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!
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 54 minutes
- Episodes
- 470
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
REWIND: GenX Future Predictions
When Generation X dreamed about the future, we pictured either a technological paradise with flying cars, helpful robots, no illness and rocket ships or we pictured a wasteland brought on by some hum…
00:45:02 |
Thu 12 Sep 2024
REWIND: Walkman & Discman
There’s probably not a GenX’er out there who wasn’t somehow impacted by the introduction of the Sony Walkman. The ability to carry the music you want to hear and listen to it wherever you go was seen…
00:31:07 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
Satanic Panic of the '80s
In the 1980s, a wave of fear swept across America, fueled by rumors of satanic cults, ritualistic murders, and child abductions. This wave, known as the Satanic Panic, led to mass hysteria, witch hun…
01:04:48 |
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Cuckoo, Aura Frame, & Local Arcades
We watch a new documentary series about the woman whose innovations changed the way catch serial killers, test out an inexpensive grooming gadget that promises to handle all your manscaping needs, an…
01:12:12 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
1984 Los Angeles Olympics
With the 2024 Olympics underway in Paris, we look back four decades to the year that reinvigorated The Games. From establishing new financial models to breaking ground for female athletes, and more, …
00:58:52 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine, Surge Protector Outlet, & Fallout London
We head to the theatre for the Marvel team-up movie breaking box office records, check out a simple gadget to both power and protect your favorite electronic gear, and weigh the pros and cons of virt…
01:08:49 |
Thu 08 Aug 2024
BONUS: Howard Scott Warshaw's Yars' Revenge Sequel
Yars' Revenge is a video game designed by Howard Scott Warshaw for the Atari Video Computer System. The game involves a fly-like humanoid alien race known as Yars attacking their arch-rivals the Qoti…
00:14:36 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
REWIND: Playing Outside
One, two, three…. NOT IT! How many times have you started an exhausting game of tag with those words? In this week’s GenXGrownUp Backtrack we remember playing outside. Sometimes because we wanted to …
00:45:32 |
Thu 01 Aug 2024
REWIND: Retired Advertising Mascots
Back in the 70s & 80s, nothing sold a product better than a great mascot or spokesperson. Everyone knew Mr. Wipple, Chalie the Tuna, and the Maytag repairman, and they became almost synonymous with t…
00:47:33 |
Thu 25 Jul 2024
Beverly Hills Cop
In the early ’80s, Eddie Murphy’s star was on the rise, as was the new genre of “comedy buddy cop” movie. In 1984, those two trends collided in a film that both thrilled audiences and skyrocketed Mur…
01:06:37 |
Thu 18 Jul 2024
A Quiet Place: Day One, Releases.com, & Intellivision
We head to the theatre to see third entry and prequel in the Quiet Place franchise, check out a website that promises to help you stay on top of the overwhelming volume of media releases, and delve i…
01:11:58 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
The Dukes of Hazzard
Forty-five years ago, a southern action-adventure comedy set in rural Georgia hit the small screen. For seven seasons in the early ’80s, we followed the adventures of Bo & Luke Duke and their ’69 Dod…
01:05:49 |
Thu 04 Jul 2024
Brats, Cassette Digitizer, & Star Trek: Resurgence
We watch a new Hulu documentary reflecting on the members of the “Brat Pack,” check out some tech that promises to bring your old cassette tapes into the digital age, and play a new decision-based co…
01:06:58 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Douglas Adams
If you always know where your towel is, then you’re likely already a fan of the topic of this episode. His Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was required GenX reading, and his work is beloved b…
01:03:26 |
Thu 20 Jun 2024
Furiosa, In a Violent Nature, & Power Alarm
We head to the theatres for the latest addition to the dystopian future of the Mad Max universe, check out some tech that does almost nothing but could save you hundreds of dollars, and play a new ga…
01:03:13 |
Thu 13 Jun 2024
Bad Guy Debates
Everybody knows it’s more fun to play the bad guy, but which bad guys are the best. It’s time to debate! In this episode, Mo and Jon will state their cases for four infamous bad-guy match-ups from al…
01:09:28 |
Thu 06 Jun 2024
Dark Matter, Ooma Telo, & Pinball FX
We watch a Western series about a ranch family who discovers a supernatural mystery in the Wyoming wilderness, check out some surprisingly affordable tech that might make you re-think the value of th…
01:03:19 |
Thu 30 May 2024
REWIND: GenX TV Theme Songs
“Here’s the story, of a lovely lady….” If you can finish the rest of that song then you want to listen to this week’s Backtrack. That’s because it’s all about TV theme songs! We each pick out some of…
01:01:27 |
Thu 23 May 2024
REWIND: Local Radio Experience
Listening to music was a different experience when we were kids. DJs were local, you had to wait to hear your favorite song, and trying to record something off the radio took skill, patience and luck…
00:28:19 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Dangerous Toys We Shouldn't Have Had
We’re Generation X kids who grew up largely unsupervised and left to our own devices. That often resulted in “play” time being a bit rougher and more hazardous than those who grew up in later generat…
01:05:19 |
Thu 09 May 2024
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