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Gen X, Y, & I
by Gen X, Y, and I
A conversation with three generations of positive people- Real World Dar, Guest Millennials, Not-So-Silent Bob and surprise Z and Baby Boomer guests. We’ll make you laugh, we’ll make you think, and we’ll always end on a happy note. We represent different generations, genders, races, regions, and religions. But even with all of our differences, we share something special- the gift of gab. If you've got a question, suggestion, comment or would like to get on our newsletter/reminder list, please email us at [email protected]. We'll respond by email, newsletter or during an episode. We hope you enjoy our podcast! #GenXYI #Dar and Bob
Episodes
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S5 Ep12: What Did You Want To Be When You Grew Up?
In the final episode of Season 5 we are happy to introduce you to 91-year-old Silent Generation Betty. She joins millennial Chris and our regulars Gen X Dar and not so Silent Bob to talk about what did you want to be when you grew up and what did you end up doing. This episode starts with Chris...
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S5 Ep11: What Do You Do To Stay Healthy and Why?
In this episode we have four generations discussing their concerns about staying healthy and what strategies they use to attain that goal. Dar and Bob are joined by semi-regular Millennial Chris and returning Baby Boomer Bob H. Discussion includes healthy diets and supplements, steps and other...
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S5 Ep10: How Do You Define Happiness/Joy And Have You Found It?
If any of our episodes could be called profound, Episode 5.10 is another one. We are all looking for joy and happiness in our lives and with the help of Z-gen Connor and millennial Chris, four generations share their perspectives on what brings joy to their lives. Is it work, family, friends or...
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S5 Ep9: Favorite Recreation
What's your recreation of choice and has it changed over the years? From serious semi-extreme hiking🧗, to racquetball, and from spelunking to Mall/Walmart walking we cover a lot of options. Has anything changed through the generations? 🤔 This multi-generational discussion might answer that...
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S5 Ep8: Favorite Kind Of Shopping
You could be thinking great, I love shopping and can't wait to hear this. Or you could be thinking shopping, really? What could be more boring? In this episode, four generations, including one old man, discuss how shopping can be made fun. We cover many different preferences from food to shoes,...
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S5 Ep7: Time When You Put Your Foot In Your Mouth
Gen Z Connor and Millennial Chris join Dar and Bob for an interesting and revealing Episode 7. Yes! It's upsetting and sometimes funny, but the most important part is what you can learn when you stick your foot in your mouth about yourself and the people around you. Check out this 10 minute…
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S5 Ep6: Best Advice From Your Mom and/or Dad
What was the best advice you received from your parents or grandparents or maybe some other adult in your life? Gen X Laura and her brother Baby Boomer Bob H get this episode going by sharing their parents advice in both words and deeds while being part of a family with 12 siblings. Words like:...
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S5 Ep5: Type of Student You Were In High School and/or College
Ever wonder what kind of students our brilliant regulars , Dar and Bob, were? You might be surprised to find out. In this episode we will discuss our academic evaluations along with educational perspectives and experiences from four generations with our returning guest millennial Melissa and her...
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S5 Ep4: How Did You Learn To Cook (assuming you can) ?
In this episode our regulars are joined by a new podcast guest, GenZer Connor. Podcast sites list us as comedy and Episode 5.4 lives up to that. Listen to hear about unique and interesting food concoctions while you laugh at what they are and how we learned to cook. All this in less than 15...
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S5 Ep3: How Did You Meet Your Best Friend and What Makes Best Friends Best Friends?
In this episode our regulars are joined by a new podcast guest, a positive Gen Xer, Laura. It was fun for us to call out and remember our best friends. Perhaps, however, the most interesting part of this episode is how each of us came up with different reasons for what makes best friends best...
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S5 Ep2: What Fashion Style Would You Like to Bring Back Or Wish Never Came Back?
Join our regulars and our first Silent Generation and oldest guest, Betty, for a fun discussion about women's and men's fashions over four generations. This episode is fun, funny and informative comparing fashions that go back 80+ years over 4 generations. It's about poodle skirts, pedal pushers,...
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S5 Ep1: Dating Rules in High School
Dar, Chris and Bob (regulars) start us off with Season 5 by comparing our high school dating rules and experiences from three generational perspectives with surprising contrasts. Can you guess who followed the rules and who didn't? Reminiscing and telling our stories brought out both laughter and...
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S4 Ep12: Phrases, Words and Slang Unique To Your Generation
Helen and Layla return as our guests along with a cameo from Chris for a special final episode of season 4. This episode has four generations sharing their unique phrases and slang. Bet you're not familiar with all the phrases mentioned in this episode. Here's a few examples: fiddlesticks…
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S4 Ep11: How Has Your View On Love And Relationships Evolved?
Our friend, Helen, returns as our guest millennial to help us with this important topic. It's important because love and relationships are a primary force that can result in happiness or misery. Episode 11 is especially thought-provoking as we each share our multi-generational life's lessons and...
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S4 Ep10: If You Could Erase One Past Mistake, What Would It Be?
Millennial Chris, our production guy, joined us again for this episode. We've all made mistakes and maybe some we regret. In this episode we discuss both kinds of mistakes and we get a little deep and philosophical about the consequences of making life's choices. It's hard to admit mistakes and...
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S4 Ep9: Favorite Pet Stories
We welcome back our friend Helen from Chicago to share her pet story. Most people would agree that pets have been or are an important part of their lives and the stories in this episode would definitely confirm that statement. Perhaps that's why this episode has some of the funniest stories along...
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S4 Ep8: If You Could Start A Rumor AboutYourself, What Would It Be?
Jen, one of our original members, joins us in what became one of our most far ranging episodes. We usually stick to the topic, but not this time. Episode 8 starts on topic with rumors, but quickly transitions to reputations in high school, whether you want to be popular and talked about, do...
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S4 Ep7: Hardest Job You've Had
This episode is about the hardest job , but it's about a lot more than a hard job. It's about struggle, perseverance, learning, benefits, survival, and getting stronger. Our guest millennial, Chris, join our regulars Dar and Bob to tell three very different stories of their struggles with a hard...
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S4 Ep6: Restaurant Stories
Most everyone has a restaurant story and the ones we tend to remember are usually the bad experiences. Our friend Helen joins us again as our guest millennial in this episode and we do not disappoint. Hear stories of raw fish staring off the plate 🐟, being cheated on chintzy gluten-free food…
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S4 Ep5: If You Could Have A Useless Superpower What Would It Be?
Once again we have four generations as we welcome back Jen and meet Layla who represents the Z generation. Who came up with this topic was asked during the recording. At first it does sound lame because it's supposed to be useless. Surprisingly, most superpowers turned out to have some…
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S4 Ep4: What To Include In A Book Titled "Growing Old For Dummies"
Ever wonder what it's like to grow old? Wouldn't it be great to have a book that would give you tips on what might happen so that you can be prepared? Or maybe you're old enough to have a few helpful tips that you would include in a book on growing old. Let us know at [email protected] and…
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S4 Ep3: What Foods Did You Hate As A Kid But Love Now Or Still Hate?
Episode 3 welcomes back our good friend Helen who traveled all the way from Chicago. Everyone has their own taste and each of us either love or hate different foods. How does that change as we get older? What foods do you still hate and do they match any of ours? Listen to Episode 3 and find out....
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S4 Ep2: Have You Ever Had An Unlikely Wish Come True?
Three people, three generations, three unlikely dreams came true. Listen and find out what they were.
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S4 Ep1: Life Updates and What Gives You Meaning
Keeping up with Dar, Jen and Bob to hear about life updates and if they bring meaning to make life matter. To subscribe to our podcast reminder/monthly newsletter, email [email protected] .
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S3 Ep11: If You Could Do It Over, What Would You Choose As A Career?
This is the last episode of Season 3 and we're glad to share it with our far traveling guest millennial, Muralee, who traveled all the way from Austria to be on our podcast. Not really, however, he did travel all the way from downstate Michigan while on vacation from his work in Austria. We are...
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S3 Ep10: Did You Ever Have An Extreme Adventure?
We are known as three generations of positive people not adrenaline junkies. But maybe there's a part of each of us that would like to try something dangerous and exciting at least once in our lives. Episode 10 reveals how adventurous we are and it includes our friend and guest millennial Helen....
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S3 Ep9: Was There Something Your Parent(s) Tried To Instilled In You That You Wanted To Be Rid Of?
Parents try to instill in their offspring values and behaviors that they would like them to follow. Most are good and important, but there may be one or two quirky ones that you just couldn't wait to get rid of. WARNING 😉, This episode is PG-13 rated if you care about table etiquette. You may…
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S3 Ep8: What's The Worse Trouble You Got Into As a Kid
Did different generations get into different or worse troubles when they were kids? We thought we would explore this topic by making it one of our podcasts. Guess which one of us got into the worst trouble, Bob, Dar, or our guest millennial, Erin? Listen and find out in less than 15 minutes.
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S3 Ep7: What Did You Do In Your Spare Time As A Teen?
We thought it would be interesting to hear what different teenage spare time behavior was between a millennial who was born in India, an X generation born and raised in Detroit and a silent generation who was a teen in Chicago in the 1950s. Episode 3.7 lived up to our expectations. See if you...
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S3 Ep6: What Are Your Food Peeves?
In this episode our podcast could be called GenXYI &Z because not only do we have a guest millennial, Jen (a regular), but we also have our first guest Z generation, Isaac. This episode is about what annoys both young and old about food, whether it's the type of food, the taste, the way it is…
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S3 Ep5: Why Did You Marry Your Spouse?
Is it love or like? Whether you're married or not, Episode 5 brings up interesting dynamics from three different generations on how this important life decision was made and what keeps us together for 2, 4 and 53 years. Do you have a different perspective or experience? Please share it at...
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S3 Ep4: Were You Ever Extremely Scared?
This is an exciting episode in several ways. Stories about a mountain bike crash, almost drowning and colliding with a deer are just three of the half dozen traumatic experiences shared. It's also exciting that we have our first international guest millennial, Muralee. So listen to Episode 3.4…
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S3 Ep3: What Was The Worst Weather You Ever Experienced?
If you've lived long enough you have probably experience some amazing and/or terrifying weather events. In this Episode Dar, our guest millennial, Melissa, and Bob share stories about life-threatening tornadoes, blizzards, floods and making friends in a public restroom until the all clear was...
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S3 Ep2: What Past Event Would You Visit If You Had A Time Machine?
This is the first episode with a guest millennial, Helen, who came all the way from Chicago to be with us. Were would you go back in time? We went from the 1980's to over 2000 years ago with a few events in between and we did it in less than 15 minutes.
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S3 Ep1: Jen's See You Later & Life Updates
Start season three with us as we say farewell to Jen as a regular and find out why she is leaving, discuss guest millennials and end with what been happening with the rest of us. Ending on a happy note, of course.
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S2 Ep9: What Piece of Advice Have You Learned That You Would Instill in Your Five Year Old Self?
Whether it's older and wiser or living and learning hear what 3 generations share and what you can gain from listening to this episode. This is the last episode of Season 2, but we are getting ready for Season 3 in 2023 with more interesting and fun topics. Hope you stay with us. Add you email to...
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S2 Ep8: If YouCould Change One Part of Your Appearance Would You and If so What?
If you think the topic of this episode is going to be serious, think again. It's probably one of the funniest episodes of the podcast series. Who knew some of the weird things we three wanted to change about ourselves and how we learned to cope with it? Be sure to listen to Episode 8 because it's...
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S2 Ep7: If You Could Have a Meal With Anyone Dead or Alive, Who Would It Be and Why?
This episode is really about famous and not so famous people that we admire and would like to spend some time with. Turns out that two of us picked two of the people most often mentioned when answering this question. Do you know who those two people are? Find out in this short 10 minute Podcast.
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S2 Ep6: How Often Would You Like to be Traveling and to Where?
In this episode we share experiences about places that were wonderful and fun and will bring us back along with our reasons about why we would like to visit future places. Individually we have traveled extensively, so you might pick up a few good ideas. Ever been pinched just for fun? One of us...
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S2 Ep5: What Worries You Most About the Newest Gen. and What Worried Your Parents About Your Gen?
We are surprisingly unified about what worries us most about the youngest generation, but each of our parents had different things to worry about for each of our generations. Do you agree with our concerns and what did your mom and dad worry about you?
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S2 Ep4: What Would You Do If You Had 100 Days to Live?
Have you ever thought about that? We have and in this episode we share our thoughts with you that are both serious and lighthearted, a little emotional and we always promise some laughs. Be sure to catch Jen's final comment before closing.
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S2 Ep3: Chores
Join us for a trip down memory lane as we share stories of what chores were (or were not) expected of us when we were kids. I'll bet it brings up memories for you. Our differences were probably not just generational; they were also geographical and cultural. Listen and learn more about the lives…
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S2 Ep2: What Do You Like Now About Living In The Keweenaw That You Didn't At First?
The Keweenaw? It's a peninsula surrounded by Lake Superior in the the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is also a part of the Copper Country. All three of us moved here from different parts of the US and experienced different cultures growing up. Therefore, our move to the Keweenaw affected us...
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S2 Ep1: Pet Peeves
Most everyone has pet peeves or if you prefer things or actions of others that irritate. We had fun airing ours and as happens frequently on this podcast, it turned into something hilarious. Tune in to find out what was so funny and see if your pet peeves were included.
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S1 Ep18: Technology Trends
Three generations discuss what, when and why technology came into their lives. With humor, they discuss what they like and what they don't, what they use most and where it's going.
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S1 Ep17: Recent Life Experiences
In March each of us had very different major life experiences. How did it affect us, what surprised us the most and did we have any take away thoughts? Listen to find out how March madness impacted each of us this year.
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S1 Ep16: Kids Say The Darndest Things
If you have children or been around children you know that kids are unfiltered and that can result in speech or actions that are funny, embarrassing, surprising, cute, charming etc. Enjoy the kid stories from Jen, Dar and Bob.
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S1 Ep15: Ask God A Question
In this episode we talk about our beliefs and a question we'd ask God. Believe us...you'll enjoy the exchange!
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S1 Ep14: Something about Yourself You've Come to Terms With
Self image is important and most of us have struggled with something about our looks or personality that we didn't like. This episode discusses some of our struggles and how we have dealt with it from the perspective of 3 generations.
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S1 Ep13: Moms Do the Darndest Things
This episode is about moms. It starts with the disappearance of Aunt Kitty, then a mom's job prank, followed by a mom's embarrassing kiss and ends with nut hugging. Entertainment and laughs for sure!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A conversation with three generations of positive people- Real World Dar, Guest Millennials, Not-So-Silent Bob and surprise Z and Baby Boomer guests. We’ll make you laugh, we’ll make you think, and we’ll always end on a happy note.
We represent different generations, genders, races, regions, and religions. But even with all of our differences, we share something special- the gift of gab.
If you've got a question, suggestion, comment or would like to get on our newsletter/reminder list, please email us at [email protected]. We'll respond by email, newsletter or during an episode.
We hope you enjoy our podcast! #GenXYI #Dar and Bob
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Gen X, Y, and I
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