Ep. 4: Best of GenX: We Were Toys R Us Kids, Pt. 1

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There are few things that so define the shared experience of a generation like the toys we all played with (yeah I know, I ended a sentence with a preposition, take it up with Merriam Webster). Especially those of us in the U.S. who grew up when the commercials played during children’s TV programming were … Read more

Transcript for Episode 3

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Hey Parco! Ep. 3: Best of Gen-X – ‘Did We Really Wear That?’ Transcript (Phone rings) Hey Parco!  Hey Parco! (Opening theme music plays) Samantha: Hello friends! Welcome to Hey Parco! The mostly true adventures of two recovering Gen-X Valley Girls. I’m Samantha.  Ann: And I’m Ann, and we’re the Parcos! Today’s discussion in our … Read more

Ep. 3: Best of GenX: Did We Really Wear That?

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Our first Best of Gen-X episode “Did We Really Wear That?” recounts the sometimes misguided and often experimental fashion choices of our burgeoning womanhoods in the 80s and 90s, and raises some compelling questions, like: What is a Mod? Is there such thing as too much AquaNet? When your your secondhand garments come from a … Read more

Transcript for Episode 2

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Hey Parco! Ep. 2 ‘It’s a Miracle We’re Still Alive’ Part Two Transcript  (Phone rings) Ann: Hey Parco! Samantha: Hey Parco! (Lively Jazz music plays) Samantha: Hello friends! Welcome to Hey Parco, the mostly true adventures of two recovering Gen-X Valley Girls. I’m Samantha. Ann: And I’m Ann, and we’re the Parcos. And today we’re … Read more

Ep. 2: It’s a Miracle We’re Still Alive, Part 2

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Note: Our apologies for the technical issues with this episode. There is a fan hitting one of the mics periodically and we promise the overall sound recording quality will improve with each subsequent episode. Thanks for being patient with us as we get into this podcasting thang! — The Parcos Here we are! The second … Read more

Transcript for Episode 1

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Hi all! While we do provide our transcripts as PDFs on the Episode Index, we’ve provided it here for your convenience. Hey Parco! Ep. 1 ‘It’s a Miracle We’re Still Alive’ (phone rings) Ann: Hey Parco!  Samantha: Hey Parco! (lively Jazz music plays) Samantha: Hello friends! Welcome to Hey Parco! The mostly true adventures of … Read more

Ep. 1: It’s a Miracle We’re Still Alive, Part 1

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Episode One

Welcome to the very first episode of Hey Parco! “It’s a Miracle We’re Still Alive” (Part One). We originally recorded this to be a single episode, pondering our lives’ journeys through the perils of being Gen-Xers – but one episode just couldn’t contain it all. Here are the links to the audio-only podcasts: Apple Podcasts: … Read more