Gen x Taste Podcast

This Season’s Topic: Coloring Our Hair!In this episode, Christy and Lynn chat about childhood bedrooms, manifestation, dyeing hair new colors, and new spa treatments.You can subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts; please leave us a kind rating/review you do!Show Notes:* L’Oreal Magic Root Cover Up* Toppik Hair Building Fibers* Keracolor Color Depositing Conditioner* L’Anza Hair Care* Prose Custom Hair Care* CXG Scalp Spa (price is $95 — double what Christy paid, so she thinks they must’ve had a Groupon)* Buccal Massage at Face Studio LA (book with Aina, the owner, and the price is also different than Lynn thought — $135)* Lynn’s IG* Christy’s IG and BRAND NEW nutritional counseling sitePlease note: GXT uses affiliate links and may earn a commission when you purchase something, at no extra cost to you. If you choose to ShopMy Shelf or Amazon Storefront, I appreciate the support! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit genxtaste.substack.com/subscribe

In this episode, Christy and Lynn chat about the inspiration we got from watching 80’s TV/movies like Full House and Desperately Susan, then Lynn describes her first medical pedicure, and Christy shares sunscreen picks that actually feel good on your body.You can subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts; please leave us a kind rating/review you do!Visit https://genxtaste.substack.com/podcast for show notes and links! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit genxtaste.substack.com/subscribe

Christy is back! After Lynn’s solo episode in the Fall, it’s great to have her back for the Winter 2025 kick off. We had some sound/microphone issues but hopefully the audio cleanup won’t make it too jarring for your ears.You can subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts; please leave us a kind rating/review you do!This season’s topic: Hair Styles of Our YouthShow Notes:* Lynn’s Vlogmas videos* Wavytalk Thermal Brush* HAIRMAX LaserBand 82 ComfortFlex Hair Growth Device* Lynn’s IG* Christy’s IG and nutritional counseling siteAnd since recording… I got the bangs! It’s been quite a journey already, which I talk more about in my last vlog of 2024.My aim is to keep these posts sponsor-free, so if you’d like to support me directly with a paid subscription, that would be very helpful. Please note: I do use affiliate links and may earn a commission when you purchase something. ShopMy Shelf and Amazon Storefront. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit genxtaste.substack.com/subscribe

This is a mini episode of the podcast where I solo-interviewed my friend Saba Harouni Lurie about the eyebrow grooming she has done at STRIIIKE in Beverly Hills."They’re always sisters, never twins.”You can subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts; please leave us a kind rating/review you do.Show Notes* Take Root Therapy (Saba’s psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles)* The Streicher Sisters* Anastasia Beverly Hills* Epilator for the body and epilator for the face* Ordinary Brow serum* Glossier Boy Brown* Castor Oil I’ve been using This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit genxtaste.substack.com/subscribe

In episode two of the Gen X Taste podcast, Christy and I have a very special guest, !!! (The poet, not the dame!)Maggie Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of seven books of poetry and prose, including You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Good Bones, Goldenrod, Lamp of the Body, The Well Speaks of Its Own Poison, and Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change. Her newest book is My Thoughts Have Wings, a picture book for children, illustrated by Leanne Hatch. Smith’s poems and essays have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Paris Review, TIME, The Nation, The Atlantic, and The Best American Poetry. I first mentioned Maggie (and how we met) in My Favorite Reads of 2023 post. This was our first time talking IRL and I was thrilled to chat about everything from her writing process to the benefits of bangs.And of course… This season’s topic: Movies from Our ChildhoodYou can subscribe via Apple, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts; please leave us a kind rating/review you do!Show Notes:* Episode 1: Adult Friendships* Reusable metal toothpicks* Rideback Rise Circle rewrite class (and my own online writing course)* The Goonies, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Sixteen Candles, Better Off Dead, Ghostbusters, Twins, Junior, Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken* Stridex, Sea Breeze, Cover Girl Pressed Powder* Dr. Elsa Jungman Cleansing Oil* The People I’ve Slept With aka the movie where Lynn had bangs* Actor Michael Earl Schoeffling* Lives Less Ordinary podcast* Raiders of the Lost Ark shot-by-shot remake* Lynn’s IG* Christy’s IG* Maggie’s Website, IG and other links. Also, check out her Substack ! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit genxtaste.substack.com/subscribe