Confessions of a Gen-X Mind: Culture, Media Literacy, and Personal Growth

Send us Fan Mail Stream of consciousness George after 4 days in a Subaru with all my worldly possessions and a cat named Teensy. I also discuss my decision to become a Californian. Enjoy, comment, discuss  This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to chara...

Send us Fan Mail  This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public proceedings 

Send us Fan Mail Dallas radio legend "Psycho" Dave Martin joins Adventures In Broadcasting to discuss longevity in the radio biz, attaining legend status working at The Ticket, and what next for Dave.   This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or t...

Send us Fan Mail In segment 2 Keith and George discuss broadcasting, heart attacks, staying healthy, and getting treatment at the Amen Clinic  This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public pro...

Send us Fan Mail Somewhere in midlife, a lot of us start realizing the person we became to survive is not always the same person we actually are. For me, that meant looking at the masks. The BMX kid. The media guy. The rebel. The insider. The steady one. The one who learned how to function, perform, achieve, and keep moving. None of those selves were fake. They helped me survive. But at some point...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in Texas during the Reagan years, I absorbed a potent mix of evangelical end-times theology, Cold War nuclear dread, Christian school culture shock, and satanic panic. In this episode, I talk about how those fear-based messages shaped my view of death, obedience, and the unknown, and why The Art of Happiness by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and psychiatrist Howard Cutler...

Send us Fan Mail How childhood emotional neglect and early attachment loss shape lifelong self-beliefs, and how those beliefs can follow you into adulthood. Why do some people grow up believing they were always “the problem”? In this episode of Confessions of a Gen-X Mind , George Ten Eyck explores how early childhood experiences, including emotional neglect, sibling-raised dynamics, and the sudde...

Send us Fan Mail  You don’t need to figure out your whole life tonight.   If your mind is busy thinking about what comes next, this sleep story helps you slow down and rest. In this episode, you walk a quiet bridge between where you are and where you’re going. There is no pressure to rush, no need to have everything figured out. Just steady progress and a calm place to land. Designed to ease anxie...

Send us Fan Mail Start your day with a grounded, real approach to healing and growth. This morning meditation focuses on a simple idea. Be the person you needed back then. Through steady breathing and practical reflection, this episode helps you let go of old reactions, ease anxiety, and show up with more patience and self awareness. Built from real life experience, therapy, and the work of learni...

Send us Fan Mail  You woke up. That matters. Start your day grounded and clear.  Start your day grounded, calm, and clear. This morning meditation is built around a simple idea. You woke up. And that matters. Through guided breathing, sunrise imagery, and a steady voice, this episode helps you let go of yesterday, ease anxiety, and begin again with intention. Inspired by real life experience, loss...

Send us Fan Mail When everything feels uncertain, this story helps you find steady ground. Set on a quiet shoreline, with the rhythm of the ocean and a distant lighthouse, this episode is about trust. Not having all the answers. Just knowing you are still moving forward. Perfect for calming anxiety and easing into deep sleep. Part of The Path series. Listen in any order, or as a continuous journey...

Send us Fan Mail If your mind is still racing at the end of the day, this story gives you a place to slow down. In this episode, you walk a quiet path where light appears one step at a time. Nothing to prove. Nothing to figure out. Just steady presence and calm. Designed to help you feel seen, release pressure, and drift into sleep naturally. Part of The Path series. Listen in any order, or as a c...

Send us Fan Mail For nights when comparison and overthinking won’t let go. This story takes you to a place of complete stillness, where there is no timeline, no pressure, and nothing to measure yourself against. Just quiet, steady calm. Let your mind settle. Let your body soften. Let sleep come without effort. Part of The Path series. Listen in any order, or as a continuous journey.  This podcast...

Send us Fan Mail You’ve done enough for today.  You don’t need to think.  You can rest now. In The Garden Within , I create a quiet, intimate space designed to help you slow down, soften your nervous system, and drift toward sleep. This episode is a guided audio experience, spoken gently and intentionally, meant to be listened to with your eyes closed and your body at rest. I invite you into a hid...

Send us Fan Mail You don’t have to hold anything right now.  You can soften.  You can rest. This episode is a gentle sleep story created to help you unwind, settle your nervous system, and drift toward sleep. Spoken slowly and intentionally, it’s designed to be listened to with your eyes closed, your body supported, and nothing left to do. I guide you into a quiet forest at night, a place of still...

Send us Fan Mail I thought I had my dream job. Then the door closed behind me. And everything changed. In this episode of Confessions of a Gen-X Mind , I tell the true story of how modern streaming media took shape inside a beat-up warehouse in Deep Ellum, and how a corporate layoff ultimately pushed me into the most important reset of my life. I take you back to the early days of AudioNet and Bro...

Send us Fan Mail I was a quiet kid in the mid-1980s.  The world felt loud, frightening, and urgent.  And no one explained the rules. In this episode, I look back at growing up ADHD and socially anxious in an era obsessed with nuclear war, the Reagan years, and constant warnings about the end of the world. Fourth grade became a strange blend of fear, faith, and confusion, as I tried to make sense o...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve been noticing something strange happening to the people I grew up with. Guys who once defined themselves by rebellion, skepticism, and pushing boundaries are now living completely different lives. Not just older. Not just more responsible. Different. Like something fundamental shifted along the way. In this episode, I take a closer look at that midlife identity flip. From a h...

Send us Fan Mail After a deeply personal series exploring family dynamics, mental health, misdiagnosis, neurodivergence, and rebuilding a life after collapse, this episode serves as the epilogue. Why tell these stories publicly? In this reflective closing chapter of Confessions of a Gen-X Mind , George Ten Eyck answers the question many listeners have asked: why say it out loud at all? Growing up...

Send us Fan Mail For decades we’ve heard the joke. Liberal arts majors.  English. Journalism. Film. Four years of college just to ask one question: “Would you like fries with that?” But what if the real value of a liberal arts education has never been about salary? In this episode, George reflects on his time at the University of North Texas in the late 1990s and the classes that unexpectedly resh...

Send us Fan Mail  In this final chapter of my family arc, I map the progression of events and dynamics that shaped me and explain why peace does not require agreement. This episode marks a turning point rooted in clarity, closure, and a conscious move toward a steadier future.   This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and hist...

Send us Fan Mail This episode started as a catch-up.  It turned into a time capsule.  And it still holds up. In this pilot episode we recorded in 2022, I sit down with longtime Dallas broadcaster and voice actor Keith Andrews for an unfiltered, nearly two-hour conversation spanning more than three decades in radio and voice work. What began as a twenty-year reunion quickly became a deep dive into...

Send us Fan Mail I grew up watching history happen live. The Gulf War looked like a video game.  The siege at Waco unfolded for 51 days and ended in fire.  The OJ trial turned justice into spectacle.  September 11 compressed complexity into slogans.  The Iraq War sold certainty before evidence. This episode traces the through line. It’s about how narrative began to outrun verification. How fear ac...

Send us Fan Mail There’s a bright orange wristband sitting on my desk. “Entering moshing area is at your own risk.” I’ve seen Metallica live fifteen times. From Texas Stadium in 1992 to Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, two rounds of Summer Sanitarium in the brutal Texas heat, a New Year’s Eve flight to Detroit for Y2K, and eventually into the photo pit at Ozzfest with press credentials. This episode isn’t...

Send us Fan Mail Today would have been my dad’s 86th birthday. In this short bonus episode, I share a few memories from our basement on Brookline Street. N-gauge trains. A stool next to the layout. The first piece of gear he trusted me to operate. And the day I ignored his warning and shattered the rear hatch glass on my ’87 Blazer. My dad believed in encouragement. He warned you when you were hea...