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Go behind the scenes with us

While season 4 of the podcast was shorter than we planned, the Gen X stories gang is getting ready for season five. Usually we keep our goofy-ass brainstorms private, but we’d love you to listen in on this one.

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Joyously Absurd: Adulting at midlife

After months of dealing with so much personal big stuff this season, the GenX Stories crew is finally together just in time to talk about it all. On this episode, we discuss accountability and integrity, when we actually started adulting and how we manage all the bumps along our midlife road.

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You’ve got a friend: making BFF’s at midlife

Today we've got a GenX topic that effects us both deeply: making friends at midlife.  Weird you say? Well you may be surprised to hear that after years of doing this podcast together, Lori and I had actually NEVER MET. At least not in person. All that changed earlier this spring and we’re going to spill all the tea. (well, most of it).

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Work it, baby work it: GenX & jobs

Today on the podcast we're talking all about jobs. The ones we had as teens, our first “real” ones, and even the ones that taught us a thing or two about life (and ourselves).

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I want my MTV

Today’s episode is all about being the “MTV generation”, the iconic music video cable channel launched the summer of 1981.

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Losing a parent as a GenXer

Today we’re taking on a topic that both Courtney and I have sadly experienced firsthand - losing a parent as a Gen Xer.

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What makes a movie a cult classic?

Today the GenX Series Podcast gang is talking about cult classic films with with a special guest - Final Destination and American Pie movie producer Craig Perry

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Oh, the places we went: GenX & books

This week, the gang talks about books, books, and more books. The ones we loved reading as kids, the ones we shouldn't have read as kids, the books that shaped us how we grew up and what role books & reading plays now in our increasingly digital world.

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Everything old is new again

Welcome to Season 4 of GenX Stories! We finally got the gang together, and thought we'd kick off our new season talking about how everything old is new again

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We are GenX

On today’s episode we're digging into what being GenX really means to the podcast crew, from a personal, cultural and even societal point of view.

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