GenX Stories

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! TBD Episode links Aging Life Care Association Health Care proxy in NY State - note each state will have different laws about this so look yours up. People with estranged family should also know that a family member will be able to make decisions for them and that typically the proxy can’t just unplug you What is a sandwich generation? GenX...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! As we wrap up season 3 of the podcast (OMG - really?) and look ahead to season 4, this episode is a love letter to our kick-ass and hysterical hosts. Check out some of the funny clips that were either bloopers or new stuff you’ve never heard before. While new episodes of GenX Stories are on hiatus until season 4 drops late summer/early fall...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! On today’s episode we're digging into what being GenX really means to the podcast crew, from a personal, cultural and even societal point of view. In addition, we have clips from real GenXers - classmates from Courtney and Eve’s recent 30th college reunion. Want to know what makes us, us? Listen now! Episode links It Took a Global Pand...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! It’s almost summer and the GenX Stories gang has a ton of kick-ass memories from ours. As kids, we were all about hanging at the mall, riding bikes all day, finding that one friend with a/c and a pool, blowing stuff up at camp, snacking on fla-vor-ice and coming home when the street lights came on. Sneak into a cool movie theater with us an...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Because we rarely have guests on our show, this one deserved it’s own little bonus episode. Bobbi Rebell is a fellow GenXer, certified financial planner and host of the critically acclaimed Money Tips for Financial Grownups podcast. If you still don’t think of yourself as an adult (cuz we don’t!) you’re gonna totally dig our little chat abo...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! This week 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 bank and tune i...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! We know it’s after April fools day, but we still have some stories to share. On this little bonus episode, hear all the funnies from our Facebook community, and why Gen X doesn’t trust anyone, especially not on April 1. Episode links  Nikita’s pun-o-matic Gmail launched on April 1 60 great April Fools jokes  Connect with us Subscribe to Gen...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Does our generation have any heroes? The Gen X Stories gang isn’t really sure. Between family members we respect, public figures we admire & others who inspire us, hear why we think our generation struggles to use the word “hero” at all. Plus we hear from our Facebook community about their thoughts on the matter. You may be surprised wh...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Arrrrroooooooooooooo! On today’s episode, the GenX Stories gang is talking all about our furry friends. The ones we had growing up, the ones we maybe shouldn't have had and why we love TikTok dogs so much now. Between Chris’s pug's viral MRI, Lori’s wish for an illegal hedgehog and Eve’s Monty Python parakeet issues, you won’t bel...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Between learning square dancing, playing the recorder, studying geometry and even taking typing class, the GenX Stories gang explores the importance of what we were taught (or not!) when we were younger & if that changed when we grew up. Get ready to dig into lifelong learning, even if it’s not how you expected it to be. And seriously,...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Religion, faith or Flying Spaghetti monster - do you believe in any of it? This week the GenX Stories gang explores our generation’s unique relationship to a higher power, whatever that may be. Between our own personal experiences, how they may have changed as we’ve aged and our take on the 15, er, 10.. 10 commandments, the universe ain’t r...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Admit it - we never thought we’d turn into our parents, but it’s happening. The podcast gang explores what that actually looks like for a sarcastic, non-conforming group like GenXers. We'd like to say you'll be surprised by our stories, but it's pretty likely that you’ll recognize yourself. It’s ok - we won’t tell. Episode li...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! On today’s kick-ass bonus episode, we have a real treat - Eve’s cousin Jenny talks all about turning the loss of her father to HIV into a very personal 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 Gen...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Get out the popcorn! This week the GenX Stories gang shares how we really feel about the “new takes” of tv shows and movies we grew up on. Between Ghostbusters, A Star is Born, The Facts of Life and others you didn’t even know are remakes (or reboots?), can they ever be as good as the originals? And why is it happening so much now? Trust us...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! As 2021 winds down, the GenX stories podcast gang waxes poetic about making genie wishes instead of resolutions, self-improvement holiday gifts never to give and all the rules we’re gonna break in the new year. Plus why the Babylonians can suck it.  See ya all next year! Episode links Nobody claim 2022 as your year meme 2019 Peloton ad camp...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! On today’s episode, the gang nibbles on some tasty tidbits about our generation’s relationship to cooking. Grab a snack and hear about our favorite cookbooks, food TV shows and why we dabble in the kitchen (or don't).  Plus we take on the eternal PB&J debate  - love it or hate it. You’ll just have to listen to find out what we real...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Embracing holiday traditions, dealing with crazy family and filling up on appetizers - that’s what is on the holiday menu this week with Eve, Courtney, Chris and Lori. Prepare for your Thanksgiving by hearing our insane family stories (because weaponized sticky buns), finding out the right time to eat holiday dinner and getting advice for t...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! On today’s 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, whatever - he...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! In honor of Halloween, the GenX Stories podcast gang is freaking out over horror movies. Why they work, how has their impact on us changed over time, and what scares the crap out of us now. Plus we are joined by a kick-ass producer of blockbuster scary movies, who just happens to be married to one of our hosts. Don’t answer the phone, go to...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! We have something embarrassing to admit - we got our publish dates a little off.  While we have a kick ass Halloween episode ready to go,  we're actually going to publish it next week (because, ya know, Halloween) which left today's scheduled episode sorta up in the air.  But have no fear because now you get to be a fly on the wal...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Is this episode a PJ party or just good old fashioned girl talk?  What’s for sure is that the ladies of the podcast (Chris was traveling) chat openly and honestly about feminism & what it’s like to be a GenX woman. Between growing up with Gloria Steinam's influence on our mothers, watching Katie in The Way We Were, "Leaning In...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Singing your favorite song at the top of your lungs is awesome, but did you always get the lyrics right? (Especially before you could look them up online). In this episode, the GenX Stories podcast gang finds out what a Mondegeen is, what a Raspberry Beret is not and which songs we embarrassingly just learned the right lyrics to. Plus laugh...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! "Mawage is wot bwings us togeder today ”. Thanks to the Princess Bride, we all had a vision of "tru wuv” when we were growing up, but was it the fairy tale in reality? This week the gang gets way personal (with the help of our outspoken Facebook happy hour crew) and digs deep into the truth about  love, marriage, divorce, long dis...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! It's the podcast gang's 1 year anniversary and we're celebrating! Between drivers ed, first cars, stick shifts, speed traps and sex in the back seat - you'll drive yourself nuts for missing this one.  Catch a ride with Eve, Chris & Courtney (Lori was traveling but sent notes!) as we remember when we had the wind in o...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! The gang is back this week to talk all about our first concerts, missed musical opportunities and flat out not remembering the biggest show of our lifetime, LiveAid (Guess who that was?). We even have a surprise guest with the best concert story ever (and a magic microphone). Lean hard into that contact high and listen to this crazy episode...