GenX Are We Adults Yet?

Jason Andaya

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?

  1. 4d ago

    Look Mom — I Found the Rest of the Village That Raised Me

    They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well… I finally found mine. Last night I came across a full-color elementary school staff photo from 1978–79 that I had never seen before. And somehow, nearly 50 years later, I recognized almost all of them. These were the adults who taught me, corrected me, redirected me, put up with me, and—in more ways than I understood at the time—helped raise me outside of my home. And trust me… I gave every single one of them a run for their money. I was the kid who couldn’t sit still, couldn’t stop talking, pushed boundaries, tested patience, and probably made more than a few teachers question their career choices. But a few of them did something different. Mr. Andreise. Mr. Kizlin. Mrs. Vest. They took an interest in me. They saw something beyond the behavior. They gave me their time, their patience, their expectations, and sometimes exactly the kind of push I needed—even if I didn’t appreciate it until decades later. In this episode of Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, we’re talking about the teachers, coaches, neighbors, school staff, and other adults who became part of the village that helped raise Gen X. The people we may not have thanked. The people we never forgot. And the people whose impact we didn’t fully understand until we became adults ourselves. Look Mom — I found the rest of the village that raised me. Who was part of yours?

  2. Oct 26

    Every Gen X Remembers These FIrsts

    We didn’t become adults overnight. It happened one first at a time. Your first house. Your first bike. Your first crush. Your first dog. Your first favorite song. Your first car. Your first job. Your first best friend. Your first time getting in real trouble. For Gen X, those milestones came with a whole lot less supervision, a whole lot more freedom, and plenty of questionable decisions. In this episode of Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?, Jason and Greg look back at the firsts they still remember decades later — from Atari and Hot Wheels to girlfriends, old cars, school trouble, childhood friends, getting grounded, getting fired, getting chased, and learning consequences the old-fashioned way. Some memories are hilarious. Some are embarrassing. Some probably explain a lot about who we became. Because before we had careers, kids, mortgages, and responsibilities, we were just Gen X kids figuring things out as we went. Every Gen Xer remembers these firsts. What are yours? Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? Live Thursdays at 7 PM California Time.

  3. Oct 18

    Gen X Wheel Of Fortune

    Jason, Mike, and Greg are going head-to-head in a full-blown Gen X game-show throwback with our homemade Wheel Machine. We’re spinning for cash, solving 80s and Gen X puzzles, buying vowels, dodging bankrupts, hitting ridiculous performance challenges, and fighting for bragging rights. Then the round winner gets to spend their fake winnings in our over-the-top 1980s prize showroom packed with BMX bikes, boomboxes, stereos, toys, albums, trips, and everything our younger selves wanted but probably never got. No phones. No Google. Just memory, luck, and three Gen X guys trying to prove they still know their shit. Who spins big, who goes broke, and who walks away with the imaginary 80s dream haul?

  4. Oct 13

    Gen X: The Trivia Machine

    Mike joins us for a full-on Gen X trivia showdown powered by our homemade Trivia Machine. We’re hitting 80s music, movies, TV, pop culture, toys, random Gen X knowledge, and “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” questions — complete with buzzers, Daily Doubles, Name That Tune audio clues, trash talk, wrong answers, and probably way too much confidence. No Google. No phones. No lifelines. Just three Gen X guys, a touchscreen, and a whole lot of useless knowledge we’ve been carrying around for 40 years. Who actually remembers the 80s — and who’s been faking it this whole time? Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? 🔴 Live Thursday — 7 PM California Time

  5. Oct 5

    Everything Gen X Thought Was Going to Kill Us

    Gen X had a weird childhood threat list. We were sure acid rain was going to melt the planet, Russia was going to launch nukes, razor blades were hiding in Halloween candy, Pop Rocks and soda could blow up your stomach, and somehow quicksand was going to be a regular adult problem. Then movies joined in. Go swimming? Jaws. Go to summer camp? Jason. Go to sleep? Freddy. Go out on Halloween? Michael Myers. And don’t even get us started on the Bermuda Triangle. This episode, we’re looking back at all the things Gen X was absolutely convinced were going to kill us — from real Cold War fears to playground legends, movie monsters, and complete b******t we somehow accepted as fact. Gen X: Are We Adults Yet?

  6. Sep 29

    Gen X and AI — Tool, Threat, or Total Bull?

    Gen X grew up without the internet. Now AI can write, create, research, automate tasks, and even act on our behalf. Some of us use it every day. Some don’t trust it at all. This episode, we’re digging into the good, the scary, and the complete b******t surrounding AI — from useful everyday tools to job loss, data centers, hacking, autonomous agents, and the full-on Matrix nightmare scenario. Is AI just another tool… or are we building something we won’t be able to control?

  7. Sep 20

    What AI Doesn't Know About Gen X

    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 check the class lists before school started and immediately look for your friends, your crush, and your social future. It doesn’t know how every Gen X kid has a bike-pedal shin story. Not just a scrape — a full, bloody, dirt-filled, hot-and-cold disaster that ended with, “Do I need stitches… or should I just keep playing?” It doesn’t know the misery of the fluoride rinse. The pain of waiting for the DJ to shut up so you could record your favorite song off the radio. The rage of hearing the same hit song every twelve minutes for months. The disappointment of terrible movie sequels. The weird hatred we had for the Jerry Lewis telethon because it hijacked our TV weekend. Or why paper grocery bags weren’t trash — they were book covers, school supplies, and sometimes homemade fashion. This episode is about the stuff you had to live through to understand. Not the big textbook history of Gen X — the small stuff. The everyday stuff. The random, painful, hilarious, deeply specific things that made us who we are. Because AI can summarize Gen X… …but it still doesn’t know what it was like to be Gen X. Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? 🔴 Live Thursday at 7 PM California Time on YouTube and Facebook 🎧 Audio drops Monday morning

  8. Sep 13

    From Field Rations to Fine Dining - Gen X Goes Gourmet

    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 f*****g 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 good cook—is taking modern MREs, dehydrated food, and field-available rations and attempting to turn them into actual gourmet plates. Meanwhile, his best friend Jeff is bringing a ridiculous collection of vintage military rations, surplus, memorabilia, and whatever else he managed to drag into the studio. While Jamie cooks, Jason and Jeff are asking one simple question: WHAT THE HELL DID JEFF BRING? Vintage field food. Old military gear. Strange ration accessories. Collector stories. Marine memories. Fancy flameless heaters. Questionable food decisions. And possibly some stuff that hasn’t seen daylight since Eisenhower was president. Plus, we’re giving a Gen X war-movie shoutout to Full Metal Jacket. This isn’t a cooking show. It isn’t a military history show. It’s three Gen X guys surrounded by Army food and bad ideas. What could possibly go wrong? Gen X: Are We Adults Yet? 🔴 LIVE Thursday — 7 PM California Time 🎧 New audio episode Monday morning Like • Follow • Subscribe • Comment

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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?

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  • Creator
    Jason Andaya
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    223
  • Rating
    Explicit
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