#xennials
I wish our parents' generation had been clearer when they made up Captain Planet that they intended for us to side against him and literally worship money instead.
“Millennials are not kids, they have kids. The eldest Millennials are now 43.”
A livestream of thoughts on #American #PopCulture for #Xennials #techbroligarchy #FirstBlood #history #books
#storytelling #mythology #Rambo #literature
We've rebranded our #podcast. It's now called I'm So Not Over It - but it remains a comedy history podcast covering the mid-70s to the present day with interview episodes, mini episodes and more mentions of Richard Branson that you'd expect.
There's a 2min trail up now if you fancy a listen!
The podcast I co-present with comedian Esyllt Sears has been nominated in the Best Comedy category at the Independent Podcast Awards.
The #Xennial Dome is on a break ahead of a rebrand/relaunch in October, but there's 2 Best Ofs on the feed right now, if you fancy checking it out.
It's a history pod covering the mid-70s to the present day. You'll be surprised how much Richard Branson crops up.
https://podfollow.com/thexennialdome
#70s #80s #90s #00s #genx #millennials #xennials
#podcasts #comedy
We're knocking The #Xennial Dome podcast name on the head.
Something v similar will take its place (modern history, popes, Miss Worlds, Pete Waterman etc) but without a title which scares non #Xennials away or makes people think it's "some sort of sci-fi podcast" (actual feedback from a friend, b.1981, who I suspect was getting confused with Xanadu).
We'll be back with a new thing very shortly (on the same feed) but, in the gap, some Best Ofs...
#Today I was having a meal in the local pub garden with my dad, brother and niece when my niece says "This music they're playing is really old! It all sounds like its from around 2013".
Oooph, right in the xennials!
‘Xennials: The Last Analog Generation’ is a fascinating podcast, using the 1990s as a lens on our world today - from Globalisation to online culture.
I joined host Charlotte Kan for the new episode - to talk Ecstasy, irony, subcultures, Beck, the Berlin Wall, & generational schisms.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zFPKt6psSrlYG6sAWBU5q?si=fIYYYc0kRf617U6Hvama5w
I was on the penultimate edition of The Now Show and, in honour of the fact the show launched alongside Google back in '98, I rattled through some archive clips of how the BBC covered the earliest days of the internet.
And yes, I'm in one of them...
Sir Clive Sinclair's "2-inch TV" - The description of which really puts the emphasis on the least cumbersome axis.
#tech #retro #RetroComputing #retrotech #70s #70stv #xennials #xennial #justxennialthings #genx
https://pod.fo/e/217f5e
In January 1977 a man left £26k to Jesus Christ if Jesus returns within 80 years. The legal back-and-forth on this is fast becoming one of my favourite stories Esyllt Sears and I have covered on these mini Xennial Dome episodes.
https://pod.fo/e/217f5e
#xennial #xennials #justxennialthings #genx #millennials #tech #retro
Big ol' bunch of these I've neglected to mention online in which Esyllt Sears and I cover goings-on in Octobers 2001 (Soapstars and filthy football chants
), 1997 (Candle In The Wind
and BBC Balloons
), 2014 (the warmest Halloween
) and 2011 (Steve Jobs' will 
and other similarly lighthearted stuff).
This week it's 1987 in which the Great Storm arrives 
and the Loch Ness Monster doesn't
August 1991 - Bryan Adams is at number one, the first website is launched & King Charles continues his crusade against modern architecture - and all wrapped up in 20mins.
That's the same amount time it takes to listen to "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You" 3 times.
Which I've done.
#xennial #xennials #millennials #genx #geny
https://pod.fo/e/1e830a
An under-20min podcast covering Prince Andrew's stag-do, the worst Commonwealth Games & BBC Radio 4 shows aimed at kids.
As Esyllt Sears says "There's something about July 1986 which really puts me on edge - I haven't enjoyed any of this stuff"
20mins all about July 1979 - Covering what photos they put on Voyager, the release of the Walkman and an honourable mention for its predecessor - The Stereobelt!
We are doing a live edition of The #Xennial Dome at the London Welsh Centre on 14th July with special guests Elis James & Gav Murphy!
You'll know Elis from BBC Radio 5 Live, Fantasy Football League and the Socially Distant Sports Bar.
And Gav is part of RKG and the Regular Features podcast (he's going to be so good when we get him to play Mario Kart).
Tickets: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/londonwelshcentre
Previous podcasts:
https://podfollow.com/thexennialdome
Available now: The Xennial Dome's Little Dome: July 2009
https://pod.fo/e/1896d9