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GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Smile More? Sure. F*ck Off!TW: Discussions related to the release of the Epstein files. On our listen back we realized this was a pretty tough conversation. We chose to leave it as it happened live. We can speak only to our own experiences and are not experts outside of that. This is a personal reflection from two Gen X cis white midwestern women's experience. The year has barely started and its a dumpster fire—snowbanks swallowing bumpers, headlines swallowing hope. We take that energy and point it at the news cycle’s biggest shock: the Epstein files, the broke...
2026-02-0853 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Deaths, Donations & our 80s Obsession - Goodbye to 2025!Lesley & Megan here! Thanks so much for lending us your ears twice a month! Thank you to everyone in the Facebook group, our sisters in L.Y.L.A.S & everyone who has sent a comment or a text along the way. We really do have fun creating this pod twice a month. It is a labor of love and we hope that it helps you remember all the nostalgic random shit in your mind-tunnels as well. We will be back in the first quarter of 2026 some time. We are gonna take some time off to rest and re-charge...
2025-12-2750 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Holiday Chaos, Gen X ToysWe are back! Schedules - what can we say? Glad you're here to enjoy this little walk down memory lane! We are also happy to report we have made 4 of our six donations for the year! The final two are in process. Thanks to those of you who helped make this possible through your monthly membership and merch sales! The holidays bring out our best rituals and our strangest stories, so we leaned all the way in—burned-out schedules, half-dressed trees, and the secret rules of outdoor lights—before heading straight to the toys that defined a gener...
2025-12-131h 04
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!From Victorian Party Tricks To Disco To Derby: How Roller Rinks Shaped Gen XA dark afternoon, a good cider, and one glittering memory: the roller rink. We follow that spark into a full ride through roller skating’s wild history and why it mattered so much to Gen X. From a violin-playing inventor crashing into a mirror to James Plimpton’s quad revolution, we connect the dots between Victorian spectacle, postwar neon boxes, and the utilitarian warehouses that became our weekend temples.We talk about what those rinks gave us as kids: a semi-supervised freedom loop, a place to test courage on turns, and our first real music community. The DJ c...
2025-11-221h 12
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!GenX Slumber Party Movie Night: They Moved The Headstones, Karen, But Not The Goo HoleTV static used to mean the world went quiet. We start there—two Gen X hosts trading dog stories and daylight saving brain fog—then pivot hard into Poltergeist, the 1982 suburban haunt that turned a living room ritual into a gateway for the uncanny. If you remember falling asleep to the national anthem and waking to snow on the screen, this breakdown will hit with a very specific chill.We dig into why Poltergeist still works: the time-capsule set design (Star Wars cases, Speak & Spell, Alien posters), the sly social commentary hiding in a pool excavation, and the...
2025-11-081h 15
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!A Gen X After School Special: The Halloween Candy Panic of the 70s & 80sThis episode was recorded remotely and there are changes in sound quality. We will be back in our usual digs next time!Megan and Lesley unpack the “poisoned candy” panic of the 70s & 80s , track its roots in one tragic crime and the Tylenol tampering case, and explore how fear reshaped Halloween traditions. We trade haunted house confessions, Irvington lore, Disney delight, and a saving-ghost story.• Irvington’s festival and neighborhood Halloween culture• Disney’s Haunted Mansion and safe scares• The myth of stranger-poisoned candy debunked• 1974 pixie stick murder and its ripple effects• 19...
2025-10-2547 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!We Interrupt This Program: The Challenger DisasterA caregiver makes a hard call, the internet sharpens its knives, and an entire generation remembers the day a teacher aimed to teach from orbit. We kick off with real talk about Emma Heming Willis, the relentless scrutiny women face around caregiving, and why “do everything alone” is a dangerous myth. From online backlash to real-world limits—Medicaid cuts, underpaid care workers, and families stretched thin—we pull the conversation back to compassion, resources, and the right to choose what keeps a loved one safe and comfortable.Then we turn to a defining Gen X memory: the Space Sh...
2025-10-1158 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!We Interrupt This Program: The Regan Assassination AttemptWelcome back! On "Who Died This Week?" Megan and Lesley talk about the ever so talented and foxy, Robert Redford (1936-2025) (though we have a terrible time remembering his filmography). In this latest episode Megan asks, "Where were you when Reagan was shot?" For many Gen X kids, the 1981 assassination attempt marks our first collective news trauma—that shocking moment when regular programming was interrupted and the world seemed to pause.What began as a routine presidential appearance spiraled into a national crisis when John Hinckley Jr. fired six shots in less than two seconds out...
2025-09-2751 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Devil's Playground: The Satanic Panic and Its Gen X LegacyRemember when your Dungeons & Dragons dice might summon demons and heavy metal albums contained secret Satanic messages? If you grew up in the 1980s, you lived through one of America's strangest cultural moments – the Satanic Panic.We're taking a deep dive into this bizarre phenomenon that had parents checking under beds for devil worshippers and police departments training officers to spot "occult crime" using horror paperbacks as manuals. From the infamous McMartin preschool trial that cost taxpayers $15 million without securing a single conviction, to the demonization of everything from rock music to role-playing games, we unpack how ma...
2025-09-1352 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!A Gen X After School Special: Grab your Garanimals & Lunch Boxes! It's Labor Day Weekend!Remember when summer vacation actually lasted until Labor Day? When your biggest back-to-school worry wasn't active shooter drills but whether your Trapper Keeper matched your folders? We're diving deep into the nostalgia of Gen X school experiences this week as we honor the passing of Loni Anderson and reflect on the holiday weekend that once marked the true end of summer.Our conversation meanders through the hallowed halls of department stores past – from Lazarus to Montgomery Ward, from Air-way to the early days of Target when we all thought "what a dumb name." We unpack the critical im...
2025-08-3042 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Tupperware Dreams and Vitamin SchemesRemember that moment when your neighbor invited you over for "just wine and apps with the girls," only to ambush you with a sales pitch for overpriced leggings or miracle vitamins? You're not alone.In this episode, we dive deep into the cultural phenomenon of multi-level marketing schemes that targeted Gen X women throughout the 80s, 90s, and beyond. From Tupperware parties our mothers hosted to the Mary Kay consultants with their pink Cadillacs, these pyramid-shaped businesses promised financial freedom while delivering financial ruin for 99.6% of participants.Lesley shares her family's personal journey with Shaklee...
2025-08-161h 01
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!When Heroes Fall: Childhood Icons Gone BadWhat happens when the stars who shaped our childhoods turn out to be deeply flawed, problematic, or even criminal? Megan and Lesley dive deep into the emotional complexity of reconciling nostalgic memories with disturbing revelations about our once-beloved celebrities.Fresh from their summer break, they tackle this thorny subject through the lens of recent celebrity deaths – particularly Hulk Hogan, whose passing stirred up complicated feelings given his history of racist comments. This kicks off a fascinating exploration of how we process disappointment when our heroes fall from grace.The hosts compile an eye-opening list of ov...
2025-08-021h 05
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Wet Hot Summer Soaps REWIND! We will see you in August!Enjoy this episode from last summer while we get our shit together and take some vacations! We take a nostalgic dive into the world of soap operas and their impact on Gen X women's lives, exploring both daytime dramas and primetime sensations that dominated television from the 1970s through the 1990s.• Daytime soaps like General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, and Young and the Restless provided entertainment primarily for stay-at-home mothers• Famous stars including Rick Springfield, John Stamos, Demi Moore, and Mark Hamill got their start on General Hospital• The "Who Shot JR?" Dallas...
2025-07-1941 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!We're Taking a Breather While the World Burns (But We'll Be Back)Need a summer laugh while we take a quick breather? Lesley's holding down the fort this week as Megan vacations with the mouse at Disney, and she's got some hot recommendations from our back catalog to keep you entertained.The summer heat is no match for perimenopausal hot flashes, and Lesley candidly admits she's feeling a bit exhausted this July. Rather than cobbling together new content, she's pointing listeners to some gems from last summer – specifically Episode 5, "Life, Death and Disney" (perfect timing with Megan's vacation), and the hilarious Episode 6, "Desperately Seeking Ron Popeill: An After School Sp...
2025-07-0504 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Surviving the Messy 70s and 80s - A Gen X Reality CheckRemember when your parents smoked in the car with the windows up? When teachers could paddle students in front of the class? When asbestos was in our schools and lead was in our paint? Megan and Lesley strip away the nostalgia to examine the genuinely problematic aspects of growing up in the 70s and 80s that shaped our generation.Following their catch-up on recent life changes, the hosts pay tribute to recently departed musical icons Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, then celebrate the 50th anniversaries of both Rocky Horror Picture Show and Jaws. But the heart of...
2025-06-211h 05
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!School's Out for Summer (We Had Three Months Off and Nobody Died)Remember when summer lasted forever? Megan and Lesley take you back to those glorious days when school let out on Memorial Day and didn't resume until after Labor Day—a true three-month break that today's kids can only dream about.The hosts share their wildly different summer experiences, from Megan's structured daycare and camp life to Lesley's rural gardening adventures and theater camps. They reminisce about the sensory touchstones of Gen X summers: the distinctive sound of approaching ice cream trucks, orange sherbet push-ups that defined childhood happiness, and those plastic sleeve popsicles that inevitably cut the co...
2025-06-0751 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!GenX - No Retirement, No Supervision, No PoniesRemember when a birthday party meant friends, pizza, and a Mylar balloon that floated in your house for months? When financial advice was more reassuring than "we just don't know"? When the sound of race cars echoed through an entire city on Memorial Day weekend?In this episode, Megan and Lesley dive into the unique experience of growing up as latchkey kids in the 1980s—a generation whose parents were busy "doing shit" and sometimes forgot we existed. The conversation takes a timely turn when Megan shares her recent financial advisor meeting, where the typical reassurances about ma...
2025-05-2448 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Is Kermit a Zaddy? Could Kurt Loder be my Dad? Who's old? Not us!Megan and Lesley dive into the surprising disconnect between celebrity ages and our mental images of them, sparked by discovering Kurt Loder recently turned 80 years old.• Lesley shares her harrowing experience with a stomach virus that left her with a "puke baby"• Discussion of the new American Pope Leo XIV, his Midwestern roots, and what his selection might signify about America's changing global position• Revelation that Kermit the Frog is 70 years old while Miss Piggy is only 50, creating a surprising 20-year age gap between the Muppet couple• Exploration of how MTV VJs including Kurt Loder, M...
2025-05-1051 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Friday Night Was for More than Videos!Remember when Friday nights didn't require checking your phone every five minutes? When plans were made in person at school and then you just showed up somewhere? Megan and Lesley take us back to their teenage weekend rituals in the 1980s and early '90s, and the nostalgia hits like a caffeine rush from those bottomless Perkins coffees (or teas) we all drank at 2am.With their new vintage bar setup as the perfect backdrop, the hosts trade stories about the weekend social rituals that defined Gen X adolescence. From roller skating parties that required good grades...
2025-04-2652 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!We Were Promised Robot Maids and Underwater Cities, But All We Got Was This Lousy SmartphoneWe reflect on what we thought the future would be like when we were kids, compared to the reality of our current world.• Tribute to Val Kilmer, discussing his iconic roles from Real Genius to Tombstone• Expectations vs reality of technology—where are our flying cars and robot maids?• Childhood predictions about life in the year 2000 and beyond• How Gen X believed in a future of improved health, environment, and space exploration• Memories of nuclear war fears and Disney's optimistic visions of tomorrow• Five Minutes of Fame: Amy's adventure meeting Henry Rollins in Dublin...
2025-04-121h 02
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Puppies, Periods, and Pac-Man Cereal: An After School SpecialWhat do breakfast cereals, women's health concerns, and government overreach have in common? They're all part of the rich tapestry of Gen X experiences that Megan and Lesley explore in this wide-ranging, authentic conversation.The episode opens with exciting puppy news as Megan introduces her new emotional support puppy, Olive! Lesley transparently shares her recent postmenopausal health scare, walking listeners through her experience seeking prompt medical care. The good news? Everything turned out benign. The more important message? Women's health matters, and places like Planned Parenthood provide critical services for those without insurance or primary care access...
2025-03-2956 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!We are Super Sick of This Shit - Let's Go to Casa Bonita!Ever wondered why those kitschy themed restaurants of the 80s and 90s still hold such a special place in our hearts? That yearning for escape isn't just nostalgia—it's a lifeline for the sandwich generation.Between advocating for our own health and caring for everyone else, Gen X women are desperately seeking moments of joy and transportation. From Medieval Times to Casa Bonita (now gloriously resurrected by the South Park creators after a $40 million renovation), we celebrate these immersive experiences that briefly whisk us away from reality.The episode opens with serious health topics—Megan's frus...
2025-03-151h 05
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Clash of the Dragon Jellies, Release the Sex DriveJoin us as we explore the nostalgia of 80s escapism through films, cartoons and personal stories. We laugh about our memories of past fantasy films, how they helped us survive adolescence and how they can bring us joy and hope now. • Discuss the re-release of 'Purple Rain' March 5th • Share thoughts on the current state of intimacy among couples• Debate the return of jelly shoes and our fashion frustrations • Reflect on nostalgic toys and their impact on childhood • Dive into the escapism of 80s fantasy films We invite our audience to share their own...
2025-03-0150 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Love in the 80s, Romance Scams & Gamer Girls Gone Mildly WildLOVE! What is it good for? Gossip and a billion dollar scam industry. Get Megan and Lesley's GenX take on lots of vital (hyper-specific to our own experience) nonsense including the following:Cursing Groundhog Day (fucking winter)BS and Hot Gos: Gossip about 80s celebrity couples and their influences Whose dead NOW?? Soap stars, Planned Parenthood Queen and ... Shrek?What shit are we sick of today? Romance scams targeting vulnerable people - we offer resources for protecting loved ones from becoming victims because panicking alone doesn't help. (34:17) - BREAKGenXpert/N...
2025-02-151h 15
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Season TWO! Episode ONE! "Where's the Bean?" Will you be my GenX Valentine?Megan and Lesley here, back from a holiday break and feelin' spunky. We have made no improvements or changes to this podcast during our time away. We defied capitalism and rested. So, "You get what you get and you don't throw a fit."It's cold as fuck and our streets look like Hoth but we made it to the studio just for youdio! (Youyouyoudio - oh oh)What do saggy testicles and shrinking lady bits have in common? Buckle up buttercup - you're gonna find out. We discuss the legendary David Lynch. His surreal films a...
2025-02-011h 07GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Episode 15! Leg Warmers & Lawn Ornaments: A Very Gen X HolidayNavigating the complexities of holiday obligations often brings up feelings of nostalgia and frustration. In a heartfelt discussion, Megan and Lesley explore their memories of holiday traditions, share experiences of unwrapping gifts, and highlight the struggle between maintaining cherished customs and the need for intentional change. • Reflections on 80s fashion and the bewildering return of certain trends • The emotional toll of holiday obligations versus joyful traditions • Conversations from the community about navigating the holiday season • Nostalgic memories of childhood gifts and family gatherings • The evolution of holiday foods and shared recipes • A look back on holid...
2024-12-211h 33
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Episode 0: Water 0, Cat 1Get to know Megan and Lesley as they find themselves suddenly making a podcast *GASP*. In this episode Megan and Lesley learn about levels and volume consistency. Megan and Lesley get upstaged by a cat. Megan and Lesley ramble on about high school and try to figure out what in the hell they are actually doing and if they should keep doing it. TBA!Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Support the showGrab our MERCH!!! 2026 - We donate $2 per item sold with a...
2024-12-2156 minGenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Episode 14: Where Did You Put The D?Megan and Lesley talk about holiday movies past and present. Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Support the showGrab our MERCH!!! 2026 - We donate $2 per item sold with a minimum of $200 to each org!Jan-Feb - Influenced Mar-Apr - Exodus Refugee ImmigrationMay-Jun - Rapha InternationalJul-Aug - Sept-Oct - Nov-Dec - Love the pod? Let us know! SUPPORT THE POD HERE! Sign up for our newsletter! HERE
2024-12-071h 01GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Episode 13: Pass Me The Micro MagicIt's almost Thanksgiving in the U.S. and this episode is all about food! (Please don't forget BOTH of these women have ADHD.) Listen to Lesley and Megan while they 'talk shit about shit'. (This episode starts around 13:30.) They deep dive into the "Foods of the Past" like T.V. Dinners, Micro Magic, Chef Boyardee and La Choy and keeping our bodies alive for one more day with fancy vitamins because of all the crap we ate.There are some terrible impersonations, conversations about skirt twirling, patchouli and black light posters. We talk about They...
2024-11-231h 13
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Episode 12: It's the Most Wonderful Time...on T.V.Megan and Lesley wander down yet ANOTHER long sealed tunnel in their minds to dust off the holiday specials of the 70s and 80s (which were from the 50s?) and an little 90s nostalgia thrown in. Learn about the talent that crosses over generations and genres. We are back at it with a full-length episode including:"BS and Hot Gos" aka "Who Died This Week" featuring our love for Teri Garr and her career that ties all the way back to Elvis. "What Shit are we Sick of This Week?" - THE STATE OF...
2024-11-0954 min
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Episode 11: The Price is Wrong Due to InflationOOPS! We are a day late due to all the things we talk about at the beginning of the pod. The Irvington (IN) Halloween Festival kicked Lesley and Producer Tim's butt this year. Thanks for your patience and and grace while we get back on track.In THIS episode Lesley and Megan talk about GAMESHOWS from the 70s and 80s! But first they do a little singing and talk about Megan's latest concert and their love of Maggie Smith & Clash of the Titans.They also admit that they have forgotten a whole segament of the pod for...
2024-10-271h 10