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The Gen X Files

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 For all things Gen X, check out The Gen X Files! With your hosts, Jim and Adam, The Gen X Files covers a single topic every week that resonates with Generation X. Covering movies, tv, technology, and social issues that resonate with today, it's the most Gen X hour of the week.The Gen X Files World
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  • The Gen X Files 257 - The Time Masters

    The Gen X Files 257 - The Time Masters
    Jan 16 2026

    This time, we cover an obscure 1982 animated French feature from René Laloux and Moebius. It's The Time Masters, the super weird and quite amazing sci-fi adventure. The animation is fascinating, the story is simple, and it is insanely French.

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    56 mins
  • The Gen X Files 256 - Heavy Metal

    The Gen X Files 256 - Heavy Metal
    Jan 9 2026

    Today, we cover what is definitely an adult animated film that inspired a ton of creators: Heavy Metal. From the magazine that was first published in the US in 1977, Ivan Reitman saw the value of adult animation and produced a pretty good anthology film.

    Featuring the voice talents of John Candy, Eugene Levy, and a ton of others!It's a classic!


    Now pass me the Plutonium Nyborg.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • The Gen X Files 255 - Wizards

    The Gen X Files 255 - Wizards
    Jan 2 2026

    For our first foray into Teen Toons, we're covering what Ralph Bakshi considered to be a 'family film', the super weird Wizards. Combining cartoonish animation, rotoscoping, and a guest appearance from the worst dictator in history, Wizards is a movie you will never forget.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
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