From 1986 to AI: How Growing Up Tough Shaped Us in 2026

“You’re Never Too Old To Be Young… Or Are You?”

Before algorithms told us what to think and parenting came with instruction manuals, we learned life the old-fashioned way — by doing dumb things and surviving them.

In the first episode of THE GRIPE, Stitch and Rick look back at the years that built them: all-night liberty runs, campfire confessions, high-school fights that settled things once and for all, and the kind of freedom that doesn’t exist anymore.

But this isn’t just nostalgia.

It’s a conversation about what those years actually taught — resilience, consequences, and why growing up a little rough might have prepared them better for today’s world than anyone expected.

From 1986 to 2026, the world changed completely.
 People did too.
 But maybe not in the ways we think.

It’s honest.
 It’s funny.
 It’s reflective without preaching.

Two lifelong friends trying to figure out what mattered then… and what still matters now.

Welcome to THE GRIPE.

And don't forget to check out my other Podcast "Yammerin' with Stitch Mainville" which can be found on all your favorite podcast platforms!

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