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Gen X Men PodEpisode 19 Shovel ReadyGary and Bill are back! Bill recounts his travel from Providence after nearly making the flight out on Saturday before the storm. The guys talk about the piles of snow and what exactly are you suppose to do when it is growing and growing and growing. Bill shouts out Mason fan Chris D. for taking the reins and making the drive the entire way from Rhode Island to DC. Gary's anxiety was on full display as he watched Alex Honnold free solo up the side of a building. Fear of heights aside, it was a wild watch! (although, we...
2026-01-281h 08Gen X Men PodEpisode 18: Let It SnowWinter is coming....Gary and Bill discuss the impeding winter storm coming to the East Coast and how Bill is planning on getting home from Rhode Island in the event of a canceled flight. Would you stick it out in a hotel? Or make the drive from Providence Rhode Island back to the DC area? Why older people like to use "ER Uber" when things get dicey. And if you need something to watch while you are snowed in after the NFL games...how about the #starsearch reboot on Netflix? The guys look back at the original "Star Search"...
2026-01-221h 09Gen X Men PodEpisode 17 Gold Rush, Blue Laws, College basketball Red FlagsGary and Bill knock down the latest headlines. Gold and Silver continue to explode (sure wish we had dropped the cash on gold back in college). It's the 106th anniversary of the 18th amendment (Prohibition). Did you grow up with "Blue Laws"? Do you remember locked coolers at the 7-11 after midnight? They talk the latest college basketball scandal as well. Don't you have to get the top guys on the team, not the back ups? NIL doesn't seem to stop the flow of illegal point shaving at the lower levels. The latest video from Minnesota with a citizen "...
2026-01-161h 13Gen X Men PodEpisode 16: Road Trippin'Gary and Bill are back with Episode 16. A tribute to road trips when we were growing up X. Gary's parents loved to make stops on trips, while Bill's dad was a no nonsense "no time for stops" type. 11 people, 1 bathroom at Christmas? check. Flat tire on the Jersey turnpike in the rain? Check. First flights not until we were in our 20's? Check! Nobody back in the day was flying for vacation...it was way cheaper to drive! (and pack your sandwiches) And January 8th is Elvis' birthday. Elvis is more of a boomer icon, but how would he...
2026-01-081h 14Gen X Men PodEpisode 15: Happy New YearInto the New Year! Gary and Bill are kicking off the new year with a show that covers nearly everything. Dick Clark's Rockin' New Years Eve (before Ryan took over), resolutions and weight loss for the new year, will Disclosure Day just be a way for governments to judge if humans are ready for "non human intelligent beings?". Finally, the guys give their 2026 predictions and discuss how Rwanda has suddenly become a hot bed for tourist travel. yes Rwanda. Like, Subscribe and leave your own prediction below! #80snostalgia #newyear2026 #weightloss #rwandatravel #aliens #disclosureday #2026predictions
2026-01-011h 13Gen X Men PodEpisode 14: Merry ChristmasIt's the Christmas Special Podcast! Well, not really, it's just Episode 14 and it happened to fall along Christmas Eve Day. Gary and Bill talk White Christmas (for Gary in Maine) how Marey Carey has made nearly 100 million (and counting) off one song. The boys breakdown the secret to Hallmark Christmas movies and why it doesn't seem like we will get another "classic Christmas movie" down the road. They also explore whether carrying on the Santa myth is actually lying to your kids/grandkids, and how the boys figured out Santa wasn't...well...you know. Thanks to everyone who takes...
2025-12-2559 minGen X Men PodEpisode 13: Concerts, Christmas and farewell Buck RodgersEpisode 13 of Gen-X Men Podcast (no, nothing to do with Taylor Swift). Gary and Bill are back and ready for the holidays. Sort of. Gary reviews the "Heart" and "Starship" concert (hint: grandma can still rock it!). Bill recalls seeing the Osmond's when he was barely 5 and then bought an older woman tickets to Hall and Oates so she would drive him to the show back in 1984. They talk they most seen and best concert experiences and Christmas songs all seem to follow the one main formula. They say a fond farewell to Rob Reiner and Buck Rodgers (RIP...
2025-12-181h 08Gen X Men PodEpisode 12 Episode 12--“Lennon on Monday Night, Diddy in the Dark, Mason in the SpotlightAnother Gen-X Men Podcast! Gary and Bill talk 45 years since Howard Cosell told us John Lennon was "dead on arrival" while doing Monday Night Football and all the conspiracies around P-Diddy (and some others). Where the internet rabbit hole can take you if you let it. Gary laments the latest money infusion into college sports and the guys debate expansion of March Madness. The last 30 minutes, Gary and Bill recall the Final Four run of their George Mason Patriots who are celebrating with a reunion this weekend. How did Bill end up with the ball from the National Semi-Final...
2025-12-101h 30Gen X Men PodEpisode 11: Kids Today Miss All The FunThe boys are back (thanks Thin Lizzy) with episode 11. Gary and Bill talk holiday viewing, what if the Peanuts Gang aged up as Boomers? They break down the logistics of how we found friends back in the day (leaving notes, white board messages and sometimes dumb luck) and discuss a shameful HS football coaching teaching his players one awful lesson. Drop us a note (new school style) in the comments on how your remember tracking down friends for parties or hang outs back in the day.
2025-12-041h 12Gen X Men PodGen-X by the numbersIt's an X-tra special Gen-X Men Podcast this week. Thanksgiving week, so happy Turkey Day. Gary and Bill look at some of the numbers around Gen X. How many of us still use Facebook? How many of us are watching old reruns on the regular? Why is #GenX considered the "nostalgia" generation? We break it all down on this week's episode. Make sure you like and subscribe and tell around about us! #nostalgia #facebook #reruns #turkeyday
2025-11-281h 03Gen X Men PodEpisode 9: Gen-X Myths, Facts or Fiction?Episode 9 of the Gen-X Men podcast has Bill and Gary discussing all those celebrity rumors, playground myths and weird things your mom told you about why you couldn't swim after eating. They dive into Ozzy biting the bat (and earlier...DOVES!), Richard Gere and the gerbil, Gene Simmons and a cow tongue? What? and lots of other lost memories from the Gen-X vault. Fact or Fiction all episode long. Was Mr Rogers a marine? Did Mikey die from Pop Rocks and Coke? Or maybe is was the LSD tabs kids were getting at playgrounds all over the country. Don't...
2025-11-211h 13Gen X Men PodRemembrance, Repetition & Rewriting HistoryBill and Gary are back with another episode! It's episode 8 and despite being a tad under the weather, the guys talk about Veteran's Day and how Gen X was lucky not to have a generational draft, why cookie cutter neighborhoods are the worst and why Hollywood take liberties when telling great stories. Bill looks at the newest trailer for the Michael Jackson upcoming film and the guys lament the lack of "blockbuster" films coming out of Hollywood. Scream 7? Scary Movie 6? Why? Gary falls asleep to Seinfeld and Bill just finds the entire show unlikable. Get your shoulder pads out...
2025-11-121h 24Gen X Men PodEpisode 7: Tom Brady clones his dog? Chatgpt doesn't know the year and we have our first guest.The Gen X Men are back, and this week Bill and Gary are bringing some serious energy — because for the first time on the show, they’ve got a guest joining them at the table. The guys welcome none other than TJ Rives (you may know him as @BucSidelineGuy, the longtime sideline voice on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers broadcast network, SiriusXM, and a man who has seen more NFL sidelines than most of us have seen lawn chairs). TJ jumps in for a wide-ranging conversation that hits everything from sports to pop culture to the slow existential crisis Gen Xers...
2025-11-061h 11Gen X Men PodEpisode 6 Halloween HavocBill and Gary take a look at how Halloween became the 2nd biggest holiday in the US, why horror movies make so much cash and Bill watches a tree climber from his window...yes...really. Get a peek at some of the craziest yard decorations from X as well. Like and Subscribe to keep updated! #80snostalgia #genx #horrormovies #halloween
2025-10-291h 12Gen X Men PodEpisode 5: McFly, where's the guitar McFly?The Back to the Future guitar is missing...which leads Bill and Gary to discuss other movie/TV props and what happened to them. The last original Jaws? The Ark from Indiana Jones? The Goonies Map? the boys will get you updated on all of those. And remember the MTV 1989 contest "Steal the Batmobile?" Well teenage Gary had a front row seat to the winner and how it ended (poorly) for a VCU student back in the day. Be sure to like and subscribe below! #genx #BTTF #jaws #80snostalgia #movieprops
2025-10-231h 25Gen X Men PodEpisode 4: The A.I. InvasionBill and Gary discuss the latest news from ChatGPT and why everything always goes to p0rn. Is Gen X the last generation to look at AI with skepticism? Are we all just destined for 1984? The guys give their view of where AI is heading, how it should be used and why they don't ever trust Siri or Alexa. All on the podcast no one asked for, but we are doing anyway.
2025-10-151h 18Gen X Men PodEpisode 3: Games People PlayBill and Gary dive into roaming the streets on your bike, the dangers (and lessons) of dodgeball and why video game taunting is best done in person.
2025-10-081h 14Gen X Men PodEpisode 2: One Hit Wonders of the 80'sBill and Gary discuss some of the best one hit wonders of the 1980's. From Synth-Pop to joke songs that became hits to that one band that got a #1 hit years after they broke up. It's a musical walk down memory line with some of the top songs of the 1980's. All of them reaching the top 10 of the American Top 40....and never returning to the top 10 again.Did we miss your favorite? Drop us a comment below! And be sure to hit that subscribe button for more Gen X Men. New episodes drop every week.Use...
2025-09-262h 01Gen X Men PodEpisode 1: Bon Jovi, Charlie Sheen and the peak years of Gen X moviesBill and Gary discuss the latest documentaries on Charlie Sheen and Bon Jovi and debate the best years of Gen X movies. Welcome to the podcast nobody asked for but we decided to do anyway.
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