GenX Stories

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Remember playing sports as a kid, with terrible equipment, unexplainable injuries and fields littered with gopher holes? We definitely do! Cheer us on from the sidelines as Eve, Chris, Courtney and Lori share both our athletic triumphs and defeats along with memorable sporting events and mishaps (Nancy Kerrigan anyone?). Plus thoughts on 20...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! You know the story - something happened to your best friend's 3rd cousin and OMG it’s sooo true. And yet. On today’s episode, the GenX Stories gang starts season 3 digging into all our favorite urban myths. Where did they come from? How did we find out ? And why did we believe them? From Mikey dying from mixing pop rocks and Coke, to g...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! New episodes may be on mini-hiatus til season 3 drops on July 14, but today’s bonus episode is full of goodies that will make even the most sarcastic GenXer smirk. Hear how GenX is taking over TikTok (oh hello @whiteyy18! ) get a sneak peek of an upcoming episode and be a fly on the wall for some never before heard podcast outtakes. As if t...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Wanna go behind the scenes with the GenX Stories gang? As we wrap up season 2, we share what surprised us about this crazy podcast process, things we’re excited about in Season 3 and what members of our Facebook community really think about it all.  And Tom Hanks - call us? Connect with us Subscribe to GenX Stories in your favorite podcast...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Remember the summer vacations of your youth? Have no fear - we do! This week the GenX Stories gang reminisces about our first experiences traveling with family, to the adventures we had as young adults up until our recent and upcoming travel plans. If you've always wanted to know what it's like to party on a private yacht, travel...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! As 2021’s high school class approaches their end of year events, you know the GenX Stories gang had to relive our own. But here’s the big question: who loved these rites of passage from the 80’s and who was all “whatever” about them? We neither confirm or deny that these last days of senior year were filled with epic pranks, ditching class,...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Between Legos, Superballs, Lite Brite, Spirograph, video games, Lori's Barbies, and David Mamet’s Tetris high score on Eve’s computer, it’s pretty clear that the gang had no shortage of fun things to occupy our time as kids. Unless you’re Chris, who would turn all of his toys into something new (i.e break them) when he got bored. Get r...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! This week the gang waxes nostalgic about the movie soundtracks that scored our youth. And our midlife. And everything in-between. Tune in to hear why we think soundtracks can make (or break) a movie, the unvarnished truth about overplayed songs (hint: Titanic), what it takes to get picked for a Bond film intro, and how movies are our “gatew...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Irony is rich as the podcast gang takes on GenX being summoned into the latest cancel culture kerfuffle. Seriously - have they met us? From the PC battles of our youth with Tipper Gore and PMRC to the recent “cancellations” of Mr. Potato Head, Dr Seuss and Pepe Le Pew, we have a ton of opinions.  For even more GenX perspective, we’ve added...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Between Ginsu knives, the Pepsi challenge, Life Cereal and even the 1984 Apple ad that played only once, GenX has been marketed to our whole lives. Since we’re not captive audiences anymore, has anything changed now that we're in our 50s? Or has our nostalgia become our kryptonite? The GenX Stories gang definitely has opinions (and mem...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! This week the GenX Stories gang is talking about all our friendships. The ride or dies, the ones who hide the bodies for us, the ones we'd bail out of jail with no questions, our “outer ring” acquaintances and even social media pals. Listen in as Eve, Courtney, Lori and Chris dig into burning questions like: Are we finding our friendsh...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! This Valentines week on GenX Stories, we ask the ultimate question from When Harry Met Sally : can men and women be friends or does sex always get in the way? Join the gang plus special guest Nikita to hear the secrets of our male/female relationships including missing all the signals, friendzoning, crossing the line, the fear of rejection,...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Saturday night appointment TV, Donny and Marie, raw eggs, talking cars and VCR’s - what do all of these things have in common?  Join the crew as we discuss our favorite TV memories growing up, embarrassing on-screen things that may have flown over our heads, why Dick Clark wouldn't give anyone a full donut and what shows we're bin...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Late night TV, stand up, SNL & other shows - what made you laugh when you grew up? Join the crew as we dig into our trademark GenX snark, hiding our feelings through sarcasm, wondering if anything can be funny, the truth about honey cake and if The West Wing has a laugh track. (Wait, what?) Episode links 80’s SNL was the best SNL The Ir...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! To close out 2020, we get the band back together! In this nutty episode, the whole GenX Stories gang share our favorite holiday stories including Jewish girls that believe in Santa, the myth of the Hanukah bush, drinking port on New Years Eve, decorating fluffy trees and the truth about parades.  As always, this episode is a kick-ass mix of...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! So, like, do you remember all those rad 80’s words we like, used to use? Even better - do you still use ‘em? Hang out with the GenX Stories gang (including our special guest co-host, Nikita) as we dig deep into the catchphrases of our time. If you've ever rolled your eyes and exhaled “whatever", took a chill pill or dropped a Dude...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! One thing is for sure - 80’s fashion will always be in our blood (even if one of us was barred from wearing denim as a kid). With Chris away this week, Eve, Courtney and Lori talk about our look when we were growing up and how our style has evolved over the years. From Vanderbilt jeans and popped collars, to legwarmers and docs to Zoom fash...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Not sure what to expect this holiday season? According to our gang, pie is a must, kale belongs in the garbage and bathtub carp is a thing. Head down a tasty rabbit hole with us for this fun chat about the mashies vs stuffing debate, holiday tamales, matzo ball sinkers and the unexpected lure of Icelandic fish.  It's time for a good ol...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! If you don’t think our generation uses MacGyver as a verb, the GenX Stories gang will prove you wrong. How? Because we (ironically) recorded this technology themed episode using Eve’s plan D, Mercury retrograde headphone mic.  No, we’re not kidding.  From the truth about old school TV clickers, to long telephone cord strategies, to why we a...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Boo!  It’s a Monster Mash of spooky subjects on this week’s special Halloween episode of GenX Stories. The gang dives right in with haunted houses, fuzzy blue dog costumes and of course, candy corn!  If that’s not creepy enough, check out the bite size versus full size candy debate, hear stories of shooting 8 lb pumpkins down 53rd street (a...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! We’ll go ahead and say it - this celebrity crushes episode may be the funniest we’ve ever produced. But prepare yourself: Courtney was ON FIRE.  This week, we admit to our youthful celebrity obsessions (Jake - call me!), pre and post pubescent infatuations, and even name a few of our current hall passes.  Along the way, there are bad boys,...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! “What's wrong with you?” Who else heard that growing up? This week the gang discusses our hopes and dreams for who or what we would become, how our parents reacted to leaving stable jobs (or not entering into them at all), ways we navigated career expectations, and what really happened. From dreams of writing for the NY Times and being...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! Today’s show was recorded on September 20th, just 2 days after the passing of Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The original plan was just add a few minutes to our previously recorded Rocking the Vote episode, but not with this gang.   We had such a great chat about RBG that deserved its very own episode. Hear about what she meant to us as GenXers, her...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! In this episode we dive deep into our first voting experience, our next one and everything in between. Having taped this initial episode several weeks before RBG passed, we also recorded a new intro to touch on how her loss changes everything (plus look for a special bonus off-cycle episode all about RBG next week!) For this group of podcas...

Send a FanMail to the GenX Stories gang via text message! In this episode we delve into the art of the mixtape and its cultural place in our lives. Co-host Courtney may have gone a little overboard with, “the mixtape were musical vignettes to tell the stories of our lives”, but okay Court! We’re rolling with it. As for the rest of us, Eve, Lori and Chris saw the mixtape as a magical way to express...