Millennial Z and Boomer X

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has identified nine monkeypox cases in seven states in the U.S. as of Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Cases have been confirmed in Massachusetts, Florida, Utah, Washington, California, Virginia and New York. So far, virtually all of the cases have been gay and bisexual men who have sex with men except for one woman in the state of Virginia. However, the CDC calls for an approach to combat the mo...

Hunter Biden’s laptop is only just now coming under any real scrutiny by the mainstream media although it has been an issue of contention or bit of evidence for at least three years. Why is that? Millennial Z and Boomer X talk about all of the potential issues surrounding Hunter Biden’s laptop, and how it came to be an issue in podcast #37.

It truly appears that almost no media outlet for years would say anything regarding the evide...

Podcast #36 is about how different the U.S. military has become over the years from the time Boomer X was active duty and to when Millennial Z was active duty some 30 years later. Boomer X was in just as cursing or swearing was being discouraged by senior command, but was still common. Hands being placed upon recruits were also discouraged, but still happened and all the Drill Sergeant needed was a reasonable excuse for the contact...

Cryptocurrency is defined as an encrypted data string that denotes a unit of currency. It is monitored and organized by a peer-to-peer network called a blockchain that also serves as a secure record of transactions. Unlike physical money (or issued currency by a government or bank), cryptocurrencies are decentralized, or not issued by a single entity. Cryptocurrencies are created and secured through algorithms that are maintained a...

Millennial Z and Boomer X open podcast #34 up talking about the freedom of speech and whether or not it is dead. Does it still exist? The United States has the individual right of freedom of speech and the ability to protest peacefully enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution which is the bedrock of the government and its authority. Many countries do not have this right recognized by its respective governments and the p...

Millennial Z and Boomer X talk about student loan forgiveness in podcast #33. President Biden made student loan forgiveness a plank in his campaign for presidency, and has thus far made good on his promise by forgiving $17billion dollars to over 725,000 people who have taken out student loans to date according to the U.S. Department of Education. You can be assured that this is only the beginning as that forgiveness has only been e...

Podcast #32 of Millennial Z and Boomer X is about how entertainment for each generation has changed over the years. in the early 1970s to the present there have been massive technological changes providing a myriad of choices of entertainment for people, but it wasn't always that way. Boomer X recalls receiving a poor signal on the television, no nearby playmates or friends, no means of meeting up, no internet, no cell phone and en...

The Biden administration has decided to create a Disinformation Governance Board (current name used) under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). His appointee, Jen Psaki has stated, “This is a continuation of work that was done under the Trump administration to take steps to address disinformation.” Of course, the Democrats was firmly against it when Trump attempted to create it, and now that Biden is putting it together, the ...

Podcast #30 is about the hearing that has been on the news and all other media for the last few weeks, the defamation civil suit hearing that plaintiff Johnny Depp has brought against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. Their divorce was final in 2016, and since then Amber Heard has regaled the media with tales of physical and mental abuse by Johnny Depp against her. This has caused production companies and movie studios to stop filming with...

What are some simple things you do, or can do, to make yourself and your life just a little bit better? That's what we talk about in podcast #29 of Millennial Z and Boomer X as well as share our experiences of what happens if we don't perform these small things that improve us physically, mentally or otherwise. These aren't life changing activities in and of themselves, but little changes in behavior and thoughts typically lead to ...

Everyone who has ever been in a relationship that was ended by them had a point where something happened, and they knew, "Yeah, it's over." It could have been due to a lack of action when perhaps some should have been taken, too, but you knew that you no longer wanted to have anything to do with the other person.

Boomer X has been around much longer than Millennial Z and has had many more instances of those events. It never feels g...

In podcast #27, Millennial Z and Boomer X decide to discuss real problems and issues that everyone should be concerned a bout. Some of these problems are uniquely American such as the outrageously high cost of college or university tuition and a couple of other issues, but in general, the many issues discussed are universal to everyone as it directly impacts their ability to live, eat and simply go about their day without fear of o...

In podcast #26, Millennial Z and Boomer X talk about being "woke" and what is woke enough...or is there such a thing? Stemming from the early to mid 20th century from the black culture in the U.S., the term "Woke" is in relation to racial prejudice as was used as an adjective to describe people that recognized the unfair discrimination that those of African ancestry had to endure each day in American society. However, the term gain...

You’ve seen it for over a year now and felt the pinch at every fill up, gas prices have risen incredibly over the last sixteen months in the United States. President Biden and other government officials are blaming it on Russian invading the Ukraine as well as causing inflation in other areas. The mainstream media is parroting the statements without any critical response it appears, but simply dutifully reporting what is being said...

Long term dating and relationships can be very difficult and often impossible, which causes a breakup when one or both parties realize, "I can't continue like this and nothing will change," as we discussed in podcast #15, "Breakups! When to End It?" Millennial Z and Boomer X also talked about what red flags to look for when dating in podcast #14. But in this podcast, #24, Millennial Z and Boomer X discuss signs to look for in order...

The last several decades has seen the rise of the term “toxic masculinity”. However, the last few years has seen the use of “toxic femininity”. In podcast #23 Millennial Z and Boomer X attempt to define exactly what is meant by the term “toxic” and especially with regard to masculinity and femininity. Each provides experience with toxic masculine behaviors and toxic feminine behaviors as encountered.

It was discussed that searching...

The way society views and treats "nerds" today is far different from how society, and individuals, treated them in the past. Boomer X was involved in many "nerd" activities in the past growing up when the internet didn't exist, television reception was spotty and limited to a couple of channels, the radio was overrun with advertising with just enough music to keep entertainment starved listeners from turning off in disgust. While t...

If you’re in a bad relationship, and know you should just leave but can’t seem to muster up the motivation to end it for good, why do you suppose that is? I’m not talking about the occasional argument about something, or a rough patch in the relationship due to circumstances outside that each must come to terms with causing problems within. I’m talking about a relationship where you’ve tried everything, had the long talks, the big...

Cancel culture has been running rampant in the social media universe lately, and it has spilled over into the physical world and out of the digital world in some places. In this podcast, Millennial Z and Boomer X discuss what cancel culture actually is, how it started and how it has been used over the years under different labels.

In the past, you could be "cancelled" for some broken social contract and be ostracized by those in yo...