Episode CCCLXXXII: The Story of Live-Aid

After the successful songs "Do They Know it's Christmas" and "We are the World", the music world wanted to capitalize on the public's interest in famine relief. In July of 1985 a concert was going to be held starting in London England and ending in Philadelphia USA. The event was called Live-Aid.

Join RD as he tells Ty the story of Live-Aid and gets his opinion on what is considered the greatest live show ever, and what is considered the worst rock reunion ever.

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Episode CCCLXXXI: How 1980s Music Supergroups Solved World Hunger

In the mid 1980s the nation of Ethiopia was going through a terrible famine. The lack of food led to war, and the war led to countless deaths. Something had to be done.

Join RD as he tells Ty the stories of Band Aid and USA for Africa and what they did with the songs "Do They Know its Christmas" and "We are the World" and what it did for famine relief in Ethiopia.

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Episode CCCLXXIV: What We are Looking Forward to in 2024

2024 is upon us and Ty and RD want to talk about a bright future.

Join The X Millennial Man as they discuss the movies, television, music, video games , and more that they want to see in 2024.

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Episode CCCLXXIII: 2023 Year in Review - Pop Culture

2023 was another great year for pop culture. Join Ty and RD as they go over the good, and not so good, movies, television shows, music, and more from the year about to end.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCXXXII: A Look at the First Four Broadcast Hours of MTV

Ed Note: This podcast originally premiered on September 12th, 2020.

August 1st, 1981.

A rocket launch followed by the words "Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll". MTV is born.

Join Ty and RD as they go through the first four hours of one of the most influential cable channels of all time. Some of the videos were great, many more were terrible.

Join us for this trip into a very important time capsule for Gen Xers and Millennials by downloading the podcast for free.

Episode CCCLIV: The Hit Songs Sung By Actors

Does your girl like to party all the time? Is she like the wind? What does the public not know? Are you looking for a heartbeat? These are the questions that can only be answered by actors who decide to sing hit songs.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the biggest hit songs that were sung by the big actors of the time.

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Episode CCCL: The Satanic Panic of the 1980s

Play Dungeons and Dragons, you love Satan. Listen to heavy metal music, that is Satan's siren song. Cast magic in a video game, you might as well change your address to a residence in Hell.

RD lived the satanic panic of the 1980s, and today he is going to tell Ty all about it. Sounds sinister.

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Episode CCCXLIX: A Mothers Day Playlist

There are many types of moms, and on this Mothers Day we are here to celebrate them all. Be it a MILF, a rich mom, a poor mom, and an absent mom, we at the X Millennial Man salute all the moms.

Join us as we curate a music playlist to celebrate Mothers Day.

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Episode CCCLXVII: The End of the World Sounds Better as a Prog Rock Concept Album

Would it not be better as the martians vaporize us that we have a nice synth line blaring in the background? Jeff Wayne thinks that sounds great. How about the four horsemen of the Apocalypse approaching with some heavy blues guitar? Aphrodite's Child is hearing your calls.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the musical mastery of the end of the world with the prog rock masterpieces of "Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds" and Aphrodite's Child's "666"

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Episode CCCXXXIII: What We are Looking Forward to in 2023

2023 look like the year of normalcy for pop culture. The movies, television, music, and others should be on schedule, right?

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the pop culture they are most excited for in 2023.

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Episode CCCXXXII: What We Got Right, and Wrong, in 2022

At the beginning of 2022 The X Millennial Man made some predictions on what pop culture was going to worth your time. Today RD is looking back and telling us what we got right, and what we got wrong in the year.

Join the X Millennial Man in a journey of congratulations, and regret.

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Episode CCCXXXI: The Year in Television, Movies, and Music - 2022

How was 2022 when it comes to television, movies, and music? Pretty damn good if you ask The X Millennial Man.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best of television, movies and music in 2022.

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Episode CCCXX - The Best Movie Soundtracks of Our Time

Many times the music in the movie is just background, but sometimes the movie itself is background to the great music. Today we talk about the latter.

Join the X Millennial Man as they discuss the best movie soundtracks of the last forty years.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCXXXII: A Look at the First Four Broadcast Hours of MTV

Ed Note: This podcast originally premiered on September 12th, 2020.

August 1st, 1981.

A rocket launch followed by the words "Ladies and Gentlemen, rock and roll". MTV is born.

Join Ty and RD as they go through the first four hours of one of the most influential cable channels of all time. Some of the videos were great, many more were terrible.

Join us for this trip into a very important time capsule for Gen Xers and Millennials by downloading the podcast for free.

X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCXXXI: The Pop Culture We Discovered During the Pandemic

Editor’s Note: This episode originally premiered on September 5th, 2020

What good has come out of the pandemic? For the X Millennial Man, they have used the time to visit some pop culture they may have missed. Never listened to the Talking Heads? The pandemic made us check the band out. Never watched a popular show? Thanks again pandemic.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the pop culture they discovered during the great coronovirus pandemic.

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Episode CCLXXXIXII: What We Are Looking Forward To In 2022

2022 has begun, and so has our excitement for a new year of great pop culture.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the movies, music, television, sports, and other pop culture they can't wait to consume in 2022.

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Episode CCLXXXIXI: The Year in Pop Culture - 2021

This is the end of 2021 and the X Millennial Man is here to talk about the best pop culture the year had to offer.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best movies, music, television, and other pop culture from 2021.

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Episode CCLXXXIV: The Sexy Sax Solos of Our Time

Warning: This podcast is extra sexy. You have been warned.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss, and listen to, the greatest sax solos in songs from their lifetimes.

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Episode CCLXXVI: We Believed the Hype.

Sometimes something is so hyped up that it is hard to believe it is that good. What happens when the hype is worth it, or even better. Well, we have a podcast for you.

Join Ty and RD as they look back on the pop culture that had a bunch of hype, and in the end the hype was well deserved.

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Episode CCLXXVI: We Believed the Hype, and We Were Wrong

Have you ever wanted to hear that new song, and then were wanting for more? How about a movie that has all the hype, and it was a big let down? Well do we have a podcast for you.

Join Ty and RD as the discuss the pop culture they were most looking forward to, only to be left disappointed and empty when that pop culture was released.

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