Confessions of a Gen-X Mind: Culture, Media Literacy, and Personal Growth
Confessions of a Gen-X Mind is a podcast about media, culture, identity, mental health, and personal growth told through the perspective of someone who grew up analog and now lives in the algorithm age.
Hosted by George Ten Eyck, the show blends personal storytelling with cultural commentary to explore how family systems, media narratives, religion, technology, and generational experience shape the way we understand ourselves and the world around us.
Episodes often examine topics like media literacy, inherited roles within families, neurodivergence, boundaries, worldview shifts, and the long process of seeing our lives more clearly as we move into adulthood and midlife.
Rather than offering quick fixes or motivational clichés, Confessions of a Gen-X Mind focuses on awareness, perspective, and integration. It is about recognizing patterns without bitterness, honoring what was good, accepting what never was, and building forward with clarity.
This is a podcast for thoughtful listeners navigating identity, relationships, cultural change, and the strange transition from an analog childhood into a digital world shaped by algorithms.
New episodes explore ongoing themes through personal reflection, media analysis, and generational perspective. The goal is simple: slow down, think clearly, and make sense of a complicated world.
Episodes
43 episodes
Wheels Off! The Psycho Dave Martin Interview
Dallas radio legend "Psycho" Dave Martin joins Adventures In Broadcasting to discuss longevity in the radio biz, attaining legend status working at The Ticket, and what next for Dave.
Segment 2: Heart Stopper, 12 Stepper
In segment 2 Keith and George discuss broadcasting, heart attacks, staying healthy, and getting treatment at the Amen Clinic
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The Masks That Saved Me: When Persona Becomes the Prison
Somewhere in midlife, a lot of us start realizing the person we became to survive is not always the same person we actually are.For me, that meant looking at the masks.The BMX kid. The media guy. The rebel. The insider. The steady on...
I Never Believed in Hell: Rapture Fear, Cold War Anxiety, and The Art of Happiness
Growing up in Texas during the Reagan years, I absorbed a potent mix of evangelical end-times theology, Cold War nuclear dread, Christian school culture shock, and satanic panic. In this episode, I talk about how those fear-based messages shape...
The Belief That I Was the Problem: Childhood, Emotional Neglect, and What It Leaves Behind,
How childhood emotional neglect and early attachment loss shape lifelong self-beliefs, and how those beliefs can follow you into adulthood.Why do some people grow up believing they were always “the problem”?In this episode of ...
Sleep Stories for Anxiety and Overthinking The Path Series Episode 6 The Bridge
You don’t need to figure out your whole life tonight. If your mind is busy thinking about what comes next, this sleep story helps you slow down and rest.In this episode, you walk a quiet bridge between where you are an...
Morning Meditation for Healing and Self Compassion | Morning Reset Series: Be the Person You Needed Back Then
Start your day with a grounded, real approach to healing and growth.This morning meditation focuses on a simple idea. Be the person you needed back then. Through steady breathing and practical reflection, this episode helps you let go of...
Morning Meditation for Gratitude and Anxiety | Morning Reset Series Episode 1 Begin Again
You woke up. That matters. Start your day grounded and clear. Start your day grounded, calm, and clear.This morning meditation is built around a simple idea. You woke up. And that matters. Through guided breathing, sunr...
Sleep Stories Series The Path | Episode 5 The Lighthouse
When everything feels uncertain, this story helps you find steady ground.Set on a quiet shoreline, with the rhythm of the ocean and a distant lighthouse, this episode is about trust. Not having all the answers. Just knowing you are still...
Sleep Stories Series The Path | Episode 4 The Still Water
For nights when comparison and overthinking won’t let go.This story takes you to a place of complete stillness, where there is no timeline, no pressure, and nothing to measure yourself against. Just quiet, steady calm.Let your min...
Sleep Stories Series The Path | Episode 3 The Lantern Path
If your mind is still racing at the end of the day, this story gives you a place to slow down.In this episode, you walk a quiet path where light appears one step at a time. Nothing to prove. Nothing to figure out. Just steady presence an...
A Sleep Story for Rest and Calm: The Garden Within
You’ve done enough for today. You don’t need to think. You can rest now.In The Garden Within, I create a quiet, intimate space designed to help you slow down, soften your nervous system, and drift toward sleep....
Sleep Story for Deep Sleep and Anxiety | Alice in Sumberland (pilot episode)
You don’t have to hold anything right now. You can soften. You can rest.This episode is a gentle sleep story created to help you unwind, settle your nervous system, and drift toward sleep. Spoken slowly and intentionall...
Inside Yahoo’s Collapse: The Job, The NDA, The Aftermath
I thought I had my dream job.Then the door closed behind me.And everything changed.In this episode of Confessions of a Gen-X Mind, I tell the true story of how modern streaming media took shape inside a beat-up warehouse...
Faith, Fear, and Hypocrisy in the Reagan Years: Inside a Texas Christian School
I was a quiet kid in the mid-1980s. The world felt loud, frightening, and urgent. And no one explained the rules.In this episode, I look back at growing up ADHD and socially anxious in an era obsessed with nuclear war, ...
What Happened to Us? When Your Friends Become Strangers
I’ve been noticing something strange happening to the people I grew up with.Guys who once defined themselves by rebellion, skepticism, and pushing boundaries are now living completely different lives. Not just older. Not just more respon...
Why I Had to Say It Out Loud: Self-Validation, Family Dynamics, and Finding Peace
After a deeply personal series exploring family dynamics, mental health, misdiagnosis, neurodivergence, and rebuilding a life after collapse, this episode serves as the epilogue.Why tell these stories publicly?In this reflective c...
What My “Useless” Liberal Arts Degree Actually Taught Me: Hint: It Wasn’t Political Indoctrination. It Was Perspective
For decades we’ve heard the joke.Liberal arts majors. English. Journalism. Film.Four years of college just to ask one question:“Would you like fries with that?”But what if the real value of a liberal arts ed...
Clarity Without Agreement: Choosing Peace Over Permission
In this final chapter of my family arc, I map the progression of events and dynamics that shaped me and explain why peace does not require agreement. This episode marks a turning point rooted in clarity, closure, and a conscious move towa...
Inside a Life in Broadcasting: A Conversation About Radio, Voice, and Longevity
This episode started as a catch-up. It turned into a time capsule. And it still holds up.In this pilot episode we recorded in 2022, I sit down with longtime Dallas broadcaster and voice actor Keith Andrews for an unfilt...
The Day Facts Became Negotiable: A Gen X Witness Statement on Media and Fear
I grew up watching history happen live.The Gulf War looked like a video game. The siege at Waco unfolded for 51 days and ended in fire. The OJ trial turned justice into spectacle. September 11 compressed comple...
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Entering Moshing Area Is at Your Own Risk: Fifteen Nights with Metallica
There’s a bright orange wristband sitting on my desk.“Entering moshing area is at your own risk.”I’ve seen Metallica live fifteen times. From Texas Stadium in 1992 to Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, two rounds of Summer Sanitarium in the ...
Bonus Track: Don’t Over-Torque That, Lessons With Dad
Today would have been my dad’s 86th birthday.In this short bonus episode, I share a few memories from our basement on Brookline Street. N-gauge trains. A stool next to the layout. The first piece of gear he trusted me to operate. And the...
Freestyle Salad Days, Ams On the Rise, Adventures In Broadcasting a la carte
Freestyle Friday, but Perry? YES! This run from the AFA Masters Austin was a definitive moment! Putting Perry’s obvious talent in the spotlight and style for miles! Think of 1989, then look at the originality and pure bike command. As impactful...
Know Your Roots: BMX Freestyle, Media, and Learning Where You Belong
Before podcasts.Before studios.Before the camera.There was a BMX bike.In this episode, I talk about growing up inside BMX Freestyle culture not as a spectator, but as a rider. Flatland. Street. Late nights. Parking lots. B...
