In this episode of Generation Artax, we revisit…the mall in the 90s. We cover making out in public and private with boys who weren't that hot after all. The school dance juggernaut that was Stairway To Heaven. And Lori pulls a Brenda from 90210 and leaves her boyfriend in the care of her best friend who's a model in the great boyfriend swap of '93. Welcome to generation artax.

• The sheer analog joy of going to the mall in the 90s
• Lori discovers The Color Purple
• Terri asks her friend's brother to the dance and everyone is scandalized
• Lori has a nickname for her future self
• Avoiding the Stairway to Heaven juggernaut at the school dance
• Terri's first kiss at a teen night club
• Kim has no shame and makes out on stage
• Terri gives a TED talk in 1988 about sex and the media before TED was a thing
• Kim and Lori get judgy about Terri's school dance hookup
• Lori gets to second base
• Terri pees herself while Lori tells her second base story
• Lori pulls a Brenda from 90210 and leaves her boyfriend in the care of her best friend.

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In this episode of Generation Artax, you're going to learn a few things about Kim: She played guitar in a church band, will not eat in a restaurant alone, and one time, got two hot sophomores to come over to watch Flowers in the Attic. Plus: We revisit the lyrics to Family Ties, the time Brady Bunch went to Hawaii, and the social mecca that was the high school dance. Enjoy. Welcome to Generation Artax.

• Family Ties theme song lyrics aren't wrong, but also so wrong

• Does anyone remember the show Dream On? Lori does

• Facts of Life goes to Australia and Brady Bunch goes to Hawaii

• Kim's predictable life Market Basket >> Starbucks >> Bank; in bed at 7

• The social mecca that was the high school dance

• How not knowing what would happen or where anyone was was the great adventure of childhood

• Kim's life is one big cozy sweatshirt

• Kim serves old people food

• Low bars for good-looking boys: Two hot sophomores come to visit

• Kim is metaphor impaired

• Church jams and why mass singalongs are weird

• No one knows or believes that Kim plays guitar in a band

• The hot goss at 10am mass: The place to see and be seen

• Fasting before mass: Whyyyyy

• Does something taste different when it's blessed? Turns out no

• Unrelated: The hardest you ever laughed in public

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In this episode of Generation Artax, we cover it all: backpacking across Europe pre-iPhone, intense sneezing, and the day Jesus flew off a crucifix and hit Lori in the face. Plus: yacht rock, catholic school, depression, anxiety, personal poltergeists, crimes we've committed, and why you shouldn't miss your medication five days in a row. And: Dad butt dials us live on the air.

A lot happens in this episode:

• Kim remembers backpacking across Europe with nothing but a guide book.

• Who's in therapy, who's not, and why not.

• 7th grade Kim waxes nostalgic, reflects on her life and loves.

• Terri sneezes so hard it's concerning.

• Dad butt dials us on the air.

• Kim claims she loved yacht rock before it had a name.

• Jesus flies off the cross and hits Lori in the face.

• 8th grade Terri feels sorry for herself because she has zero game.

• Grown-up Terri didn't get her prescription refilled in time and suffers the consequences

Special shout out to Kimmy Vandrilla @kimovershares

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