Strangers With Kittens: Gen X Stories from the Least Parented Generation.

Send us Fan Mail This year, we skipped the ball drop and did something a little different. Bring in the new year with Cynthia Levin and I. Together, we reflect on the year past and what we hope to do more of in 2026.  They aren't really resolutions per se, but they are quintessentially GenX.  Grab Your 2026 Bingo Cards Kittens & Cheers To The New Year 🎉 Support the show Strangers With Ki...

Send us Fan Mail Twas the week before Christmas and only chaos was brewing. Tune in with some strangers for comedic interviewing. Special guest Sam Tschida joins in on the fun. Sharing stories both bizarre and gleefully spun.  Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can list...

Send us Fan Mail Remember when you made mixtapes for your friends and every song was a reference and ode to your relationship? Or spending your entire check at Sam Goody? Eileen and special guest Chris Hajian are dusting off some of their most memorable music memories. This episode is one you won't wanna skip.  Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and P...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever looked back at your job history and wondered how the hell you ended up where you are today? Gen X, the generation that started working at the age of 10 hasn't stopped working in 40 years. We have worked in some of the most obscure and bizarre positions. This was before OSHA, before Uber, before DoorDash, before GPS. Gen X wore every  hat. Go back in time with St...

Send us Fan Mail The bullies have become the billionaires. In this minisode, Eileen draws distinct parallels between the kids who stole our lunch money in the fourth grade and those who are stealing our tax dollars today. The kids who made us feel scared, guilty, and worst of all, complicit in their terror are all grown up. It sounds like deja vu, but it feels like the sleep paralysis demon in our...

Send us Fan Mail GenX in the hood.  Childhood. Adulthood. Parenthood.  You aren't having fun unless you're crying.  But this episode has plenty of fun & hugs, thanks to special guest Vijai Nathan.  Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podc...

Send us Fan Mail In this brand-spanking new episode of Strangers With Kittens, Eileen lets listeners know what's been going on and what we can expect from this new era of the podcast. Expect some changes, but don't expect Eileen to lose her cool. There is lots to look forward to, including a new way to listen 🎧 Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly...

Send us Fan Mail Realizing her daughter's entire social circle consists of her great aunt Lily, a 65 year-old woman who subsists on half a can of Campbell's soup, soap operas, and cigarettes, Maryanne's mother decides it's time for hippie camp. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and p...

Send us Fan Mail Bad haircuts. We've all gotten them. Even my dog. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and Apple Podcasts.  Follow Strangers With Kittens On Social Media  Facebook  Instagram TikTok You...

Send us Fan Mail There's nothing in the world like Action Park! Especially when you're an awkward teenage girl and you're on your first date. What could possibly go wrong? Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify,...

Send us Fan Mail Remember in "Stranger Things" Max had that mean older brother Billy? And she loved him because he was her brother but he was scary and awful? That's Boomers to Gen X. They've been driving the car like a maniac and we'd just like to get out. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original mu...

Send us Fan Mail Junior High hits different these days. Maryanne remembers when after-school enrichment was spent where everybody knew her name. Belly up, kittens! Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and Ap...

Send us Fan Mail Remember when sitcoms would bum us out with a very special episode? Like the very special "Family Ties" when guest start Tom Hanks played an alcoholic uncle? Well, lots of people have asked where the name of the podcast comes from. Here's your answer.  Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original...

Send us Fan Mail World feeling chaotic? Current war games got you on edge? Welcome to Gen X! We've got music and movie recs to get you through these trying times. We can't keep Drunk Uncle President from dropping bombs, but we can make you feel like you're stressing in excellent company.  Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by As...

Send us Fan Mail We're Gen X. We parented ourselves, we parented our kids, and now we're parenting our parents while living in the age of competitive menopause. That's fine. No, we're not mad at all. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to f...

Send us Fan Mail The recent New York Times article, "The Gen X Career Meltdown" by Stephen Kurutz makes us feel seen. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and Apple Podcasts.  Follow Strangers With...

Send us Fan Mail Comedian turned teacher Tarik Daniels talks growing up Gen X and gay, soap operas, sitcom crushes, and his love for Susan Lucci. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and Apple Podcasts.  Fol...

Send us Fan Mail Performer, comedian and improviser Tom Chalmers shares the Legend of the Tiltmobile and its brush with greatness. And that's Carey Reilly on the answering machine with a story about her first car. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to fu...

Send us Fan Mail Film and television composer Chris Hajian reflects on his all-time favorite themes and shares memories from attending "Fame" high school. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and A...

Send us Fan Mail Comic, writer, and podcast host Ophira Eisenberg shares what movies scared the Canadian daylights out of her. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and Apple Podcasts.  Follow Strangers With...

Send us Fan Mail "Sesame Street" writer and TikTok sensation Jen Capra talks Muppets, machetes, and everything in between. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon, Audible, and Apple Podcasts.  Follow Strangers...

Send us Fan Mail A juggler at kids' birthday parties, an annoying survey-taker at the mall, a hairnet-clad cocktail weiner maker. No job was too weird or too humiliating for Generation X. Emmy award-winning director Kimmy Gatewood joins Eileen and Maryanne for a game of who had the worst first jobs.  Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by...

Send us Fan Mail Comedian Carolyn Castiglia joins Eileen and Maryanne to talk heavy breathers, abducting fathers, and the GenX-perience (see what we did there?) of suffering alone. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon...

Send us Fan Mail Behold the predator in his natural habitat. Schools in the 70s and 80s, abounding with nerds, asthmatics and softer souls just trying to get through the day, were fruitful hunting ground for the bully. Eileen, Maryanne, and improv actor Ray Barnhart talk surviving apathetic school staff and scheduled fist fights.  Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eil...

Send us Fan Mail Glass in your butt? Tell no one. TV writer Charlie Shanian joins Maryanne and Eileen to discuss why for Gen X, it was better to keep your injuries to yourself. Support the show Strangers With Kittens is a podcast created by Eileen Kelly and Produced by Ashley Aker. Original music composed and performed by Chris Hajian. You can listen to full podcast episodes on Spotify, Amazon, Au...