The Untitled GenX Podcast

⛸ We’re here to warm your cold, cold hearts as we revisit 1992's romcom comfort classic 'The Cutting Edge', a film about ice princesses, Pamchenkos, and of course, toe picks! 🏒

🥇From s*x in the Olympic Village, men with cutting edges, signature dude moves, and pounding tequila shots, to Cate getting nursey, Lori forever falling, and our mutual adoration of movie montages, we skate through our eternal love for this iconic feel-good figure skating film. 🧊

💛 THE CUTTING EDGE (1992) IS OUT NOW! Listen all the places: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast

If you’ve ever pondered the sometimes fuzzy line between love vs. sacrifice … or helping vs. enabling … or beloved children’s classic vs. entitled child’s manifesto, then this episode is for you. 🤔

📖 We’re turning the pages of Shel Silverstein’s classic, The Giving Tree and exploring the themes we thought we loved (???), while unraveling the enigma of the renaissance man himself.

But wait, there's so much more! We dare to ask whether Silverstein was an intellectual hottie and where the forest's village was at, but not before discussing the high cost of lumber, why kids are attracted to ugly images, and of course, the healthy boundaries required in every relationship.

🌳 THE GIVING TREE (1964) IS OUT NOW! Listen all the places: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast

🔺 Don't go mistaking paradise for a pair of long legs, and don't go thinking there was ever a better Gen X love triangle than 'Some Kind of Wonderful'.

Friend of the pod and resident cool guy Kenny Stach joins us as we talk all about:

💗 The risks and rewards of being in love with a friend
💗 Stalker Keith
💗 Naked girls in locker rooms
💋 THAT KISS
💗 Kissable Watts
💗 Awkward dates
💗 Guyliner
💗 Sad paintings
💗 ...and how a lack of shallowness doesn't make you deep.

⭐️ SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL (1987) is out now! https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

Whether you're Team Lauren or Team Heidi, The Hills's "You KNOW What You Did!" still lives rent-free in your head (and you know it).

Rather than unpacking this iconic moment with your therapist, join me on Patreon in revisiting this aught-tastic emotional journey as I break down:

📌 My realization that I might be Team Heidi

📌 Hooking up for four hours

📌 Spencer rolling deep with loyalty

📌 Going out at 10PM

📌 Lauren realizing that she is, in fact, American

📌 Physical party invitations

📌 LC's ability to deliver a line

📌 My Spencer, Heidi, and drunk Lauren impressions

📌 The evolution of Audrina Patridge

📌 Where Heidi and Lauren stand now

📌 and so much more!

⭐️ Join the Patreon party here: https://www.patreon.com/theuntitledgenxpodcast ⭐️

❤️ We followed 'The Wonder Years' gang through first crushes, first kisses, first heartbreaks ... and first times?

Let's venture back to the summer of 1973 as we unpack 'The Wonder Years' series finale and attempt to answer the age-old question: Did Kevin and Winnie do it in that barn? 🤔

In addition to the did they/didn't they of it all, I discuss Kevin behaving badly, growing up and making brave choices, standing up to your parents, loud quitting, living by your wits, and that time I worked for three months and never got paid. 💸

Listen on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/theuntitledgenxpodcast

Grab your caftan and settle into some wicker!

My pal and confidant Divorce Coach for Moms Jessica Ashley joins me on Patreon to talk all about getting older, getting wiser, and getting golden in Season 5, Episodes 1 & 2 of The Golden Girls titled “Sick and Tired - parts 1 and 2” (aka “Dorothy Is Dismissed by Her Doctors”). 🏥

🩺From the seriousness of gender bias in healthcare, our own experiences as patients searching for answers, and Dorothy Zbornak as the premiere feminist of 1989 ...
.. to the silliness of "Golden Girls-ing it out" in our golden years, making friends with podiatrists, and our favorite Golden ladies being way too young to be so old, we get candid about aging, dating, second acts, and the undeniable power of female friendship. 👯‍♀️

⭐️ The Golden Girls - "Sick and Tired" (aka "Dorothy Is Dismissed by Her Doctors") (1989) is out now: https://www.patreon.com/theuntitledgenxpodcast ⭐️

This month on Patreon, Dr. Jeannette Guignard joins me to chat all about our favorite show in the TGIF lineup — Full House! 🌁

Specifically, Season 4, Episode 8 titled "Shape Up" (aka "OMG, D.J. Might Have an Eating Disorder!").

👙 From that monster Michelle (who honestly ruins everything), to the complexities of teenage body image, bikini pics on fridges, and showing off your new swimsuit to your best friend's dad (yes, you unfortunately read that right), we tackle it all ...
.. but not before hailing young Stephanie as the master of superior judgement and reasoning in this very full house of downright clueless adults.

⭐️ Full House - “Shape Up” (aka “OMG, D.J. Might Have an Eating Disorder!”) (1990) is out now: https://www.patreon.com/theuntitledgenxpodcast ⭐️

🚨 Content warning: This episode contains discussions surrounding disordered eating. If you or someone you love is struggling with an eating disorder or is looking for information and support, please visit nationaleatingdisorders.org or call 1-800-931-2237.

YOU GUYS. How have I neglected to share all of the amazing content on our Patreon? 😬

For just $5 or more per month, you'll not only be helping to support the pod, but you'll also get exclusive access to one new episode per month! 🥳

📺 PLUS, there are a bunch of iconic TV episode recap episodes you won't want to miss!

Hop on over to https://www.patreon.com/theuntitledgenxpodcast
where you'll find:

📍 All in the Family - "Edith's 50th Birthday" (aka "Edith Almost Gets R***d!") (1977)

📍 Beverly Hills, 90210 - "Something in the Air" (aka "Donna Martin Graduates!") (1993)

📍 P***y Brewster - "Cherie Lifesaver" (aka "Cherie Gets Stuck in a Fridge!") (1986)

📍 Dawson's Creek - "The Anti-Prom" (aka "Joey Still Has Feelings for Pacey") & "True Love" (aka "How Dawson’s Crying Face Launched a Thousand GIFs") (2000)

📍 My So-Called Life - "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" (aka "How My So-Called Life Left Us Hanging") (1995)

📍 Family Ties - “Speed Trap” (aka Alex P. Keaton Does Speed!”) (1983)

📍 Diff'rent Strokes - "The Bicycle Man" (aka "Arnold and Dudley Almost Get Molested") (1983)

📍 Felicity - "The List" (aka "Holy S**t, Felicity Cut Off All Her Hair!")

📍 S*x and the City - "S*x and the City" (pilot) (1998)

📍 ... and more! Join the party!

Our hearts are broken. We remain hopelessly devoted to you, Olivia.

👯‍♀️ One of my personal besties, boss lady Jeannette Guignard is here to shatter glass ceilings and female stereotypes in 1988’s era-defining feel-good feminist classic, Working Girl.

💼 Lace up your white tennis shoes as we chat corporate triumphs and tragedies, Frederick's of Hollywood underthings, and using our feminine wiles, but not before getting real about crying at work, vacuuming topless, and bitter backstabbing Bettys who stop at nothing to secure a seat at the table.

⭐️ WORKING GIRL (1988) with Jeannette Guignard is out now! https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

⭐️ This week's guest spotlight belongs to friendship expert Nina Badzin of Dear Nina! ⭐️

✍️ Nina Badzin is a writer and leader of creative writing groups.
Visit: https://ninabadzin.com/

🎙 She's also the host of the podcast, Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship.
Listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1576473592

💛 Nina's a wife, mom of four, and a passionate recommender of books and TV, and a fan of all the tearjerker movies.

🌸 STEEL MAGNOLIAS (1989) with Nina Badzin is out now! https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast 🌸

⭐️ This week's guest spotlight belongs to Tugené Davis! ⭐️

🤩 Tugené is a proud Howard University alum. Her degree of Fine Arts in Business and Entertainment has led to an exciting career as a performer and entrepreneur with experiences ranging from Black Entertainment Television to church sanctuaries to the Apollo Theatre of New York.

👏 Tugené's performed on notable stages, worked with renowned artists, and continues to entertain and educate with passion, conviction, and purpose through teaching, directing, filmmaking, and philanthropy.

💛 In addition to working on her first feature-length documentary Me & Nita, a film addressing the Black Maternal Mortality rate, she's also a loving wife and mother of two daughters living God’s purpose.

Me & Nita: A documentary film addressing the Black Maternal Mortality rate https://www.thedavisplan.com/meandnitadoc

Donate to the Me & Nita GoFundMe https://gofund.me/72489bcb

Me & Nita Documentary Film: Black Maternal Mortality rate awareness survey https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6uz_W_S59SpAEAr2i419w8hkW6QBs57AnONO6VNJPEeH-Dw/viewform

⭐️ SCHOOL DAZE (1988) with Tugené Davis is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

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🙌 Filmmaker Tugené Davis is here to join me in breaking down the many shades of college life at Mission College in Spike Lee’s 1988 musical masterpiece 'School Daze', starring Laurence Fishburne and Tisha Campbell.

🏫 Tugené shares the life-changing gifts she received from her time as a first generation college student at Howard University. Offering personal insight into the heartbeat of HBCU culture, Tugené gets candid about communication through artistry, Spike Lee's incredible messaging, daring to dream big, waking up, and the lasting legacy of her friend and gifted performer Chadwick Boseman.

⭐️SCHOOL DAZE (1988) with Tugené Davis is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

This week's guest spotlight belongs to Michelle Newman!

🎙 Michelle is one of the hosts and producers of Pop Culture Preservation Society, a podcast dedicated to preserving the pop-culture nuggets of our GenX childhoods!

💻 In addition to writing for a variety of online publications, she also spent eight years writing about her life on her blog, You're my favorite today.
READ HERE! https://youremyfavoritetoday.com/

😍 Michelle is a loving wife and mom who happily fills her days sharing the joy of our shared GenX memories on Pop Culture Preservation Society's KILLER social media and in the hilarious conversations she has with her sister-work-wives on her podcast!
LISTEN HERE! https://www.poppreservationists.com/

⭐️ DURAN DURAN - RIO (1982) is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

👑 Podcast queen Michelle Newman of the Pop Culture Preservation Society is here to fangirl over wild boys Duran Duran and their new wave sophomore triumph, 1982’s Rio.

🤩 Michelle gets real about life as Simon Le Bon's "wife" in '84, that first concert experience, nonsensical Duran Duran lyrics, titillating music videos, painted women, and Duran Duran as MEN ... but not before Lori is stripped of her Gen X membership for thinking Duran Duran consisted of two dudes: Duran, Duran. 😳

⭐️ DURAN DURAN - RIO (1982) is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

This week's guest spotlight belongs to visual artist Rowan Harrison of Two Tribes Pottery! 🤩

🥇 Rowan is an award-winning visual artist, arts instructor, and presenter of cultural affiliated arts programs working in the mediums of clay, illustrations and mixed media.

🌎 He has been combining the ideals of passion, apprenticeship, and patience, presenting his artwork rooted in his Native American cultural heritage to communities and cities locally and abroad.

👏 Rowan is also an enthusiast and connoisseur of all things visual arts, music, film and popular culture.

🙌 Visit his website to learn more, see more, and purchase! https://www.twotribespottery.com/

⚡️ DAVID BOWIE - LET'S DANCE (1983) is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⚡️

Visual artist Rowan Harrison joins me to put on our red shoes and dance the blues to David Bowie’s 1983 post-disco, new wave, funk-pop masterpiece, Let’s Dance.

From Bowie's desire to make a solid dance record to his use of music videos as social commentary, we chat all about the album's infectious rhythms and massive success that led to Bowie's "Phil Collins years" that followed.

Sharp suits and pompadours are not required, but they're definitely encouraged as we discuss an artist's evolution, the struggle to stay relevant, the challenges of innovation, and how we define mainstream in hindsight.

⚡️ DAVID BOWIE - LET'S DANCE (1983) with Rowan Harrison of Two Tribes Pottery is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⚡️

🤩 This week's guest spotlight belongs to radio veteran Buzz Bishop!

🎙 Buzz has been a radio host for more than 30 years. He’s met Britney, Christina, Beyoncé, and Gwen. He’s partied with INXS, slept through the chance to party with U2, and has interviewed everyone from Janet to 98 Degrees.

📺 In his incredible career, he’s been a TV reporter, newspaper columnist, dad blogger, and actor you might even recognize from a 90’s Subway commercial!

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Buzz is a devoted husband and father of two sons and lives in Calgary, Canada.

📻 He also hosts XL Mornings with Buzz on XL103 so check him out!

⭐️ PUMP UP THE VOLUME (1990) is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

🙌 I'm totally pumped to welcome radio host Buzz Bishop to join me in seizing the air as we break down 1990’s coming-of-age indie drama Pump Up the Volume.

📻 As a radio veteran, Buzz talks hard about the duality of the person behind the mic, the perks and pitfalls of that radio life, having Michael Bublé as a wingman, Michael Hutchence's Austin Powers's party, and cars that only come with one side mirror.

🎚 We also talk teen angst, soundtracks to sadness, pirate radio as a metaphor for social media, pushing our kids to get involved, following non-traditional paths, what happens in basements, and how absolutely old 40 used to seem.

⭐️PUMP UP THE VOLUME (1990) is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast⭐️

This week's guest spotlight belongs to Jess Sanfilippo!

🤘 Jess is the founder of Roadie Social, an innovative marketing solution for touring musicians who are dedicated to elevating the modern artist-fan relationship on the road!

Check her out! https://roadiesocial.com/

⭐️GEORGE MICHAEL - FAITH (1987) is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast⭐️

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Jess Sanfilippo, the whip smart and hella funny Millennial with a GenX soul, is here to join me in singing the highest praises of George Michael’s 1987 debut solo masterpiece, Faith.

🖤 From our earliest exposure to the evocative sounds, imagery, and emotional whiplash of this album, to George's beauty shots, iconic style, and undeniable genius, we dive deep into the messaging, meaning, and magic behind it all.

Come for the dangle cross earring, stay for the soul feed.✨

⭐️GEORGE MICHAEL - FAITH (1987) is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast⭐️

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This week's guest spotlight belongs to Jessica Ashley! 😍

🌹 Jessica is the Divorce Coach for Moms (recently featured by The New York Times!) and author of The Blended Family Q&A: 400 Questions to Spark Fun and Thought-Provoking Conversations.

👩‍🏫 She is also the professor of a graduate communication class at Northwestern University.

👠 Jessica is mom to a 17-year old son and 7-year old daughter, and wears inappropriately high heels to the playground.

Visit Jessica on the web: https://www.divorcecoachformoms.com/

Jessica in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/10/style/relationship-coaches.html

Get her book! https://www.amazon.com/Blended-Family-Questions-Thought-Provoking-Conversations/dp/1638072884/

⭐️THE PARENT TRAP (1998) with Jessica Ashley, the Divorce Coach for Moms is out now! https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

Jessica Ashley, the Divorce Coach for Moms is back to break down the double trouble of 1998’s romantic comedy, The Parent Trap starring Lindsay Lohan, Dennis Quaid, and Natasha Richardson.

From the lowdown on Lohan and Lori's experience fencing, to Jessica feeling like a woman wearing pantyhose for the first time, the gal pals talk camp liabilities, 1986 weddings, having a "spare", transatlantic relationships, family secrets, and kids calling the shots.

⭐️THE PARENT TRAP (1998) with Jessica Ashley, the Divorce Coach for Moms is out now! https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️

This podcast is our CARPE DIEM! ⚡️ What's yours?

⭐️DEAD POETS SOCIETY (1989) with Pat is out now: https://linktr.ee/UntitledGenXPodcast ⭐️