GenX Women are Sick of This Shit!
Episodes
Deaths, Donations & our 80s Obsession - Goodbye to 2025!
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Lesley & Megan here! Thanks so much for lending us your ears twice a month! Thank you to everyone in the Facebook...
Holiday Chaos, Gen X Toys
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!We are back! Schedules - what can we say? Glad you're here to enjoy this little walk down memory lane! We are al...
From Victorian Party Tricks To Disco To Derby: How Roller Rinks Shaped Gen X
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!A dark afternoon, a good cider, and one glittering memory: the roller rink. We follow that spark into a full ride thr...
GenX Slumber Party Movie Night: They Moved The Headstones, Karen, But Not The Goo Hole
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!TV static used to mean the world went quiet. We start there—two Gen X hosts trading dog stories and daylight saving...
A Gen X After School Special: The Halloween Candy Panic of the 70s & 80s
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!This episode was recorded remotely and there are changes in sound quality. We will be back in our usual digs next tim...
We Interrupt This Program: The Challenger Disaster
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!A caregiver makes a hard call, the internet sharpens its knives, and an entire generation remembers the day a teacher...
We Interrupt This Program: The Regan Assassination Attempt
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Welcome back! On "Who Died This Week?" Megan and Lesley talk about the ever so talented and foxy, Robert Re...
Devil's Playground: The Satanic Panic and Its Gen X Legacy
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Remember when your Dungeons & Dragons dice might summon demons and heavy metal albums contained secret Satanic me...
A Gen X After School Special: Grab your Garanimals & Lunch Boxes! It's Labor Day Weekend!
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Remember when summer vacation actually lasted until Labor Day? When your biggest back-to-school worry wasn't act...
Tupperware Dreams and Vitamin Schemes
16 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Remember that moment when your neighbor invited you over for "just wine and apps with the girls," only to a...
When Heroes Fall: Childhood Icons Gone Bad
02 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!What happens when the stars who shaped our childhoods turn out to be deeply flawed, problematic, or even criminal? Me...
Wet Hot Summer Soaps REWIND! We will see you in August!
19 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Enjoy this episode from last summer while we get our shit together and take some vacations! We take a nostalgic dive...
We're Taking a Breather While the World Burns (But We'll Be Back)
05 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Need a summer laugh while we take a quick breather? Lesley's holding down the fort this week as Megan vacations ...
Surviving the Messy 70s and 80s - A Gen X Reality Check
21 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Remember when your parents smoked in the car with the windows up? When teachers could paddle students in front of the...
School's Out for Summer (We Had Three Months Off and Nobody Died)
07 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Remember when summer lasted forever? Megan and Lesley take you back to those glorious days when school let out on Mem...
GenX - No Retirement, No Supervision, No Ponies
24 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Remember when a birthday party meant friends, pizza, and a Mylar balloon that floated in your house for months? When ...
Is Kermit a Zaddy? Could Kurt Loder be my Dad? Who's old? Not us!
10 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Megan and Lesley dive into the surprising disconnect between celebrity ages and our mental images of them, sparked by...
Friday Night Was for More than Videos!
26 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Remember when Friday nights didn't require checking your phone every five minutes? When plans were made in perso...
We Were Promised Robot Maids and Underwater Cities, But All We Got Was This Lousy Smartphone
12 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!We reflect on what we thought the future would be like when we were kids, compared to the reality of our current worl...
Puppies, Periods, and Pac-Man Cereal: An After School Special
29 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!What do breakfast cereals, women's health concerns, and government overreach have in common? They're all pa...
We are Super Sick of This Shit - Let's Go to Casa Bonita!
15 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Ever wondered why those kitschy themed restaurants of the 80s and 90s still hold such a special place in our hearts? ...
Clash of the Dragon Jellies, Release the Sex Drive
01 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Join us as we explore the nostalgia of 80s escapism through films, cartoons and personal stories. We laugh about our ...
Love in the 80s, Romance Scams & Gamer Girls Gone Mildly Wild
15 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!LOVE! What is it good for? Gossip and a billion dollar scam industry. Get Megan and Lesley's GenX take on lots o...
Season TWO! Episode ONE! "Where's the Bean?" Will you be my GenX Valentine?
01 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Megan and Lesley here, back from a holiday break and feelin' spunky. We have made no improvements or changes to ...
Episode 15! Leg Warmers & Lawn Ornaments: A Very Gen X Holiday
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Navigating the complexities of holiday obligations often brings up feelings of nostalgia and frustration. In a heartf...
Episode 0: Water 0, Cat 1
21 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Get to know Megan and Lesley as they find themselves suddenly making a podcast *GASP*. In this episode Megan and Lesl...
Episode 14: Where Did You Put The D?
07 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Megan and Lesley talk about holiday movies past and present. Support the showGet your hands on our MERCH!!! DONATION...
Episode 13: Pass Me The Micro Magic
23 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!It's almost Thanksgiving in the U.S. and this episode is all about food! (Please don't forget BOTH of these...
Episode 12: It's the Most Wonderful Time...on T.V.
09 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Megan and Lesley wander down yet ANOTHER long sealed tunnel in their minds to dust off the holiday specials of the 70...
Episode 11: The Price is Wrong Due to Inflation
27 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!OOPS! We are a day late due to all the things we talk about at the beginning of the pod. The Irvington (IN) Halloween...
Episode 10: The Mall, an ADHD Fever Dream
12 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!In THIS episode Megan and Lesley love bomb one another to make you a little uncomfortable and to bring some joy into ...
Episode 9: I'm not your Father, I'm your GenX Princess
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!In this episode Megan and Lesley go on a long ADHD laden journey discussing the personal and cultural significnace of...
Five Minutes of Fame: What WAS Hands Across America Anyway?
14 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Megan and Lesley yammer on about a lot of nonsense in the beginning then finally get on track reading and listening t...
A Gen X After School Special: Wet Hot Summer Soaps
31 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Join us for a summer fun lovin' GenX Women are Sick of This Shit After School Special Number 2 all about the soa...
A Gen X After School Special: Desperately Seeking Ron Popeil
17 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!In this "After School Special" Megan takes Lesley on a tour of infomercials from the 80s and beyond. What...
Episode 5: Life, Death & Disney
03 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!In this episode Megan and Lesley gossip about Stranger Things, Lesley's fave D&D candle company and the magi...
Episode 4: Fuck No, I Want a Seat!
20 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!With the Summer concert season in full swing, Megan and Lesley talk about music, fave bands, summer 2024 tours and ho...
Episode 3: Hot Flash Summer
06 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!In this episode Megan and Lesley talk about how freaking hot they are in the way that only mid-century old women can....
Episode 2: Lost Film Found (a Cinderella Story)
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!Megan and Lesley hear the tale of a roll of film found at a Cinderella concert with images of a mystery woman who had...
Episode 1: Put Your Teeth Back In Grandma
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Want to weigh in? Send us a text!In this installment, Megan and Lesley discuss the untimely passing of a musician of influence, birth of the 24 hour n...