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This week we GenXers talk a local iconic roller coaster closing at well-known in the midwest Cedar Point Amusement Park; College Football kicks off the 2022-2023 season; GenX Media recommendations including the new ‘Rings of Power’ series, ‘Little Demon’, ‘Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul’ & more; A Milli Vanilli biopic is in the works; The Foo Fighters paid tribute to their recently passed drummer...

This week we GenXers talk the new lunar rocket mission; Student Loan Forgiveness; The NFL is set to kick off the new season; “This Day In Music History” including some of the best political songs & Michael Jackson’s birthday-how will he be remembered?; “GenX Media Recommendations” including ‘House of the Dragon’, ‘That’s My Jam’ game show & ‘Samaritan’, Joe Pesci returns to acting, Snoop Dogg to h...

This week we GenXers talk the problematic trend of increasing numbers of people using social media as their primary news sources; Deion Sanders has a lot to say about the Pro Football Hall of Fame; Was Elvis honoring black music performers or stealing from them?; “GenX Media Recommendations” including ‘Kate’, ‘Echos’, ‘X’, ‘The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist’ & more; A Ferris Bueller movie spin off i...

We took another Summer break last week so we are replaying one of our favorite episodes, ‘#4: What the Heck are NFTs anyway?’ New episode will publish next week! In this replay we GenXers covered The Vatican and same sex marriages; GenX apps we’d like to see; pop culture including ‘NFT’ selling for $69M and what the heck that means; the inventor of the portable staple cassette passes away; sports...

This week we GenXers talk about the amazing James Webb Space Telescope & its amazing images we are seeing + if these images make us rethink if the are other life forms in the universe; WNBA player Brittney Griner has expected harsh prison sentence in Russia; “GenX Recommends” segment including ‘The Old Guard’, ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ TV series & ‘Prey’; We remember Roger E. Mosley (‘T.C.’ from ‘Magnu...

This week we GenXers talk the increasing extreme weather issues including floods in Vegas & global-wide dangerous heat waves; The drama of the Cleveland Browns QB DeShaun Watson suspension; We remember all-time NBA great Bill Russell + also very influential actress Nichelle Nichols (Star Trek) on their recent passings; “This Day in Music History” includes the Spice Girls hitting it big & their inf...

This week we GenXers talk about a study on Millennials not moving far from home; Former NFL receiver Antonio Brown making attempt at music & other star athletes who had a major fall or shift in careers over the years; Some of our favorite song covers, one hit wonders & power ballads; We remember actors Taurean Blacque, Paul Sorvino & David Warner on their recent passings; NFL All Pro JJ Watt helps...

This week we GenXers talk about how high interest rates are slowing down buying homes but driving up rentals + unfortunately examples of racism toward potential renters; Are NFL Quarterback contracts getting out of hand especially if the QB hasn’t won anything big?; NFL alternate uniforms will be popular this season with a multiple helmet rule change; In “This Day in Music History” we remember the...

This week we GenXers talk about a police shooting making national news from our hometown of Akron, OH; A woman tried to help others w sharing a personal issue on social media & has been ridiculed; The Steelers have a strange new stadium name; We remember actor James Caan on his recent passing; ‘This Week in Pop Culture History’ including the debut of the first “found footage” film ‘The Blair Witch...

This week a couple of us were under the weather so we took another week to rest & recover! We bring you a replay of episode #53 where we covered the NBA All-Star festivities including the ‘NBA 75’ team in our backyard of Cleveland, OH; College basketball coaches fight; ‘This Day in Music’ including the release of ‘Master of Puppets’ by Metallica in 1986; ‘This Week in Pop Culture History’ includin...

This week we GenXers talk the huge Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade ruling + a high school football coach wins right to pray on the field; The Warriors win the NBA Finals; ‘This Week in Music’’ including the anniversary of the Elvis Comeback Special; A platform to sell feet pictures is making the news; ‘This Week in Pop Culture History’ including the moving rating PG-13 begins in 1984 & the f...

We took a needed break this week from our normal weekly recording & bring you a replay from way back to episode #3: ‘Drop That Controller!’ In that episode we covered male video game habits with a good GenX rant; NFL updates at the time including the Cowboys’ Dak Prescott signing; pop culture including the Prince Harry & Meghan Markle interview; WandaVision finale & more; This Day in Music includi...

This week we talk about an attempted prank turns tragic in our hometown of Akron, OH; Music Artist Lizzo accused of ‘ableism’ due to a song lyric; Worst #1 Top 40 ranked pop songs; We remember actor Phillip Baker Hall (‘Seinfeld’, ‘Boogie Nights’) on his recent passing; ‘Ms. Marvel’ debuts on Disney+; ‘E.T.’ debuted 40 years ago recently; ‘This Week in Pop Culture History’ including ‘Grease’ debut...

This week we talk about Elvis themed weddings in Vegas may going away; Gas prices still sky high; favorite rock drummers; Hot TV series have all dropped including ‘Obi Wan Kenobi’, ‘ Stranger Things’ season 4 & ‘The Boys’ season 3; The original ‘Gerber Baby’ passes; The founding bassist forBon Jovi Alec John Such passes; We may see a ‘Scrubs’ movie with original cast; ‘This Week in Pop Culture His...

This week we talk about angry customers-are people more angry & entitled these days or are we just catching examples more with expanding social media?; The NBA Finals get underway with the Celtics vs. the Warriors; ‘This Week in Music’ including Donna Summer being the ‘Queen of Disco’ & Elvis gets to show his moves on TV for the first time; The Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard trial comes to an end + t...

This week we talk about the tragic Texas elementary school shooting; The author of ‘How to Murder Your Husband’ being charged w killing her husband; A former NFL player gets into an altercation with an airline worker; ‘This Day in Music History’ including the passing of Chris Cornell & ‘The Osbornes’ reality show debuted; Actor Ray Liotta passes; Kevin Spacey may be charged with sexual assault in...

This week we talk to McDonald’s “de-arching” Russia; Baby formula shortages; Nick Saban & Jumbo Fisher current coach rivalry & others we remember; Ringling Brothers Circus set to return without animals; Antonio Brown wants to retire a Steeler; ‘This Week in Music History’ including Alan Freed ‘payola’ scandal, Madonna’s rule in the early 80s, Top Classic Rock songs, ‘This Week in Pop Culture Histo...

This week we talk about an Alabama corrections officer running away with an escaped convict; The 2022 Rock Hall inductees (many artists GenX grew up with on MTV); Dolly Parton to star in a ‘TikTok’ musical to promote Taco Bell; Fish saw Dr. Strange 2 & shares some initial thoughts; ‘This Week in Pop Culture History’ including ‘The Golden Girls’ series finale aired this week in 1992, The ‘Frasier’...

This week we cover an inspirational man from Brazil with over 84 years of service to his employer & his life advice; The 2022 NFL draft happened, should we care so much about it?; The final ‘Ozark’ episodes dropped; New Nick Cage movie, ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’; We remember Naomi Judd & comic book artist Neal Adams on their recent passings; ‘This Week in Pop Culture History’ inclu...

This week we talk Elon Musk buying Twitter; The rich taking more space flights; The Celtics sweep the ‘super team’ Nets in the NBA playoffs & our thoughts on ‘super teams’ in general; Baker Mayfield has a new statue that doesn’t necessarily look like him unveiled at OU; Yankee fans get too rowdy & our memories of other times fans went too far; ‘This Week in Music’ including Elvis making last recor...

This week we talk awhile about a serious topic we all have to deal with as we get older, losing our parents. Our own Keith recently lost his beautiful mother & he shares his feelings + Skinner & Fish both lost a mother & father respectively years ago & shared feelings of past moments & trying to cope even years later. We also take time for normal show topics including record inflation continues; E...

This week we have some family obligations so we bring you some of our favorite moments of season 2 so far. We hope you enjoy these & you have a wonderful Easter weekend with loved ones. We will return with a new episode next week! Thanks for your support! Find us on your favorite podcast platforms including Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts & more! Stream our show right from our Facebook pa...

This week we cover Ruth Bader Ginsburg hanging a Naval ship named for her; Iceland experimenting with 32-hr work weeks; ‘This Day in Music’ including 50-Cent having top selling album, a Swedish couple tried to name their daughter ‘Metallica’, Wedding anniversary of Beyoncé & Jay Z; Coach K retires from Duke; NFL OT rule change for the post season; We remember actress Estelle Harris from ‘Seinfeld’...

This week like many we talk about the infamous ‘slap’ at The Oscars. Also Russia-Ukraine conflict tragedy; We remember The Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins on his sudden passing; ‘This Day in Music’ including an early rap song ‘Rapture’ hitting #1, Lady Gaga’s birthday & a wonderful moment with her at The Oscars; ‘This Week in Pop Culture’ including the Rubik’s Cube gets a patent, President Re...

This week we talk the controversial big trade by our local Cleveland Browns for QB Deshaun Watson; The rich going up in space; Historical remains found at the Notre Dame Cathedral; Maury is retiring from his long running daytime TV show; ‘This Week in Pop Culture’ including ‘Who Shot J.R.?’ mania from 1980 & the first rock n’ roll concert in Cleveland in 1952 + more GenX memories, rants & insults!...