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Fourth Listener Feedback: Top 10 ’80s Movie Soundtracks

About This Episode Our Top 10 ’80s Movie Soundtracks Backtrack generated a lot of listener comments and emails! So much so in fact, that we decided to do this bonus episode to read and respond to some of them. As expected, some were in agreement and some were not! But it doesn’t matter if folks […]

May 23, 2022

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

About This Episode In 1981, we thrilled to the adventure of an intrepid archaeologist as he raced to beat a band of Nazis to a unique religious relic. Now, more than forty years later, the tale of our favorite whip-wielding hero is coming to an end with the fifth and final film. In this Backtrack, […]

June 22, 2023

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GenX Halloween Experience

About This Episode From homemade costumes to pillowcase candy hauls, Halloween as a GenX kid was something special. It was a simpler time with more freedom, but also prone to real-world scares that have led to a more watered-down Halloween today. In this Backtrack, we’re looking back at our memories of the GenX Halloween experience! […]

October 24, 2024

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Backtrack: Radio Shack

“Breaker, breaker 1-9, I just eyeballed a bear trap with a bunch of Evel Knievels about 10 miles past the coop. So if you don’t want a bear bite back it down.” Huh? That was just some CB talk in honor of this week’s Backtrack Topic all about Radio Shack! Any GenX’er who was into […]

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October 4, 2018

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GenX Roller Skating Rinks

About This Episode Having been invented in the 16th century, roller skates were certainly nothing new or unique to Generation X. But the advent of the disco-ball, light-show, rock-music-filled indoor social club and skating arena was decidedly of our generation! In this episode, we lace up for a spin around GenX-era Roller Skating Rinks! Patreon […]

September 1, 2022

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The Video Game Crash of 1983

About This Episode Four decades ago, just when video games seemed to be the next big thing, the bottom dropped out. Compounding problems like market confusion, consumer confidence, and game quality to name just a few, nearly demolished a seemingly unstoppable new industry. They ultimately made a comeback, but the future looked bleak when the […]

December 21, 2023

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