Gen X, This is Why.
203 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 months ago -Gen X, This is Why is a podcast that re-examines the sometimes bizarre and often scarring media from our shared childhood. Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal enemies, are your hosts. Our first stop is Walnut Grove as we take a fresh look at our favorite frontier family (as if we can name another), the Ingalls. There is some seriously weird sh*t in this show that answers a lot of questions...
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Little House on the Prairie S1:EP11 The Raccoon
August 21, 2023 16:15 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MBJoin sisters and Gen Xers, Jennie and Amye, as they recap Little House on the Prairie S1:EP11 The Raccoon. After Mary makes a mess of things and destroys Laura's beloved doll, she grabs a rabid raccoon and gifts him to Laura as an apology gift. Pa immediately knows this is a horrible idea, but no one listens to him and people almost die. Follow and subscribe to Gen X, This is Why wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on IG @genxthisiswhy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Time Capsule: Wham! (2023 Netflix documentary)
July 17, 2023 23:11 - 43 minutes - 59.9 MBJoin Amye and Jennie as they discuss the 2023 Netflix documentary Wham! This doc was light-hearted and fun and just what we needed. It’s a straightforward story of George and Andrew and how they took Wham! Across the globe with almost no drama. Follow us! Facebook: facebook.com/genxthisiswhy/ Instagram at: @genxthisiswhy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Little Miss Recap: Jennie and Amye chat Season 2 of The Bear
July 05, 2023 19:20 - 43 minutes - 60 MB**This is a sample of Amye's new podcast, Little Miss Recap, where she and a variety of co-hosts discuss some of the best streaming shows out there! Subscribe and listen today! She’s baaaaaack! Amye is joined by her older sister, Jennie, to talk about The Bear: Season 2 Everything you need to know about season 2 before watching season 3! We loved this series and season 2 was far and away some of the best writing on TV. From Richie’s redemption arc, to the exploration of childhood traum...
Patreon Release: After-School Special: What Are Friends For? (1980)
May 04, 2023 20:55 - 51 minutes - 70.1 MBAfter-School Special: What Are Friends For? (1980) This episode is from our Patreon archives and originally aired in February of 2021 and remains one of our favorites of all time! Twelve-year-old Amy Warner is the new kid on the block after she and her freshly-divorced mother move to California. All is fine until Amy meets Michelle Mudd, a tween who loves dogs, rainbows, shoplifting, and blood sacrifices. Amy grows concerned when Michelle attempts to cast a spell on her father’s new girlfr...
Time Capsule: Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields (Hulu 2023)
April 18, 2023 00:37 - 1 hour - 98.2 MBTrigger warnings for this episode include: child pornography, rape, sexual assault We are joined by Tess and Brooke from Psych Legal Pop Podcast to discuss Hulu’s Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields. If you’re a Gen Xer, you might feel like you grew up with Brooke Shields, and in many ways you did. She was the quintessential 80’s icon complete with her bushy eyebrows and tight-fitted Calvin Kleins. But few knew what was happening behind the scenes as her mother’s drinking became out of control an...
Gen X, That Was a Thing: The Abduction of Steven Stayner
April 03, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MBTrigger warnings for this episode include: suicide ideation, murder, kidnapping, sexual assault, and rape. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare, the image of your child’s face helplessly peering out the rear window of a stranger's car as it drives away from you and slips into the unknown. For Kay and Dilbert Stayner, this nightmare became a reality when their seven-year-old son, Steven, was kidnapped on his way home from school in Merced, CA, in 1972. For seven long years, Steven’s family ...
Little House on the Prairie S1:EP8 Ma's Holiday featuring Pamela Bob
March 20, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 92.3 MBMa and Pa leave town for a bang trip and leave the children in Edward’s care. What could go wrong? Edwards almost shoots the girls, never changes his clothes, shoots a snake and makes the girls eat it, and nails Carrie to the roof. Meanwhile on the bang trip, Pa is really frustrated as Caroline’s mind is on Walnut Grove and not much else. Bottom line: this is a wasted chance for hotel sex. Thank you to Pamela Bob, writer, creator, and star of Livin’ on a Prairie, a brilliant series of short...
Little House on the Prairie Movie: The Last Farewell
March 13, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.8 MBWell, here we are. It’s the end of our run. In this final TV movie, a big, bad band of capitalists reveal they actually own the town of Walnut Grove because of some questionable “laws.” Laura goes berserk and smashes up her house, Hey Everybody disarms himself before a big fight, Faux Pa and Sarah leave town unaware they almost lost everything, and Jason's Junior isn’t here for Jeb’s big brother energy. Join our Facebook group, The Me-Me B’s. Follow us on Facebook for announcements and ot...
Viewer's Choice #3 Little House on the Prairie S3:EP19 The Music Box
March 06, 2023 11:00 - 49 minutes - 68.1 MBYou spoke, we listened. Join us as we revisit Little House on the Prairie S3:EP19 The Music Box. Nellie starts a club for the sole purpose of making fun of Anna, a kind, quiet girl with a stutter. Fueled by her hatred of Nellie, Laura turns to a life of crime. Mary is useless as usual and does nothing but pile on as Laura tries to juggle being blackmailed and her guilt over abandoning Anna. Want ad-free episodes PLUS 2 bonus episodes a month? Become a Premium Subscriber! Click here to j...
Viewer's Choice #2 Little House on the Prairie S2:EP17 Troublemaker
February 27, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBYou spoke, we listened. Join us as we revisit Little House on the Prairie S2:EP17 Troublemaker This one had it all! After Miss Beadle refuses to beat the crap out of the 40-year-old kids in her class, they bring in a stern d**kbag who is more than happy to exercise corporal punishment on no other than sweet little Laura. Pa gets wind of this and goes to bananatown, all while Nellie pulls the strings. Want ad-free episodes PLUS 2 bonus episodes a month? Become a Premium Subscriber! Click he...
Viewer's Choice #1 Little House on the Prairie S1:EP2 Country Girls
February 20, 2023 11:00 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBYou spoke, we listened. Join us as we revisit Little House on the Prairie S1:EP2 Country Girls Well it’s so lovely to be back in season one where Pa was stunning and we could hate on Mary with ease. This is the episode that establishes all of the “beefs,” Laura and Nellie, Harriet and Caroline, and Pa versus anyone in WG who looks at Caroline sideways. Laura and Mary struggle to fit into their new school where Nellie calls them country girls, even though every single kid in the school is a ...
Little House on the Prairie S9:EP21 Hello and Goodbye
February 13, 2023 11:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 21, Hello and Goodbye, a very annoying writer, Mr. Montique, arrives in town to…oh wait, we have no idea why. After shunning Harriet, he moves into the Wilder boarding house where Manly is running around destroying precious antiques. Matthew’s dad returns to town to yank him away from Mr. Edwards because ...
Little House on the Prairie S9:EP20 May I Have This Dance?
February 06, 2023 10:56 - 45 minutes - 62 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 20, May I Have This Dance? Willie is finally graduating! Just in time to get his AARP card and sign up for the Senior discount at his local grocery store. Just as he’s settling into retirement, we meet Rachel Brown, a rando who he’s already in love with and ready to marry. Harriet disapproves, of course. ...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP19: For the Love of Blanche
January 30, 2023 11:00 - 44 minutes - 60.5 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 19, For the Love of Blanche, Michael Landon gets his final revenge on Victor French when he gives him the stupidest storyline ever. Blanche is an orangutan. That’s the joke. Amye is so mad she’s channeling Kody Brown, Jennie is again raving over Baby Rose’s performance, and we remind everyone that our gra...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP17: A Child with No Name
January 23, 2023 11:00 - 39 minutes - 54.4 MBIn season 9, episode 17, A Child with No Name, Victor French makes his directorial debut! Laura and Manly face a devastating loss and finally realize Doc Baker’s ocular pat downs haven’t been working. After Laura slanders Doc, he mopes around Low-Energy Jennie style. We work to decipher some of Edward’s expressions, Jennie tells us about some wild cathedral she visited, and once again Baby Rose steals the show AND gets packed in ice!!! Want ad-free episodes PLUS 2 bonus episodes a month? ...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP16: Home Again Part 2
January 16, 2023 11:05 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBIn season 9, episode 16, Home Again Part 2, Doc finally figures out someone is stealing his morphine and they quickly figure out it’s Albert after he acts erratic for a week and then punches Etta Plumb. Charles takes him out to Edwards’ shack to dry out. Doc rubs his gums with morphine, Laura offers to help and quickly rescinds when Albert starts puking up milk, and Albert and Charles go for a midnight run through the woods set to circus music. We do a Gram vocab quiz, and end with a Macbeth...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP16: Home Again Part 1
January 09, 2023 11:00 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 16: Home Again Part 1, We get a glimpse of Charles working his retail job. Nothing seems to be going well for them in the city, as Albert is thieving and getting arrested and Caroline is nowhere to be found. After Albert is caught stealing again, he and Charles head back to Walnut Grove where Charles’ pl...
Little House on the Prairie S1:EP15 Xmas on Plum Creek (Patreon Release)
December 25, 2022 11:00 - 48 minutes - 66.7 MBAmye's sick and under Doc Baker's care, so we don't know what's going to happen to her. We will not be releasing a new episode over the holidays, so please enjoy S1:EP15: Xmas on Plum Creek, which we originally covered on Patreon in 2020. Our episode starts with Jennie throwing a fit about Bunny, so enjoy that. It’s Christmas time and the Ingalls steal our family tradition of “cheapest Christmas ever.” At Oleson’s Black Friday sale, Caroline falls in love with a stove, and everyone buys ...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP11: Alden's Dilemma
December 19, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 61.8 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 11: Alden’s Dilemma, a HOT new preacher shows up and causes a stir amongst the women of Walnut Grove. Manly and Faux Pa (John Carter) head into the bowels of humanity, a real hell on earth: San Francisco. Mr. Edwards is made a fool when he assumes the new preacher is hooking up with Laura and Sarah Carter...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP10: Love
December 12, 2022 11:05 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 10, Love, Jane-a blind school student and Laura’s old childhood pal we’ve never heard of- comes back to town. She and Mr. Edwards strike up a friendship and after an afternoon date to Sleepy Eye seem to fall in love. Everything is fine until Jane finds out she is a candidate for eye surgery which restore...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP9: Empire Builders
December 05, 2022 11:05 - 55 minutes - 75.6 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 9, Empire Builders, the evil overlord of the railroad enlists Manly and Edwards to help dupe the town. Turns out, Walnut Grove is the perfect site for a new rail station, but they will need to take the Carter and the Wilder farms. When the families try to resist, the railroad pulls out their eminent domai...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP8:The Return of Nellie
November 28, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 8, The Return of Nellie, Nancy has a meltdown when Nellie returns to town. Nellie returns with a new Whoville hairdo and some fancy pictures of her twins. Everyone in town acts like they haven’t seen her in ten years. Nancy, jealous of the attention Nellie is getting, pulls a classic and runs away. We see...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP4 Rage
November 21, 2022 11:00 - 47 minutes - 64.9 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 4, Rage, after Robert Loggia’s gambling debts come home to roost, he shoots his wife and daughter. Once this crime is discovered, Loggia goes on the run and terrorizes the town until he lands at the Wilders where he thinks Laura and Jenny are his wife and daughter. Edwards tries to gather a posse, but is ...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP3: Welcome to Olsenville
November 14, 2022 11:00 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 3, Welcome to Olsenville, Harriet comes across some bearer bonds while cleaning Lars Hanson’s house- I guess we are ignoring the fact that this was the blind school and it had completely burned to the ground. The bonds put the people of Walnut Grove in her debt, and Harriet uses this to her advantage. Whe...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP2: Times are Changing Part 2
November 07, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MB**WARNING: This episode contains discussion around suicide.** Join Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 2: Times are Changing Part 2, Royal dies while trying to escape a rain storm, leaving his daughter Jenny orphaned and devastated. Jenny seeks Rev’s advice, but he ends up driving her to a horrific decision. Jeb Carter terrorizes the town with...
Little House on the Prairie S9 EP1: Times are Changing Part 1
October 31, 2022 10:00 - 49 minutes - 68.5 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 9, episode 1: Times are Changing, everything is gone to sh*t. Charles is gone, Ma is nowhere to be found, there are randos making out in the little house, a wanna be Carl’s JR has slipped past us, Laura is giving up her job, it’s a different show everyone! In this season opener, Charles has returned to town to gathe...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP22: He was Only 12 Part 2
October 24, 2022 12:00 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 22, He was Only 12 Part 2, Charles loses his d*mn mind. Pa refuses to accept James’ open-eyed coma and decides to drag him ala Bran Stark to the mountain where he builds an altar and morphs into James Brolin. An old man, who is clearly God, shows up and in a flash of blue light, heals James. No, you’re no...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP21: He was Only 12 Part 1
October 17, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 21, He was Only 12 Part One, James receives some cold, hard cash from Uncle Jed. Upon Charles' insistence, he tags along to Sleepy Eye where he can earn half an interest point more at the bank. Things take a turn, however, and poor little Jason Bateman gets Little Housed when he is shot during a bank robb...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP20: A Faraway Cry
October 10, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 20, Caroline and Doc head to a prospector’s camp riddled with disease. Doc must work to heal an annoying kid with an accordion in addition to two pregnant women and a “rev” with a gun. Caroline proves helpful when she delivers a baby and orchestrates a swap- making another family happy while sticking it t...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP19: A Promise to Keep
October 03, 2022 12:00 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 19: A Promise to Keep, Edwards returns to Walnut Grove after discovering he’s been in The Truman Show with a fake family for years. Seriously though, who is this John Jr wannabe they are trying to pass off as Carls Jr? After getting hammered in Sleepy Eye, Edwards endangers Albert’s life by driving some h...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP18: Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow Part 2
September 26, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 18: Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow Part 2, Laura throws her baby in a basement, ALONE, while she rescues a cat during a tornado. As predicted, she gets knocked out and the cat escapes anyway. She survives, but has become a moody baby like her husband. Manly has a death wish, but after seeing his wife po...
Bonus: Amye's Variety Hour Sample
September 24, 2022 17:24 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBPlease enjoy this sample of Amye's Variety Hour, a Patreon-only show featuring interviews, games, poetry, and some possible fighting with Jennie. In this sample, Amye talks all things Gen X with the multi-talented Erin Martin, co-host of Pink Shade. If you like what you hear, sign up for Patreon today for as little as 5$ a month. You will have access to our entire back catalog including Blockbusters, Love Boat, Afterschool Specials, My So-Called Life, and much more. Sign up here: https:...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP17: Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow Part 1
September 19, 2022 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.4 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 17: Days of Sunshine, Days of Shadow Part 1, Almonzo is acting a fool as he’s racking up debt and running around in the rain without a coat. Not surprisingly, he falls ill and Doc allows a room full of people to be exposed to Almonzo’s highly contagious disease. When Manly morphs into a giant man baby and...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP15: Uncle Jed
September 12, 2022 12:00 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 15: Uncle Jed, the Cooper twins are stunned when Uncle Jed returns with a buttload of cash and a fancy carriage. After endearing himself to Jason and Cassandra, he lawyers the f**k up and tries to rip these already scarred children from Charles’ strong, masculine arms. Cassandra wins a poetry contest, Car...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP14: The Legacy
September 05, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes - 66.6 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 14: The Legacy, Charles has yet another mid-life crisis after his rando friend dies of a heart attack in dramatic fashion. After a partnership with local store owner, Sven, proves fruitful, Charles takes his furniture making to Minneapolis where he works himself nearly to death, only to get screwed by ano...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP13: Stone Soup
August 29, 2022 12:00 - 49 minutes - 68 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, episode 13: Stone Soup, Charles ropes Manly into leaving town just as he and Laura have planted an orchard leaving the mom-to-be to water trees in a drought and almost die. Willie is quite the help, leaving Amye to have a scandalous theory about their relationship-which may get her canceled. Amye’s mic sounds l...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP10: Wave of the Future
August 22, 2022 12:00 - 43 minutes - 59.2 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, episode 10: Wave of the Future, a fast-talking restaurateur cons Harriet into franchising Caroline’s already-successful restaurant. The change ends up being too much and poor Caroline and Hester Sue are the ones who suffer. Literally nothing much happens in this one, so we spend a lot of time talking about pretty...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP9: For the Love of Nancy
August 15, 2022 12:00 - 51 minutes - 70.8 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, episode 9: For the Love of Nancy, Elmer Miles, a sweet boy who happens to be overweight, comes to Walnut Grove where his life is made miserable. The school kids of WG cannot stop themselves from mistreating this kid. Even Albert, with his new friend, Ray Liotta, is involved in this. Nancy uses Elmer's crush on he...
Time Capsule: Trainwreck: Woodstock '99
August 10, 2022 22:26 - 1 hour - 88.5 MBJennie and Amye, sisters and Gen Xers, sit down and discuss the 2022 Netflix Docuseries, Trainwreck: Woodstock '99. In the summer of 1999, while Jennie and Amye were off being poor and lame, 250,000 kids attended what promoters hoped would be an historic once-in-a-generation concert: Woodstock 99. This three-part docuseries exposes poor planning, willful ignorance, and an amazing amount of hubris on the part of (mostly) two men: Michael Lang and John Scher, aka Darth Vader. This was the per...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP8: Chicago
August 08, 2022 12:00 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, episode 8: Chicago, Charles heads to The Windy City to console a grieving Edwards whose son, John Jr, was mowed down by a drunk horse in an alley. In the worst episode of Law & Order, we meet some stereotypical Chicago gangsters who help Edwards and Charles solve this mystery. One of our main characters dies, yet...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP7: The Legend of Black Jake
August 01, 2022 12:00 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MBThe Legend of Black Jake Join Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, episode 7: The Legend of Black Jake, two not-so-bright criminals come to town and kidnap Nels Oleson. In this retelling of an old Bonanza script, Harriet refuses to pay the ransom and half the town ends up getting kidnapped. There is a bright spot, however, when Charles beats the absolut...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP6: Gambini, The Great
July 25, 2022 12:00 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, episode 6: The Great Gambini, an aging daredevil, Rudolpho Gambini, comes to Walnut Grove with his reluctant family to revive his career after almost dying in a dangerous coffin trick. The entire town, especially Albert, catches daredevil fever and attempts dangerous tricks themselves. Pa, Nels, Doc, and Rev do n...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP6: The Great Gambini
July 25, 2022 12:00 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, episode 6: The Great Gambini, an aging daredevil, Rudolpho Gambini, comes to Walnut Grove with his reluctant family to revive his career after almost dying in a dangerous coffin trick. The entire town, especially Albert, catches daredevil fever and attempts dangerous tricks themselves. Pa, Nels, Doc, and Rev do n...
BONUS: Time Capsule: Class Action Park- Public Release
July 21, 2022 12:44 - 1 hour - 102 MBHappy Summer! It's a Patreon episode for all! In honor of summer, enjoy this episode originally recorded for Patreon in Jan 2021. Enjoy our coverage of the HBO MAX documentary Class Action Park Join us as we remember the 80’s, a time of unregulated anarchy, at least for a bunch of teenagers in New Jersey. Action Park’s lawlessness became legend, and after watching this HBO MAX documentary, it’s obvious as to why. We are stunned by Uncle Gene, a mythical figure to the employees of the park...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP5: A Wiser Heart
July 18, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 62 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, episode 5: A Wiser Heart, Eliza Jane and Laura travel to Arizona for some continuing education credits. We meet a very handsome, but slimy professor who macs on Laura and doesn’t seem to care that Eliza Jane has an awkward 8th grade crush on him. The trip turns into a nightmare for Laura as she is forced to wash ...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP4: Dark Sage
July 11, 2022 12:00 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 8, episode 4, Doc Baker is overwhelmed with patients- both human and horse- and must hire an associate. Caleb LeDoux and his wife, Mattie, show up to relieve Doc, which should solve everything except…they’re Black. Harriet is her awful self, Nels has zero power, and Charles has to punch another townsperson out in or...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP2: The Reincarnation of Nellie Part 2
July 04, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 62.1 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In Season 8, Episode 2, The Reincarnation of Nellie Part Two, Nancy continues to terrorize the town and has her sights set on Albert’s newest crush, Jan from the Office. Jan nearly dies after Nancy locks her in the ice house, then nearly dies again as Doc Baker experiments on her. Nancy concocts a traumatic backstory to win t...
Little House on the Prairie S8 EP1: The Reincarnation of Nellie Part 1
June 27, 2022 13:10 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they dissect one of the most impactful shows from our shared, Gen X childhood: Little House on the Prairie. In season 8, episode 1, Nellie and Percival peace out and move to NYC, leaving Harriet in a serious slipper-tub depression. To perk her up and solve her situational depression, Baker suggests adopting a ten year old. Harriet and Nels go kid shopping and bring home a much worse version of Nellie. Meanwhile, Mary and her new ha...
(Premium Preview) Blockbusters: Titanic
June 23, 2022 12:51 - 29 minutes - 40.4 MB**Free Preview: Enjoy this free preview of our Patreon/Premium content. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL-FREE episodes, become a Premium Subscriber! For as little as 5$ a month, you get TWO bonus episodes per month and access to our back catalog! CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP----->> https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/5506301 Join our Facebook Group, The Me-Me B’s for extra content, giveaways, and some fun Gen X introspection: facebook.com/groups/genxthisiswhy/ Follow us! Faceb...
Little House on the Prairie S7 EP22: The Lost Ones Part 2
June 20, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 53.9 MBJoin Jennie and Amye, sisters and sometimes mortal foes, as they recap Little House on the Prairie S7 EP22: The Lost Ones Part 2 In the conclusion of the season seven finale, Charles belabors the point of who should adopt the Cooper kids when all along we knew the answer-cram them all into the little house while Manly and Laura spread out in their 8-bedroom victorian. Amye gets real hung up on how to slip money into a pocket, and Jennie is cranky. Per usual. For MORE content and COMMERCIAL...