GenX Stories

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Is this episode a PJ party or just good old fashioned girl talk? What’s for sure is that the ladies of the podcast (Chris was traveling) chat openly and honestly about feminism & what it’s like to be a GenX woman. Between growing up with Gloria Steinam's influence on our mothers, watching Katie in The Way We Were, "Leaning In" w/Sheryl Sandberg at work and stressing out with Ada Calhoun at midlife, we share our expectations, experiences and how we're feeling about everything right now. If you (or a beloved woman in your life) have also been thinking about evolving through it all, this ep is for you. Pinky promise.
Episode Links

• The Way We Were
• The Way We Were movie clips
• 3rd Wave Feminism
• Gloria Steinem
• Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In
• About Sheryl Sandberg
• Strong women quotes
• How a Voice of Female Gen X Anxiety Spends Her Sundays
• The new midlife crisis
• What to expect when you’re expecting to be a GenX girl

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After the shock of the 2024 election, the podcast crew has decided to take a little breather. We want to show up as our most authentic (and snarky) selves, so we’re putting the show on hold for now while we figure out next steps. To all our listeners—you have no idea how much you mean to us. This show has been a lifeline for the four of us through all the ups and downs of the past few years, and we just need some time to reset & regroup.

We hope to be back with new episodes in 2025, but if anything changes, we’ll let you know! In the meantime, come hang out in our Facebook group to stay in the loop and soak up some GenX vibes.

Seeya on the flip side, kids. #loveyou #meanit
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Last season, we took a deep dive into four iconic Gen X albums, each handpicked by one of us. We had so much fun, we’re bringing it back—this time with a twist!

Just like before, each of us has selected an album, we’ve all listened, and now we’re sharing our thoughts (because, let’s be honest, we always have plenty to say). But this time, we’re focusing on one specific year: 1986.

Don't worry—we’re still diving into the tracks, digging up behind-the-scenes trivia, and offering our usual commentary. But we’ll also explore who we were during that time and how it influenced our choices. Who knows? We might even discover something new about each other—and what being Gen X really means.

Episode links

• Did this concept last season
• Best albums of 1986
• “Control” album cover art
• What is “Jangle Pop”?
• Fatboy Slim “Weapon of Choice” video with Christopher Walken
• Peter Gabriel song at the end of “Snowden”
• Peter Gabriel song from City of Angels

OUR ALBUMS

• Lori: Control, Janet Jackson
• Chris: Life’s Rich Pageant, REM
• Courtney: London 0 Hull 4, HouseMartins
• Eve: So, Peter Gabriel

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Singing your favorite song at the top of your lungs is awesome, but did you always get the lyrics right? (Especially before you could look them up online). In this episode, the GenX Stories podcast gang finds out what a Mondegeen is, what a Raspberry Beret is not and which songs we embarrassingly just learned the right lyrics to.
Plus laugh your ass off at the best misheard lyrics our Facebook group members shared at a recent happy hour.

Episode links

• Facebook group for misheard song lyrics
• Misheard song lyric memes
• What’s a Mondegreen?
• The New Yorker: Excuse me while I kiss this guy
• This is why you mishear popular song lyrics
• 40 Song Lyrics That We've Been Messing up This Whole Time
• Bobby Brooks
• It’s gonna be Maaaaaayyy meme
• Kiss This Guy misheard song lyrics website
• A to z lyrics website

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We have something embarrassing to admit - we got our publish dates a little off. While we have a kick ass Halloween episode ready to go, we're actually going to publish it next week (because, ya know, Halloween) which left today's scheduled episode sorta up in the air.

But have no fear because now you get to be a fly on the wall for this special BONUS ep - a little glimpse into our planning session for the rest of season three! We're keeping this short and sweet both because we want to keep you guessing and because we're still figuring it all out. As GenXers do.

Also Courtney is on the east coast right now, and we got to spend some in person time this past weekend, so hear about the trouble we got into together.

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