Xennialist

Jeff Pavlisko

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A podcast about a Xennial navigating the shift from analog childhood to digital adulthood. We explore nostalgia, modern society, pop culture, influencer culture, and the humanity crises of our time — A cautionary tale for the future generations or for anyone who remembers the before and is trying to survive the after.

Jul 22 · Video

Episode 4: The Last Time We Asked for Directions

We are the last generation to remember when knowing where you were was a skill you developed, not a service you subscribed to. This week: the death of spatial memory, the humiliation of asking strangers for help, and why getting lost might be the last truly rebellious act. Plus: a confessional about deleting maps for a week and finding something unexpected. Wanderlust. Anxiety. The open road. Welcome to Xennialist.
Jul 15 · Video

Episode 3: We Invented Adulting and Immediately Regretted It

We were promised a house, a pension, and stability. We got student debt, the gig economy, and a word — "adulting" — that exists because we needed a term for performing adulthood without actually receiving it. This week: the death of the middle-class roadmap, the false liberation of the side hustle, and why doing everything right got us exactly nowhere. Plus: a confessional that will make you feel less alone in your overdraft. Bitter. Funny. Exhausted. Welcome to Xennialist.
Jul 7 · Video

Episode 2: The Death of the Mixtape

A mixtape was never casual. It had a reason. A recipient. A forty-minute time limit and a handwritten J-card that explained everything you were too scared to say out loud. This week on Xennialist: we walk through the anatomy of a mixtape, interrogate the algorithm that replaced it, and read a listener confession that will remind you what it felt like to be loved in analog. If you've ever made someone a playlist and felt like it meant nothing — this one's for you.
Jul 4 · Video

Episode 1: The Last Analog Summer

We are the last kids to grow up analog and the first adults to live digital. In this episode, we excavate the lost art of boredom, stare into the machinery of influencer "authenticity," and ask the uncomfortable question: what did we lose when the world got a notification bell? Raw, comedic, and unapologetically Xennial. For anyone who remembers when being unreachable was just called being alive.

4 Episodes

A podcast about a Xennial navigating the shift from analog childhood to digital adulthood. We explore nostalgia, modern society, pop culture, influencer culture, and the humanity crises of our time — A cautionary tale for the future generations or for anyone who remembers the before and is trying to survive the after.

Creator

Jeff Pavlisko
Years Active

2026
Episodes

4
Rating

Clean
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Xennialist

Xennialist

Episodes

Episode 4: The Last Time We Asked for Directions

Episode 3: We Invented Adulting and Immediately Regretted It

Episode 2: The Death of the Mixtape

Episode 1: The Last Analog Summer

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