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The Gen-X-istentialists — 129 episodes

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The Final Spin: 42 Years of Friendship and the End of the Gen-x-istentialists

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Survival of the True Self: Why the Modern World is Trying to Flatten Your Soul

3

The ROI of the Soul: Why 'Art for Art’s Sake' is a Luxury Most Creatives Can’t Afford

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Cult of the Amateur: Why AI 'Slop' is Coming for Your Mediocre Career

5

Gravity Doesn't Care About Your Blouse, Buttercup: Why Objective Reality is the Ultimate 'Safe Space

6

Format Necromancy: Why Your $40 Vinyl Record is an Inferior Tactile Lie

7

Emotional Programming: Are Holiday Specials Just Lazy Morality Plays for the Disillusioned?

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Heroes & Villains: Why Effectiveness Trumps Ethics in a Meaningless Universe

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Slaying the Hydra: Bentham, Dopamine, and the Fight for Satori

10

Deliverables are Killing Your Soul: Why "Actionables" are the Enemy of Real Connection

11

The Iceberg Principle: Why We’re Scared to Admit We Actually Need Each Other

12

Hope is a Middle Finger: Why Refusing Nihilism is the Ultimate Act of Rebellion

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Privacy is Rebellion: Why Keeping Your Damn Opinions to Yourself is the Ultimate Power Move

14

Better Filters, Worse Knees: Is Gen-X Actually Aging Well or Just Living in High-Definition Denial?

15

Meet Cleaver Theatre Reunion - Halloween Bonus Episode 2025

16

Sanitary Retrocades Suck: Why the Arcade Experience Needs the Smell of Piss, Smoke, and Ozone

17

The New Zealotry: Why Science is Just Religion with a Better PR Firm

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The Digital Epitaph: Why Your Last Social Media Post Might Make You Look Like an Asshole Forever

19

Forgiveness is a Lie: Why Giving Absolution to Murderers is Pure Virtue Signaling

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The Ignorance Dividend: Why We Trade Civic Literacy for 'Group Think' and Virtue-Signaling

21

Ignorance is Absolute Bliss: Why True Idiocy is a Valid Life Goal

22

The Fuck Bank: Why You Only Have a Limited Supply of Empathy to Spend Each Day

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E.T. Meets TikTok: What Happens When Aliens Go Viral

24

Surfing the Kali Yuga: Why I’d Be Lex Luthor Before I’d Ever Be Superman

25

Mentally 27, Physically 52: The Great Gen-X Identity Crisis

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Follow the Money: Why Mandated Change (from Light Bulbs to Digital TV) is Never About Benevolence

27

From 'Buck Up' to SSRIs: Gen-X and the Reality of Depression Stigma

28

Bludgeoning vs. Broken Bottle: Why the Bar Stool is the Only Rational Choice in a Fight

29

The Extra-Long Pillowcase Rule: Why Your Childhood Halloween Strategy Failed

30

The Dopamine Trap: Why Modern AI is Programmed to Blow Smoke Up Your Ass

31

Kill the Mid: Why AI-Generated Content is a Cultural Meat Grinder

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The Empathy Hole: Why We’re Trading Social Media Crusades for Hard Boundaries

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Death of the Mid: Why AI is Coming for Every Mediocre Creative (and How to Survive)

34

No Shit, Sherlock: Why Nirvana’s Unplugged and Reality TV Ruined the 90s

35

Parachute Pants, Bangs, and Beaded Necklaces: The Highs and Lows of Gen-X Style

36

Knowledge is a Burden: Why Junior High was an "Open Air Penitentiary"

37

The Pinto Bean Cinema: How a Weird Childhood Ritual Shaped a Creative Mind

38

Grand Moff Tarkin was Wrong: Why Fear Won't Save Your Death Star (or Your Career)

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The Cookie Monster Lie: Why Childhood Fantasies are "Signal Fires" for Adulthood

40

Death Row Experimentation: A Straight-Forward Debate on Ethics and Organ Harvesting

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Action Figures are Dolls: Settle the Great 80s Toy Debate

42

Martyrdom is for Sages: Why Gen-X is Trading Pathological Empathy for Hard Boundaries

43

Expectations are a Cage that Traps Your Potential. Get Rid of Them and Just Live.

44

Pravda in the Waiting Room: Why 24/7 News is Just Divisive Infotainment Slop

45

When a Jason Aldean Song Becomes Your Villain Origin Story

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Batman Isn’t a Stoic: Why the Dark Knight is Actually an Emotional Disaster

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The Norman Fell Effect: Why We Look Better at 50 Than Our Parents Did at 30

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Marvel vs. Conan: Why Gen-X is Trading 'Hogwarts' D&D for Gritty 1st Edition Lethality

49

Tab Tastes Like Baby Aspirin: Why the 70s Aesthetic is a Graphic Design Crime

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It’s Just Paint on Asphalt: The Terrifying Fragility of the "Yellow Line" Social Contract

51

Spiritual Survivor’s Guilt: Why Bunny is the 'Amazing Gamble' That Paid Off

52

What One Won’t, Others Will: Why Brutal Dad Wisdom is the Only Real Dating Guide

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The Fetal Position Button: Why Erasing Every False Belief Would Destroy Humanity

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Shadows and Perforated Stomachs: The NKU Professor Who Visited Hell and Came Back

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Drowning in the Firehose: Why 'Living in the Moment' is for Animals

56

The Ultraman Interruption: Why Bunny Traded Coitus for a 4 AM Vintage Marathon

57

The Electrical Outlet in Tupperware: A Final Farewell to a Childhood Home

58

Soul Boners and Outlaw Gangs: Why Gen-X is Trading the 'Bucket List' for Actual Joy

59

January 2nd Reality: Why the 'Post-Holiday Toilet Mood' is the Most Authentic Part of Winter

60

Bribing Bezos: Why Corporate Surveillance is Safer Than a Government Gulag with Special Guest: Dr. Pam Menges

61

Hair in a Biscuit: Pete Rose, Steroid Hypocrisy, and the Death of Metabolism

62

Smoking, Shellac, and Speed Limits: Why the 'Nanny State' is Killing Our Autonomy

63

Outsourcing the Turkey and Stoned Park Rangers: Why Gen-X is Done with Traditional Holiday Rituals

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Cooling Your Tits: Why Gen-X Stress is a Choice and Time is Our Only Real Wealth

65

Machismo vs. Navel-Gazing: Is the "Depression Stigma" Actually Just a Cultural Divide?

66

Fuck the Wall of Sound: Why Modern Music Production is Lazy and Exhausting

67

Hacksaws and Headless Donors: Why Working in a Mortuary Stained My Brain Forever - Halloween Special

68

The Internet IQ Test: Why Giving 'Every Dummy' a Voice Ruined the Information Age

69

The Great Milk and Underpants Rant: Why Gen-X Men Need to Learn to Cook and Buy Better Underwear

70

Shareholders vs. Soul: Why $114 Million CEO Salaries are Killing the American Dream

71

The Trillion-Dollar Laundromat: Why We’re Trading Our Safety for Bureaucratic Lies

72

The Matrix of Compliance: Why Time is the Only Shackle That Never Stretches

73

The 5-CD Changer Strategy: Why I Bought Three Copies of The Cure’s Kiss Me

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Revenge of the Nerds vs. The Phantom Menace: Which Movie Title Defines Your Middle-Aged Struggle? – With Special Guest John Hildreth

75

The Disney Sex Ed Trauma: From Donald Duck to Ninth Grade Scabies

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The Moral Lie: Why Honesty is Overrated When the Rubber Hits the Road - with John Hildreth

77

Submarine Morons and Mumble Rap: Why This Year Needs a Dose of 1980s Reality

78

High-Yield Assassins: Why a Dollar-Returning Boomerang is the Ultimate Revenge Tool

79

The Great Debt Jubilee: Hacking the Billionaires to Fix the World - with John Hildreth

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Gay Robots and Benevolent Dictators: Why Being the Smartest Person in the Room is a Death Sentence

81

Why Humanity Needs 'The Stick': A Non-PC Defense of the Empire and Absolute Morality

82

The World is a Screaming Ball of Mess: Why I’m Done With Modern Propaganda and 'New Who'

83

Reciprocal Love and Moral Pruning: Why Lying is a Branch You Eventually Have to Cut

84

Bugattis on Skid Row: Why Your Luxury Purchases Actually Cure World Hunger

85

The Great UBI Grift: Why Handouts Won’t Save Us from Corporate Greed

86

Muskets, Insurance, and 'The Back Alley': A Straight-Shot View on Gun Ownership

87

The Back Nine of Life: Why the Modern World is a 'Disappointing Circus'

88

The Nicety Belt is Broken: Why We’re Done People-Pleasing at 50

89

Payroll Machines and Color Runs: Why Big Charity is a Gen-X Scam

90

Heroin vs. Manifestos: Two Ways to Die Without Annoying Your Neighbors

91

Insurrection or PR Stunt? Bunny and Scot Clash Over January 6th and the 'Why' of Violence

92

F* Light Years: Why the Speed of Light is a Soul-Crushing Scientific Scam

93

Adulting is for Infants: Why Putting on Your Pants Isn't a 'Life Goal

94

Boeing - Where Quality is Job 12: Why Gen-X is Trading the Skies for the Open Road

95

Grow Thumbs, Grandma: The Hard Truth About Indoor Cats and Vague-Posting Narcissists

96

Stop Rolling Your Eyes: Why Your Co-Workers Keep Their Cameras Off on Zoom - Special Guest: Dr. Pamela Menges

97

Stupidity Over Malevolence: Why Your Cheap Chinese Router is a Bigger Threat Than a Nuke - Special Guest: Dr. Pamela Menges

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Stick-Built Lemons: Why Modern Home Construction is a Scam - Special Guest: Dr. Pamela Menges

99

The Government Asshole: Why Real Tech Never Reaches Washington - Special Guest: Dr. Pamela Menges

100

The Poinsettia Incident: Vicious Monkeys and the Art of the 'Whole Ass

101

Passion is a Trap: Why Turning Your Hobby Into a Job is a Recipe for Burnout

102

Venus in Pajama Pants: Why Professionalism is a Dying Art - Special Guest Corey Simmins

103

Fan Service or Failure? Why the Star Wars Sequels Broke the Force - Special Guest: Corey Simmins

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The Great Appliance Debate: Why We’re Trading "Smart" Tech for $800 Simplicity - Guest: Corey Simmins

105

Werewolves in Counseling: Why Gen-X Creativity Was a 'Red Flag' in the 70s

106

Cosmic Stew and Panspermia: Why Your Existence is an Astronomical Miracle

107

Beauty in the Cracks: Why Symmetry is Boring and Tension is Truth

108

The Death of the Pregnant Pause: Why Nobody Is Actually Listening to You

109

Accolades for the Broken: Why Victimhood is the Internet’s Favorite Currency

110

Sleepwalking Toward the End: Why Most People Fail the Consciousness Test

111

Emotional Masturbation: Mastering the Shadow Self and the Phantom Stone

112

The Ridge Line of Life: Sliding Down the Other Side of 50 Without Losing Your Spark - with Special Guests: Tracy & Jeanne

113

The Haters Club: How a Lunchroom Insult Sparked a 40-Year Friendship

114

Frog Guts and Moral Compasses: Why Some 'Golden Children' Deserve a Punch

115

The Only People on Earth: Why True Privacy is the Ultimate Modern Luxury - with Special Guests: Tracy & Jeanne

116

The Benny Hill Blunder: Why Trying to Use Make-A-Wish for a British Comedy Meet-and-Greet is a Bad Idea

117

Supermarket Sweep, Whammies, and the Sexual Awakening of Young Gen-X

118

Greetings From Beyond: Why You Should Spend Your Last Year Shooting Heroin and Eating Butter

119

Hollywood’s Lazy Grift: Why Race-Swapping and Reboots are Killing Cultural Icons

120

The Legend of Professor Ape: The Gen-X Standard for Halloween Excellence

121

The Assembly Line Trap: Why Your Soul is Dying Without a 'Finished Product

122

Inside the Horror Host Hall of Fame: 15 Years of Butch R. Cleaver and Emergo

123

The Alf Conspiracy: Why Your Favorite 80s Puppet Sitcom was Actually Garbage

124

The 90s Killed Culture: How Grunge, Gangster Rap, and Accountants Ruined the Cinema

125

Death to the Influencer: Why Your 'Small' Purpose is the Only One That Matters

126

Only Children and Empty Nests: Why We’re Trading Diapers for Dungeon Master Guides

127

The Propaganda of the Cut: Why Your Emotions are Being Edited (And You Don't Even Know It)

128

Suck It Up, Buttercup: Why 'Hair Metal' Isn’t a Slur and PC Culture is Killing Your Joy

129

Follow the Money: A Non-PC Audit of Climate Change and the Light Bulb Conspiracy