Gen X Men Pod

Rocky. Terminator. Rambo. Commando. Predator. And on and on. The movies are Gen X classics and throughout the 70's, 80's and 90's the two biggest action movie stars on the planet were Sly and Arnold. Both are Hall of Famers. But who ultimately ruled the 80's action? Bill and Gary debate, break down and finally agree on which superstar they would watch if they could only pick 1. Who...

It's here. The Big 2-5-0. Happy Birthday America. The celebration doesn't look like it is going to be all that it should be, but the Gen X Men are talking old school traditions, new school problems and why America just keeps plugging along no matter what that small segment of society thinks. (You know the ones, no matter what happens, they aren't happy). We celebrate 250 years of the c...

You remember. Nervous. Voice cracking. Maybe saying a silent prayer the mom or dad of your crush didn't answer the phone. Dating as a Gen-Xer back in the day was no joke. Cell phones? No way. text her? with what? No. You had to man up, get her number. DIAL the number and then just gut it out depending on who answered the phone. And 3 way calling? The always present worry in the back of your mi...

Oh Hell Yeah! That sound you hear is tons of foreign fans coming to the US...and falling in love with everything. Scottish fans taking over Boston and drinking the city dry. Germany fans making friends with pretty much everyone they come across (JJ Watt, NASA, the ISS!). The US (with Mexico and Canada) are throwing the party and all the naysayers are looking pretty dumb right about now. The guys t...

Ah....summer is here....no more school...nothing but long days and sunshine ahead. If you were Gen-X that meant....probably having a summer job. We (mostly) weren't "get sent off to camp" kids. It was finding a ride to the pool, staying out until dark and watching those glorious game shows in the morning as you ate cereal. Gen-X summers were glorious. They weren't filled with pla...

Top Gun. Ferris Bueller. Aliens. Back to School. Just some of the movies that dominated the summer of 1986. The best summer Gen X had as far as hit after hit? It's up there for sure. Gary is also taking over code enforcement in his small town, so if you want anything built, you better "grease the skids" if you know what we mean. The Amish are on notice! The guys also wonder when the...

Those of us of a certain age remember how wild and wacky 1970's TV could get. Chuck Barris hosting "The Gong Show", Bob Eubanks and "The Newlywed Game." Both created by Barris and both left their marks in the TV history books. This week on the show, Bill and Gary take a look at those two shows with some infamous clips. Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) appearing on The Gong Sho...

Oh boy, the #80snostalgia runs deep in this week's episode. Pizza Hut is coming back in a big way bringing back the red and white checkered table cloths, those amazing red cups and the SALAD BAR! The guys can't wait to drop a few quarters into the Ms Pac Man table top or play any of the classic 80's hits on the jukebox (look it up Gen Z) while waiting for their pan pizza to cook. But o...

Well this was a surprise! Co-host Gary ended up in the hospital this week but at the last second was saved from being gutted open like a fish! It's the harrowing adventure of an EMT ending up on the other side of a emergency room visit, a transfer of hospitals and ultimately good news. But what does it say of the hospitals and health care in the US? Especially in smaller cities and towns like...

Episode 33 goes under the hood of a PR nightmare as crisis communications expert Jonathan Grella joins the Gen X Men to break down the growing Mike Vrabel–Dianna Russini story and why the PR handling has become such a major talking point online. How do stories like this spiral? What should teams, media personalities, and public figures actually do when controversy hits? And in the social media age...

A wild, all-over-the-place episode of Gen-X Men...because we like to ramble! Gary checks out the new "Michael" movie and we take a trip back through some of the biggest moments from the King of Pop and the conversations around them. Maybe we were wrong about some...um..."things" in MJ's past. Bill opens with reactions to Episode 31 (his cancer update) and a broader discussi...

Bill got good news this week as his 5 year cancer check up came back clean. His oncologist (the fantastic Dr Wadlow) is "releasing him back into the wild". The Gen-X men talk about cancer, the journey from chemo to clean scans and how weird it is to be "set free". Anyone who has been through it themselves or seen someone else deal with chemo, etc will appreciate the humor, the...

It was a hell of a run, but Sid Krofft passed away recently, well into his 90's. You Gen Xers will remember Sid and his brother Marty basically making Saturday mornings a wild journey of our youth. "Land of the Lost", "H.R. Pufnstuf" "Bugaloos" "Electra Woman and Dyna Girl" among the shows many of us sat down and consumed while eating sugary cereal. A fa...

Bill and Gary break down the Artemis II heading back to earth and whether or not they will bring word from the beyond of more alien tech. Are the people denying space off their rockers? Or is it another conspiracy the government is behind (think MK Ultra, etc). Next, what weapon technology that saved the US airman is coming next? If the US can detect a heart beat from miles away....what else do th...

Bill and Gary are back with another round of the Gen X Men PodcastEpisode 28 leans into the past, the present, and the strange space in between. We kick things off with some all-time April Fools’ classics — Syd Finch, spaghetti trees, and Taco Bell “buying” the Liberty Bell — the kind of stories that blur the line between ridiculous and believable. Then we look up again. With Artemis II set to tak...

Episode 27: The Truth is HERE… 👽What if disclosure isn’t coming… because it’s already started? We’re talking Aliens.gov, the slow drip of information, and whether the government is finally preparing people for something bigger. If you’ve been paying attention, this lines up exactly with what we said back in Episode 15. Coincidence… or were the signs already there? Then this episode takes a hard t...

Bill and Gary are back! Episode 25 takes a trip back to the MTV era that changed television forever. We’re remembering MTV’s The Real World — the show that launched modern reality TV. But was it ever actually “real”? We break down how reality TV evolved from The Real World to today's highly produced shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians and even the staged discoveries on Storage Wars. We...

Welcome to yet another Gen X Men podcast. Bill and Gary have a full look back at some crazy stories from the 1990s. They start off with their coverage of the Gulf War (1991) when Bill's mom gave them the head's up it was starting that night in January of 91. Their "coverage" at WGMU when they fooled a visiting professor AND the school's Program Board into thinking Gary was ac...

Episode 23: Bill and Gary celebrate the big wins for the men and women in Olympic hockey...but lament everyone trying to make it fit their political agendas. Survivor is doing its 50th season and Bill and Gary were on the ground floor when the memo came out announcing the new show (but admit, they stopped watching years ago). And with the coming reboot of "The Rockford Files" the guys de...

Gary and Bill are back and speaking of back....Bill goes back to school to guest lecture in a couple of classes at George Mason. That takes the guys down a road of note taking, typing and how general work flow has changed since the high and school and college days of their youth. A couple of great stories on broadcasting games over telephone lines and how long would a phone "ring" before...

Happy 21st episode! Do you remember turning 21 as a GenXer? Bill and Gary relive their youth, from first tastes of alcohol, to parties gone wrong and those legit Fake ID's from back in the day. Vodka slupree's were definitely a thing in high school and who can forger the tasty wine coolers (for the chicks of course...never for us dudes, right?!?!). The guys talk about the rougher edge of b...

The boys are back (thanks Thin Lizzy) and this week is a roller coaster of topics. They talk Super Bowl and how Boston has dominated sports over the last quarter century (and how annoying that is). The 37th anniversary of the greatest football franchise ever (no, not "Madden") and how it made "house rules" a thing. Bill admits the Olympics sort of snuck up on him and Gary is ex...

Gary and Bill are back! Bill recounts his travel from Providence after nearly making the flight out on Saturday before the storm. The guys talk about the piles of snow and what exactly are you suppose to do when it is growing and growing and growing. Bill shouts out Mason fan Chris D. for taking the reins and making the drive the entire way from Rhode Island to DC. Gary's anxiety was on full d...

Winter is coming....Gary and Bill discuss the impeding winter storm coming to the East Coast and how Bill is planning on getting home from Rhode Island in the event of a canceled flight. Would you stick it out in a hotel? Or make the drive from Providence Rhode Island back to the DC area? Why older people like to use "ER Uber" when things get dicey. And if you need something to watch whi...

Gary and Bill knock down the latest headlines. Gold and Silver continue to explode (sure wish we had dropped the cash on gold back in college). It's the 106th anniversary of the 18th amendment (Prohibition). Did you grow up with "Blue Laws"? Do you remember locked coolers at the 7-11 after midnight? They talk the latest college basketball scandal as well. Don't you have to get th...