Zen Parenting Radio Podcast
1) Be A Happier Parent- Podcast #492
Cathy and Todd talk with Former New York Times reporter KJ Dell’Antonio about her book How to be a Happier Parent. They discuss some common issues that challenge parents, and explore how to decrease t...Show More
2) The Haunting of Hill House: A Gen X Ghost Story About Grief & Family Secrets- Episode #838
Cathy and Todd discuss The Haunting of Hill House and how Mike Flanagan turned a classic ghost story into an emotional story of family trauma, grief, and repair. From the houses we grew up in to the g...Show More
3) Twilight and the Era of Multigenerational Longing- Episode #837
Released in 2008, Twilight dropped into a perfect cultural storm with Obama’s election, iPhones taking off, emo Tumblr in full swing, and the YA craze exploding after Harry Potter. Catherine Hardwicke...Show More
4) Scream: The Gen X Horror Movie About Gen X Horror Movies- Episode #836
When Scream hit theaters in 1996, horror was stuck in a loop of sequels and fading scares. What made Scream different was its sharp, self-aware, and deeply Gen X voice. It mocked the rules of slashers...Show More
5) Halloween: Gen X Suburban Fear and the Final Girl- Episode #835
Cathy and Todd revisit John Carpenter’s Halloween, the 1978 film that cost just over $300,000 to make and went on to shape the slasher genre. For Gen X kids, it was more than a scary movie, it was a c...Show More
6) Airplane! The Film That Defined Gen X Humor- Episode #834
Todd and Cathy share the upcoming changes to their podcast, Zen Parenting Radio, which will be renamed Zen POP Parenting starting June 1st! They also discuss the normal shifts in kids’ friendships, hi...Show More
7) The Summer I Turned Pretty, Shaped by Gen X Pop Culture- Episode #833
Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty is rooted in Gen X pop culture, taking inspiration from 80s movies to the soundtrack choices that set the mood. In this episode, we connect Belly’s summer at Cou...Show More
8) Unknown Number- Episode #832
Cathy and Todd discuss Netflix’s documentary Unknown Caller: The High School Catfish and how texts and constant accessibility blur the line between connection and chaos. What started as “stranger dang...Show More
9) The Wishful Politics of Gen X: The American President and Dave- Episode #831
Cathy and Todd talk about two 90s political favorites, Dave and The American President, and how they captured Gen X’s wishful politics. From an ordinary guy running the White House with kindness to a ...Show More
10) Boybands and Performative Masculinity- Episode #830
Cathy and Todd look at how groups like Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, Boyz II Men, and One Direction shaped pop culture and redefined what young men were allowed to sing about. They created space for emotio...Show More