GenX Women are Sick of This Shit! (Megan Bennett & Lesley Meier)
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| 25 May 2024 | Episode 0: Water 0, Cat 1 | 00:56:01 | |
Get to know Megan and Lesley as they find themselves suddenly making a podcast *GASP*. In this episode Megan and Lesley learn about levels and volume consistency. Megan and Lesley get upstaged by a cat. Megan and Lesley ramble on about high school and try to figure out what in the hell they are actually doing and if they should keep doing it. TBA! Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit Tell us your own 5 MInutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!!
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| 25 May 2024 | Episode 1: Put Your Teeth Back In Grandma | 00:32:25 | |
In this installment, Megan and Lesley discuss the untimely passing of a musician of influence, birth of the 24 hour news, and the generational styles of flipping the bird. Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit Tell us your own 5 MInutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!! | |||
| 21 Jun 2024 | Episode 2: Lost Film Found (a Cinderella Story) | 00:30:23 | |
Megan and Lesley hear the tale of a roll of film found at a Cinderella concert with images of a mystery woman who had met the band. Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit Tell us your own 5 MInutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!! | |||
| 06 Jul 2024 | Episode 3: Hot Flash Summer | 01:00:26 | |
In this episode Megan and Lesley talk about how freaking hot they are in the way that only mid-century old women can. Hear reflections on the death of Donald Sutherland, Menopause and the "Take a Fan" suggestion and memorable live-action superhero's from the 70s and 80s. GenX Women are Sick of This Shit Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit Tell us your own 5 MInutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!! This episode was recorded on June 22, 2024 and released on July 6th, 2024. Sources: International Menopause Society The North American Menopause Society (Image Refrence) Orleans Album Cover Electra Woman and Dyna Girl IMDB Electra Woman Theme (Cyndi Lauper and YOU'RE WELCOME) Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Movie Paul Rubins death scene: Buffy The Vampire Slayer Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974: JStore Daily - from JSTORE, Nonprofit Library for the Intellectually Curious: A Bank of Her Own "The Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 gave every American woman, married or not, the right to open her own bank or credit account. It outlawed discrimination by both sex and race in banking. It is easy to forget today that this right has existed nationally for fewer than fifty years." National Women's History Alliance The History Channel - Women's History
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| 20 Jul 2024 | Episode 4: Fuck No, I Want a Seat! | 00:44:57 | |
With the Summer concert season in full swing, Megan and Lesley talk about music, fave bands, summer 2024 tours and how to enjoy (and afford) live music as a mid-century human! Hear some fun 5 Minutes of Fame about smelling (yes, smelling) a famous musician, seeing a musical temper tantrum live on stage and our FIRST GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit group member CALL IN!!! (At mInute 37 if you wanna jump to the middle!) Evidently there is an "Ask Jeeves Era" for GenXers?? Learn how we bought tickets in the olden days (by horse and buggy from the General Store!) 1-888-GEN-XPOD to share your 5 MInutes of Fame stories with us!!! Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit Tell us your own 5 MInutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!! | |||
| 03 Aug 2024 | Episode 5: Life, Death & Disney | 01:07:41 | |
In this episode Megan and Lesley gossip about Stranger Things, Lesley's fave D&D candle company and the magic of Disney. Learn a litte bit more about the personal lives of your hosts and the experiences that shaped them. Say hello to our FIRST show sponsor! We LOVE the women at The Rose Craft! 1-888-GEN-XPOD to share your 5 MInutes of Fame stories with us!!! Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit Tell us your own 5 MInutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!! | |||
| 17 Aug 2024 | Desperately Seeking Ron Popeil: An After School Special | 00:47:39 | |
In this "After School Special" Megan takes Lesley on a tour of infomercials from the 80s and beyond. What treasures will they find? What can you still get online? What happens when you call an old 1-800 number? Find out in this summer break brain bubble gum of nostalgia! PLEASE hang in there till minute 35!!! OMG! I just can't. 1-888-GEN-XPOD to share your 5 MInutes of Fame stories with us! Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit Tell us your own 5 MInutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!! Get on the waiting list for L.Y.L.A.S a GenX Women's Social Club Featured Infomercials! Phone Relief - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdDojNdM630 Popiel Pocket Fisherman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fh_YwAnv7w Auri car protecting "goo" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lxXqWF5ra0&list=PLjhu9vRAiH3GnDqOTt5P34AVs2m7_uJM1 The Bullet Express - 8 minute meal machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43VClzXOvg8 Ronco GLH Spray on Hair - "the babes are back!" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlbuUiWnlJc Mister Microphone - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqIrzkPDtrk KTel - Hit Machine - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE47PpZCE38&list=PLstZwD2dmTg7G5Z2ZkZ5kHpYUzpixXE0S Desperately Seeking Susan Jacket - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmqN8doiOr4 Corey Haim and Corey Feldman Call In - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QqhWFQLVh8
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| 31 Aug 2024 | Wet Hot Summer Soaps: An After School Special | 00:39:41 | |
Join us for a summer fun lovin' GenX Women are Sick of This Shit After School Special Number 2 all about the soap operas of our youth! From General Hospital to Dallas to the soap fantasy Passions which we never watched but have a lot to say about - wander down this little squiggly path of brain bubblegum. Listen to Lesley and Megan theorize in their GenXpert Not An Xpert way about the changes in daytime and nighttime dramas from the 70s to the 90s. 1-888-GEN-XPOD to share your 5 MInutes of Fame stories with us! Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of Your Shit Tell us your own 5 Minutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!! JOIN US in L.Y.L.A.S a GenX Women's Social Club L.Y.L.A.S is our paid membership platform where you can have the juicy, real-life conversations GenX women LOVE to have! Meet new women from all over the globe while supporting this podcast and the work we do in the Facebook group. General Hospital: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Hospital Dallas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series) Knots Landing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knots_Landing Falcon Crest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Crest The Young and the Restless: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_and_the_Restless The Love Boat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Love_Boat Fantasy Island: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Island Forever Knight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Knight Beauty and the Beast: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1987_TV_series) Passions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passions Dark Shadows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Shadows Mr. Mom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Mom Critical Role: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Role
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| 14 Sep 2024 | Five Minutes of Fame: What WAS Hands Across America Anyway? | 01:15:01 | |
Megan and Lesley yammer on about a lot of nonsense in the beginning then finally get on track reading and listening to all of YOUR Five Mintes of Fame stories! This episode is dedicated to the members of GenX Women are Sick of This Shit! Your stories inspire us and make us laugh! We hope you love hearing your stories as much as we loved sharing them. 1-888-GEN-XPOD to share your 5 MInutes of Fame stories with us! Love us? Hate us? Let us know! Want to continue the conversation? Sign up for our newsletter! HERE Join the original Facebook group! GenX Women are Sick of This Shit Tell us your own 5 Minutes of Fame story! Join us for Meet-Ups and Expert led Discussions Get your hands on our MERCH!!! JOIN US in L.Y.L.A.S a GenX Women's Social Club L.Y.L.A.S is our paid membership platform where you can have the juicy, real-life conversations GenX women LOVE to have! Meet new women from all over the globe while supporting this podcast and the work we do in the Facebook group. | |||
