This week, JD and Len look back on the lives and impact of Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and Peter Cullen, three entertainers who left very different marks on Generation X.

From music and movies to the unforgettable voice of Optimus Prime, we talk about why losing the people we grew up with seems to hit a little differently now.

Then we jump into 1984 and revisit an incredible year for movies, including Ghostbusters, Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins, The Karate Kid, Footloose, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and more.

Finally, we discuss NFL preseason and whether anything we see in August actually matters once the real season begins and which coaches are on the hot seat.

Sports, nostalgia, memories and plenty of GenX opinions.

This week, JD and Len kick things off with the NFL Hall of Fame Class of 2026 and Roger Craig finally getting the recognition many football fans have been waiting for. That leads into a bigger Hall of Fame debate: who should get in next, what really makes someone Hall of Fame worthy, and which players might be getting overlooked?

Then the conversation takes a very GenX turn as Len talks about the endless stream of 80s arcade videos showing up in his social media feed. JD and Len remember the games they played, where they found arcade machines growing up, and the days when a pocket full of quarters could keep you entertained for hours.

JD & Len kick things off with JD’s latest book project, Dad’s Dark Humor Fairy Tales Vol. 1, and the idea behind putting a twisted adult spin on the fairy tales we grew up with.

From there, the conversation turns to bucket lists—the places they still want to see, experiences they haven’t checked off yet, and whether they could actually imagine packing up and living somewhere completely different.

Finally, football is back… sort of. JD & Len dive into NFL preseason, why fans continue to watch games that don’t count, what there actually is to pay attention to, and whether preseason football is really about the game or just being desperate for the NFL to return.