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Bulletin Board Systems

About This Episode There was once a time when it took hours to download a file, when you had to find out from friends and magazines the numbers to the best… well.. let’s call them “sites,” and when your home phone (no mobile back then) was the same line that you used to access remote […]

Jon

December 27, 2018

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Backtrack: Movie Rental Stores

Remember walking down aisles of seemingly endless choices of movies? How about renting a movie based only on its cover and finding gems but more often terrible movies? Do you remember making mad dashes to the video store at 2am to avoid paying late fees? Join us as we talk about the experience of the […]

Jon

August 9, 2018

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Backtrack: GenX Kids’ Books

I didn’t ask for much as a kid but the exception was when the Scholastic Book Fair was coming to my school! They had so many books that it was difficult to choose! Many of us developed our love for reading back then, so join us as we look back at some of the book […]

Jon

November 1, 2018

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Backtrack: Retired Advertising Icons

About This Episode Back in the 70s & 80s, nothing sold a product better than a great mascot or spokesperson. Everyone knew Mr. Wipple, Chalie the Tuna, and the Maytag repairman, and they became almost synonymous with the products they represented. We thought that they’d be around forever but times change and many of our […]

Jon

February 21, 2019

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Backtrack: Breakfast Cereal

About This Episode The crinkle of the cellophane, the tinkling of spoon in a bowl, the crackle of ice-cold milk poured over the top — it’s breakfast time, and that means breakfast cereal. In this Backtrack we discuss the importance of breakfast cereal to a young GenX’er, our favorite brands, and the rules & struggles […]

Jon

November 16, 2017

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Backtrack: Walkman & Discman

There’s probably not a GenX’er out there who wasn’t somehow impacted by the introduction of the Sony Walkman. The ability to carry the music you want to hear and listen to it wherever you go was seen as nothing short of a miracle in technology. In this episode, we talk about the Walkman’s history and […]

Jon

April 5, 2018

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