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Backtrack: Captain Kangaroo

About This Episode Goooood Morning, Captain! How many of us grew up hearing those cheerful words weekday mornings before school? This episode we take a truly fond look back at a childhood icon: Captain Kangaroo. Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownup Facebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUp Twitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitter Website » GenXGrownUp.com Podcast » GenXGrownUp.com/pod Merchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merch Theme: “Grown […]

Jon

June 27, 2019

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Backtrack: Celebrity Charity Events

About This Episode Back in the 80’s Bob Geldof, a singer and activist, started Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. Whether it was intentional or not, that started a wave of celebrity activism which raised millions for various causes and created a few number one music hits as well. In this […]

Jon

December 13, 2018

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Backtrack: Choose Your Own Adventure Books

About This Episode You are walking down a path and you see a dragon blocking your way. If you want to fight the dragon, turn to page 3. If you want to talk to the dragon, turn to page 4. If you want to throw rocks at the dragon…. well, you can’t. Why would anybody […]

Jon

April 2, 2020

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Backtrack: Christmas Is For Kids

About This Episode So everybody knows about Rudolph, but do you know how Donner and Blitzen joined Santa’s Team? Or what about the moose that wanted to pull Santa’s sleigh? If not then you are missing out on some “should be” classics that Jon shares with us from his favorite childhood Christmas Album, “Christmas is […]

Jon

December 12, 2019

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Backtrack: Christmas TV Specials

You know Dasher and Dancer, and Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen. But do you recall, the best Christmas tradition of all? It’s watching those amazing Christmas TV specials from our childhood, of course! Come along for the sleigh ride as Mo, Jon, and guest host Emceemur remind you of the reason […]

Jon

December 28, 2017

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Backtrack: Collectible Cards

Before Magic the Gathering and Pokemon cards, we used to collects cards for no reason other than to have them. We had shoe boxes full of baseball cards and our binders were covered with Wacky Packs and Garbage Pail Kids stickers. In this episode we talk about our experiences with collectable cards growing up and […]

Jon

September 20, 2018

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