GenX Are We Adults Yet?

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  What AI Doesn't Know About Gen X 20.09.2026 58min

  But it doesn’t know what Gen X felt like. It doesn’t know the sprint to answer the house phone before anybody else did. It doesn’t know getting last-second instructions from your parents right before you picked up. It doesn’t know the fear of hearing, “Take a message,” or being told, “If it’s Aunt Sue, tell her I’ll call her back.” It doesn’t know what it meant to check the class lists before school started and immediately look for your friends, your crush, and your social future. It doesn’t know how every Gen X kid has a bike-pedal shin story. Not just a scrape — a full, bloody, dirt-filled, hot-and-cold disaster that ended with, “Do I need stitches… or should I just keep playing?” It doesn’t know the misery of the fluoride rinse. The pain of waiting for the DJ to shut up so you could record your favorite song off the radio. The rage of hearing the same hit song every twelve minutes for months. The disappointment of terrible movie sequels. The weird hatred we had for the Jerry Lewis telethon because it hijacked our TV weekend. Or why paper grocery bags weren’t trash — they were book covers, school supplies, and sometimes homemade fashion. This episode is about the stuff you had to live through to understand. Not the big textbook history of Gen X — the small stuff. The everyday stuff. The random, painful, hilarious, deeply specific things that made us who we are. Because AI can summarize Gen X… …but it still doesn’t know what it was like to be Gen X. Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? 🔴 Live Thursday at 7 PM California Time on YouTube and Facebook 🎧 Audio drops Monday morning
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  From Field Rations to Fine Dining - Gen X Goes Gourmet 13.09.2026 1h

  What happens when a retired Marine looks at two giant boxes of modern MREs and immediately starts talking smack? Last time Jamie was on the show, he spotted Jason’s stash and declared that Marines never got “fancy shit like that.” His exact assessment? “We ate fucking mud and then kicked its ass.” So naturally, we invited him back to cook dinner. This week, Jamie—a retired U.S. Marine and damn good cook—is taking modern MREs, dehydrated food, and field-available rations and attempting to turn them into actual gourmet plates. Meanwhile, his best friend Jeff is bringing a ridiculous collection of vintage military rations, surplus, memorabilia, and whatever else he managed to drag into the studio. While Jamie cooks, Jason and Jeff are asking one simple question: WHAT THE HELL DID JEFF BRING? Vintage field food. Old military gear. Strange ration accessories. Collector stories. Marine memories. Fancy flameless heaters. Questionable food decisions. And possibly some stuff that hasn’t seen daylight since Eisenhower was president. Plus, we’re giving a Gen X war-movie shoutout to Full Metal Jacket. This isn’t a cooking show. It isn’t a military history show. It’s three Gen X guys surrounded by Army food and bad ideas. What could possibly go wrong? Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? 🔴 LIVE Thursday — 7 PM California Time 🎧 New audio episode Monday morning Like • Follow • Subscribe • Comment
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  The Other Side of the Desk: From 80s Kids, To Today's Teachers 06.09.2026 1h

  Step into the ultimate generational time capsule with a brand-new episode featuring a very special Gen X reunion. Host sits down with classmates Jamie, Tim, and Renae (Class of '89 and '90)—three former kids who somehow looked at the public school system and decided to spend their adult lives working inside it. Together, they have personally lived on both sides of one of the biggest transformations in modern history. This episode dives straight into the collision between the analog past and the digital present. What We Discuss in This Episode: Nostalgia & The 80s Baseline: Rolling the tape back to cursive drills, timed multiplication tests, duck-and-cover drills, World Book Encyclopedias, and inhaling the scent of fresh ditto copies. The group explores their favorite parts of school before screens took over. The Whiplash Contrast (Then vs. Now): Examining the jarring shift from the physical classroom to the daily reality of 2026—trading film strips for Chromebooks and ChatGPT, managing complex IEP accommodations, and dealing with aggressive emails from parents at 11:00 PM. The State of the Union (What’s Working vs. What’s Broken): A frontline look at how education operates right now, balancing modern digital tools and student support structures against severe teacher burnout. The Time-Travel Test: An honest, laugh-out-loud evaluation of whether 10- or 15-year-old versions of themselves could survive being dropped into a modern 2026 classroom under today's hyper-connected standards. Same school. Different world. Still Gen X. Make sure to like, follow, subscribe, and drop a comment below!
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  Gen X's Terrible No Good Very Bad Summer 30.08.2026 26min

  Dude… what the hell is happening to our childhood? This summer has been rough on Gen X. The people, places, and pop-culture icons that helped define our childhood keep disappearing—and every time we think we're done saying goodbye, 2026 says, “Hold my beer.” Columbia House is shutting down. We’ve lost Catherine O’Hara, Robert Duvall, Chuck Norris, Bonnie Tyler, and now Dolly Parton. These weren’t just celebrities to Gen X—they were part of the background noise of our lives: movies we quoted, songs we blasted, TV we watched, and names we’ve known since we were kids. And just when you think this episode is getting too depressing, there's some good news: Ricky from Skid Row’s “18 and Life” is apparently still doing hard time. 😂 This week on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, we're talking about what happens when you reach the age where nostalgia starts colliding with mortality. Our childhood isn't just getting farther away—pieces of it are actually disappearing. We’ll remember some legends, laugh at how ridiculously old this is making us feel, celebrate what they left behind, and ask the uncomfortable question: Are we officially becoming the old people now? Because apparently... ☀️ SUMMER IS CANCELLED. 🎙️ Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? 🔴 LIVE Thursday 8/27 @ 7 PM California Time
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  How Did We Go From Happy Days To An Entire Feral Generation? 23.08.2026 42min

  Who Left Gen X Home Alone? 🔑 One generation grew up with the image of Mom at home, Dad at work, dinner on the table, and somebody waiting when the kids walked through the door. Then suddenly… Gen X got a house key. What happened? This week on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, we're digging into the real story behind the rise of the latchkey kid. The economic boom slowed, inflation hammered American families, more women entered the workforce, divorce and single-parent households increased, traditional family roles changed—and school still let us out at 3:00. America changed faster than childcare did. So millions of kids found themselves responsible for something previous generations rarely experienced on this scale: Themselves. We'll go from the traditional family portrayed on Happy Days to the changing households of One Day at a Time, Diff'rent Strokes, Kate & Allie and Who's the Boss? and look at how television reflected what was happening in real American homes. We'll talk about working moms, divorce, single parents, the rise of after-school programs, and the few hours every afternoon when an entire generation learned to make a snack, answer the phone, watch their younger siblings, do their homework—or absolutely NOT do their homework—and remember the most important rule: Don't answer the door. Mom will be home around six. Was it neglect? Independence? Necessity? Or some combination of all three? And maybe the biggest question: Did our parents intentionally raise an independent generation…or did circumstances create one? 🔑 Grab your house key, turn on General Hospital, and don't burn the damn house down. Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? LIVE Thursday at 7 PM PT
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  Gen X VS Gen Alpha - Was it really better back then? 16.08.2026 45min

  Gen X vs. Gen Alpha: Did Kids Really Grow Up Better Back Then? What happens when a Gen X dad sits down with his 9-year-old Gen Alpha daughter and they compare childhoods? One generation grew up riding bikes across town with no GPS, no cell phone, and one simple rule: be home when the streetlights came on. The other grew up with Life360, tablets, group chats, and parents who know exactly where they are at all times. Who's right? This week on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, we're putting two generations head-to-head in a fun, honest, and sometimes hilarious conversation. We'll compare: 🚲 Freedom vs. constant supervision 📱 House phones vs. smartphones 🛝 Playing outside vs. playing online ❤️ Crushes then and now 👻 The scary movies that kept each generation awake at night ☎️ Calling your friends vs. texting and group chats 🏡 Why Gen X disappeared all day... and why Gen Alpha can't 📞 How many phone numbers we used to memorize (and why) You'll hear one of the biggest generation gaps ever captured on our show as a Gen X dad and his Gen Alpha daughter ask each other the questions every generation wants answered. Expect laughs, surprising answers, and maybe a few moments where you'll realize that while childhood has changed dramatically... being a kid really hasn't. Whether you're Gen X, a parent, or raising Gen Alpha yourself, this episode is a fun reminder that every generation grows up in a different world—but they're all just trying to figure it out. Join us LIVE Thursday, August 6 at 7:00 PM as two generations compare notes and answer one simple question: Did kids really have it better... or just differently?
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  One Gen X Dad. Three Generations of Kids. What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 13.08.2026 36min

  I’m Gen X—and somehow I ended up raising two Millennials, one Gen Z, and one Gen Alpha. Same dad. Three generations. Completely different childhoods. So we asked for YOUR questions…and you gave us plenty. Which generation got the strictest version of me? Have I gotten softer with age? Did technology make parenting easier—or just make us more paranoid? Which of my kids could actually survive my 1980s childhood? And the dangerous one: Which kid got the best version of Dad? We’re talking about how parenting changed from house phones and “be home when the streetlights come on” to smartphones, Life360, social media, and knowing exactly where your kid is 24/7. And somewhere in all of this, I have to admit the ultimate Gen X-parent contradiction: We swear our unsupervised childhood made us who we are…then refuse to let our own kids do half the shit we did. 😂 No parenting experts. No perfect answers. Just one Gen X dad looking back at raising kids across three very different generations—and answering your questions. Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? 🎙️ LIVE Thursday at 7 PM PT Bring your own questions. Apparently, nothing is off limits.
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  It's a great week to be Gen X 02.08.2026 42min

  Sometimes the news reminds us just how much of an impact our generation's heroes had on the world. This week on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, we're celebrating the icons who made us laugh, made us dance, made us headbang, and gave us the soundtrack to growing up. We'll talk about: ⭐ Cheech & Chong finally receiving their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and why they became counterculture legends. ⭐ Grandmaster Flash earning his long-overdue Hollywood star, pioneering DJ techniques that forever changed music and helped launch hip-hop into the mainstream. 🤘 A heartfelt tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, one year after the world lost the Prince of Darkness. We'll share favorite songs, unforgettable stories, Ozzfest memories, and why every metal kid had at least one Ozzy patch on their jacket. 🎵 Plus, we'll look at Gen X artists still hitting the road, including Howard Jones, Wang Chung, and Modern English, proving that the music we grew up with is still alive and kicking. Along the way, we'll share personal stories—from the comedy albums our parents played, to the first time MTV changed our lives, to the concerts, records, and moments that became part of our generation's DNA. Because Gen X didn't just listen to music... we built memories around it. So crank up the stereo, dust off that concert T-shirt, and join us for another edition of GenXAway, where we celebrate the people, music, movies, and moments that made growing up Gen X unforgettable. LIVE Thursday night on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? 🎙️🎸🎧
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  Are We the Same Generation? A Brother Challenge 26.07.2026 51min

  What happens when two Gen X brothers sit down with 25 questions about childhood, growing up, and becoming adults? In this episode, Jason and his younger brother go head-to-head answering questions every Gen Xer has an opinion about. From Saturday morning cartoons and favorite Christmas gifts to the first album we bought, the biggest lies we told our parents, and the moments that finally made us feel like adults—we compare memories separated by just 13 years and discover how much (and how little) changed. Along the way, we build the ultimate rock band, debate the best Batman, relive childhood punishments, and answer the question every Gen Xer has asked at least once... Are We Adults Yet? Whether you were raised by TV dinners, rode your bike until the streetlights came on, or can still remember your first phone number, this episode is guaranteed to bring back memories. Grab your favorite cereal, settle in, and see how many of these answers match your own.
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  The Teachers Who Raised Gen X 19.07.2026 1h 30min

  Every Gen Xer remembers at least one teacher who changed their life. Some inspired us. Some challenged us. Some scared us. Some refused to let us settle for less. Long before Google, YouTube, and smartphones, teachers weren't just educators—they were coaches, mentors, disciplinarians, role models, and sometimes the only adult who saw potential in a struggling kid. This week on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, Jason sits down with one of his own high school teachers, Mrs. Burton, for a conversation decades in the making. Together, they'll look back on what it was really like teaching Gen X, how classrooms have changed over the years, and the lasting impact one great teacher can have on generations of students. We'll talk about: What inspired her to become a teacher Growing up in a family of educators What Gen X students were really like The personalities every teacher remembers What students thought they were getting away with How education has changed since the 1980s And what it feels like to see former students decades later, now raising families and building careers of their own Most importantly, this episode is our chance to say something many teachers rarely hear: Thank you. Because while we may not remember every lesson from the classroom, we'll never forget the teachers who believed in us, challenged us, and helped shape the adults we eventually became. Join us for a heartfelt conversation celebrating the teachers who raised Gen X.
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  Gen X Meet Me At 3 O'clock Afterschool 12.07.2026 43min

  Did Kids Get Softer When They Stopped Fighting at 3 O’Clock? Remember when childhood arguments didn't happen behind a screen? For Gen X, disagreements happened face-to-face — on the playground, at the arcade, in the neighborhood, or with those famous words: "Meet me after school." This week we're looking back at the unwritten rules of growing up Gen X. Before social media, online arguments, and anonymous usernames, kids had to learn how to navigate conflict in person. Was it perfect? Absolutely not. But did it teach us something? We’re talking about: The infamous 3 o'clock fights after school Why most arguments ended faster than they started The difference between talking trash online vs face-to-face How arcades, playgrounds, and neighborhoods forced kids to interact Learning when to stand up, when to walk away, and when to apologize How friendships sometimes started AFTER the fight Did Gen X develop thicker skin because of our childhood experiences? Or did today's generation simply grow up in a completely different world with completely different challenges? Grab your hose water and join us as we ask: Did kids really get softer... or did the rules of childhood completely change? 🎙️ Gen X, Are We Adults Yet?
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  What is the purpose of Gen X? 06.07.2026 1h 5min

  Maybe we're here to remind everyone of what's important from a world that no longer exists. Maybe Gen X wasn't raised to become the most successful generation. Maybe we were raised to become the most adaptable. History dropped us right at the hinge point between two eras. We learned the old world. Then built the new one. Now we're one of the few generations that can explain both. How this was made
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  Gen X Kids - I was in a teen age band! 28.06.2026 1h 9min

  🎸 I Was In A Teen Age Band 🎤 Before careers, mortgages, and aching backs... there were garages, cheap amps, borrowed drum kits, and dreams of making it big. This week, we're joined by fellow Gen X musicians who started bands as teenagers. From punk and thrash metal to garage rock and hardcore, we'll hear the stories behind the first gigs, battle of the bands, loading gear into mom's station wagon, terrible promoters, broken strings, dive bars, and the friendships that lasted a lifetime. Some of our guests hung up their instruments years ago. Others are still playing today. Whether you were on stage, in the pit, or just the kid wearing the concert shirt, this episode is a trip back to a time when all you needed was three chords, a garage, and a dream. Live Thursday at 7 PM.
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  Gen X Being The New Kid 21.06.2026 39min

  Was it hard being the new kid? For some people, absolutely. The night before school they're laying awake wondering what to wear, whether they'll fit in, whether they're going to get lost, or worse... whether something embarrassing is going to happen in front of the entire school on Day One. Me? I wasn't that kid. I made friends pretty easily and usually found myself floating between more than one group. Mostly jocks and stoners. Then eventually just stoners. Being the new kid was pretty simple for me. All I had to do was find the smoking section. Now before anybody freaks out, this was the 80s. Every school had unofficial gathering places. You knew exactly where the smokers hung out, where the skaters hung out, where the athletes hung out, where the troublemakers hung out. Schools had social maps long before GPS. The funny thing about being the new kid is that everybody experiences the same school completely differently. For some kids, it was terrifying. For others, it was an opportunity. Nobody knew your reputation. Nobody knew your mistakes. Nobody knew who you dated, what you looked like last year, or whether you were cool or not. You got a fresh start. The question is... what did you do with it? Were you terrified? Were you excited? Did you reinvent yourself? Or did you spend the first week trying not to throw up in the cafeteria? Tonight we're talking about being the new kid, the longest walk in school history, finding your people, surviving lunch, and whether changing schools was the worst thing that ever happened to you... or the best thing.
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  Gen X Summer Break: 90 Days of Freedom 14.06.2026 1h 5min

  The funny thing about Gen X summers wasn't what we did. It was the freedom. For a few months every year, we belonged entirely to ourselves. No schedules. No phones. No GPS. No notifications. Just bikes, friends, and the promise that tomorrow would probably be another great day. And maybe that's why we still remember those summers so vividly
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  Will You Go With Me? Gen X Dating Wasn't Easy 07.06.2026 1h 8min

  This week on Gen X, Are We Adults Yet?, we're walking through the complete life cycle of Gen X dating—from the first crush to the first heartbreak. Before texting, social media, and dating apps, relationships started with real courage and real risk. First, you had a crush. Then came the investigation: Does she already have a boyfriend? Who does she like? Who are her friends? Do I even have a chance? If things looked promising, the next mission was getting her phone number. Then came the call. Not a text. Not a DM. An actual phone call to her house, where her dad, mom, or annoying little brother might answer first. Then came the hangouts: Teen night Bowling alleys Football games Pizza parlors Arcades The mall Eventually, if you survived all that, you worked up the nerve to ask the ultimate Gen X question: "Will you go with me?" From there, we're covering it all: First dates First kisses First base Long-term high school relationships Gossip Rumors Cheating Breakups Friend zones Public humiliation And how the entire school somehow knew your business by lunch the next day Dating wasn't easier back then. It was awkward. It was terrifying. It was exciting. It was real. Join us as we revisit the victories, the disasters, the heartbreaks, and the unforgettable moments that made Gen X dating an experience no app could ever recreate. Because before swiping right... There was only one question that mattered: "Will you go with me?"
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  Memorial Day After School Special. 31.05.2026 51min

  Gen X was raised patriotic, we were raised to LOVE our country, we may disagree on government, that’s ok, but we love our country. We sang hymms, songs of praise, My country tis of thee , sweet land of liberty of thee I sing… Why do we have such a great country? WHY do we have the freedoms we do? WHO makes up our Military? AMERICANS, Sometimes we lose AMERICANS in combat or other missions and Memorial Day honors THEM. The Fallen.
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  Gen X has been waiting for Aliens! 25.05.2026 20min

  Gen X is no stranger to Aliens! Why are we not afraid? Why do we welcome this other worldly phenomenon? We grew up with Aliens, the great gazoo? Invasion of the Body Snatchers? E.T.? We've been prepared for this!
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  How Gen X Started A podcast in their Garage and kept it going. 17.05.2026 29min

  “No headphones. No soundproofing. No clue what we were doing. Just a powered speaker on the garage floor and two Gen X guys deciding to hit record.”
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  200 Episodes! Gen X Are We Adults Yet? 10.05.2026 1h 4min

  Join us LIVE for the 200th episode of 🎙️ GEN X, ARE WE ADULTS YET? 🎙️ That’s right… somehow we’ve managed to talk for 200 episodes and still haven’t been canceled, arrested, or fully matured. We’ll be celebrating: 200 episodes of Gen X nonsense the best moments and guests the memories, laughs, and chaos and most importantly… YOU guys who’ve been hanging out with us along the way. So stop by the live chat and wish us a happy 200th episode! And let’s be honest… You’re Gen X too. You ain’t got nothin’ better to do. Married... with Children is canceled. Cheers is canceled. Night Court is canceled. We assume you’re home, wearing reading glasses, making weird noises when you stand up, and absolutely free Thursday night. So grab a snack, crack open something cold, and come celebrate with us. 📅 Thursday, May 7th 🕖 7:00 PM PST 🎙️ GEN X, ARE WE ADULTS YET? 200 episodes later… we’re still figuring it out.