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GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!Author: Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier
GenX Women are Sick of This Shit is a nostalgic nod to the humans of GenX in the Midwest. Each episode, co-hosts Megan Bennett and Lesley Meier, have an ADHD driven conversation about GenX history and pop culture using their own lives and experiences growing up in Indianapolis as the backdrop. The podcast is a creative project inspired by the Facebook group 'GenX Women are Sick of This Shit', created by Megan Bennett in 2023. "Five Minutes of Fame" stories and "Dear GenX Women" letters are sent in by listeners and members of the Facebook group and are shared with consent. The original Facebook group is a mosh pit of menopausal women talking about all things GenX culture and life in the 70s, 80s and 90s as well as being a GenXer today. GenX Women are Sick of This Shit is part of Latchkey Kids Media, LLC where we make things we like because we want to. Copyright 2025, Latchkey Kids Media, LLC Language: en-us Genres: History, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Eyes on the Sky! Kill Your Phone! (& Please Be Quiet)
Episode 3
Saturday, 25 April, 2026
Your nervous system knows the truth before your mouth does: you’re tired of being “on.” We start with the tiny stuff that somehow isn’t tiny at all, nail salon small talk, the sensory weirdness of having nails, the executive function it takes to schedule self care, and the relief of simply saying “we don’t have to talk.” For Gen X women juggling high "face time" work and busy lives, silence isn’t awkward. It’s oxygen.From there we swing into the big stuff: hangover math, why going out costs a fortune now, and what it means that Gen Z drinks less. Then we look up. The Artemis mission and modern NASA content crack open something we miss: perspective, wonder, and actual hope. But even that comes with a 2026 problem, AI is everywhere, and it’s getting harder to trust your own eyes.We also get honest about what social media has done to empathy and privacy. Why are people filming strangers in public? Why do phones come out when someone needs help? What happens when your childhood and worst moments become searchable content forever? We talk Facebook deletion, consent, diaries, and why Gen X may be the last generation that got to mess up off the record. If you want real connection, check out our L.Y.L.A.S. community too.Subscribe for more, share this with a fellow Gen X friend who needs a laugh, and leave a review so more people can find us. What’s one boundary you’re setting this week to protect your peace?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! HERETell us your own 5 Minutes of Fame story or call it in at 1-888-GEN-XPODSend us your Dear GenX Women letters! JOIN US in L.Y.L.A.S a GenX Women's Social ClubL.Y.L.A.S (Love You Like a Sis) is a paid membership platform supporting this podcast and the work we do in the Facebook group.INSTAGRAMBlueskyThe OG Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of This Shi...
