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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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Deaths, Donations & our 80s Obsession - Goodbye to 2025!
Episode 23
Saturday, 27 December, 2025
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!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 & see what else we can remember. Peace & Love!A candy cane cold open turns into a clear-eyed look at public grief, internet conspiracies, and how Gen X learned to hold two things at once: humor and heartbreak. We honor the lives and legacies of Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner, soap legend Anthony Geary, and Buck Rogers star Gil Gerard, while pushing back on the frenzy that fills the gap before facts do. The tributes are thoughtful, the memories are specific, and the message is simple—slow down, remember well.Then we go full Hawkins. With clocks, bridges, and portals as our breadcrumbs, we map a Stranger Things endgame that feels true to the show’s 80s DNA. Our working theory: the Mind Flayer breach lands, the team loses ground, and the only fix is a time reset that prevents Henry’s flaying—restoring lives at the cost of relationships we’ve grown to love. We weigh the emotional math of that choice against a darker 80s twist and unpack why satisfying finales honor the rules they’ve built. Expect deep cuts, from Goonies and Poltergeist to St. Elsewhere, plus a reality check on why some endings are infamous for a reason.We also trade New Year touchstones—corned beef and cabbage, black-eyed peas, “white rabbit” for luck—and that unmistakable Gen X pragmatism about amateur night. And because community matters, we share a year of member-powered donations to the Center for Reproductive Rights, Planned Parenthood, Indy Pride, WFYI, the ACLU, and Second Helpings, funded through LYLAS memberships and merch. Want in on movie nights, book club, and real-time chats off the algorithm? Join us at genxwomenpod.com.If this mix of smart nostalgia, cultural critique, and bold TV theory hits your sweSupport the showGet your hands on our MERCH!!! DONATION SCHEDULE! We donate $1 per item sold with a minimum of $200 to each organization! Jan-Feb 2025 - Center for Reproductive Rights March-April - Planned Parenthood May-June 2025 - Indy Pride July-August 2025 - WFYI September-October - ACLU November-December 2025 - Second Helpings Love the pod? Love us? Love GenX? Let us know! SUPPORT THE POD HERE! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Tell us your own 5 Minutes of Fame story or call it in at 1-888-GEN-XPOD Send us your Dear GenX Women letters! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions JOIN US in L.Y.L.A.S a GenX Women's Social ClubL.Y.L.A.S (Love You Like a Sis) is our paid membership platform where you can have real-life conversations while supporting this podcast and the work we do in the Facebook group. Follow us on ...
