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Generation Artax
by Terri Trespicio, Kim O'Brien, Lori Regan
Generation Artax is a podcast hosted by three GenX sisters from New Jersey who grew up in the '80s and '90s. The name comes from that traumatizing scene in The NeverEnding Story when Atreyu's horse, Artax, sinks into the Swamps of Sadness—an apt metaphor for a forgotten generation.Join Terri Trespicio, Kim O'Brien, and Lori Regan for lighthearted discussion, secondhand embarrassment, teenage heartbreak, and nostalgia for a time before social media or seatbelts (when we sat in the way-way back). Expect cringe journal entries, pop-culture deep dives, and some serious belly laughs. (Warning: You may pee a little.)
Episodes
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Hug It Out, Bitch
In this episode, Terri gets into a tussle with a 90-year-old in the laundry room and quickly defuses the situation. Lori credits Eat Pray Love with her emotional regulation. Why you should never keep a compliment to yourself. Plus: Kim failed her history test. Does she let it ruin her day? Not a...
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AOL Meet Cute
Remember simpler times when your biggest fear about a guy was that he wouldn't be hot? In this episode, we go back to 1996 when Lori meets a man "on the computer" and thinks it's a good idea to keep him a secret. Because that usually works out. Plus: Terri sleeps with the same guy twice and…
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Daycamp Royalty
It took years, but at long last, Kim is popular at camp (and any surprise? Named Camper of the Week). In this episode, we relive the fever dream that was day camp in the 80s, complete with capture the flag, hook tag, and camp songs burned into our brains. Terri shares a letter from a very sad…
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Kim's Not That Nice
Think Kim's sweet as pie? Think again. When Kim unearths a letter from her emo boyfriend in 1994, she finds clear evidence that she, too, can be cold as ice. Also, she's really sorry about that. Lori is told she has no chance with Robert, weeps into a journal about it and then berates herself...
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Terri is Hellish
In case you think our sister relationship has been a unicorn dream, you might want to read Kim's entry from 1991. Because as it turns out, she dreads the minute Terri comes home from college. Why? Because she throws off the vibes and fucks up Kim's friend dynamic. Plus, Terri writes Lori a...
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Disco Fries
We kick off this episode with fears of the ocean, specifically: submerged objects, huge waves, and Hudson River ferries. On the tech front, Kim's a big fan of early-days electronic mail and Terri saves her breakup letter as a template for future use. Plus: tanning beds, spring break, and what to...
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Spin the Bottle
OMG we're back again! Terri revisits the 90s at the Backstreet Boys in Vegas. Kim and Lori move our dad into an assisted living facility, which is giving strong cruise ship vibes. Then we go back in time to Lori's melodramatic entry from 1991 when she decides her love train has left the station....
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Don't Call It a BJ
Need furniture assembled? Call Lori. She's got IKEA-level IQ. Also, they shouldn't call it a blow job because the term is misleading for beginners. Kim cuts her foot up real bad, Lori works on her memory, Terri writes Kim a letter in 1988 that sounds as if it's from overseas. By the way, does...
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Missed Curfew
No one is surprised when Kim is elected Social Council President, but it is odd that she goes on the road to do PR work for the school. Also in this episode: Terri writes Kim a poem in rhyming couplets. Why building a fort is a critical rite of passage. Kim sneaks out to get felt up; Lori misses...
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Cage Dancing Days
After graduating from Boston College Magna Cum Laude, what does a girl do? Pick up work as a cage dancer, of course. (Her mother was so proud.) Lori makes a gruesome discovery in her kitchen, Kim shares an email she sent from the computer lab, and Terri cries on prom night. Welcome to Generation...
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Leave Kevin Bacon Alone
We're excited that this is our 40th episode — and it's been one year since we even had the idea to do a podcast. This time, we hark back to the early 90s, and pour one out for our great Aunt Helen. Plus: Crooner revue! Lori does impressions of Cher, Judy Garland, and more. Terri has a Kevin Bacon...
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Terrible Lay
Lori decides in the 90s that sex sucks and it's never going to get any better. Let's go over the details of the Sesame Place incident, the cactus incident, and the other assorted injuries Kim has suffered over the years. Plus: Truth or dare, Lori is a crank, and why Kim hates it when Terri takes...
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The Facts of Life
Kim and Lori recently traveled to Peekskill, NY (where Blair, Natalie, Tootie, and Jo went to school), to see Bashar, that great oracle who's big on the TikTok. Lori learns more about ancient civilizations, Terri recalls her days heading up the Publicity Club senior year, and Kim enjoys her…
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Brats on an Island
Guess what? Lori got married (again)! Get the scoop on what went down at the wedding. We have thoughts about Disclosure Day and aliens in general. Also, Mary Poppins is a witch and we never realized it. Plus: We commit cultural appropriation in the 90s, Kim misses her boyfriend, and Lori sprouts...
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Flash Mob
If you ever asked yourself, "When DID Lori get to third base," this episode is for you. Did she like it? Spoiler alert: No. Though we can't be sure, because Lori admits she has committed lies of omission. Also: If you take someone's virginity, do you get to keep it? Also: mammograms were designed...
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Pretty Fly For A White Guy
Lori always had a prom date, but not until the day of. And that's how we know deadlines work. Terri goes away for a weekend and loses her boyfriend overnight, what Some Kind of Wonderful got right (and wrong), and is it us or was Three's Company kinda fucked up? Plus: How we all side with the...
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Varsity Jacket Blues
Terri landed her first legit boyfriend senior year of high school in the fall of 1990, setting an epic drama in motion. Kim pens a Victorian letter to Lori reminding her she's not ugly. Plus: Lori's given up on jewelry, Terri is obsessed with making it, and Kim doesn't want any of her jewelry to...
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Fender Bender
In this episode, you'll only hear two stories about car accidents, because Kim is perfect and never makes mistakes. Lori airs her discomfort about a certain Michael Jackson video, as well as a Looney Tunes character who tried to make assault look endearing. Also: Lori believes she's from the year...
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F*CK Carrie Bradshaw
Is it watermelon season yet? And is that a tick Lori just found in her hair? Yes and yes. In this episode, Terri is on the Edge of Seventeen, Kim is lacking boyfriend bandwidth, and Lori wants to be a weather girl, but she will not say the word "Middlesex" when referring to the county. Then we…
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Beggars Can't Be Choosers
Strap in for stories from the 90s, including how Lori makes a pledge to be nice to everyone freshman year and has a kind of Buddhist epiphany. Plus: Terri's love life is thrown into chaos by geopolitics in 1990. Question: Does being in love make you better looking? (Kinda.) In Unrelated: If you...
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You're Such a Snob
How did we sleep on Flashdance and Judge Judy? Not anymore. Also in this episode: Are we all doing our own pedicures now? Does Terri have ADHD? Maybe. Plus: Kim's eighth-grade boyfriend thinks she's a snob. In Unrelated, what job would you have if things were different? Welcome to Generation…
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Don't Say Tits
How many times have YOU watched Jim Henson's funeral? Because Kim has it on a loop. Also in this episode, Kim checks her own receipts and turns out she has been telling her own HS breakup story inaccurately. Lori nearly chokes out a girl in the hallway between periods and at one point throws a...
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The Perfect Teenager
In this episode, Lori waxes darkly poetic about how she's no one's type. Kim writes a letter to Terri on her 16th birthday, outlining all the ways she's a perfect teenager—including her solid physical shape—then goes back to talking about awesome next summer will be. In Unrelated: big fish, small...
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I Kissed A Girl (in 1995)
We kick off this episode with burning questions about when exactly the aliens are coming. Then, flash back to 1992 when Terri writes to Kim from college about what a big player she is now. Then, cut to 1995 for a serious plot twist when Terri makes out with her best friend…and it doesn't go well....
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Mother's Day Special: The Boomer Who Raised Us
For this special Mother's Day episode, our guest is none other than…our mom! Meet Jeanne Trespicio, the woman who is responsible for, well, all of this (waves hands around vaguely). Go behind the scenes of Boomer parenting, and Jeanne's largely laissez-faire approach to: movies, TV, play dates,...
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Love at the Spelling Bee
How do you spell heartbreak? T-E-R-R-I. In this episode, Terri comes clean about a boy she scoped out at a spelling bee, and then later woefully mistreated, which still haunts her. Also: Kim meets an emotionally wounded boy at a bonfire. In Unrelated: Children's movies that really shouldn't have...
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The 72-Hour Boyfriend
Let's be clear: Lori wants love in 1993, but she didn't say she wants it to be easy (which is why it's over before it's begun). Find out why Cash Cab is a true test of character. Lori goes on the wrong booze cruise, Kim nearly has a stroke, and Terri hard launches her new relationship—which,...
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Map Quest
We kick off this episode fresh from a colonoscopy! Then, travel back to the 90s when Terri leaves Kim old fashioned directions to the biggest party of the year, which include "turn left at the tree." Witness the dawn of the World Wide Web, Terri's awkward conversation with a boy she doesn't like,...
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Bitches & Virgins
Our parents go on a two-week sojourn to Europe and all hell breaks loose: Kim absolutely did not throw a house party or lose her virginity in her childhood bedroom. Lori gains the upper hand with Sean. Terri folds under pressure and takes Kim down with her. It's all power shifts and wild…
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Welcome to MovieFone
It's hard to believe that we used to call a number and then sit through a recording of every single showtime, but THIS IS WHAT OUR LIVES WERE. Also, every movie was great: Muppets Take Manhattan. Chances Are. Ghost. Need we go on. Plus: Kim tries to rebrand her seventh grade class, Lori worships...
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Eating out
In 1993, St. Lori was on a mission to keep boys from going down the wrong path. Oral arguments ensue. Then, Terri reads one of Lori's high school essays which is chock full of backhanded compliments about her very average and unremarkable sisters. Kim is shunned in society for enjoying life. The...
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Terri's Gummy Kicks In
If you ask Kim, Dominos pizza is what high school tastes like, and it hasn't changed since 1988. In this episode, we recall our favorite restaurants from days of yore: Pizza Hut, Red Lobster, and Benihana (shout out to Short Hills). Plus, Kim loses her shit when her friends take Terri's car for a...
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A Great Time to Get a Perm
This week, Terri needs to chill the fuck out, but literally can't. Also, why time is liquid and doesn't actually exist, and the time Kim's fourth grade crush called to say, "You're ugly." Facts: The meaner a boy is, the more he likes you; your nose grows faster than the rest of your face. Plus…
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Poltergeist F'd Us Up
Say what you will, but having two boyfriends is really hard! How Kim coped with dueling loves, and what peak romance looks like at the mall. Also: Flowers smell like death; the Poltergeist movie fucks up our sense of reality, and does anyone look at Sissy Spacek and not think of Carrie? In...
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Boob Dreams
We didn't intend for this week to be so body-focused, but there you have it. Rough hands, failed fingernails, aspirational boobs, lopsided boobs, and vaginas that look like a sleeping bear. In 1982, Terri dreams of having a smile that will knock all the guys out. We remember Colorforms, Shrinky...
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The No Makeup Challenge
Do we look better with makeup on? Maybe. But probably we look exactly the same. In this episode of Generation Artax, we take a look at self esteem and straight-up swagger. Lori recalls a day when she rocked some serious BDE at the Home Depot, Kim is embarrassed to admit what she thinks of…
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I Heart Boys
In this Valentine's Day episode of Generation Artax, we wax nostalgic about Hallmark Holidays of yore, including: Kim's need to be the patron saint of lollipops; why Lori wore an "I Heart Girls" pin; why Terri loves gifts as much as Lori hates them, and how Lori lived real-life drama at theater...
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School's Out For Summer
Look out everybody! It's the summer of 1988, and the Trespicio girls are about to hit the… driveway to lay out. Then, take an olfactory journey back to the 80s and resurrect the sweet, sweet scents of: Hawaiian Tropic, Prell, Salon Selectives. Also: Kim's not allowed to go on a date, and Terri...
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Existential Dread
In this episode of Generation Artax, we ask the question, what does it all mean? Kim hoards memories. 10-year old Terri has an existential moment in the shower, and Lori believes she was smarter in another life. We discuss past lives, 80s fashion, trashy eyeliner, and how outer space is basically...
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The Boyfriend Swap of '93
In this episode of Generation Artax, we revisit…the mall in the 90s. We cover making out in public and private with boys who weren't that hot after all. The school dance juggernaut that was Stairway To Heaven. And Lori pulls a Brenda from 90210 and leaves her boyfriend in the care of her best...
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The Time Boys Came Over
In this episode of Generation Artax, you're going to learn a few things about Kim: She played guitar in a church band, will not eat in a restaurant alone, and one time, got two hot sophomores to come over to watch Flowers in the Attic. Plus: We revisit the lyrics to Family Ties, the time Brady...
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Crimes We Might Do
In this episode of Generation Artax, we cover it all: backpacking across Europe pre-iPhone, intense sneezing, and the day Jesus flew off a crucifix and hit Lori in the face. Plus: yacht rock, catholic school, depression, anxiety, personal poltergeists, crimes we've committed, and why you…
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No One Can Deal with Lori in 1993
Lori was having a hard day in May 1993: Kim got rejected from the Peer Leadership program and Mom was yelling about the government—leaving Lori with no one to talk about her problems including her bad rep, small boobs, and the fact that she was going to miss critical episodes of 90210, Melrose…
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A Very Merry Cringemas
Merry Cringemas everybody! And to live up to that name, we've got a show teeming with awkward first kisses, OfficeMax Santa gifts, and a poem Terri wrote to her boyfriend in 1993. Plus: 90s gifts that wouldn't exist today (hi, answering machines!) and our (least) favorite Christmas movie. We wish...
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Kim Bows to Peer Pressure in 1988
In March of 1988, when Kim was in the sixth grade, she watched as the boys goaded her friend Amy to walk out over the surface of an icy pond — at which point the ice started to crack, and then broke beneath her. And everyone…laughed. Hysterically. It was a very shallow pond, and no one was hurt....
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You've Got Lice
In this episode of Generation Artax, we take a trip back to the early 90s when Terri left for college and Kim was inconsolable. And Lori went off to college and became a huge star. Also: REM sleep, room temps, and a bad case of lice. Buckle up and enjoy. Visit our website: www.generationartax.com...
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Dear Future Lori: Don't Be a Slut
In this episode of Generation Artax, 13 yo Lori hopes her future self isn't a huge slut, and then doubles down on catholicism. Kim fails to make the basketball team. We all take Tae Kwon Do. Plus: movies that make us cry and one 80s movie we should not have been watching. Strap in and let's…
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The Virginity Pact of 1987 and Other Promises We Made
We kick off this episode of Generation Artax in 1987, where we find Terri in the eighth grade, struggling with the moral complexities of virginity pacts, and if saying you may have sex someday before marriage is as bad as actually doing it. Also, whether Jon Bon Jovi is to blame for at least part...
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Which of Us Are Witches?
In this episode, why it's worth revisiting your diaries, how religion warped our brains, and why Lori grew up under the impression that Jesus was a big bummer. Plus: Let's get into the quantum physics of it all: Kim manifests the fuck out of a pair of glasses, Terri can channel dead pets, and why...
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Meet Your Sisters: Who We Are, Who Dumped Us and Why
We will not kick off our FIRST episode of Generation Artax by introducing ourselves, because that puts Lori and Kim in a cold sweat. Instead, we take turns introducing the other sisters to you, to give you a lay of the land of what you're wandering into. Plus: How Terri wanted to get out of every...
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Generation Artax is a podcast hosted by three GenX sisters from New Jersey who grew up in the '80s and '90s. The name comes from that traumatizing scene in The NeverEnding Story when Atreyu's horse, Artax, sinks into the Swamps of Sadness—an apt metaphor for a forgotten generation.Join Terri Trespicio, Kim O'Brien, and Lori Regan for lighthearted discussion, secondhand embarrassment, teenage heartbreak, and nostalgia for a time before social media or seatbelts (when we sat in the way-way back). Expect cringe journal entries, pop-culture deep dives, and some serious belly laughs. (Warning: You may pee a little.)
HOSTED BY
Terri Trespicio, Kim O'Brien, Lori Regan
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