Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast

Dani & Katie
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Xennial co-hosts Dani and Katie talk about their analog childhoods, digital adulthoods and everything in between. If you love 1980's and 1990's pop culture content, this is the podcast for you!

  1. 4d ago

    My So-Called Life Rewatch, Ep. 5, 6 & 7: Acne, Poetry and Substitutes

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to our rewatch of the 90's cult classic teen drama My So-Called Life. For today's episode, we watched: E5: The Zit E6: The Substitute E7: Why Jordan Can't Read We're watching My So-Called Life on Amazon Prime, but check Archive.org first to see if you can watch it for free. Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below: Patreon TikTok Instagram Facebook Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com Request an episode topic here

  2. Aug 19

    My So-Called Life Rewatch, Episodes 2, 3, 4: Jordan Catalano Rumors and Guns in School

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to our rewatch of the 90's cult classic teen drama My So-Called Life, which TRAGICALLY only saw one season. For today's episode, we watched: E2: Dancing in the Dark E3: Guns and Gossip E4: Father Figures We're watching My So-Called Life on Amazon Prime, but check Archive.org first to see if you can watch it for free. Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below: Patreon TikTok Instagram Facebook Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com Request an episode topic here

  3. Aug 10

    My So-Called Life Rewatch: Pilot Episode

    Send us Fan Mail We're kicking off a new rewatch, and this time it is of the 1994 Xennial cult classic My So-Called Life, which only aired for one season on ABC (but you may have seen the re-runs on MTV).  On this kickoff episode, Dani shares the background information on the writers, actors and context of the show from the POV of an average teenage girl.  We're watching My So-Called Life on Amazon Prime, but check Archive.org first to see if you can watch it for free. Season 1, Episode 1: Pilot This episode was made possible by the following sources: My So-Called Life on Wikipedia My So-Called Life, 30 years later on People.com My So-Called Life on IMDB Staci Keenan and Devon Odessa (Besties) on People.com My So-Called Life Facts on Buzzfeed How My So-Called Life Changed TV on TheGuardian.com Episode Topics and Mentions: Claire Danes Jared Leto A.J. Langer Wilson Cruz Devin Odessa Devin Gummersall Bess Armstrong Tom Irwin Lisa Wilhoit Winnie Holzman Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz Alicia Silverstone Shannon Leto Stephen Schwartz Barbara Streisand Jimmy Buffett Staci Keanan Laurie Metcalf John Malkovich Gary Sinise Joan Allen Chelsea Clinton Anne Frank Jimmy Stewart My So-Called Life Dawson's Creek Little Women Romeo + Juliet The Way We Were Wicked Rent The Wonder Years Step by Step Blossom Coach Hanging with Mr. Cooper Baywatch Seinfeld Touched by an Angel Party of Five Sister, Sister Ally McBeal The Facts of Life Small Wonder Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman Felicity Hook Mean Girls Clueless Porky's It's a Wonderful Life Arrested Development 7th Heaven Even Stevens Jaws 3-D The Haunting China Beach The Outer Limits Beethoven's 2nd My Girl 2 Independence Day Dick Fight Club Girl, Interrupted Urban Legend American Psycho Masters of the Universe Everybody Hurts — R.E.M. My So-Called Life — The Ataris Claire Danes' Poster — Size 14 Companies / Organizations / Places ABC MTV Amazon Apple TV Archive.org People Magazine Elle TV Guide Entertainment Weekly Time Rolling Stone The Atlantic Steppenwolf Theatre Company 30 Seconds to Mars The Ataris University High School Space Center Topics LGBTQ+ representation Teen sexuality Teen fashion Sharing clothes Life before cell phones 1990s nostalgia Early internet fandom Fan campaigns to save canceled TV shows Television cancellations Cult TV shows Child actors / child labor laws Method acting Actors' careers Theater and Broadway Community theater Hair color / changing your hair Y2K High school Smoking in high school Police giving teenagers rides home College memories Dating/relationships 1990s music 1990s movies TV Easter eggs Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below: Patreon TikTok Instagram Facebook Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com Request an episode topic here

  4. Aug 3

    Anne of Green Gables: A Xennial Girl Summer Re-Read

    Send us Fan Mail We’re wrapping up Xennial Girl Summer with a re-read of the original 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables and discussing all of the spinoff pieces of pop culture it has inspired.  We hope you've enjoyed Xennial Girl Summer. Let us know what you'd like us to watch and read next time! Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below: Patreon TikTok Instagram Facebook Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com Request an episode topic here

  5. Jul 27

    Space Camp: A Xennial Girl Summer Rewatch

    Send us Fan Mail We journeyed to outer space and back on our final Xennial Girl Summer rewatch of 2026: The 1986 classic Space Camp. Join us for all the 80's camp (including a robot named Jinx) and a discussion of the cultural climate at the time the movie was released. This film is hard to find on streaming services, so we watched it on Archive.org This episode was made possible by the following sources: Space Camp on IMDB Space Camp on Wikipedia Space Camp at 40 on Space.com Neil Armstrong misheard quote on Mental Floss Episode Topics and Mentions: Dawson's Creek Party of Five Alias  John Williams  Star Wars Indiana Jones Harry Potter E.T. Close Encounters of the Third Kind Jurassic Park  Steven Spielberg   NASA   Challenger disaster   Roger Ebert   VHS era   US Space & Rocket Center   Huntsville, Alabama   Kennedy Space Center   Cape Canaveral   Atlantis shuttle simulator   Gimbal technology   Kate Capshaw   Tom Skerritt   Tate Donovan   Lea Thompson   Kelly Preston   Joaquin (Leaf) Phoenix   Jennifer Aniston   Sandra Bullock   Hercules  Friends Ally McBeal Love Potion No. 9 Memphis Belle Top Gun Steel Magnolias Picket Fences Back to the Future Howard the Duck Some Kind of Wonderful Dennis the Menace The Little Rascals Caroline in the City  Broadway's Cabaret Jaws 3-D  Ballet career and Mikhail Baryshnikov  Revenge of the Nerds The Karate Kid 227 Magnum P.I. The Jeffersons St. Elsewhere Martin Seinfeld The Jamie Foxx Show  John Travolta   Charlie Sheen   Kawasaki syndrome   Children's Health Environmental Coalition   River Phoenix   Johnny Depp   Viper Room  Walk the Line  Reese Witherspoon   Heath Ledger   Marlon Brando   Robert De Niro  The Godfather  Cults and "flirty fishing"   Space Camp Hall of Fame  Double Dare  Mikey Day  Saturday Night Live  Harry and the Hendersons  A League of Their Own  Geena Davis   Madonna   Tom Hanks   Rachel McAdams audiobook of Anne of Green Gables  Audible Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below: Patreon TikTok Instagram Facebook Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com Request an episode topic here

  6. Jul 20

    Sweet Valley High: A Xennial Girl Summer Reread

    Send us Fan Mail It's good twin versus evil twin as we reread the first in the iconic 80's and 90's book series Sweet Valley High. Did you know there are more than 180 of these books by Francine Pascal? We talk about the book itself (holy problematic) and the background of the author, characters and entire francise. Were you a Sweet Valley fan? This episode was made possible by the following sources: Sweet Valley High Online Grab the Lapels (review site) Francine Pascal on Wikipedia r/Sweet Valley High on Reddit Episode Topics and Mentions Double Love Sweet Valley High Sweet Valley Twins Sweet Valley Junior High Sweet Valley University Sweet Valley Confidential Fearless Save Johanna The Ruling Class Hanging Out with Cece If Wishes Were Horses Anne of Green Gables Authors Francine Pascal Danielle Steel Harry and the Hendersons Fast Times at Ridgemont High Space Camp Dawson's Creek In Living Color The Young Marrieds ABC Afterschool Specials My Mother Was Never a Kid Jerome Offenberg John Pascal Jamie Stewart-Carmen Kate Rubin William Rubin Don Meredith Wayans brothers Sweet Valley High Characters Jessica Wakefield Elizabeth (Liz) Wakefield Todd Wilkins Alice Wakefield Ned Wakefield Steven Wakefield Enid Rollins Rick Andover Betsy Martin Alice Martin Winston YouTube Reddit ThriftBooks Cosmopolitan Ladies' Home Journal Modern Screen True Confessions NBC ABC ESPN CVS Publix Places Sweet Valley (fictional) California Manhattan Queens New York Los Angeles France Scotland Ghostwriting Literary ventriloquism Soap operas Perimenopause Brain fog Eurocentric beauty standards Patriarchy Diet culture Body dysmorphia Fat shaming Pretty privilege Thin privilege Female competition Diversity in media High school stereotypes Anonymous gossip columns Catcalling Body confidence Aging Self-esteem Journalism Broadway musicals Competitive dance Pageants High school sororities Pizza classroom prank Sports cars (Porsche, Fiat, Datsun) Internet trolls Reddit fan discussions Fandom pages Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below: Patreon TikTok Instagram Facebook Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com Request an episode topic here

  7. Jul 20

    Dawson's Creek Rewatch: The Finale

    Send us Fan Mail We finish rewatching the final two episodes of the entire series -- and boy are we in our feels about it. We spent two+ years rewatching it! How did you feel about the ending to Dawson's Creek? And how do we greenlight Kerr Smith's sequel pilot? For this episode, we rewatched: Season 6, Episode 23: All Good Things... Season 6, Episode 24: Must Come to an End Watch Dawson's Creek with us on Hulu or Amazon Prime. Episode Topics and Mentions My So-Called Life Freaks and Geeks Lily Leery Amy Doug Witter Bodie Wells Kerr Smith James Van Der Beek Mary Beth Peil Michelle Williams Kevin Williamson Busy Philipps Claire Danes Musicians & Music Edwin McCain Paula Cole John Mayer Annie Hall Writers' room representation LGBTQ+ representation on television Small-town sheriff Single fatherhood Guardianship End-of-life videos/messages Living wills and estate planning Military family deployment planning Soulmates (platonic) Chosen family Friendship across different life stages Television series finales Time jumps in television TV reunions/revivals DVD collections Poetry assignment in school Production companies Screenplays/teleplays Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below: Patreon TikTok Instagram Facebook Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com Request an episode topic here

  8. Jul 13

    Harry And The Hendersons: A Xennial Girl Summer Rewatch

    Send us Fan Mail We rewatched the 1987 fantasy comedy Harry and the Hendersons -- and ended up in our feels for some of the film. From the behind-the-scenes facts, to the Academy Award winning makeup, to the stars who humanized the otherwise outlandish tale, we get into the "why" of this movie still holding up in 2026. Don't miss any of our rewatches in our Xennial Girl Summer! This episode was made possible with the following sources: Harry and the Hendersons on IMDB Maggie Langrick.com  Harry and the Hendersons on Wikipedia Episode topics and mentions: Dazed and Confused Beverly Hills Cop II The Untouchables The Rocketeer E.T. Predator Predator 2 Big Top Pee-wee Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Twilight Zone: The Movie Footloose Terms of Endearment The Manhattan Project Raising Cain The Pelican Brief Shrek A Christmas Story Close Encounters of the Third Kind Absence of Malice The Prince of Tides To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar Magnolia Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? My American Cousin Cold Comfort Frankenstein: The College Years Death of a Cheerleader Flatliners SpaceCamp (upcoming rewatch) Fire in the Sky The Lost Boys Harry and the Hendersons (TV series) 227 Third Rock from the Sun Camp Wilder Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series) What a Dummy Perfect Strangers ALF The Crown 21 Jump Street The Twilight Zone Masterpiece Theatre Dawson's Creek Little House on the Prairie Sweet Valley High Anne of Green Gables Little House on the Prairie Actors & Celebrities Matthew McConaughey John Lithgow Melinda Dillon Kevin Peter Hall Rick Baker Steven Spielberg William Dear Gene Siskel Roger Ebert Alaina Reed Hall Tom Cruise Sandy Dennis Linda Hamilton Steven Dorff Joaquin Phoenix James Van Der Beek Jay Mohr Leave us a glowing review wherever you listen to podcasts, and connect with Generation In-Between: A Xennial Podcast at all the places below: Patreon TikTok Instagram Facebook Email us at generationinbetweenpodcast@gmail.com Request an episode topic here

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Xennial co-hosts Dani and Katie talk about their analog childhoods, digital adulthoods and everything in between. If you love 1980's and 1990's pop culture content, this is the podcast for you!

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