Latchkey Logic - Generation X

The year was 1985. Bamba was rocking the 5th grade - KJ was a freshman in high school, navigating big hair, questionable fashion choices, and the greatest music decade EVER. One of us was still on the playground. The other was making a mixed tape & prepping big hair. On this episode of Latchkey Logic , we're rewinding to 1985! The music, the movies, the fashion, and all the wonderfully rid...

ESPRIT, Body Glove, Hang Ten, BUM...it's all coming back and we Gen-X-ers couldn't be happier!

The year was 1984. Bamba is 10. KJ is 14. It's the year of bikes, boomboxes and bad decisions! And the music was INSANE in 1984...mixed tapes rule, people.

We are stepping back to 1984-quite literally. Reading from a journal that KJ & all her classmates wrote in - it's a day in the life of a classroom in 1984!

And we never WILL hang up on 1983; it was an awesome year! Jamming to Toto's Africa, ripping sweatshirts like Flashdance-Good times. Bamba is 9 years old in 1983, and KJ is rocking 8th grade at 13 years old. It was a good time to be kid.

Bamba & KJ are catching up & unlocking the mysteries of the year 1982; KJ was in 7th grade and Bamba was still in elementary school, but things are rocking in 1982! From Thriller being released to Poltergeist scaring the heck out of us, to wearing neon colors & big ol' shoulder pads...1982 was pretty cool.

Grody! Rad! Gnarly! Bamba and KJ recap the nat'l holiday of "Record Store Day", as well as compare notes on the year of 1981.

The 2026 Rock & Roll HOF list is out, and Gen X has spoken! Bamba and KJ break down the list, as well as doing a 1980 recall!

Gen X-ers are coming on strong in 1979! Bamba is entering Kindergarten & KJ is rocking 4th grade. We celebrate 1979 in all it's glory.

The year was 1978 & all was well, our people! Bamba & KJ are trucking through 1978 via Gen X convoy. Whether you were at a roller rink or at home watching Happy Days or Dallas, let's celebrate!

1977! What a year for Gen X-ers...we may have been kids, but there was a lot going on in pop culture, music, tech, TV, and most of all music! Bamba and KJ feature 1977 & how the year shaped them.

We didn't start the fire...but man, sometimes it feels like it! Bamba & KJ re-unite & discuss trading the phone for a record player, library card, landline & a Polaroid camera for 2026...who's with us?

We all waited for it...that Sears or JC Penney or Montgomery Ward catalog to come in the mail during the holidays! Grab a marker, smell that full color catalog paper when you open up the cover and reminisce with us! It's the holidays and Bamba and KJ are celebrating!

The holidays and mother nature slowed us down a few weeks, but we're back at it & better than ever! Bamba and KJ catch up from Turkey Day & are prepping for the holidays. We were going to talk tech but there was tech difficulties with our guest, so as Gen X-ers, we are rolling with any and everything!

There is such a thing as a "Gen Z" stare, and Bamba and KJ discuss and break down the Gen Z stare, as compared to the Gen X stare. Also a quick game of "Never Have I Ever"-Retro Gen X edition style.

Creepy Florida lighthouses & Gen X family ghost stories! Bamba and KJ (along with guest, Gen Z son-Hayden) share their spookiest stories in honor of their favorite holiday - Halloween! #latchkeylogicpodcast #latchkeylogic #GenXHalloween

The Gen X world is a changing! We have the bad: MTV news & Ace/Kiss news...but it's also still the Halloween season and Bamba and KJ are still happy about that. Music memories mix with spooky stories in episode #43. #latchkeylogicpodcast #genx #genXhalloween #resteasyace #MTVnomore?

Haunted asylums, freaky bathrooms & spooky cemeteries...Bamba and KJ are kicking off October by traveling down a dark and creepy memory lane! #latchkeylogicpodcast #GenXHalloween #hauntedGenX

Bamba and KJ catch up with favorite podcast guest, Dr. Mia Mulrennan, Gen X author and researcher. We're talking about "job hugging" across all generations right now. In the uncertain times lately, there's 1 thing that's clear; Gen X-ers resiliency, common sense and focus will carry us through! #GenX #miamulrennan #latchkeylogicpodcast #passedoverandpissedoff #jobhugging #Gen...

Gen X & the Fair! Whether it was riding rides in the Midway (The Zipper) or winning mirrors when you won carnival games...Gen X Fairs were the best! We're talking MN. State Fair and the Spencer Clay County Fair.

Theo Huxtable, Hulk Hogan & Ozzy Osbourne walk into a bar that Chuck Mangione is sitting at...We've been losing some of our heroes lately, and Bamba and KJ reminisce. It may seem that Gen X-ers are losing all their heroes lately, but as Gen X-ers, we will continue the battle! Rest easy. #latchkeylogicpodcast #latchkeylogic #OzzyOsbourne #allmyheroesaredying

Bamba & KJ are gearing up for a great Gen X summer, talking pools, summer games, bikes, sun in, summer music...is there anything better, our people? #latchkeylogicpodcast #GenXSummers

It's spring and that means graduation season! Pistol Pete Hermann-Franzen is guest co-hosting with KJ this week, as Bamba got tied up doing cool Gen X things! Pistol Pete talks graduation memories in his giant Chicago school, and KJ remembers graduation with a slightly smaller class size.

TGIF, Gen X style! Bamba and KJ talk about the "perfect" Friday's back in the 70's and 80's and how they compare to the "perfect" Friday now for Gen X. Have a great weekend! #TGIF #latchkeylogicpodcast #latchkeylogic

Bamba and KJ love their vinyl, and are getting ready for the upcoming Record Store Day! (plus, we've made it to the #1 year mark in podcast world-time for the kegger) #recordstoreday