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Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Raised on MTV, sarcasm & hose water - Fran, along with guest co-hosts, serves up unfiltered Gen X truth bombs about parenting, pop culture & surviving adulthood with a side of dark humor.
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- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Season 2 Episode 10 - Behind the "For Sale" - Insights With Erin
Buying or selling a home is about more than square footage and interest rates. It's about people, life changes, and finding the right place to call home. In…
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Season 2 - Episode 9 - Ghost Girl's Guide to Haunted New York | Theresa St. John
In this spooky episode, author and paranormal enthusiast Theresa St. John, known as Ghost Girl, joins Fran to discuss her book Roadtrip New York: Searching for…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Season 2 Episode 8 - Sgt Fury Has Entered The Chat
Coach Dan steps back into his past life as Sgt. Fury and shares how he got into professional wrestling, what it taught him, and why chasing your wild ideas…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Gen X-tra Episode - I Read It On Reddit - Part 3
I Read it on Reddit is back from another Gen X-tra episode! Welcome back to Part 3 of this nightmare journey into the endless supermarket, which brings the…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Season 2 Episode 6 - Coach Dan is Back!
Across these two episodes, Coach Dan lets us see the full spectrum of what it means to chase big goals, and what happens when life rewrites the script. In Part…
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Season 2 Episode 5 - My Sister & A Spooky Book
In this quick episode, Fran is joined by her sister for a casual conversation about the spooky book they had just attended the signing for. Her sister shares…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Gen Xtra Episode - I Read it on Reddit - Part 2
We're back with Part 2 of our Reddit story, "My Wife and I Got Trapped in an Endless Supermarket. Someone Left Us Rules for Surviving It." This one is a Gen…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Gen X-tra Episode - I Read it on Reddit - Part 1
What happens when a normal trip to the supermarket turns into something you can’t escape? In this episode, I’m stepping into the creepy side of Reddit with “My…
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Season 2 Episode 3 - Apparently We Need a Podcast to Hang Out - Part 2
Julie is back for Part 2, and the Gen X nostalgia keeps coming. We're talking everything from Exclamation perfume to the random memories that somehow stick…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Season 2 Episode 2 - Apparently We Need a Podcast to Hang Out - Part 1
Fran and her friend Julie planned on talking about the '80s...and then the conversation went absolutely everywhere. 90 minutes, lots of laughs, random…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Season 2 Episode 1 - I'm Back and I'm Not Going Anywhere!
After a much-needed break, Fran is officially back! In the Season 2 premiere, Fran catches you up on everything that's happened since the last episode. From…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 19 - You're Ruining My Memories Part 2
In part 2, Fran and Scott swap stories about travel, adventure, and the trip that finally convinced Fran to leave her comfort zone and head to Europe. From…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 19 - You're Ruining My Memories - Part 1
Part 1 of 2. This week, Fran finally got her brother Scott on the podcast. If you were expecting years of sibling secrets, childhood dirt, and complete…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 18 - You Dirty, Dirty Savages
Fran and Laura sit down with Steve and finally reveal the truth, or some of it, behind the latest gym Survivor-themed challenge, and poor Steve finds out in…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 17 - Becoming Herself Again
In this episode, Fran sits down with her friend Katie as she shares what it was like becoming a young mom, a young grandma with fifteen grandkids, and having…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 16 - Side Effects May Include...Regret?
Fran sits down with Steve, and Laura dig into the GLP-1 conversation everyone’s having but no one’s saying out loud. They break down what the drug actually…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 15 - Apparently Things Were Working Out Right
In this episode, Fran looks back on a season where nothing seemed to go right...plans stalled, doors closed, and every path felt like a dead end. But with a…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 14 - The Years No One Believed Me: Our P.A.N.D.A.S. Story
In this deeply personal solo episode, Fran opens up about one of the hardest chapters of her life: her son’s journey with P.A.N.D.A.S. What started as subtle…
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Episode 13 - He Couldn't Find Good Seafood So He Went Out And Got It
What started as a drive to Rhode Island for fresh seafood turned into a full-blown business. In this episode, Fran talks with Steve, the man behind Seafood…
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Episode 12 - You Can Take The Girl Out Of Yonkers...Part 2
Joy is back...still unfiltered, still very much from Yonkers, and still not censoring herself...Fran wouldn't want it any other way. This episode is marked…
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Episode 11 - You Can Take The Girl Out Of Yonkers... Part 1
What happens when two Gen X women "just catch up" and end up talking for two and a half hours? In part One of this unfiltered conversation, Fran is joined by…
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Episode 10 - Don’t Get Scammed: Fraud Warnings from a Former Banking Regulator
Fake bank calls, “Grandma, I’m in jail” scams, tech‑support nonsense...Fran has seen it all from her years overseeing the Consumer Assistance Unit in the…
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Episode 9 - I'm An 80s Rock N Roll Girl All The Way
In this episode, Fran sits down with her friend Fay...a woman somewhere between Boomer grit and Gen X resilience...and she brings both. Fay talks growing up…
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Episode 8 - If Not Now, When?
In this episode, Fran talks about that quiet nudge you've been ignoring...the thing you've been wanting to try, start, say, or change. The dream you keep…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 7 - I'm Just Here For The Snacks And Commercials
In this fun Big Game Sunday episode of Because We Said So: Gen X Unfiltered, Fran tackles one of America's biggst TV traditions...not just the game, but…
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Episode 6 - Oh, I like A Green Banana
Some episodes have a plan...this one did not. In this week's episode, Fran sits down with friends Steve and Laura as they talk about everything and also a…
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Episode 5 - Bonus Episode - I'm A Teenager!!!
This bonus episode is a throwback in the truest sense. Fran reads a story she wrote in high school - about being 17, skipping school with friends, borrowing a…
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Episode 4 - Just Checking In
In this solo episode of Because We Said So: Gen X Unfiltered, Fran offers a gentle check-in for anyone feeling tired, overwhelmed, or stuck in that in-between…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
Episode 3 - You Don't Know What You're Missing Until You Have It
In this episode, I sit down with my friend Steve to talk about finding your people later in life - when you're not in school anymore, your routines are set…
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Episode 2 - It's Not The Way It Used To Be - Part 2
In Part 2 of my conversation with Dan, we dig deeper into how fitness became such an important part of both of our lives. I share the origins of my own gym…
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Episode 1 - It's Not The Way It Used To Be - Part 1
In the first episode of Because We Said So: Gen X Unfiltered, I sit down with Coach Dan for a real, unfiltered conversation about parenting, honesty and…
- Because We Said So - Gen X Unfiltered
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