GenXGrownUp Podcast
Generation X. If you grew up in the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, you know just how cool it was to be a kid back then. We had the greatest music, movies, games, technology, and pop culture of any generation, and though we've grown older, we have refused to outgrow our love of everything GenX. GenXGrownUp looks at yesterday and today through the eyes of Generation X'ers who have refused to grow up!
Episodes
June 1, 2023 • 73 mins
We head to Russia to find out if a viral stand-up comedy bit can be adapted into a motion picture, check out a piece of pricey green tech for your kitchen countertop, and return to a galaxy far, far away with the latest in the Star Wars video game franchise.
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May 25, 2023 • 56 mins
Forty years ago, pop music was still finding its voice in the post-disco landscape of the early ’80s. Many of our favorite songs, albums, and artists were vying for supremacy on radio and in our record stores. In this episode, we look back on the top hits of 1983 as determined by the Billboard music charts.
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May 18, 2023 • 75 mins
We head back to the theatre for the latest adventures of Drax, Rocket, Starlord, and the gang, check out a unifying gadget to get all your entertainment center electronics under control, and play a modern homebrew remake of a classic arcade title for the Atari 2600!
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May 11, 2023 • 64 mins
In the summer of 1983, the third installment in George Lucas’s blockbuster science fiction series hit theater screens. The Force was stronger than ever as Return of the Jedi brought a thrilling and satisfying conclusion to the original trilogy, and laid the groundwork for what would come decades later. In this episode, we remember and celebrate the fortieth anniversary of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi!
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May 4, 2023 • 70 mins
We head to the theater to see what Sam Raimi’s Deadites have gotten up to lately, check out a nostalgic & decorative timepiece that can add some retro flair to your home, and play a new indie game that puts you in charge of building an increasingly complex factory assembly line!
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April 27, 2023 • 58 mins
It’s been nearly fifty years since “Col. Steve Austin, Astronaut. A man barely alive” got his bionic implants and leapt onto our television screens. That kicked off decades of cybernetically-enhanced adventures that have had a profound impact on all of media and pop culture to this day. In this episode, we’re visiting the offices of the OSI to remember the landmark tv series, The Six Million Dollar Man!
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April 20, 2023 • 70 mins
We head to the theatre to see the unlikely adventure of two Brooklyn plumbers addicted to mushrooms, check out some meatball-adjacent shelving solutions to upgrade your home, and play a computer adventure game based on a popular pen-and-paper franchise!
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April 13, 2023 • 60 mins
We’ve spoken several times on this show about our GenX educational experiences. But one particular part of school keeps coming up time & time again. It was part social club, part study hall, part hangout — oh, and by the way, you could also eat lunch! In this episode, with help from our listeners, we remember the school lunch experience from the Generation X perspective.
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April 6, 2023 • 65 mins
We head to the theatre to see the kind of chaotic bloodshed that only the most excellent assassin can deliver, build a sweet LEGO model suitable for intergalactic bounty hunting, and test-play the beta for the fourth installment in a classic RPG dungeon-crawling computer game series!
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March 30, 2023 • 79 mins
If you spent any time in your youth talking about saving throws, half-elf paladins, gelatinous cubes, alignment charts, or encumbrance, then this Backtrack belongs in your bag of holding. We’re going back to the basement to remember the origin, impact, and lasting legacy of the granddaddy of pencil-and-paper role-playing games, Dungeons & Dragons!
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March 23, 2023 • 61 mins
We check back in with the unorthodox head coach of AFC Richmond in the hit comedy from Apple TV+, test drive some cool new tech to upgrade your home network, and play an updated Atari classic that will once again have you on the search for the golden chalice!
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March 16, 2023 • 48 mins
We’re always focused on celebrating the things we love about being GenX’ers, but not everything from our generation is worthy of celebration! In this Backtrack, we run down the products, trends, and pop culture associated with our generation, but that we absolutely cannot stand!
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March 9, 2023 • 66 mins
We head to the theater to see a friendly black bear that gets its paws on some contraband, test the latest in digital tablets that would like to replace your pencil & paper, and jump in the ring with a new wrestling video game that has some serious GenX roots!
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March 2, 2023 • 56 mins
Throughout history, it’s usually the hero of the story who gets all the accolades. But what about the hero’s assistant, or buddy, or partner who puts in the same effort but is always lost in the shadow of the star? Not today, though! In this Backtrack, we remember and celebrate some of our favorite sidekicks from GenX-era media!
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February 23, 2023 • 63 mins
We listen to a bite-sized daily podcast that just might be your new reliable source for news, test-drive the latest improvements in the new version of Android Auto, and then shuffle it up a bit with some premium playing cards with the ability to improve any card game.
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February 16, 2023 • 59 mins
When a ragtag bunch of unproven and washed-up ball players are brought into a Major League team to help them relocate to Miami by an ex-stripper with a disdain for Cleveland, Tom Beringer, Charlie Sheen, and Corbin Bernsen pull on their uniforms, dust off their cleats, and swing for the fences. In this Backtrack, we step up to the plate for 1989’s GenX Classic, Major League!
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February 11, 2023 • 54 mins
You can’t have a discussion about the GenX era without talking about video games. Today we remember our favorite Wrestling Video Games of the 70s, 80s & 90s.
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February 9, 2023 • 67 mins
We watch a new coming-of-age series where everybody gets super-powers when they turn 18, test-drive a remarkably powerful web application for podcasters, or really anyone, who does audio/video editing, and play a board game where the object is to fulfil your destiny and become an iconic Star Wars villain!
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February 2, 2023 • 59 mins
The Police was a GenX-era musical act that put post-punk & new wave into a whole new stratosphere. In this Backtrack, we remember, dissect, and debate their fifth and final studio album: Synchronicity!
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January 26, 2023 • 64 mins
We watch the new thriller centered around a young girl investigating her mother’s disappearance, test out some cool headset accessories to take your VR experience to the next level, and play a free multiplayer VR game that puts you in command of fleet of starships!
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