The Untitled GenX Podcast

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April 6, 2021

Cate and Lori had so much fun talking with host Trish the Dish of the GenX Voice podcast this week!

The gals chat all about their similar childhoods, radically different adulthoods, Lilith Fair, Ramones T-shirts, the suckfest of 1988, and how The Untitled GenX Podcast's sausage gets made. Join the Gen X convo at GenX Voice and tell Trish that Cate and Lori sent ya!

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Video: Cabbage Patch Kids 'birthed' in store (1984)

The Cabbage Patch Kids Panic of 1983

March 30, 2021

Cate and Lori revisit the great Cabbage Patch Kids panic of Christmas 1983 (but not before providing a dramatic reading of "The Legend of the Cabbage Patch Kids" for your listening pleasure).

Lori recounts the horror of being the last kid on Earth without a Cabbage Patch Kid, while Cate lends her midwife expertise to a genuine Cabbage Patch Kid "birth". The besties also get real about the pressures of "adoption" as 7 year olds, sex-ed via the cabbage patch, and just saying no to crazy capitalism on principle.

Slate's Decoder Ring: The Cabbage Patch Kid Riots

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Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) (Official Video)

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (1983)

March 23, 2021

Cate and Lori honor British badass new wave duo, the Eurythmics and their sophomore triumph 1983’s Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) and recount the childhood trauma of this iconic music video while celebrating the sheer genius of the album itself.

The ladies also chat about staying friends with exes, getting a seat at the table, cows in conference rooms, and how totally gross eyeballs are.

Eurythmics - Love Is a Stranger (Official Video)

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Punky Brewster: Then (1984) and Now (2021)

March 16, 2021

Cate and Lori are revisiting 1984’s Punky Brewster, season 1, episodes 1-3: "Punky Finds a Home" and catch up with the grown up, still punk Punky Brewster reboot that premiered just last month on the Peacock streaming network.

The besties chat serial killers in their neighborhood, getting paddled by the principal, the proper way to handle a found child, and how sometimes people you know become drug dealers.

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a-ha - Take On Me (Official 4K Music Video)

a-ha - Take On Me (1985)

March 9, 2021

The gals take you back to Cate's very first music video, a-ha’s 1985 synth-pop tour-de-force single, "Take On Me" from their debut album Hunting High and Low. They draw deep into the progressive single, innovative music video, and long-time legacy of this beloved and often-covered ‘80s classic.

The ladies also talk dining and dashing, cartoon crushes, getting sweaty and sexy, and trying again until you get it right.

a-ha - The Making of Take On Me (Episode 1)

a-ha - The Making of Take On Me (Episode 2)

a-ha - The Making of Take On Me (Episode 3)

Savoy Cafe location

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Reality Bites (1994)

March 2, 2021

Grab your Big Gulps, kids. Cate and Lori are gettin’ really real with 1994’s Gen X classic, Reality Bites starring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, and Ben Stiller.

The "emotionally mature" ladies talk about the passions and pitfalls of loving Troy Dyer types, social security numbers flying freely around college campuses, littering as a major turn-off, and how trading principles for rent totally bites.

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Full movie: The Electric Grandmother

The Electric Grandmother (1982)

February 23, 2021

Cate and Lori TOTALLY FREAK OUT over 1982’s endearing and oddly unsettling made-for-TV movie, The Electric Grandmother, starring Maureen Stapleton and Edward Herrmann.

And if you're like, "Never heard of it," you're in for a big surprise as the ladies recount the nightmare nostalgia associated with this super-messed-up-how-is-this-made-for-kids-TV-movie-about-weird-robot-grannies that still has Lori calling out for her mommy.

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Tori Amos - Crucify (Official Music Video)

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes (1992)

February 16, 2021

CONTENT WARNING: This episode explores sensitive themes such as sexual assault, religion, womanhood, sexuality, and identity. Listener discretion is advised.

Cate and Lori honor singer, songwriter, pianist, and survivor, Tori Amos and her debut solo triumph, 1992’s Little Earthquakes — a revolutionary album responsible for sending shock waves on to our airwaves and into our souls.

Join these true Tori fans as they discuss the way Little Earthquakes' "mighty tremors with tender tiptoes" shaped their coming of age, private pain, personal truths, and precious power.

Tori Amos - Silent All These Years (Official Music Video)

Tori Amos - China (Official Music Video)

Tori Amos - Winter (Official Music Video)

RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network)

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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

February 8, 2021

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and if you’re looking for love, you’ve come to the right place! Cate and Lori spread the love with 1993’s romantic comedy blockbuster Sleepless in Seattle starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.

Romantics and cynics unite as the ladies talk love at first sight, believing in signs, marriage over 40, broken engagement rings, internet stalking, and of course, tiramisu.

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