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So why ARE Gen Xers suddenly obsessed with their roots? Just in time for Mother’s Day, we’re falling headfirst into the rabbit hole of family history (because apparently we're finally old enough to care.) We’re talking dusty records, surprise relatives, and the occasional “Wait… what?” moment, joined by a GenX guest who’s wayyyyy deep into the genealogy weeds too.

Listen in to a kick ass episode that’s part scavenger hunt, part identity crisis, and 100% curiosity (because after genealogy found the Golden State killer, what else can it uncover?)

Episode links

• How Genetic Genealogy Helped Catch The Golden State Killer
• A search for a biological father, and the surprise of a lifetime
• 23andMe Just Filed for Bankruptcy. You Should Delete Your Data Now.
• TV Show: Finding Your Roots
• Who Do You Think You Are? EP Lisa Kudrow Tells Why Show Is ‘Fascinating’
• No Taste Like Home with Antoni Porowski
• Ancestry.com
• My Hertitage
• GED Match

Info on our guest, Aryn Youngless

• Geneology by Aryn
• Substack
• IG
• TikTok
• Bluesky
• Facebook
• Substck
• BOOK: My Mom, Her Story
• BOOK: My Dad, His Story
• BOOK: The Genealogy Journal
• COURSE: From Research to Novel

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While technology has changed a ton since we last did an episode about it in 2020 (OMG), we couldn't have anticipated then what it would become today. Is it possible to keep a Walkman mindset in an AI world? What's the impact on our humanity? Listen in for a brutally honest GenX take on how technology is shifting everything in our lives, for better or worse.

Episode links

• Last technology episode we did in season 2
• The Digitally Savvy Generation: How Gen X Embraces Technology
• GenX, We Bridged the Technological Gap
• Descript app for podcast editing
• Fathom AI notetaker
• New York Times: GenX Career Meltdown
• AI was enemy No. 1 during Hollywood strikes. Now it's in Oscar-winning films

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Remember the episode earlier this season where each co-host picked a 1986 GenX album and we got way too into it? Yeah… we’re doing that again. This time, it’s 1987—and no, we’re not out of opinions yet (not even close). Each of us picked an album from that iconic year, we all (mostly) gave ‘em a listen, and then lovingly (and loudly) overanalyzed them.

Expect deep tracks, random trivia no one asked for, and at least one “omg I totally forgot about that song!” moment. Oh, and as usual, we’ll be dragging our former teenage selves and probably uncovering something weird about each other along the way.

So press play, roll up those acid-wash jeans, and let’s get back to 1987—because clearly, we think it rocked.

Episode links

• Did this concept earlier this season
• Best albums of 1987
• How Sting made art from loss
• Sting’s November 1987 Nothing Like the Sun Spin Cover Story: Invisible Son
• 10 things you didn’t know about INXS’s Kick
• The Unlikely Story of How INXS Came to Rule the Late ’80s With ‘Kick’
• Rock And Walk: Husker Du's 'Warehouse'
• ‘Warehouse” marked the begnning of the end
• ‘Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me’ Fall Back In Love With A Classic Cure Album
• Just Like A Dream: The Cure’s Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me Revisited

OUR ALBUMS

• Lori: Kick, INXS
• Courtney: Nothing Like the Sun, Sting
• Chris: Warehouse: songs and stories, Husker Du
• Eve: Kiss me, kiss me, kiss Me: The Cure

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