Gen X is a home for the generation that grew up during one of the most remarkable periods of cultural and technological change in modern history.
We remember a world before smartphones, social media, streaming services, and the internet became part of everyday life. We rode bikes until the streetlights came on. We spent Saturday mornings watching cartoons, afternoons at arcades and malls, and hours making the perfect mixtape.
We watched television go from a handful of channels to cable. We watched music television transform popular culture. We went from vinyl and 8-tracks to cassettes and CDs, from Atari to Nintendo, and from rotary phones to personal computers.
But Gen X isn't just about nostalgia.
It's about understanding the generation those experiences created—and where we go from here.
The Generation That Watched the World Change
From the cultural upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s through the Cold War, the 1980s, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the technology revolution of the 1990s, and the digital world that followed, Generation X had a front-row seat to extraordinary change.
We watched families, workplaces, schools, neighborhoods, entertainment, technology, and American culture transform.
Then we adapted to another revolution: the internet, smartphones, social media, streaming, artificial intelligence, and an economy that looks very different from the one we entered as young adults.
That ability to adapt, figure things out, and keep moving forward is an important part of the Gen X story.
More Than Memories
GenX.news explores the complete Gen X experience—from the world that shaped us to the world we're navigating today.
You'll find articles, videos, podcasts, interviews, and conversations covering Gen X history, growing up Gen X, music, society and culture, news and current events, technology, entertainment, and the defining moments of our generation.
We'll remember the music, movies, television, toys, cars, arcades, malls, technology, and everyday experiences we loved.
But we're also going to talk about where Gen X is today and where we're headed next.
That means conversations about careers, money, relationships, family, technology, culture, retirement, reinvention, and making the most of the decades ahead.
From the 1960s Through the 1990s—and Beyond
Our story didn't begin with MTV, and it didn't end when the 1980s were over.
We'll explore the people, music, movements, inventions, entertainment, politics, cultural changes, and historic events of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s that created the world Generation X inherited and ultimately helped transform.
And we'll continue following the Gen X story today—because our generation is still writing it.
The Gen X Experience
The Gen X Experience is our flagship podcast, bringing these stories to life through commentary, conversations, history, nostalgia, interviews, and explorations of the moments that shaped our generation.
Sometimes we'll laugh about things only another Gen Xer could understand.
Sometimes we'll examine serious events that changed our lives.
And sometimes we'll ask the question that matters most:
What's next for Generation X?
Remember Yesterday. Understand Today. Navigate Tomorrow.
We're not interested in living permanently in the past.
We want to remember it, understand it, learn from it—and use those lessons to build what's next.
Generation X still has plenty left to say, plenty left to experience, and plenty left to accomplish.
Welcome to Gen X.
Remember Yesterday. Understand Today. Navigate Tomorrow.