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I'm Not Mad

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 30:40


We're Gen X. We parented ourselves, we parented our kids, and now we're parenting our parents while living in the age of competitive menopause. That's fine. No, we're not mad at all.

And I Don't Feel Fine

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 28:52


The recent New York Times article, "The Gen X Career Meltdown" by Stephen Kurutz makes us feel seen.

HIV, 80s TV & Susan Lucci

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 42:43


Comedian turned teacher Tarik Daniels talks growing up Gen X and gay, soap operas, sitcom crushes, and his love for Susan Lucci.

Family Cars & Rock Stars

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2024 51:59


Performer, comedian and improviser Tom Chalmers shares the Legend of the Tiltmobile and its brush with greatness. And that's Carey Reilly on the answering machine with a story about her first car.

TV Themes & 80s Dreams

Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 50:43


Film and television composer Chris Hajian reflects on his all-time favorite themes and shares memories from attending "Fame" high school.

Human Error & Made-for-TV Terror

Play Episode Play 31 sec Highlight Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 63:30


Comic, writer, and podcast host Ophira Eisenberg shares what movies scared the Canadian daylights out of her.

Muppets, Machetes & Drinking in the Woods

Play Episode Play 30 sec Highlight Listen Later May 19, 2024 60:45


"Sesame Street" writer and TikTok sensation Jen Capra talks Muppets, machetes, and everything in between.

Jugglers, Strugglers & Smugglers

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2024 62:38


A juggler at kids' birthday parties, an annoying survey-taker at the mall, a hairnet-clad cocktail weiner maker. No job was too weird or too humiliating for Generation X. Emmy award-winning director Kimmy Gatewood joins Eileen and Maryanne for a game of who had the worst first jobs. 

Heavy Breathers & Abducting Fathers

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2024 45:16


Comedian Carolyn Castiglia joins Eileen and Maryanne to talk heavy breathers, abducting fathers, and the GenX-perience (see what we did there?) of suffering alone.

The Golden Age of the Bully

Play Episode Play 21 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 28, 2024 27:45


Behold the predator in his natural habitat. Schools in the 70s and 80s, abounding with nerds, asthmatics and softer souls just trying to get through the day, were fruitful hunting ground for the bully. Eileen, Maryanne, and improv actor Ray Barnhart talk surviving apathetic school staff and scheduled fist fights. 

Walk It Off

Play Episode Play 18 sec Highlight Listen Later Feb 12, 2024 21:26


Glass in your butt? Tell no one. TV writer Charlie Shanian joins Maryanne and Eileen to discuss why for Gen X, it was better to keep your injuries to yourself.

Hello? Is Gen X there?

Play Episode Play 20 sec Highlight Listen Later Jan 26, 2024 39:57


Perhaps you shared yours with three, six, twelve people? Eileen Kelly chats with playwright and filmmaker Cristina Pippa, author and three-time Moth StorySlam winner Kimmi Berlin, and comedian Maryanne Murray about life with the family phone. 

A Gen X Christmas

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 34:53


Host Eileen Kelly and comedian Maryanne Murray remember Christmas Gen X style, when the dangerous holiday chores were assigned to nine year-olds, you got in trouble for getting hurt, and a ride to the hospital was the greatest gift of all. 

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