millennial Mary Jacobson)

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, join Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) as they discuss “The Movie That I Could Quote on My Deathbed”. From H.I. and “Ed” McDunnough in “Raising Arizona” to Irwin M. Fletcher in “Fletch to Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars” characters in great movies often provide great quotes that we carry with us forever…even at the end of life (or so we hope).

    Special Guest: Mary Jacobson (Millennial 1981)

    SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST:
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    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST:
    https://solveforgenx.buzzsprout.com

    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    46 min
  • REWIND: The Song That Ate My Teenage Heart (w/Millennial Zach Reino)

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, join Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) as they remember “The Song That Ate My Teenage Heart”. If you were a teenager in the 1980s, music could often express emotions that you couldn’t articulate yet. Whether it was feelings of heartbreak, love, anger, betrayal, joy, sex…music touched us all. 

    Special Guest: Zach Reino (Millennial 1987)

    EPISODE LINKS:
    Off Book Podcast
    https://www.thezachandthejess.com/podcast-off-book.html

    Baby Wants Candy
    https://www.babywantscandy.com

    SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST:
    https://solveforgenx.buzzsprout.com

    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    45 min
  • EP#15: That _____ I Really Loved But Kept Secret...Until Now, Part Two (w/Millennial Scott Eckert)

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, join Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) as they continue admitting “The _______ I Really Loved But Kept Secret From Everyone Until Now”. We can tell you that Millennial Scott Eckert (Born to Love with Scott Eckert & Ellie Kemper) is joining us for this episode — but we cannot reveal any more!

    Special Guest: Scott Eckert (Millenial 1981)

    “BORN TO LOVE” WITH SCOTT ECKERT & ELLIE KEMPER

    https://ihr.fm/3Xc2Tlc


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    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    46 min
  • EP#14: The _____ I Really Loved But Kept Secret...Until Now, Part One

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, join Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) as they confess “The _______ I Really Loved But Kept Secret From Everyone Until Now”. Secret things await you in this episode. These are things so secret, we dare not divulge them in this description.

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    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    40 min
  • EP#13: Looking Glass, Part Two (w/Baby Boomer Carmen Osbahr)

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) continue peering into the “Looking Glass” by asking Sesame Street Muppet Performer and Baby Boomer, Carmen Osbahr, what she thought her life would be like when she grew up. Would she be a teacher? A bus driver? A tortured artist? Where would she live? And will she find out if Generation Jones is real or not?  Join Matt, Nate, and Ashley in part two of a two-part topic as they peer into the “Looking Glass”.

    Special Guest: Carmen Osbahr (Baby Boomer 1962)

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    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    42 min
  • EP#12: Looking Glass, Part One

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, join Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) as they look back on who they were and what they thought their lives might be like when they grew up. Would they be a teacher? A bus driver? A tortured artist? Where would they live? Join Ashley, Matt, and Nate in part one of a two-part topic as they peer into the “Looking Glass”.

    SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST:
    https://solveforgenx.buzzsprout.com

    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    48 min
  • EP#11: Cruisin' in the Hood (w/Baby Boomer Marty Rudoy)

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, join Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) as they talk about walking the halls in school, hangin’ out at Denny’s, or watching older kids drive by in cars. In the end, maybe we were all “Cruisin’ in the Hood” in one way or another after all…?

    Special Guest: Marty Rudoy (Baby Boomer 1950)

    MARTY RUDOY PAINTER: https://martyrudoy.art


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    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    49 min
  • EP#10: Cartoon You Can't Believe Was On TV

    From Battle of the Planets and Laff-a-lympics to Smurfs and Turbo Teen, join us on this episode of SOLVE FOR GEN X as Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) discuss  “Cartoon You Can’t Believe Was On TV”. 

    Special Guest: Jadee (Generation Alpha 2014) and Willa (Generation Z 2011)

    SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST:
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    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
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    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    44 min
  • EP#9: Our Middle Name Is Danger (w/Baby Boomer Martin P. Robinson)

    On this episode of Solve for Gen X, join Nate Starkey (Gen X 1971), Ashley Ward (Gen X 1972), and Matt Vogel (Gen X 1970) as they discuss seat belt laws, second-hand smoking, snakes, explosives, and the fact that “Our Middle Name Is Danger”. 

    Special Guest: Martin P. Robinson (Baby Boomer 1954)


    SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST:
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    WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
    https://www.youtube.com/@MattVogel_tv
    https://www.youtube.com/user/natestarkey1

    51 min

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