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Devil's Playground: The Satanic Panic and Its Gen X Legacy
Season 2 Episode 16
Remember when your Dungeons & Dragons dice might summon demons and heavy metal albums contained secret Satanic messages? If you grew up in the 1980s,…
7 months, 1 week ago
A Gen X After School Special: Grab your Garanimals & Lunch Boxes! It's Labor Day Weekend!
Season 2 Episode 15
Remember when summer vacation actually lasted until Labor Day? When your biggest back-to-school worry wasn't active shooter drills but whether your T…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Tupperware Dreams and Vitamin Schemes
Season 2 Episode 15
Remember that moment when your neighbor invited you over for "just wine and apps with the girls," only to ambush you with a sales pitch for overprice…
8 months, 1 week ago
When Heroes Fall: Childhood Icons Gone Bad
Season 2 Episode 14
What happens when the stars who shaped our childhoods turn out to be deeply flawed, problematic, or even criminal? Megan and Lesley dive deep into th…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Wet Hot Summer Soaps REWIND! We will see you in August!
Season 2 Episode 13
Enjoy this episode from last summer while we get our shit together and take some vacations!
We take a nostalgic dive into the world of soap operas an…
9 months ago
We're Taking a Breather While the World Burns (But We'll Be Back)
Season 2 Episode 12
Need a summer laugh while we take a quick breather? Lesley's holding down the fort this week as Megan vacations with the mouse at Disney, and she's g…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Surviving the Messy 70s and 80s - A Gen X Reality Check
Season 2 Episode 11
Remember when your parents smoked in the car with the windows up? When teachers could paddle students in front of the class? When asbestos was in our…
10 months ago
School's Out for Summer (We Had Three Months Off and Nobody Died)
Season 2 Episode 10
Remember when summer lasted forever? Megan and Lesley take you back to those glorious days when school let out on Memorial Day and didn't resume unti…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
GenX - No Retirement, No Supervision, No Ponies
Season 2 Episode 9
Remember when a birthday party meant friends, pizza, and a Mylar balloon that floated in your house for months? When financial advice was more reassu…
11 months ago
Is Kermit a Zaddy? Could Kurt Loder be my Dad? Who's old? Not us!
Season 2 Episode 8
Megan and Lesley dive into the surprising disconnect between celebrity ages and our mental images of them, sparked by discovering Kurt Loder recently…
11 months, 2 weeks ago