Episode CDII: The Definitive Pop Culture of Generation X and the Millennials

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What is the definitive book, song, movie, and historical event of generation x? What about the millennials? What history and pop culture defines us?

Join Ty and RD as they put forth the parts of history and pop culture that defines their respective generations.

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Episode CD: Kamala Harris and the Democrats New Way Forward

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The 2024 US Presidential election is about to go into full swing. Vice President Kamal Harris and former President Trump have cast their die and it is now time for America to chose. What will happen next?

Join RD as he sets the stage for the election and stay for his thoughts on all things Harris and Trump.

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Episode CCCXCIX: History of Electronic and Video Football Games

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In post World War II America, kids played football at home on a vibrating board. It was great. Twenty years later students at Dartmouth could simulate an entire football game on a computer that filled a room. It was still great. Today we play football from our couches with the best graphics, the most complex play books, and the ability to play the game with EA sports latest offering.

Join Ty and RD as the go through the history of football games starting with Electric Football and ending with modern day Madden and College Football games.

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Episode CCCXCVIII: Discontinued Olympic Events

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Once upon a time a person could get an Olympic event for writing a poem, or for jumping a horse a long distance, or for killing a lot of pigeons. Those days are gone.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss real Olympic events that gave out medals, yet they have been lost to time, and good sense. Also, bring back the tug of war. The people demand it.

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Episode CCCXCVII: The Best Regional Fast Food

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You can get McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Burger almost everywhere in the US, but what fast food can you only get in a small part of the country. Local burgers, buscuits, and hot chicken can sometime make a mark for locals and visitors alike.

Join Ty and RD as the discuss the best, and most famous, regional fast food chains.

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X Millennial Man Classic: Episode CCCLV: Let's Remember The Battle of the Network Stars

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This episode originally premiered on July 1st, 2023

Telly Savalas had moxie. Robert Conrad had spirtit. Gabe Kaplan had the talent. These three men, along with Howard Cosell, launched The Battle of the Network Stars, and we all benefitted.

Join RD as he explains to Ty the awesomeness of the original show, and the pathetic follow ups.

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Episode CCCXCVI: Tennis Talk with Tina - Wimbledon 2024

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The white attired snob fest that is Wimbledon 2024 is now complete. A not expected women's champ was joined by a men's champion that may be on a path of unheard of greatness.

Join RD as he welcomes Tina in to talk all things Wimbledon, the 2024 Olympics, and what does the future look like for the world of tennis.

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Episode CCCXCV: Should Joe Stay or Should Joe Go

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The 2024 presidential election campaign is in full swing. On one side you have a crazy despotic maniac. On the other side you have an old man. Who is going to win?

Join RD as he tries to make sense of fumbling old man President Biden and what it means to the 2024 presidential campaign when the other side is an authoritarian failure of everything that is called Donald Trump.

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The X Millennial Man Presents: First Watch Rewatch - "The Last American Virgin" (1982)

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The X Millennial Man welcomes in First Watch Rewatch to tell you all about a film we need to remember.

The early 1980s saw the rise of the teen sex comedy. "Porky's" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" were critical and commercial success. Cannon films thought, hey we should get into the genre, and in 1982 released "The Last American Virgin". It was quickly forgotten.

Join RD as he shows Tine this lost movie that may be better than it's name suggest. Come listen to it, or be it.

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Episode CCCXCIV: The Wildest Video Game Controllers of All Time

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The controller for our video games allows us to immerse in the world of the game. Most of the time we use the regular controller because that is what works. Sometimes the games have special controllers that make the experience more immersive. Let's talk about those controllers.

Join Ty and RD as they look at some of the wildest video game controllers ranging from a piece of wood to a very competent vibrator.

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Episode CCCXCII: Craziest Movies Made and Never Released

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Why would a studio spend money to make a movie and then never let it out for the public to see? Bad marketing, terrible end product, and movie studio greed all factor into the stories of some of the craziest movies made, and then never let out for the public to see.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss some of the most famous stories of never released movies and what their opinions are on works of art we will never get to watch.

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Episode CCCXCI: Best Box Office Flops

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There has been a lot of talk about big time movies not doing well at the box office. Unfortunately this is not a new conversation.

Join Ty and RD as they discuss the best movies that had a terrible theatrical run.

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X Millennial Man Classic - Episode CCCLXVII: The End of the World Sounds Better as a Prog Rock Concept Album

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This episode original premiered on April 22, 2023

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 CCCLXXXIX: An Oral History of Apple - Part 1

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Apple is one of the most influential companies of the X Millennial man's life. Watches, tablets, phones, and even computers from Apple have been a part of our lives.

Join Ty and RD as they go through the early days of Apple and discuss what made the company so important, and what bad habits have been there since the beginning.

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Episode CCCLXXXVIII: Thoughts on the College Campus Protests

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The last few weeks have seen the news media obsessed with the protests and some of America's most prestigious, and most expensive, universities. The media coverage has not been good.

Along with bad media coverage, the college administration and our elected leaders have also failed the protesting students. It is a dark time in America.

Join RD as he talks about his thoughts on the protests, the reaction, and why he sees hope for our country's future.

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