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Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow

Hosted by Gen X Jersey Show · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 12 episodes

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12
Last ep.
6 days ago
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24m
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EN-US
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27
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Listen Score
16
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44
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About this podcast

A Gen X culture podcast exploring music, midlife work realities, listener stories and books through extended interviews and weekly recaps. Gen X refers to the host, we are programming for all ages!

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Gen X Jersey Show hosts Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow, a music show with 12 episodes published.

Recent episodes

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When Life Doesn’t Fit Anymore: Chapter 2.1

Jun 1, 202634mS2

What happens when you decide the version of adulthood you spent years trying to build suddenly isn’t right anymore? In this chapter of Gen X Jersey, Melissa explores reinvention minus the dramatic transformations and sel

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Jimmy Carter Saw it Coming: Chapter 1.2

May 18, 202619mS2

Part 2 of Chapter 1 firmly steers Gen X Jersey into its new direction, blending the past with commentary on current life, media, culture and the experience of trying to make sense of the modern world without pretending t

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A Sunday Sauce Story: Chapter 1.1

May 4, 202620mS2

Welcome back! Gen X Jersey is taking a new turn, starting in 1970s Jersey City. In Season 2, the podcast unfolds in chapters, blending personal storytelling with commentary on life, news, pop culture, music, and whatever

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Ep 8: Thanks, I Needed That

Apr 22, 202629mEp. 8S1

After leaning all the way into the heavier side of music in last week’s episode, Let’s Get Sad, Melissa goes in a completely different direction. This time, she set out to build a playlist around something that should ha

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Ep. 7: Let's Get Sad

Apr 15, 202621mEp. 7S1

“Oh my God… is this what adulthood is?” That question, from Melissa’s niece, sets the tone for this episode of Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow. It becomes the starting point for an hour built around something many people avo

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Ep. 6 Spring Break

Apr 8, 202617mEp. 6S1

Melissa hosts from her Spring break road trip and follows up on last week’s Rock Star: INXS episode by sharing a couple of unexpected calls to the show’s phone line. One comes from former contestant Marty Casey, who shar

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Ep. 5: Back to 2005: Rock Star INXS Revisited

Apr 1, 202624mEp. 5S1

Melissa goes deeper into her memories of Rock Star: INXS, stopping just short of full fangirl with a few well-placed facts along the way. She also laments the recent miscommunications on the call-in line. In this After S

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Ep. 4: I Should be Fired Immediately

Mar 25, 202625mEp. 4S1

This week’s aftershow goes deeper into the backstories behind a few of the artists featured on the show, whom Melissa knows personally, and the idea that good music never really disappears. It just gets reinvented by the

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Ep. 3 Who Decides the Future of Rock and Roll?

Mar 18, 202629mEp. 3S1

This week’s aftershow starts with a voicemail about a Bon Jovi wing inside a New Jersey high school, and the realization that the people who grew up on that music are now the ones keeping it alive in younger generations

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Ep 2: You paid HOW much for that ticket?

Mar 11, 202628mEp. 2S1

This week’s aftershow picks up where the radio episode left off, with a conversation about the strange and wonderful ways music moves between generations. Melissa talks about the voicemail from Bryan Hansen that inspired

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Ep. 1: And so it begins...

Mar 4, 202630mEp. 1S1

In this debut episode of Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow, Melissa explores the cultural threads behind Episode 1, from Elvis Costello’s rebellion against radio gatekeepers to MTV’s 1981 launch and the divide between Top 40 r

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Episode 0: Before There Was Any Show at All

Feb 28, 20268mS1

Hey, it's Melissa. Welcome to Gen X Jersey. This is the pre-show, the scene-setter and the invitation in. In this episode, I introduce myself, explain how Gen X Jersey grew out of my work on Radio Garden State and share

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Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow is hosted by Gen X Jersey Show. The show is categorised under music (commentary) and has published 12 episodes.

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Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow has published 12 episodes.

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Gen X Jersey: The Aftershow regularly covers music, commentary, arts. It sits in the music category, with a commentary focus.

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