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Billboard Hits of 1981

About This Episode Forty years ago, pop music was just finding its voice in a post-disco environment. In this episode we remember the top hits of 1981 as determined by the Billboard music charts. Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownupDiscord » GenXGrownUp.com/discordFacebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUpTwitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitterWebsite » GenXGrownUp.comPodcast » GenXGrownUp.com/podMerchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merchTheme: “Grown Up” by Beefy » beefyness.com […]

Jon

February 4, 2021

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Backtrack: GenX Era Comedians (feat. Kevin Gootee)

Pretty much everybody knows who Ellen is, along with Roseanne, Jerry Seinfeld, Robin Williams, and Eddie Murphy. But did you know they all got their start back in the 70’s and 80’s? We talk about them and other comedians that we remember, plus we have special guest, Kevin Gootee (kevingootee.com) writer and star of “Comics […]

Jon

May 3, 2018

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Backtrack: GenX Future Predictions

When Generation X dreamed about the future, we pictured either a technological paradise with flying cars, helpful robots, no illness and rocket ships or we pictured a wasteland brought on by some human action. Neither came true (luckily in the latter), but we’re still a ways off from where we thought we would be by […]

Jon

October 18, 2018

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Bly Manor, Object Desktop, & Star Wars: Squadrons

About This Episode We take a look at the new Disney+ series that chronicles NASA’s race to the moon, test-drive a bundle of apps that promise to augment your Windows desktop experience, and check out a new game that puts you in the cockpit for space battles in a galaxy far, far away. Patreon » […]

Mo

October 22, 2020

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Trivial Pursuit

About This Episode For most GenX’ers, board games were a big part of how we played together. In 1981, a new game came along where rolling the dice and moving your piece was secondary to your knowledge of trivia and pop culture. In this Backtrack, we’re going around the board collecting pie pieces as we […]

Mo

November 9, 2023

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The Rubik’s Cube

About This Episode This edition is all about the Rubik’s Cube! You remember it as that little twisty puzzle that drove you mad as a kid and became an icon of the 1980s right up there with boom boxes, Pac-Man, and leg warmers! With more than 400 million units sold and growing, the popularity of […]

Jon

June 11, 2020

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