Gen X, This is Why.

Jennie + Amye

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Gen X, This is Why is a podcast that re-examines the sometimes bizarre and often scarring media from our shared childhood. Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal enemies, are your hosts. Our first stop is Walnut Grove as we take a fresh look at our favorite frontier family (as if we can name another), the Ingalls. There is some seriously weird sh*t in this show that answers a lot of questions...

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Little House on the Prairie S1 Ep14 The Lord is My Shepherd

Gen X, This is Why.

07/20/20 • 52 min

Tragedy strikes the Ingalls family, which causes Laura to run up a mountain to get closer (literally) to God and ask to be a human sacrifice to give Pa his son back. She meets Jonathan, played by Ernest Borgnine, who is either an angel, pedophile, or an imaginary friend. Amye relives a traumatic bird attack and Jennie learns about reality TV “crisis hair.”
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12/01/20 • 6 min

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Little House on the Prairie S5 Ep22 Someone Please Love Me

Gen X, This is Why.

09/27/21 • 51 min

Charles goes to town for business and ends up saving an entire family and making such an impression on them that they name their child after him. Jennie is medicating herself live on air, Amye did some shady deals while living in the country, Jeff Goldblum gets drug through the mud, and Amye has to explain to Jennie what constitutes a "hot dad."

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You can find Amye at: @amyearcherwriter
You can find Jennie, but good luck with that.

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BONUS - Gen X, That Was A Thing: Milli Vanilli

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02/01/22 • 60 min

1990 was a wild year for the pop group Milli Vanilli. Rob and Fab, both singers and dancers, started the year by winning the Grammy for Best New Artist for their very popular album, Girl You Know It’s True. By the end of the year, they were the laughing stock of the music world, mocked on late night TV, sued by disgruntled fans (or fan, as at least one guy from Texas was really mad), and left penniless by their label. Their lip-syncing scandal is still considered one of the most discussed musical downfalls, and it has ended in tragedy for at least one of the members of the group. Join us as we take you inside the story of “the real” Milli Vanilli and discuss what really happened behind the scenes. Oh, and of course, unbridled capitalism makes an appearance.

Research from this episode comes from the following online sources:

https://thehustle.podbean.com/e/episode-310-john-davis-one-of-the-real-voices-of-milli-vanilli/?fbclid=IwAR3RLrYIgaNGk-lzAkjSENKMeHPBrwa5zokWycbbm1PJIOgpkzXAfTq7I-8

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-12-31-ca-5618-story.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Us6XGZUq7Ig

https://999ktdy.com/here-are-the-faces-and-real-singers-of-milli-vanilli-photos/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-21-ca-4670-story.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B66O3TxckE4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmO9VE0PuY

Rob and Fab album single:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlle6m4Y6-A

https://people.com/music/milli-vanilli-lip-sync-scandal-anniversary/

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(Premium Preview) Blockbusters: Stand by Me

Gen X, This is Why.

05/01/22 • 19 min

Preview: Enjoy this free preview of our Patreon content. In this Blockbusters episode, we cover Stand By Me, the beloved coming-of-age story based on Stephen King’s The Body.

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Little House on the Prairie S8 EP9: For the Love of Nancy

Gen X, This is Why.

08/15/22 • 51 min

Join Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie.

In Season 8, episode 9: For the Love of Nancy, Elmer Miles, a sweet boy who happens to be overweight, comes to Walnut Grove where his life is made miserable. The school kids of WG cannot stop themselves from mistreating this kid. Even Albert, with his new friend, Ray Liotta, is involved in this. Nancy uses Elmer's crush on her to her advantage and ends up alienating him even further from the other kids. In the end, Albert decrees that "hey, we all have bad traits- we just need to accept one another." WRONG, Albert. Amye lives in the rage corner and Jennie posits a theory that Landon was recreating the golden 50's in Walnut Grove.

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Little House on the Prairie Movie: The Last Farewell

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03/13/23 • 59 min

Well, here we are. It’s the end of our run. In this final TV movie, a big, bad band of capitalists reveal they actually own the town of Walnut Grove because of some questionable “laws.” Laura goes berserk and smashes up her house, Hey Everybody disarms himself before a big fight, Faux Pa and Sarah leave town unaware they almost lost everything, and Jason's Junior isn’t here for Jeb’s big brother energy.

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BONUS: Little House on the Prairie - S2 Ep17 Troublemaker

Gen X, This is Why.

04/01/21 • 58 min

Little House on the Prairie S1 Ep15 The Runaway Caboose

Gen X, This is Why.

09/28/20 • 49 min

Gen X, That Was a Thing: The Abduction of Steven Stayner

Gen X, This is Why.

04/03/23 • 55 min

Trigger warnings for this episode include: suicide ideation, murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, and rape.

It’s every parent’s worst nightmare, the image of your child’s face helplessly peering out the rear window of a stranger's car as it drives away from you and slips into the unknown. For Kay and Dilbert Stayner, this nightmare became a reality when their seven-year-old son, Steven, was kidnapped on his way home from school in Merced, CA, in 1972. For seven long years, Steven’s family searched for him while he was living in northern California with his abductor, Kenneth Parnell. Steven’s story is one of tragedy, sorrow, and unexpected heroism as he plotted his escape and saved the life of Parnell’s newest victim, five-year-old Timmy White. Steven’s story was captured in the very popular 1989 mini-series, I Know My First Name is Steven.

But the Stayner family’s story doesn’t end with them reuniting with their son after seven long years. In a bizarre twist, more tragedy befalls this family as Steven’s older brother sets out to make a name for himself in the most horrific way.

Corrections:

In the episode, we failed to mention the mini-series was written by Mike Echols who later turned the manuscript into a book. Movie first, book second.

The mini-series first aired in November, 1989, not 1983.

Sources for this episode include but are not limited to:

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/a-child-abductees-journey-back/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/march-14-1980-interview-steven-stayner-60269400

https://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/01/04/molester.arrest/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/steven-cary-stayner-tale-brothers-horror-heroism/story?id=60529944

https://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/inside-the-monster/Content?oid=1069138

For 12+ hours on this case:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SEpITqnESI&list=PL6hM2D6rSybBXr597MN3H_lEkOaeDwgBL&index=15&t=0s

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