Waiting to X-hale
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Waiting to X-hale
A Gen X-themed show with podcast veterans Wynter Mitchell-Rohrbaugh and Karen Tongson (Pop Rocket). W2X revisits the pop culture & social issues that defined Generation X from a (queer) woman-of-color perspective in a way that sheds new light on the pop culture from both then, and now.
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Welcome to Tangent Island
I've been dreaming of this very journey for a few years. I turned 40 during COVID and was hit with speed bump after speed bump. Situations I have neve...
Ep. 114: Second Acts: The Waiting to X-Hale Finale
It’s the final episode, and there are tears shed, and personal revelations made as Karen and Wynter contemplate their favorite “second acts” in popula...
Ep. 113: Favorite Finales
In our penultimate episode, Wynter and Karen prepare for the end by reflecting on their favorite series finales including Mad Men, Six Feet Under, The...
Ep. 112: Special Guests
This week we present our second "best of" episode featuring a collection of the lovely guests we've had over the years. You'll hear Guy Branham & Marg...
Ep. 111: Ahead of Our Time
We present our first "best of" episode featuring clips or topics that were ahead of the curve. From the prediction of the Cocaine Bear movie, the ahea...
Ep. 110: My favorite disaster
Wynter flies solo again as she discusses her favorite natural disaster movies as Hurricane Hilary is set to bring the rain to SoCal. She shares her th...
Ep. 109: Gen X Grief & the Loss of Sinead O’Connor and Paul “Pee-Wee Herman “ Reubens
Wynter flies solo as she discusses Gen X grief in the wake of Sinead O’Connor and Paul “Pee Wee Herman” Reuben's deaths. She shares her thoughts Gr...
Ep. 108: HOTCAST
It’s the hottest summer on record, so Karen and Wynter take it upon themselves to discuss the pop culture that’s bringing all the heat, from Barbenh...
Ep. 107: Threads, Bear, And Just Like That…
Wynter and KT have so much to chew on this week, including the scramble for social media life-rafts after Twitter. Wynter tells us all about the new M...
Ep. 106: Wynter is Back! Black Mirror and Other Current Dystopias
Wynter is back and we have an episode filled with SPOILER ALERTS for both the season finale of Dave and all of Black Mirror, season 6. Which of Stream...
Pride Bonus Episode on Ultimatum: Queer Love
Karen assembles an expert panel of queers to dish about this summer's reality phenom, Ultimatum: Queer Love (Netflix). Authors, curators, and queers a...
Ep. 105: GenX Coffee Klatsch + 1984 w/ Scott Poulson-Bryant & Ebony Elizabeth Thomas
Karen is joined this week by Scott Poulson-Bryant (a co-founding editor of Vibe magazine, author and professor at the University of Michigan), and Ebo...
Ep. 104: Met Gala and More w/ A.E. Stevenson
Fashion connoisseur and media scholar A.E. Stevenson joins KT this week to get into all things Met Gala, from the controversies around the Lagerfeld...
Ep. 103b: Nuo-Lingo and BoCo: “Touch Grass" w/ Andrew Ti
Karen and guest-host Andrew Ti take their "Asian conversation meant to be had indoors" outdoors to the soccer pitch. The two share their love of ACFC...
Ep. 103: Yo, is Gen X Racist? With Andrew Ti
Karen welcomes guest-host Andrew Ti (creator and co-host of Yo, is This Racist?) to discuss a recent Politico article that describes Gen X as “the T...
Ep. 102b: Nuo-Lingo and BoCo: “Private Not Secret” w/ Guy Branum
Outtakes from episode 102 on Andy Cohen and International TV; a nuo-lingo on online displays of relationships.
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Ep. 102: World(ly) TV: From Top Chef World All Stars to International Netflix Offerings
Our dear Guy Branum sits in for Wynter, as he and Karen have a wide-ranging conversation about everything from #Gaylor discourse and why KT is a “Swi...
Ep. 101: What Did I Miss? Spare, The Last of Us, M3GAN & More - Plus THE OSCARS
Wynter and Karen are back with season 6 to ask each other, “what did I miss?” as they cover some of the notable pop culture moments that went down dur...
Ep. 100: Turning 100 with Bob Odenkirk
It’s our 100th episode and season 5 finale!!! To help celebrate the occasion, the one and only BOB ODENKIRK was kind enough to join us for a chat abou...
Celebrate 100 episodes with us!
Head over to w2xpodcast.com and click the blue button on the right side to leave us a voicemail!
Ep. 99: Queer for Fear and Our Horror Recommendations
Wynter & Karen dive into the new Shudder documentary series, Queer for Fear: The History for Queer Horror, and are inspired to make some of their own...
Ep. 98: Too Much Too Crime? Dahmer, The Gabby Petito Story and Blonde
Wynter assigns Karen a range of true crime offerings with varying degrees of budget and prestige, from Lifetime’s The Gaby Petito Story, to Netflix’s...
Ep. 97 WRESTLING with GENX’s ANGLOPHILIA
The end of the Elizabethan-era (part II) prompted us to reflect on how British pop culture has dominated GenX’s imaginaries, from new wave and the new...
Ep. 96: 2022 Emmy Predictions
Karen and Wynter are back together again, just in time to drop their Emmy predictions for all the Comedy and Drama acting categories. They tell you wh...
Ep. 95: She-Hulk and Snark w/Ryan Bailey
Wynter is in the driver's seat one more time and wants to know if you're watching She-Hulk. It's a refreshing glass of characters and story that you d...
Ep. 94: A Free For All w/ Abby Gardner
While Karen is on vacation, Wynter brought in special guest host Abby Gardner (We Have Notes Podcast/Substack) to talk about ALL THE THINGS: Biopics,...
Ep. 93: Irma Vep Across Time
Karen and Wynter have been seduced by Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas’ “serialized” HBO Max revisitation of his own 1996 indie film of the same name starrin...
Ep. 92: WORTH THE WAIT? From Stranger Things to Umbrella Academy
Wynter has returned from her European vacation to tell us about her encounter with Aline–not to be confused with Celine, who the main character of thi...
Ep. 91: Comin’ in Hot: FX’s THE BEAR
This week Karen is joined by author, curator, and former kitchen-geek Jennifer Doyle, as well as Chef Courtney Storer to talk about the buzzy and bing...
Ep. 90: A Theysian/Gaysian Guide to Hulu’s FIRE ISLAND
Wynter is out of the country, so Karen invited her longtime gaysian/theysian pals, Summer Kim Lee (a cultural critic and UCLA professor), and JJ Chan...
Ep. 89: FIGHT BACK! w/ author Raquel Gutierrez
CW: discussions of violence, self-harm, domestic abuse, mass shooting–in other words, of our everyday lives in the U.S.A.
Wynter and Karen welco...
Ep. 88: W2X Live @ REDCAT w/ Kevin Smith & Sandra Bernhard
This is an edited version of the live show - Patreon members get the full unedited video!
The Gen X festival’s Humanities co-curators (Wynter &...
Ep. 87: The Music of 1992 and 2002
Wynter and Karen reflect back on the music of 1992 and 2002, from Pitchfork favorites to the Billboard Hot 100. In addition to selecting their MVP son...
Ep. 86: 80s Erotique with Karina Longworth
This week Karina Longworth, the creator, producer and host of You Must Remember This joins us for a preview of the pod’s latest season on the “Erotic...
Ep. 85 - A Most Excellent Vintage: Our Favorite OSCARS Years
Wynter and Karen look back on their favorite Oscars years and winners in recent, i.e. prime GenX decades, as we round the corner to the 94th Annual Ac...
Ep. 84: THE FUTURE OF MUSIC IS…RAISING THE DEAD?
We’re thrilled to welcome back Ann Powers of NPR Music, and author of Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music to ta...
Ep. 83: THE FUTURE IS NOW
Karen returns from her bout w/ the Omarion variant to catch up with Wynter about Super Bowl Sunday, including all the ads, and the “GenX has arrived”...
Ep. 82: And Just Like That…It’s 1996
Hot on the heels of our last episode on Yellowjackets, Wynter and Karen are inspired to revisit the year 1996 and what it gave to us in fashion, fragr...
Ep. 81: Yellowjackets! Buzz, Buzz, Buzz
Wynter & Karen welcome you to Season 5 with a bushel full of SPOILER ALERTS for both Search Party and the topic of their main segment, everybody’s lat...
Ep. 80: Holiday Holigay Special w/ Alonso Duralde and Dave White
The whole gang gets frisky with a very special feline-themed holiday episode. Our favorite holigays Alonso Duralde and Dave White join Wynter and Kare...