Dwayne & Heather Tanner

Whatever! The Gen X Podcast

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Whatever! The Gen-X Podcast is for the generation that grew up on mixtapes, Saturday morning cartoons, and the firm belief that we'd never turn into our parents. Spoiler: we did anyway. Every week, Dwayne and Heather dig into what it meant to grow up Gen X and what it means to live it out now. There's the music, the movies, the cultural moments we can't let go of, and the real stuff that comes with being a maturing generation nobody saw coming. Equal parts nostalgia trip and honest conversation, with enough humor to make it worth the ride. Whatever. As if. Talk to the hand. We're back.

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Dwayne & Heather Tanner

Episodes

Episode 3- Malls and Music 08.07.2026 18:17

Whatever! The Gen X Podcast — Episode 3: Malls, Music, and the Radio That Raised Us This week Dwayne and Heather take a trip back to the place that defined Gen X teenage life — the mall. From Orange Julius and Chess King to Waldenbooks and Radio Shack, we revisit the stores, the food courts, and the social rituals that made the mall our second home. We also dig into what happened to radio — how on...

Episode 2- The Perils We've Faced 01.07.2026 25:02

Growing up Gen X meant living with some very specific fears — and somehow trading them for a whole new set as adults. In this episode, Dwayne and Heather compare the panics of their childhood with the anxieties keeping them up at night now. Y2K meets Social Security. Duck-and-cover meets doom-scrolling. Turns out fear just gets an update every generation.

Episode 1 - Intros 24.06.2026 29:05

Two Gen Xers, zero participation trophies. Dwayne and Heather kick off Whatever by interviewing each other, what it actually means to be Gen X, what they miss, what they're glad is gone, and the lie their generation got sold.