Gen X Bites

Tony Karraa & Eric Wibbelsmann
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Two Gen X best friends of 40+ years flash back to the 70s and 80s and compare life in the analog days to modern day digital mayhem. Come back in time with us as we re-live the adventures of growing up Generation X. Join us for stories, laughs, and real talk about being a GenX kid, teen, and now adult in the digital age. If you grew up in the 70s and 80s — or just love retro nostalgia — this podcast is for you. IG: @genxbites TT: @genxbites Email: eric@ericvo.com Patreon: patreon.com/genxbites

  1. 12/01/2025

    Gen X House Parties - One More Wine Cooler Before the Cops Show Up

    Gen X house parties started out innocently enough.  Just a few friends hanging out while your parents were out of town. Until word got around. The outcome? Four kegs, a full band, 200 people you didn't know and Paulie Shore passed out on your front lawn the next morning.

    24 min

  2. 11/17/2025

    Gen X School Dances - Is a Cummerbund Really Necessary?

    Attending school social events in the Gen X days was supposed to be fun and help teach us social skills.  In the end, we wound up with prom photos featuring pastel cummerbunds and super wave hair bangs.

    24 min

  3. 10/20/2025

    Gen X Halloween Movies - Would Jason Voorhees Have Been a Good Hockey Goalie?

    Gen X spawned some of the most iconic horror franchises of all time.  Michael Myers managed to move at a snails pace and still rack up a body count.  Jason Voorhees taught us all to avoid the camp CIT.  And Freddy Krueger made sure we didn't get a good night's sleep for most of our teenage years.

    26 min

  4. 04/21/2025

    TV in the 70s - Get Your Ass Off the Couch and Change the Channel

    Long before streaming whatever-the-hell-you-want-to-watch we had a whopping 7 channels and we never had it so good. We'd all land on the couch after dinner and watch Fonzie, Laverne and Shirley, Hawkeye Pierce, JR Ewing and Bo and Luke Duke. Those were, without a doubt, "Good Times" (dy-no MITE!)

    27 min

  5. 04/07/2025

    Gen X TV Games Shows - I'll Take Paul Lynde in the Center Square

    Game shows in the 70s and 80s were a cocktail of boozed up hosts and celebrities guiding contestants down the road to a brand new washer and dryer or cold, hard cash.  We played the Feud, pressed our luck, made a deal and banged a gong from the comfort of our living rooms.

    19 min

  6. 03/24/2025

    Gen X Board Games - Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Collect $200

    Growing up gen x, nothing got the competitve family jucies flowing quite like a good board game! We thrilled at bankrupting our parents in a heated game of Monopoly or sinking a sibling's aircraft carrier in Battleship. The only time the TV stayed off was on game night!

    18 min

  7. 03/10/2025

    Cameras & Photography - Shake it Like a Polaroid Picture

    Capturing memories on film was an art form in the Gen X days.  You threw a 24 exposure roll into your Kodak Instamatic and hoped for the best.  A trip to the neighborhood Fotomat usually returned 3 usable pics and 21 shots of a fat thumb. Don't forget to order double prints!

    24 min

  8. 10/21/2024

    Gen X Halloween - You Can't Spell Fun Size Candy without F.U.

    Halloween in the gen x days was a treat for so many reasons. We couldn't wait to don our cheap plastic costumes with those masks that nearly caused suffocation and demand our fair share of Milky Way bars and Smarties. It was all pure candy bliss.

    23 min
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Two Gen X best friends of 40+ years flash back to the 70s and 80s and compare life in the analog days to modern day digital mayhem. Come back in time with us as we re-live the adventures of growing up Generation X. Join us for stories, laughs, and real talk about being a GenX kid, teen, and now adult in the digital age. If you grew up in the 70s and 80s — or just love retro nostalgia — this podcast is for you. IG: @genxbites TT: @genxbites Email: eric@ericvo.com Patreon: patreon.com/genxbites

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  • Creator
    Tony Karraa & Eric Wibbelsmann
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026
  • Show Website
    Gen X Bites