WTF Gen X?!

Alice Chan
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  • Personal Journals

WTF Gen X?! is a new podcast specifically created for the latch key generation. We'll explore the unique challenges and transitions being faced by Gen X'ers today, interview our peers about their WTF moments across careers, money, health and relationships, and ask how they addressed the other WTF question: What's the Future? The aim is to widen our aperture, so when we encounter life's unexpected changes, we can find new purpose in this era, which comes without a playbook. Your host is Gen X'er, Alice Chan, a native Brit who has been living and working in California since the late nineties, who hit a big WTF moment in 2023 when it appeared her career had decided to abruptly abandon her. Learn more at www.wtf-genx.com.

Episodes

  1. 4d ago

    “You Can’t Come Down the Tree” - Gen X, Age Bias and Starting Over, with Grant Langston

    If you're a Gen Xer who has been told you're overqualified, too senior, or "a threat," you're not alone. Grant Langston spent 20 years working at the online dating site, eHarmony, rising from third employee to CEO. When he took on the CEO role, he was handed a company losing $2 million a month and, by his account, facing huge fines. He turned it around and sold it. Then he ran another business for five years as CEO. So why is he now being told he's too experienced to hire? In this inaugural episode of WTF GenX?!, Grant tells host, Alice Chan, about the moment he learned the job he was interviewing for was his to lose, but that his prospective manager would be fired for hiring someone so senior. They also talk about: Why past successes don't guarantee your next job, especially for Gen XThe "you should just start your own company" advice, and why it's a brush-offGetting hours of your life back after 25 years of commuting across LAKeeping your purpose in view Why being in the C-suite can leave you with a thinner network than you'd expectWhy community matters more than contactsCan you make money from your passion?Grant is also a musician and has sold songs to TV and film and plays with his current band: Grant Langston and the Grill Masters. Links: Grant Langston and the Grill Masters: https://on.soundcloud.com/6ekscW4iMwiflAfDKd  Grant’s Substack: https://substack.com/@grantlangston Grant on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-langston-la/ Grant on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grant8la/ Join the WTF Gen X community: https://www.wtf-genx.com/#community Website: https://www.wtf-genx.com Daily musings (with some cringe factor) on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wtf_genx/ Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: IOEXECSXSU3FZEPE Hosted by Alice Chan. Explicit language.

    “You Can’t Come Down the Tree” - Gen X, Age Bias and Starting Over, with Grant Langston

  2. Season 1 Trailer

    Trailer: WTF Gen X?!

    Alice Chan sits down with guest co-host, Kate Purmal, to talk about WTF is happening to Gen X. From careers ending abruptly, being tethered to big financial commitments, kids leaving home later, life expectancy increasing, the Boomer playbook just isn't working for our generation. How do we turn WTF into What's the Future?

    Trailer: WTF Gen X?!
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About

WTF Gen X?! is a new podcast specifically created for the latch key generation. We'll explore the unique challenges and transitions being faced by Gen X'ers today, interview our peers about their WTF moments across careers, money, health and relationships, and ask how they addressed the other WTF question: What's the Future? The aim is to widen our aperture, so when we encounter life's unexpected changes, we can find new purpose in this era, which comes without a playbook. Your host is Gen X'er, Alice Chan, a native Brit who has been living and working in California since the late nineties, who hit a big WTF moment in 2023 when it appeared her career had decided to abruptly abandon her. Learn more at www.wtf-genx.com.

Information

  • Creator
    Alice Chan
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Alice Chan
  • Show Website
    WTF Gen X?!

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