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GenX Stories

Eve Simon, Chris Goumas, Lori Luna & Courtney Spikes

Society & Culture

Frequency: 1 episode/17d. Total Eps: 141

GenX Stories is a podcast about how the so-called “Lost Generation” found itself at midlife. Join hosts Eve, Lori, Chris & Courtney every other Wednesday for a fun and frank discussion about what made us and what’s next. We all have a GenX story. What’s yours?

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20/08/2026
#45
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19/08/2026
#37
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18/08/2026
#33
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17/08/2026
#25
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16/08/2026
#25
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15/08/2026
#29
🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals
14/08/2026
#25
🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals
13/08/2026
#27
🇨🇦 Canada - personalJournals
12/08/2026
#83
🇺🇸 USA - personalJournals
12/08/2026
#28

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Gen X Goes to College: Majoring in Sarcasm, Minoring in Whatever

Season 7 · Episode 2

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 • Duration 53:52

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Remember applying to colleges without a single YouTube tutorial in sight, lofting your own dorm bed without approval, and taking "never doing this again" 8am classes? Yeah, we do too, and we’re not holding back.

If you (barely) survived your own college years in the ‘80s and ‘90s, this one’s for you. Hear us flail through questionable life choices (and the lifelong friends who got us through them) and how we're prepping our Gen Z spawn for their own college daze.

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Kiss, Marry… Wait, What Are the Rules Again?

Season 7 · Episode 1

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 • Duration 43:32

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We’re baaaack! Season seven kicks off the only way we know how: with absolute chaos. And by chaos, we mean a hysterical round of Kiss, Marry, [something].

What starts as harmless hypotheticals spirals into hot takes on Furries, a very sexy talking car, and a total meltdown over the rules (because do they even exist?).

Buckle up for an episode full of the unhinged logic you’ve come to expect from us because honestly, the rules never mattered anyway.

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Breakfast of Champions: GenX & Saturday Morning Cartoons

Season 6 · Episode 6

Wednesday, February 26, 2025 • Duration 49:27

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Grab your sugary cereal and get comfy—we’re throwing it back to the cartoons that defined our childhoods! From Saturday morning classics to the animated gems we still love today, we’re diving into what made these shows so special. Did we move on to “grown-up” animation, or are we still watching our old favorites? OH! And you know you want to know Courtney's Saturday morning parental theory and why Eve named her Roomba after a favorite cartoon chatacter. Tune in for a kickass & nostalgic ride!

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Blue Jean Babies & a Madonna Wannabe

Season 2 · Episode 9

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 • Duration 40:50

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One thing is for sure - 80’s fashion will always be in our blood (even if one of us was barred from wearing denim as a kid). With Chris away this week, Eve, Courtney and Lori talk about our look when we were growing up and how our style has evolved over the years. From Vanderbilt jeans and popped collars, to legwarmers and docs to Zoom fashion and going gray in style, you won’t want to miss this neon-colored chat.

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80s fashion trends
5 Trends That Gen-X Got Totally Right (And 1 Trend They Got Wrong)
Why we're not psyched for a return to GenX fashion
Lori’s 80’s fashion
Eve’s 80’s fashion
The History Behind Gloria Vanderbilt’s Iconic Denim Empire
The Preppy Handbook
The Preppy Handbook and Me
Popped Collars
Doc Martens guy on Instagram
Britney & JT's Double Denim
Working Girl: The Culture of Power Dressing

Fooooood Fiiiiiiggghhhttt

Season 2 · Episode 8

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 • Duration 44:35

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Not sure what to expect this holiday season? According to our gang, pie is a must, kale belongs in the garbage and bathtub carp is a thing. Head down a tasty rabbit hole with us for this fun chat about the mashies vs stuffing debate, holiday tamales, matzo ball sinkers and the unexpected lure of Icelandic fish.

It's time for a good old fashioned food fight. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Best holiday pies
Creamed beef on toast
What to do with Kale
Cranberry sauce memes
Anthony Bourdain eating Icelandic fermented shark head
Icelandic donuts
Hangikjöt - Icelandic smoked lamb
Snappy Dogs
Holiday tamales
The history of bathtub carp
Matzo ball floaters vs sinkers

This is your brain on tech. Dammit.

Season 2 · Episode 7

Tuesday, November 10, 2020 • Duration 49:50

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If you don’t think our generation uses MacGyver as a verb, the GenX Stories gang will prove you wrong. How? Because we (ironically) recorded this technology themed episode using Eve’s plan D, Mercury retrograde headphone mic. No, we’re not kidding.

From the truth about old school TV clickers, to long telephone cord strategies, to why we absolutely refuse to use TikTok now (even though we love Steve Nicks), this funny chat about the innovations that made us will take you wayyyy back.

Or at least make you turn your phone off and on again to fix it.

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Is mercury retrograde?
MacGyver as a verb
Pew generations & tech trends
The history of the remote control
A Zenith clicker
A brief history of the walkman
Why vinyl is making a comeback in 2020
Phones (and cords) of the 80s
Pagers were hip in 1985
Evolution of the cell phone
Lori’s first cell phone
Gordon Gecko's phone/brick in the 1987 movie, Wall Street
Ellen asking younger people to use old tech

I Want Candy

Season 2 · Episode 6

Wednesday, October 28, 2020 • Duration 39:44

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Boo! It’s a Monster Mash of spooky subjects on this week’s special Halloween episode of GenX Stories. The gang dives right in with haunted houses, fuzzy blue dog costumes and of course, candy corn! If that’s not creepy enough, check out the bite size versus full size candy debate, hear stories of shooting 8 lb pumpkins down 53rd street (and over to NJ), and get our grown-up take on 2020’s scary impact on Halloween.

Oh and for those wondering if passing out candy is still an option this year, Chris suggests a trebuchet or a t-shirt cannon to shoot candy from your doorstep.

Either way, we say have fun, buy all the candies 50% off and don’t forget to ditch all your hidden wrappers

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Bad Boys & Mother Crushes

Season 2 · Episode 5

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 • Duration 43:39

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We’ll go ahead and say it - this celebrity crushes episode may be the funniest we’ve ever produced. But prepare yourself: Courtney was ON FIRE.

This week, we admit to our youthful celebrity obsessions (Jake - call me!), pre and post pubescent infatuations, and even name a few of our current hall passes. Along the way, there are bad boys, adorkable girls, Mary Tyler Moore (wait, what?) historical hotties, and finding out how to actually pronounce Elwes. There may even be a political passion or two, but we know that Rep Henry Waxman isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. OH! And we do a ton of callouts from our kick-ass FB group crew, who helped us pick this topic. (thanks guys!)

Make sure to listen until the end for some snort-your-coffee-out-of-your nose zingers. Seriously - it’s worth it.

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That last Jake Ryan scene in Sixteen Candles (like we NEED to remind you)
Jake Ryan turned 60 this year
The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song
When MTM told a dirty joke on Letterman
How to pronounce The Princess Bride's Cary Elwes
The crushable Former CA Rep Henry Waxman

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