GenX Are We Adults Yet?
Gen X, Are We Adults Yet? - A Podcast For All Generations Hi, I am Jason, and I’m Greg. We are Gen X and welcome to our podcast! We are the last generation to grow up without internet, or computers. We are the last generation that played outside all day, until the street lights came on. We watched cartoons on Saturday mornings, while reading the cereal box during commercials. We didn’t have cell phones in our pockets, we shared one house phone. Growing up over the last thirty plus years we have learned a few things about life, raising kids, losing family, managing money, having a professional career, self care, and much much more. Each episode we talk about our experiences as Gen X’ers, Growing up in the 70’s and 80’s and how our lives have been influenced and shaped today. We are now hitting our 50’s and we are still wondering, Are We Adults Yet?
Episodes
But it doesn’t know what Gen X felt like. It doesn’t know the sprint to answer the house phone before anybody else did. It doesn’t know getting last-second instructions from your parents right before you picked up.
It doesn’t know the fear of hearing, “Take a message,” or being told, “If it’s Aunt Sue, tell her I’ll call her back.” It doesn’t know what it meant to ch...
What happens when a retired Marine looks at two giant boxes of modern MREs and immediately starts talking smack?
Last time Jamie was on the show, he spotted Jason’s stash and declared that Marines never got “fancy shit like that.” His exact assessment? “We ate fucking mud and then kicked its ass.” So naturally, we invited him back to cook dinner.
This week, Jamie—a retired U.S. Marine and damn go...
Step into the ultimate generational time capsule with a brand-new episode featuring a very special Gen X reunion. Host sits down with classmates Jamie, Tim, and Renae (Class of '89 and '90)—three former kids who somehow looked at the public school system and decided to spend their adult lives working inside it.
Together, they have personally lived on both sides of one of the biggest transformations in modern history. This epi...
Dude… what the hell is happening to our childhood?
This summer has been rough on Gen X. The people, places, and pop-culture icons that helped define our childhood keep disappearing—and every time we think we're done saying goodbye, 2026 says, “Hold my beer.”
Columbia House is shutting down. We’ve lost Catherine O’Hara, Robert Duvall, Chuck Norris, Bonnie Tyler, and now Dolly Parton.
These weren&...
Who Left Gen X Home Alone? 🔑
One generation grew up with the image of Mom at home, Dad at work, dinner on the table, and somebody waiting when the kids walked through the door. Then suddenly… Gen X got a house key. What happened?
This week on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, we're digging into the real story behind the rise of the latchkey kid. The economic boom slowed, inflation hammered American families, more women entered t...
Gen X vs. Gen Alpha: Did Kids Really Grow Up Better Back Then? What happens when a Gen X dad sits down with his 9-year-old Gen Alpha daughter and they compare childhoods?
One generation grew up riding bikes across town with no GPS, no cell phone, and one simple rule: be home when the streetlights came on. The other grew up with Life360, tablets, group chats, and parents who know exactly where they are at all times. Who's right?
Thi...
I’m Gen X—and somehow I ended up raising two Millennials, one Gen Z, and one Gen Alpha. Same dad. Three generations. Completely different childhoods.
So we asked for YOUR questions…and you gave us plenty.
Which generation got the strictest version of me? Have I gotten softer with age? Did technology make parenting easier—or just make...
Sometimes the news reminds us just how much of an impact our generation's heroes had on the world.
This week on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, we're celebrating the icons who made us laugh, made us dance, made us headbang, and gave us the soundtrack to growing up.
We'll talk about:
⭐ Cheech & Chong finally receiving their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and why they became counterculture legends.
⭐ Grandmaster Flash earning his ...
What happens when two Gen X brothers sit down with 25 questions about childhood, growing up, and becoming adults?
In this episode, Jason and his younger brother go head-to-head answering questions every Gen Xer has an opinion about. From Saturday morning cartoons and favorite Christmas gifts to the first album we bought, the biggest lies we told our parents, and the moments that finally made us feel like adults—we compare mem...
Every Gen Xer remembers at least one teacher who changed their life. Some inspired us. Some challenged us.
Some scared us. Some refused to let us settle for less. Long before Google, YouTube, and smartphones, teachers weren't just educators—they were coaches, mentors, disciplinarians, role models, and sometimes the only adult who saw potential in a struggling kid.
This week on Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, Jason sits down with o...
Did Kids Get Softer When They Stopped Fighting at 3 O’Clock?
Remember when childhood arguments didn't happen behind a screen? For Gen X, disagreements happened face-to-face — on the playground, at the arcade, in the neighborhood, or with those famous words: "Meet me after school."
This week we're looking back at the unwritten rules of growing up Gen X. Before social media, online arguments, and anonymous usernames, kids...
🎸 I Was In A Teen Age Band 🎤
Before careers, mortgages, and aching backs... there were garages, cheap amps, borrowed drum kits, and dreams of making it big.
This week, we're joined by fellow Gen X musicians who started bands as teenagers. From punk and thrash metal to garage rock and hardcore, we'll hear the stories behind the first gigs, battle of the bands, loading gear into mom's station wagon, terrible promoters, broken strin...
Was it hard being the new kid?
For some people, absolutely. The night before school they're laying awake wondering what to wear, whether they'll fit in, whether they're going to get lost, or worse... whether something embarrassing is going to happen in front of the entire school on Day One.
Me? I wasn't that kid. I made friends pretty easily and usually found myself floating between more than one group. Mostly jocks and stoners. Th...
The funny thing about Gen X summers wasn't what we did. It was the freedom. For a few months every year, we belonged entirely to ourselves. No schedules. No phones. No GPS. No notifications. Just bikes, friends, and the promise that tomorrow would probably be another great day. And maybe that's why we still remember those summers so vividly
This week on Gen X, Are We Adults Yet?, we're walking through the complete life cycle of Gen X dating—from the first crush to the first heartbreak.
Before texting, social media, and dating apps, relationships started with real courage and real risk. First, you had a crush. Then came the investigation: Does she already have a boyfriend? Who does she like? Who are her friends? Do I even have a chance? If things looked promising...
Gen X was raised patriotic, we were raised to LOVE our country, we may disagree on government, that’s ok, but we love our country. We sang hymms, songs of praise, My country tis of thee , sweet land of liberty of thee I sing… Why do we have such a great country? WHY do we have the freedoms we do? WHO makes up our Military? AMERICANS, Sometimes we lose AMERICANS in combat or other missions and Memorial Day honors THEM. ...
“No headphones. No soundproofing. No clue what we were doing. Just a powered speaker on the garage floor and two Gen X guys deciding to hit record.”
Join us LIVE for the 200th episode of 🎙️ GEN X, ARE WE ADULTS YET? 🎙️ That’s right… somehow we’ve managed to talk for 200 episodes and still haven’t been canceled, arrested, or fully matured. We’ll be celebrating: 200 episodes of Gen X nonsense the best moments and guests the memories, laughs, and chaos and most importantly…
YOU guys who’ve been hanging out with us along the way. So sto...
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