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Backtrack: Evolution of Digital Storage

Today most of us walk around with hundreds of gigabytes of storage in our pockets and think nothing of it. In the not too distant past, to have a few megabytes of storage was considered a ton! For those of us who remember 5 1/4″ floppy disks, it would take 9,532 of them to store […]

Jon

July 26, 2018

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Backtrack: Remembering Pluto

About This Episode In 1930, a ninth planet was added to the list of planets in our solar system. Then in 2006, it was removed and reclassified as a “dwarf planet.” For some of the folks who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, this was sacrilege! Join us for this Backtrack as we have […]

Jon

August 22, 2019

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That’s Incredible!

About This Episode Do you remember all the times that Fran, John, and Cathy Lee warned you to “not to try this at home?” Then you’re gonna enjoy our look back at the early ’80s TV variety show, “That’s Incredible!” Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownupDiscord » GenXGrownUp.com/discordFacebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUpTwitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitterWebsite » GenXGrownUp.comPodcast » GenXGrownUp.com/podMerchandise » GenXGrownUp.com/merchTheme: […]

Jon

May 28, 2020

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Toy Stores

About This Episode Christmas season is upon us and toy shopping in high gear. And while most of that shopping these days is done online, we’re devoting this episode to remembering the nearly-extinct brick and mortar toy stores we enjoyed growing up! Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownupDiscord » GenXGrownUp.com/discordFacebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUpTwitter » GenXGrownUp.com/twitterWebsite » GenXGrownUp.comPodcast » GenXGrownUp.com/podMerchandise […]

Jon

December 10, 2020

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Top 10 GenX Schwarzenegger Films

About This Episode In the late ’70s, a young Austrian bodybuilder tried his hand at acting and soon became one of the biggest box office action superstars of the GenX era. He went on to star in many of the most notable films and franchises of our youth. In this episode, we will be running […]

Mo

July 22, 2021

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Guardians of Justice, Cassette Digitizer, & Garfield Kart

About This Episode We watch a new alternate-history superhero series loaded with GenX-era pop culture references, play a new adventure game steeped in the tradition of Chinese martial arts, and check out some tech that can bring your favorite mixtape back to life for the digital age! Patreon » patreon.com/genxgrownupDiscord » GenXGrownUp.com/discordFacebook » fb.me/GenXGrownUpTwitter » […]

Mo

March 10, 2022

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