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Heather Jolley and Nicole Barr
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Join Heather and Nicole as we discuss all things Gen-X with personal nostalgia, current events, and an advocacy for the rights of all humans.  From music to movies to television and so much more, revisit the generational trauma we all experienced as we talk about it all. Take a break from today and travel back to the long hot summer days of the 80s and 90s.  Come on slackers, f**k around and find out with us!

  1. -1 дн.

    Red, White, and Like Whatever

    The heat is disrespectful, Prime Week is annoying, and we’re both one weird interaction away from snapping, so we’re channeling it into something useful and way more entertaining. We start with real life updates (Nicole moves, Heather is melting on the route) and then get oddly practical about summer survival: what to say to your mail carrier, what not to say, and how a cold drink can change somebody’s entire day. From there, the conversation takes a sharp turn into true crime with reactions to Maternal Instinct, including the gut-punch details that raise big questions about accountability, warning signs, and what happens when institutions hide behind rules. That naturally opens the door to a second kind of outrage: the recycled claim that women are “too emotional” to lead. We talk emotional regulation, double standards, and why the world might look different if leadership actually valued listening and restraint. Then we build a July 4 “on this day” timeline that doubles as a Gen X nostalgia hit: early Independence Day celebrations, Jefferson and Adams dying on the same date, slavery ending in New York, Walt Whitman, the Statue of Liberty, Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 debut, Two Live Crew’s Banned in the USA free speech fight, and Hotmail launching on July 4 as internet-era “freedom.” We close with beach town fireworks memories, traffic realities, and the kind of chaotic water park stories that only make sense if you grew up the way we did. Subscribe, share with your favorite Gen X friend, and leave a review. What’s your most memorable Fourth of July story? Send us an email Support the show #genx #80s #90s https://youtube.com/@likewhateverpod?si=ChGIAEDqb7H2AN0J https://www.tiktok.com/@likewhateverpod?_t=ZT-8v3hQFb73Wg&_r=1

    1 ч. 11 мин.

  2. 26 июн.

    Slay The House Of Ru Down

    Your hormones are missing, you’re sweating through black clothes, and the pharmacy is looking at you like you asked for contraband, so naturally we end up talking about RuPaul. That’s the energy today: messy midlife reality, sharp Gen X humor, and a surprisingly moving look at reinvention when your body and your life refuse to stay the same. We start with the menopause patch shortage and what it does to sleep, mood, and that unforgettable “itchy ear” sensation that feels like a tiny gremlin pulling your strings. From there we jump into a true fight-or-flight story from the retail trenches, plus side quests through disaster documentaries, sports dopamine, and the special kind of rage that comes with assembling furniture right before a move during a divorce. Then we go deep on RuPaul Andre Charles, from San Diego to Atlanta’s underground scene to New York City clubs, and into the mainstream explosion of “Supermodel (You Better Work),” the MAC Viva Glam era, and the long game that becomes RuPaul’s Drag Race. We talk about branding, criticism, inclusivity, and why the show’s mentorship moments hit so hard. The big takeaway we keep circling is simple and searchable for a reason: self-love, queer visibility, drag culture, and the power of self-creation. If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else? Subscribe wherever you listen, share this with a friend who needs a boost, and leave us a review. What’s your favorite RuPaul quote or your all-time favorite Drag Race queen? Send us an email Support the show #genx #80s #90s https://youtube.com/@likewhateverpod?si=ChGIAEDqb7H2AN0J https://www.tiktok.com/@likewhateverpod?_t=ZT-8v3hQFb73Wg&_r=1

    1 ч. 11 мин.

  3. 19 июн.

    Movie Night At Camp Rainbow

    The World Cup hits the United States and we expect to feel annoyed, embarrassed, or defensive. Instead, we end up watching visitors from Europe, Australia, and beyond fall hard for the stuff we barely notice anymore: strangers saying good morning, random compliments on the street, the sheer size of our states, the chaos of thunderstorms, and the kind of natural beauty that stops you in your tracks. When people start saying “we were lied to about Americans,” it pushes us into a bigger conversation about identity, perception, and why the loudest political voices are not the whole story of this country. From the Grand Canyon to Yosemite to small cities that tourists usually skip, we talk about what it means to feel proud again without getting boxed into performative, exclusionary patriotism. There’s a difference between loving your home and loving a slogan, and seeing the U.S. through fresh eyes helps us separate the two. If you’ve ever felt like you have to stay quiet about what you love here because you do not want to be mistaken for something you are not, you’ll recognize yourself in this part of the conversation. Then we switch gears for Pride Month with a film guide built around empathy and queer history. We dig into seminal LGBTQ movies that shaped culture and visibility across decades, including Rocky Horror, Paris Is Burning, Priscilla, To Wong Foo, The Birdcage, Boys Don’t Cry, Hedwig, and more, plus why classics like Philadelphia still matter if you want to understand the AIDS era and what came before today’s representation. Listen, share with a friend, and if you like the show, subscribe and leave a review so more people can find us. Send us an email Support the show #genx #80s #90s https://youtube.com/@likewhateverpod?si=ChGIAEDqb7H2AN0J https://www.tiktok.com/@likewhateverpod?_t=ZT-8v3hQFb73Wg&_r=1

    1 ч. 12 мин.

  4. 12 июн.

    Family: Some Assembly Required

    Blood doesn’t automatically make someone safe, loving, or present and Gen X learned that lesson early. After a quick round of travel chaos, cats, and the kind of airport anxiety that ends with an $11 beer and no time to eat, we pivot into a Pride Month conversation about chosen family and why it became a lifeline for so many LGBTQ people coming of age in the 1970s through the 1990s.  We talk about what it meant to grow up with scarce queer representation, casual cruelty like “that’s so gay,” and almost no institutional protection. Without the internet, community was built through coded signals, subcultures, and the places you could finally exhale. We dig into how the AIDS crisis reshaped queer kinship in real, practical ways: caregiving networks, grief rituals, legal advocacy, and the often-underrated role lesbians played in showing up for gay men when families and systems refused.  From there, we look at how PFLAG changed the script for parents who wanted to learn how to love their kids out loud, and how nightlife and performance spaces became more than entertainment. Drag families, ballroom houses, goth scenes, and club communities created mentorship, safety, and belonging long before “found family” became mainstream language. We also share support resources, including The Trevor Project, Trans Lifeline, SAGE, PFLAG, and The Black Line.  If this hits home, subscribe, share the episode with someone in your circle, and leave a review so more people can find it. Who counts as family to you, and why? Send us an email Support the show #genx #80s #90s https://youtube.com/@likewhateverpod?si=ChGIAEDqb7H2AN0J https://www.tiktok.com/@likewhateverpod?_t=ZT-8v3hQFb73Wg&_r=1

    1 ч. 4 мин.

  5. 5 июн.

    Sometimes The Clothes Do Not Make The Man

    One dumb joke can derail hundreds of people’s day, and one great song can define a decade. We start out in classic Like Whatever mode with best-friend banter, post-sickness exhaustion, and a headline that’s equal parts funny and infuriating: a passenger naming their in-flight Wi‑Fi device “BOMB” and forcing a transatlantic flight to turn back. From there, we dig into a question that gets uncomfortably personal: would you rather know exactly when you’re going to die, or live without the countdown?  Then we shift into our main story for Pride Month: George Michael. We trace his path from Wham’s bright MTV-era pop to the swagger and craftsmanship of Faith, including the moments that proved he wasn’t just a teen idol, but a writer, producer, and performer with serious range. We talk through the songs we can’t stop replaying, what Kissing A Fool and One More Try reveal about longing and emotional risk, and why Careless Whisper still lands like a gut punch. We also unpack the music industry side, including the Sony contract fight and the way fame can turn into a cage.  We don’t dodge the hard parts either: the 1998 arrest that the media treated like a spectacle, the pressure to “explain” his sexuality, and the broader context of LGBTQ+ visibility during the AIDS epidemic. And yes, we go there on the state of the world and why history feels like it’s rhyming. If you’ve been craving a Gen X podcast that can laugh, mourn, rage, and still love pop music, you’re in the right place.  Subscribe wherever you listen, share this with a friend who still knows every word to Faith, and leave a rating and review so more people can find us. Send us an email Support the show #genx #80s #90s https://youtube.com/@likewhateverpod?si=ChGIAEDqb7H2AN0J https://www.tiktok.com/@likewhateverpod?_t=ZT-8v3hQFb73Wg&_r=1

    1 ч. 16 мин.
  6. Please Don't Die

    29 мая

    Please Don't Die

    You can’t forget a slogan that’s been burned into your brain since elementary school, and that’s exactly what makes America’s safety mascots so fascinating. We’re Gen X, so our childhood came with a rotating cast of animated guardians, trench coat enforcers, and neon warning faces that somehow taught us real world habits before we even understood what “public health messaging” meant.  We talk through the biggest icons and what they were designed to do: Smokey Bear and wildfire prevention, Woodsy Owl and anti pollution messaging, McGruff the Crime Dog and stranger danger era anxiety, Mr. Yuck and poison control stickers, plus Vince and Larry the Crash Test Dummies turning seatbelt safety into slapstick you still remember. We also get into the complicated side of PSA history, including how some campaigns oversimplified the problem or leaned too hard on fear, and why they still changed behavior anyway.  Along the way, we keep it very us: a quick question of the week about favorite animals, an update on feeding the crows and earning our “crow army” trust, and a few real life moments from the mail route that remind us how much people rely on small kindness. Then we zoom out to the internet era where nostalgia, memes, and social media give these old characters a second life, even as modern dangers shift toward cybercrime, mental health, and climate change.  If you grew up on classic PSAs, you’re going to have opinions. Listen, then subscribe, share the episode with a fellow Gen Xer, and leave a review so more people can find the show. Send us an email Support the show #genx #80s #90s https://youtube.com/@likewhateverpod?si=ChGIAEDqb7H2AN0J https://www.tiktok.com/@likewhateverpod?_t=ZT-8v3hQFb73Wg&_r=1

    1 ч. 11 мин.

  7. 22 мая

    Do Effing Better

    Lorena Bobbitt’s name got frozen in time as a late-night punchline, but the real story is about domestic violence, marital rape, and what happens when the public treats a survivor’s trauma like entertainment. We sit with how the 90s media machine framed the case, why so many of us absorbed the wrong takeaway, and why that kind of coverage still shapes how survivors are treated today. We also dig into the systems that fail people long before a headline happens: the ugly reality of trying to get a protective order, the legal barriers that once made marital rape nearly impossible to prosecute, and the way abusers use control, money, fear, and immigration threats to keep someone trapped. Along the way, we share concrete domestic violence resources, including hotline and shelter options, because awareness is not enough if people cannot find help quickly and safely. From there, the conversation widens into what “believe women” actually demands, how victim blaming shows up in everyday language, and why accountability can’t depend on whether a story is convenient. If you’ve ever caught yourself rethinking a joke you heard or a headline you remember, this is a chance to revisit it with clearer eyes. Subscribe for more, share this with someone who needs it, and please leave a review so more listeners can find the show. Send us an email Support the show #genx #80s #90s https://youtube.com/@likewhateverpod?si=ChGIAEDqb7H2AN0J https://www.tiktok.com/@likewhateverpod?_t=ZT-8v3hQFb73Wg&_r=1

    51 мин.

  8. 15 мая

    The Parent Trap

    Your phone rings and you instantly know something is wrong. A parent is in the hospital, nobody is giving straight answers, and you are suddenly managing medications, paperwork, and family emotions like it’s your second job. We’re Nicole and Heather, two Gen X friends trying to make sense of what it means to “raise our parents” while we’re still working, paying bills, and barely feeling like adults ourselves. We talk through the caregiving reality hitting baby boomers and their Gen X kids: longer lifespans, chronic illness, dementia fears, rehab stays, and the shocking price of assisted living and home care. We get personal about a small stroke, the frustration of stubborn parents who refuse to slow down, and the quiet roles families assign when a crisis hits. We also dig into the modern twist nobody warned us about: elder care is now tied to apps, patient portals, pharmacy kiosks, and digital systems that can leave older adults stranded unless we step in. Then we go to the hardest part: end-of-life decisions. We share what we learned about DNRs, why “pulling the plug” can still land on the family, and how guilt can stick even when you’re doing your best. We also wrestle with quality of life, dignity, and why so many of us are rethinking what we’d want for ourselves. If you’re navigating aging parents, caregiving stress, medical power of attorney, or long-distance elder care, you’ll feel seen here. Subscribe, share this with a Gen X friend, and leave a review so more caregivers can find us. Send us an email Support the show #genx #80s #90s https://youtube.com/@likewhateverpod?si=ChGIAEDqb7H2AN0J https://www.tiktok.com/@likewhateverpod?_t=ZT-8v3hQFb73Wg&_r=1

    1 ч. 25 мин.
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Join Heather and Nicole as we discuss all things Gen-X with personal nostalgia, current events, and an advocacy for the rights of all humans.  From music to movies to television and so much more, revisit the generational trauma we all experienced as we talk about it all. Take a break from today and travel back to the long hot summer days of the 80s and 90s.  Come on slackers, f**k around and find out with us!

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    Heather Jolley and Nicole Barr
  • Годы выхода
    2024 - 2026
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    91
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