Confessions of a Gen-X Mind
A podcast about life, love, work, and the strange trip of growing up in the weirdest generation alive. Gen-X kids were raised on contradictions. And some of us lived to tell the tales.
Confessions of a Gen-X Mind is my attempt to make sense of the stories, traumas, cultural whiplash, and dark comedy that shaped my life. I grew up rich-adjacent in Texas, transplanted from Detroit, surrounded by pious fraudsters, land-flipping schemes, bankruptcies, private planes, jet skis, and family drama that could’ve made an entire season of Dallas look understated.
We were latchkey philosophers who worshipped Ferris Bueller, Marty McFly, Run-DMC, Metallica, and MTV as our holy texts. We grew up in the shadow of Reaganomics, the War on Drugs, “Just Say No,” moral panics, and ozone holes.
We were told to follow the rules by adults who were breaking every single one behind the scenes. Some of us had BMX bikes. Some of us had skateboards.
Some of us had uncles who preached Jesus on Sunday and ripped off the federal government on Monday. I had… all three.
Now I’m a grown man, a voice actor, a creative, and an ADHD Gen-X survivor with a front-row seat to the collapse of institutions, families, and the myth of the “Good Christian Businessman.”
If you were shaped by skate videos, mixtapes, Sunday school guilt, and the sound of a modem connecting…
If you ever felt like the adults were making things up as they went along…
If you’ve lived enough life to finally tell the truth about it…
Welcome home.
Pull up a chair.
Grab your Walkman.
And let’s dive into the confessions.
Episodes
The Holidays After You See the Masks: Family, Mental Health, and the Labels We Inherit
Energy Independence Is a Myth: Fracking, Landmen, and the Global Price of Oil
A Chevy Citation, a Cow, and the Texas Rangers
From NWA to CNN: When Justice, Fear, and Identity Went Live
The Ticket, Why Radio Guys Still Do It, and That Time Psycho Dave Got Stabbed in the Back (metaphorically)
The Death of Gatekeepers: A Media Origin Story from MTV to Algorithms
So What’s It All About? Introducing Confessions of a Gen-X Mind
ER and The Sound You Never Want to Hear Twice, A Real-Life Pitt Episode
My Dream Job, The Layoff, and That Pesky NDA, Road Trip Here We Come!
The Story I Could Not Tell Until Now: Me, My Brain, and Some Kind of Monster
Creative Accounting, White Collar Fraud, and Where To Hide the Money (Hypothetically)
The Puzzle Finally Fits, WTF Happened To Me?
Psycho Genesis! How Dave became "Psycho Dave"
Mental Health Friday, Neurodiversity Awareness Rising
Are We Sure Private School is the Answer? My Weird Trip Jumping For Jesus
The Church of Creative Accounting promo
My Uncle’s Mercedes and the Church of Creative Accounting
Sleep Stories Series, "The Garden Within"
Sleep Stories Series, "Alice In Slumberland"
Adventures in Dallas Broadcasting, Pilot Episode
