GenX Through The Eyes of a Former 80s Kid - John Kotrides: GenXJono - Episode 75

GenX Adulting Podcast · Aug 19, 2026 · 2h 34m

A GenX Perspective You Won't Get Anywhere Else, From a Former 80s Kid

John Kotrides spent most of his life with one foot in analog and one foot in digital, and an entire career working and hustling before he finally found the thing he was born to do. You might know him as GenXJono on social media, the GenX nostalgia creator whose childhood was "fueled by hose water and well-intentioned neglect", and now has a following of more than 2 million across YouTube, Facebook and beyond. In this episode of GenX Adulting, he sits down with us to tell the whole story.

John takes us back to the beginning…