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Gen X Men Pod
by bdrohland
Two college friends talk about growing up X and everything pop culture, music, shared experiences as a member of the (somewhat) forgotten generation. They talk current events through the lens of shared experiences of being latch key kids and staying out until the street lights come on.
Episodes
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Remember 9-11 with The Heart of America Quilt
The Gex X Men are joined by special guest Susan Morissette, the founder of Heart of American Quilt, a 9-11 tribute started from a small town in Central Maine. No big corporation behind it, no giant PR program. Just one mom of 4 from Maine deciding to find a small way to support after the events…
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The birth of ESPN and the Ray Gun review
The Gen X Men celebrate the beginning of ESPN and stay out late to watch those west coast games. Or Aussie Rules Football. Or Strongman competitions. If it had a scoreboard, we were watching back in those early ESPN days.Now it's all just talking heads and yelling. Speaking of yelling...everyone...
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Who bought 12 CDs for a penny??!?!
Ah, the good old days. Flipping open the Sunday paper, pulling out Parade Magazine and finding gold in the back pages: Columbia House Records and Tapes.Twelve of your favorite albums for one penny. CDs, cassettes, vinyl, even 8-tracks over the years. Sure, you had to buy a few more at full...
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Raygun?!!? Netflix!?! But...why?
Raygun, the 'Roo hoppin' B-girl stompin' failed break dancer from the 2024 Olympics is back and somehow has a special on Netflix. Not sure who green-lit this idea, but Gary is all in. Bill will wait for the reviews of this trainwreck.It's also, back to school time! Lunch boxes, trapper keepers…
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The Music Video Revolution: MTV turns 45
MTV didn’t just change television—it changed the music business.As MTV celebrates 45 years, Bill and Gary look back at the channel’s earliest days, including the first videos ever played and the surprising mix of current hits, older songs and whatever record labels happened to have available.The...
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The Most Dangerous Toys of Gen X Youth
Everyone is clamoring for an "80s summer" or "90s summer" for their kids.The problem? Most parents don't actually want their kids to have a real Gen X summer.Back then there was no supervision. Just bikes, woods, creeks, neighborhood games, and one simple rule:"Don't come home until dark...and...
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Before cameras ruined everything
The Gen-X men are back. Bill and Gary discuss the trend of documenting every. little. thing. and why Gen X was smarter back in the day for NOT putting pictures to all our various shenanigans. There were SOME pictures, but we weren't documenting our entire lives and then getting busted by social...
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Stallone or Schwarzenegger, who ruled the 80s?
Rocky. Terminator. Rambo. Commando. Predator. And on and on. The movies are Gen X classics and throughout the 70's, 80's and 90's the two biggest action movie stars on the planet were Sly and Arnold. Both are Hall of Famers. But who ultimately ruled the 80's action? Bill and Gary debate, break…
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The Big 2-5-0: Growing up in the nation's backyard celebration.
It's here. The Big 2-5-0. Happy Birthday America. The celebration doesn't look like it is going to be all that it should be, but the Gen X Men are talking old school traditions, new school problems and why America just keeps plugging along no matter what that small segment of society thinks. (You...
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The Fear of the Phone Call: Gex X dating as a teenager
You remember. Nervous. Voice cracking. Maybe saying a silent prayer the mom or dad of your crush didn't answer the phone. Dating as a Gen-Xer back in the day was no joke. Cell phones? No way. text her? with what? No. You had to man up, get her number. DIAL the number and then just gut it out...
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World Cup fans are LOVING America
Oh Hell Yeah! That sound you hear is tons of foreign fans coming to the US...and falling in love with everything. Scottish fans taking over Boston and drinking the city dry. Germany fans making friends with pretty much everyone they come across (JJ Watt, NASA, the ISS!). The US (with Mexico and...
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Episode 38: Schools Out! Summer Jobs, Pool Time and the man who broke "Press Your Luck"
Ah....summer is here....no more school...nothing but long days and sunshine ahead. If you were Gen-X that meant....probably having a summer job. We (mostly) weren't "get sent off to camp" kids. It was finding a ride to the pool, staying out until dark and watching those glorious game shows in the...
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1986: The Greatest Summer Movie Year Ever?
Top Gun. Ferris Bueller. Aliens. Back to School. Just some of the movies that dominated the summer of 1986. The best summer Gen X had as far as hit after hit? It's up there for sure. Gary is also taking over code enforcement in his small town, so if you want anything built, you better "grease the...
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Episode 36: Gong Gone Wild and THAT Newlywed Answered that Never Aired
Those of us of a certain age remember how wild and wacky 1970's TV could get. Chuck Barris hosting "The Gong Show", Bob Eubanks and "The Newlywed Game." Both created by Barris and both left their marks in the TV history books.This week on the show, Bill and Gary take a look at those two shows…
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Episode 35: Bringing back the Hut...and my teacher did WHAT?!?
Oh boy, the #80snostalgia runs deep in this week's episode. Pizza Hut is coming back in a big way bringing back the red and white checkered table cloths, those amazing red cups and the SALAD BAR! The guys can't wait to drop a few quarters into the Ms Pac Man table top or play any of the classic...
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The EMT goes to the ER...not how the day was planned
Well this was a surprise! Co-host Gary ended up in the hospital this week but at the last second was saved from being gutted open like a fish! It's the harrowing adventure of an EMT ending up on the other side of a emergency room visit, a transfer of hospitals and ultimately good news. But what...
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Episode 33: PR Pro gives Russini, Vrabel advice
Episode 33 goes under the hood of a PR nightmare as crisis communications expert Jonathan Grella joins the Gen X Men to break down the growing Mike Vrabel–Dianna Russini story and why the PR handling has become such a major talking point online.How do stories like this spiral?What should teams,...
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From Michael to Mayhem
A wild, all-over-the-place episode of Gen-X Men...because we like to ramble!Gary checks out the new "Michael" movie and we take a trip back through some of the biggest moments from the King of Pop and the conversations around them. Maybe we were wrong about some...um..."things" in MJ's past. Bill...
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5 years after chemo, this one is personal
Bill got good news this week as his 5 year cancer check up came back clean. His oncologist (the fantastic Dr Wadlow) is "releasing him back into the wild". The Gen-X men talk about cancer, the journey from chemo to clean scans and how weird it is to be "set free". Anyone who has been through it...
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RIP to Sid Krofft. Hello to Aadam Jacobs 10000 concert tapes, and do we really need Top Gun 3?
It was a hell of a run, but Sid Krofft passed away recently, well into his 90's. You Gen Xers will remember Sid and his brother Marty basically making Saturday mornings a wild journey of our youth. "Land of the Lost", "H.R. Pufnstuf" "Bugaloos" "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl" among the shows many…
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Episode 29 Moon and Murmurs
Bill and Gary break down the Artemis II heading back to earth and whether or not they will bring word from the beyond of more alien tech. Are the people denying space off their rockers? Or is it another conspiracy the government is behind (think MK Ultra, etc). Next, what weapon technology that...
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Fool Moon Rising
Bill and Gary are back with another round of the Gen X Men PodcastEpisode 28 leans into the past, the present, and the strange space in between.We kick things off with some all-time April Fools’ classics — Syd Finch, spaghetti trees, and Taco Bell “buying” the Liberty Bell — the kind of stories...
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Episode 27: The Truth is Here
Episode 27: The Truth is HERE… 👽What if disclosure isn’t coming… because it’s already started?We’re talking Aliens.gov, the slow drip of information, and whether the government is finally preparing people for something bigger. If you’ve been paying attention, this lines up exactly with what we...
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Episode 25: Remembering MTV’s Real World | 90s Reality TV That Changed Everything!
Bill and Gary are back!Episode 25 takes a trip back to the MTV era that changed television forever.We’re remembering MTV’s The Real World — the show that launched modern reality TV. But was it ever actually “real”? We break down how reality TV evolved from The Real World to today's highly…
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The Sinatra Story
Welcome to yet another Gen X Men podcast. Bill and Gary have a full look back at some crazy stories from the 1990s. They start off with their coverage of the Gulf War (1991) when Bill's mom gave them the head's up it was starting that night in January of 91. Their "coverage" at WGMU when they...
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Episode 23: Olympic Hockey Gold
Episode 23: Bill and Gary celebrate the big wins for the men and women in Olympic hockey...but lament everyone trying to make it fit their political agendas. Survivor is doing its 50th season and Bill and Gary were on the ground floor when the memo came out announcing the new show (but admit…
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Episode 22: Back to School
Gary and Bill are back and speaking of back....Bill goes back to school to guest lecture in a couple of classes at George Mason. That takes the guys down a road of note taking, typing and how general work flow has changed since the high and school and college days of their youth. A couple of…
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Episode 21: We're Legal!
Happy 21st episode! Do you remember turning 21 as a GenXer? Bill and Gary relive their youth, from first tastes of alcohol, to parties gone wrong and those legit Fake ID's from back in the day. Vodka slupree's were definitely a thing in high school and who can forger the tasty wine coolers (for…
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Episode 20: Flipping topics--Super Bowl, Tecmo Bowl, Olympics, Washington Post and Epstein.
The boys are back (thanks Thin Lizzy) and this week is a roller coaster of topics. They talk Super Bowl and how Boston has dominated sports over the last quarter century (and how annoying that is). The 37th anniversary of the greatest football franchise ever (no, not "Madden") and how it made...
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Episode 19 Shovel Ready
Gary and Bill are back! Bill recounts his travel from Providence after nearly making the flight out on Saturday before the storm. The guys talk about the piles of snow and what exactly are you suppose to do when it is growing and growing and growing. Bill shouts out Mason fan Chris D. for taking...
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Episode 18: Let It Snow
Winter is coming....Gary and Bill discuss the impeding winter storm coming to the East Coast and how Bill is planning on getting home from Rhode Island in the event of a canceled flight. Would you stick it out in a hotel? Or make the drive from Providence Rhode Island back to the DC area? Why…
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Episode 17 Gold Rush, Blue Laws, College basketball Red Flags
Gary and Bill knock down the latest headlines. Gold and Silver continue to explode (sure wish we had dropped the cash on gold back in college). It's the 106th anniversary of the 18th amendment (Prohibition). Did you grow up with "Blue Laws"? Do you remember locked coolers at the 7-11 after...
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Episode 16: Road Trippin'
Gary and Bill are back with Episode 16. A tribute to road trips when we were growing up X. Gary's parents loved to make stops on trips, while Bill's dad was a no nonsense "no time for stops" type. 11 people, 1 bathroom at Christmas? check. Flat tire on the Jersey turnpike in the rain? Check.…
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Episode 15: Happy New Year
Into the New Year! Gary and Bill are kicking off the new year with a show that covers nearly everything. Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve (before Ryan took over), resolutions and weight loss for the new year, will Disclosure Day just be a way for governments to judge if humans are ready for…
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Episode 14: Merry Christmas
It's the Christmas Special Podcast! Well, not really, it's just Episode 14 and it happened to fall along Christmas Eve Day. Gary and Bill talk White Christmas (for Gary in Maine) how Marey Carey has made nearly 100 million (and counting) off one song. The boys breakdown the secret to Hallmark...
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Episode 13: Concerts, Christmas and farewell Buck Rodgers
Episode 13 of Gen-X Men Podcast (no, nothing to do with Taylor Swift). Gary and Bill are back and ready for the holidays. Sort of. Gary reviews the "Heart" and "Starship" concert (hint: grandma can still rock it!). Bill recalls seeing the Osmond's when he was barely 5 and then bought an older…
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Episode 12 Episode 12--“Lennon on Monday Night, Diddy in the Dark, Mason in the Spotlight
Another Gen-X Men Podcast! Gary and Bill talk 45 years since Howard Cosell told us John Lennon was "dead on arrival" while doing Monday Night Football and all the conspiracies around P-Diddy (and some others). Where the internet rabbit hole can take you if you let it. Gary laments the latest…
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Episode 11: Kids Today Miss All The Fun
The boys are back (thanks Thin Lizzy) with episode 11. Gary and Bill talk holiday viewing, what if the Peanuts Gang aged up as Boomers? They break down the logistics of how we found friends back in the day (leaving notes, white board messages and sometimes dumb luck) and discuss a shameful HS...
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Gen-X by the numbers
It's an X-tra special Gen-X Men Podcast this week. Thanksgiving week, so happy Turkey Day. Gary and Bill look at some of the numbers around Gen X. How many of us still use Facebook? How many of us are watching old reruns on the regular? Why is #GenX considered the "nostalgia" generation? We break...
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Episode 9: Gen-X Myths, Facts or Fiction?
Episode 9 of the Gen-X Men podcast has Bill and Gary discussing all those celebrity rumors, playground myths and weird things your mom told you about why you couldn't swim after eating. They dive into Ozzy biting the bat (and earlier...DOVES!), Richard Gere and the gerbil, Gene Simmons and a cow...
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Remembrance, Repetition & Rewriting History
Bill and Gary are back with another episode! It's episode 8 and despite being a tad under the weather, the guys talk about Veteran's Day and how Gen X was lucky not to have a generational draft, why cookie cutter neighborhoods are the worst and why Hollywood take liberties when telling great...
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Episode 7: Tom Brady clones his dog? Chatgpt doesn't know the year and we have our first guest.
The Gen X Men are back, and this week Bill and Gary are bringing some serious energy — because for the first time on the show, they’ve got a guest joining them at the table. The guys welcome none other than TJ Rives (you may know him as @BucSidelineGuy, the longtime sideline voice on the Tampa…
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Episode 6 Halloween Havoc
Bill and Gary take a look at how Halloween became the 2nd biggest holiday in the US, why horror movies make so much cash and Bill watches a tree climber from his window...yes...really. Get a peek at some of the craziest yard decorations from X as well. Like and Subscribe to keep updated!...
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Episode 5: McFly, where's the guitar McFly?
The Back to the Future guitar is missing...which leads Bill and Gary to discuss other movie/TV props and what happened to them. The last original Jaws? The Ark from Indiana Jones? The Goonies Map? the boys will get you updated on all of those. And remember the MTV 1989 contest "Steal the...
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Episode 4: The A.I. Invasion
Bill and Gary discuss the latest news from ChatGPT and why everything always goes to p0rn. Is Gen X the last generation to look at AI with skepticism? Are we all just destined for 1984? The guys give their view of where AI is heading, how it should be used and why they don't ever trust Siri or...
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Episode 3: Games People Play
Bill and Gary dive into roaming the streets on your bike, the dangers (and lessons) of dodgeball and why video game taunting is best done in person.
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Episode 2: One Hit Wonders of the 80's
Bill and Gary discuss some of the best one hit wonders of the 1980's. From Synth-Pop to joke songs that became hits to that one band that got a #1 hit years after they broke up. It's a musical walk down memory line with some of the top songs of the 1980's. All of them reaching the top 10 of the...
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Episode 1: Bon Jovi, Charlie Sheen and the peak years of Gen X movies
Bill and Gary discuss the latest documentaries on Charlie Sheen and Bon Jovi and debate the best years of Gen X movies. Welcome to the podcast nobody asked for but we decided to do anyway.
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Two college friends talk about growing up X and everything pop culture, music, shared experiences as a member of the (somewhat) forgotten generation. They talk current events through the lens of shared experiences of being latch key kids and staying out until the street lights come on.
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