GenX Stories

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! On today’s kick-ass encore episode, we have a real treat - Eve’s cousin Jenny talks all about her debut semi-autobiograhical YA novel. Set in 1991 during the AIDS crisis, and revealed through sketches, journal entries & the music we grew up on, hear how sharing her story became an authentic statement about GenX for a younger generation....

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Welcome to Season 5 of GenX Stories! While as kids we used to have a "break" over the summer, GenXers don't really get that anymore at midlife. So what the hell did we actually DO on our podcast hiatus? You'd actually be surprised what we've been up to. Between painting rocks, fuck-it travel and getting Covid, we we...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! While season 4 of the podcast was shorter than we planned, the Gen X stories gang is getting ready for season five. Usually we keep our goofy-ass brainstorms private, but we totally want you to listen in on this one. Not only will you get a behind the scenes look into what we are planning, but you can hear what topics our Facebook group sug...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! The band is finally back together! After months of dealing with so much personal big stuff this season, the GenX Stories crew is finally together just in time to talk about it all. On this episode, we discuss accountability and integrity, when we actually started adulting and how we manage the bumps along our midlife road with humor. We als...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Today we've got a GenX topic that effects us all deeply: making friends at midlife.  Weird you say? Well you may be surprised to hear that after years of doing this podcast together, Lori and I had actually NEVER MET. At least not in person.  All that changed earlier this spring and we’re going to spill all the tea. (well, most of it)....

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! What happens when a generation that uses gallows humor to deal with trauma loses someone they love? That’s the question The Grief Mixtape Projec t will explore through stories from you, our community. To learn more and contribute your voice to the Grief Mixtape, go to at genxstories/grief. Related Podcast episodes Losing a Parent as a GenXe...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! On today’s encore episode, the gang digs into what makes GenX the latest “sandwich” generation and how we’re handling it. Smushed between taking care of our parents and our kids, how did we go from being ignored to being needed by two different age groups? No matter what kind of generational sandwich you are - club, open faced, keto, whatev...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! In an encore episode, the crew dishes on one of the sexiest topics around: money. Ok, maybe not THAT sexy but we can make anything fun. Between paper route Ponzi schemes, having a monthly “nut”, wondering if we can ever retire, and how much we still owe Columbia House, you’ll never think of Gen X finances the same. Crack open that piggy ban...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Well, it happened - we couldn’t get our schedules lined up to record this week. BUT the good news is that we have an encore episode for you we think is pretty special -  our first ever together on the podcast! Learn how Lori, Courtney, Christopher and I started doing this wacky thing in season 2 (since season one was a totally different for...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Today on the podcast we're talking all about jobs. The ones we had as kids, our first “real” ones, and even the ones that taught us a thing or two about life and ourselves. In a world where “quiet quitting”,“quiet firing” and the “great resignation” are now just part of work life, what do 50+ year olds expect in a job now? (Other that...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Did you want your MTV? We certainly did! Today’s episode is all about being the “MTV generation”, the iconic music video cable channel launched the summer of 1981. What was the first day like? Who were these “VeeJays”? And why does MTV still feels like a cultural rite of passage for GenX. We are also joined by music video historian and the...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Today’s podcast episode is going to be a little different. We’re taking on a topic that both Courtney and I have sadly experienced firsthand - losing a parent as a Gen Xer - and it’s just the two of us. This is also a longer episode than usual and barely edited because we felt it was important to be as authentic as possible with you. While...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Today the GenX Series Podcast gang is talking about cult classic films with with a special guest - Final Destination and American Pie movie producer Craig Perry (who happens to be married to one of our hosts). Given his vast amount of knowledge and the ton of research he asked us to read (OMG!) about the difference between a Cult Classic mo...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Today the GenX Stories gang is talking about obsessions. I mean… fandoms & collecting. Were you into puffy stickers or comics as a kid?  And let’s get really honest and admit what weird thing you still collect. So grab that Holly Hobby lunch box and Star Wars Pez dispenser and get ready to get deep into it with your favorite GenX Geeks....

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! 2022 just hasn't been our year here over at GenX stories. Life keeps interfering so we’re just gonna start fresh in 2023. We plan to be back to publishing every two weeks starting January 11, 2023 and can’t wait to bring you new episodes about fandom, cult movies, ageism, music videos, & more. Courtney, Lori, Chris, and Eve hope yo...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Today we have a special little bonus episide for you - an interview with Gabi Lorino, a kick ass book editor and 100% pure GenXer. We originally thought this would be part of the books episode published last week, but it was too fabulous to edit down to a few minutes so it got it’s own.  Gabi's actually the type of GenXer we created th...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! This week, the gang talks about books, books, and more books. The ones we loved reading as kids, the ones we shouldn't have read as kids, the books that shaped us how we grew up and what role books & reading plays now in our increasingly digital world. Between rolling into the Scholastic book fairs, paying fines from overdue librar...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! The GenX Stories gang needed some laughs so we took on the Muppets & Sesame Street which caused a serious conversation. (because of course it did). Did you grow up with the Muppet Show or Sesame Street? Is Yoda really a muppet? (don’t fight Courtney about it!). And seriously, what character would YOU be? We get brutally honest and share...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Welcome to Season 4 of GenX Stories! While we we originally intended to launch this episode at the end of summer, I lost my father in September which sadly impacted everything. But we finally got the gang together, and thought we'd kick off our new season talking about how everything old is new again. Music, movies, fashion, everything...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Season four of GenX Stories is finally going to drop Wednesday, November 9th!  Get ready for more of the awesome banter and kick ass GenX-ness you’ve come to expect from us as we chat about everything from nostalgia trends to books to Late ADHD diagnoses to muppets to travel to therapy to family dysfunction and even to ASMR (whatever that m...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Given the recent loss of my father , it’s a crazy time to share good news, but I wanna think dad would have been so proud.  Born from my 25th Penn reunion, the GenX Stories podcast just won a Best in Show W3 Award in the podcast category. For a teeny show run by four 50+ friends (and first time podcasters) not a podcast network, this is a h...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! While we had hoped to start season four in September, sadly my beloved father passed away on September 11 due to a rapidly growing aggressive brain cancer. I am still reeling because it happened so fast and my mother and I are navigating the next few weeks, but season four of the podcast is obviously delayed. On the bright side, Courtney, C...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! While we are on hiatus this summer (ahead of season four’s fall release), we are re-publishing some of our most popular episodes with brand new intros and trust us, this one is worth the wait.  Get out the popcorn! The GenX Stories gang goes all out & shares how we really feel about the “new takes” of tv shows and movies we grew up on....

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! While we are still on hiatus this summer (ahead of season four), we are re-releasing some of our most popular episodes with brand new intros and trust us, this one rocks (literally). In a summer filled with kick ass concerts - including many of our generations favorites - do you remember YOUR first? What about your favorite? And what bands...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! While we are on hiatus this summer (ahead of season four), the GenX Stories crew is re-releasing some of our most popular episodes and today’s is sadly pretty appropriate for our world right now. After the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe Vs Wade on Jun 24, 2022, many of us have been very upset. Most of our listeners (and our show h...