Generation DAN

The legal Ogle is back! Josh Ogle returns to our show to talk about changes in career- from one field to another, or even from crappy jobs to "adult" jobs, plus more! Follow Josh Ogle! Twitter: https://twitter.com/oglewhelmed Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oglewhelmed/

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More like Generation DAD, amirite?! Atlas' dad is with us this week! A baby boomer through and through, he is here to regale us with tales of his time as a ski bum in Colorado in the 1970s (and give some more background on "The Field Mouse" if you checked out our Mr. Novak episode from the end of March!)

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Whether it's a sliced off finger, knocked-out teeth, or incredible psychic damage from something you did in 7th grade, we all have had a dumb injury sometime in our lives. That's what Dino and Atlas are talking about this week!

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And following up from the last episode, we find what caused these great societies to fall!

From the period of 1200-900 BCE, societies around the Mediterranean got Thanos snap'd. Let's find out why!

Today on the show, we have guest TV Cook to talk about when a movie trailer lies to you, or a name suggests a premise you don't get to see, plus more!

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After the discovery of a TV show from the 60s with a shockingly similar premise (and name) to Atlas' life, we're discussing on whether anything is really new.

And wondering if Atlas is a timelord.

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We skip forward (kinda) from Mesopotamia to the Bronze Age! Or rather, the end of it!

From the period of 1200-900 BCE, societies around the Mediterranean got Thanos snap'd. Let's find out why!

Recorded on St. Patrick's Day 2024, we welcome to the show comedian Elyza Halpern, otherwise known as the Possum Girl, to talk about our histories with the holiday, as well as other drinkin' stuff! What's YOUR hangover cure?

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An old friend returns! It's plagiarism! Nah just kidding. Kayla Esmond from nearly 100 episodes is back with us to talk about the concept of plagiarism as that show Franklin and a Beyonce song got too close for comfort.

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Welcome to Last Minute History, Gen DAN fans! Atlas explains every bit of human history all the way from the beginning to the present day to the most average person the group could think of.... Cole Clayton.

A crappy Willy Wonka experience in Glasgow, a crappy Avatar: the Last Airbender experience on Netflix? TIME TO COMPLAIN!

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Today on Generation DAN we talk about the concept of Platform Decay, otherwise known as "Enshittification", where tech companies will decrease qualities of their platform after becoming a big deal.

Your Amazons, your Airbnbs, your Ubers, they're all gettin' the screws put to em today!

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Oh my god it's a big deal! Caleb, our previous Gen Z host from long ago and is now the musician Port Misty, has returned as a guest as we talk about (among other things) the fact that Atlas is turning 30, and so much more! Check out Caleb's music! https://soundcloud.com/portmisty https://twitter.com/portmistymusic

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Recorded mere hours before the Super Bowl, Cole joins us once again as we talk about football from a generational perspective!

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From the water cooler to HR, everyone's got a story. This week, Dino and Atlas look at the delicate situation that comes with the passive aggressive email!

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It's been a couple weeks since Atlas had his nipples- I mean nuptials! Famous streamer, good friend, and all-around nuisance Joey Edibles of the Square Table Degenerates joins us to talk about weddin' stuff!

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Today we're talking about nostalgia, used for great good- and great evil. Plus more! Comedian, coroner, and owner of the Def Noodles comedy club joins as our guest!

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Boy do we got some star power today. Brian Seff, who you may have seen as Rick Right on the Comedy Dish podcast and MORK AND MINDY of all places, is on our show!

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Oh god, Dino's high. Cole's here to see it!

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Happy New Year from Generation DAN! In the first episode of season 5, Dino and Atlas welcome back once again Nina Dicker!

Nina's here to explain a bumbling type of charisma known as "tizz rizz" when it comes to relationships, plus a lot more!

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As we wind down on 2023, Dino and Atlas have invited Steven Alan Green, the first baby boomer they've had on the show in a while and a fixture of the early-era comedy store (his name's on the outside!) to talk about Santa.

Not just Santa as a concept, but talking about when the appropriate time is to tell your kids he's not real. Or at all? Is curiosity and wonderment important for growth?

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We all get stuck in bubbles, like the holiday season or Clock Town or the Truman Show. For real though, our dynamic duo talks about the concept of bubbles- where you're focused on something while the world moves on without you. It's a helluva holiday special!

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Terrible puns aside, this episode Dino and Atlas talk about workin' again!

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In our literal Thanksgiving episode for the year, Cole joins us once again to talk about the holiday- what the worst dishes are to bring, the craziest relatives from our Thanksgivings growing up, and what an Oompa Loompa does when it forgets the lyrics to the song, plus more! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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With our intended topic and guest out this week, Cole's in, which means we're in for some shenanigans!

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Hope you you enjoyed Halloween this year! Kyle Petryla once again returns as we talk about lotsa Halloween stuff!

Self-care: not just for gen Z kids on Tiktok anymore!

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Los Angeles area comic Nina Dicker returns! And with that name we know this episode's going down in the algorithm. But who cares, she's hilarious!

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Winter is coming... And we're kind of happy about it? Cole is once again back with us as we talk about how to tackle the winter blues. Plus Atlas eats a ton of Chinese food, so that's fun :p

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Hey guess what, someone experimented with mushrooms! Following this intense yet interesting experience, our X and millennial duo are talking about not only the experience itself, but how drugs were explained to us growing up, plus more!

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It's a Superman race to the finish! A debate over Tropic of Cancer! Not that there's anything wrong with that! Our four combatants have chosen a "team" of their favorite Seinfeld episodes, and they're about to find out who's best!

Following a guest who couldn't make it, the boys talk about media literacy: how to spot fake news (like actual fake news, not the Donald Trump kind), and what we should be teaching our kids, as Atlas is becoming a teacher, plus more!

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You ever meet a zoomer or gen alpha kid who thinks they discovered a band because they heard it on tiktok? Well, we're talking about that! Why do kids the world over insist on reinventing the wheel? We're all guilty of it!

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Ah parties. From kids' birthdays, to weddings, to high school jams, to college ragers. Our Xer and Millennial hosts have been through em all, so we're talking about em! How about you?

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It's too freakin' hot outside. The boys are inside talking about the best snacks of their childhood as Dino chows down on snacks of his adulthood and we rate them! (Here's the reddit post Dino brought up in the episode!): https://www.reddit.com/r/ChillingApp/comments/rehejd/i_inherited_a_fallen_angel_part_1_remaster/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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Red flags: those little notifications that life gives you that something's wrong. We're telling stories about them! Featuring Nerra Muhammad, of the Queen Talks with Nerra podcast!

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A green thumb guests with two... brown thumbs? Is that a thing? We suck at plants, okay?! Fellow Canadian comic Irene Gomes helps us through this trying time :p

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Some rich idiots and one kid (he was 19 but come on, he was a kid) took a piece of junk to the bottom of the ocean and died. They're dead. We know that now. You know who else could be dead? Atlas!

Cole returns for an episode as he and Dino try to figure out what happened to his ass, plus more!

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We hope you had a great father's day! We talk about dads, our dads, dad jokes, and everything in between today ;)

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Ever have a cooking mishap? We sure have! This week the guys are joined by comedian Nina Dicker as they talk about cooking: their highs, their lows, and the time someone managed to turn baked goods into an oil spill. Come find out who!

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ONE HUNDRED EPISODES OF GENERATION DAN! We've been through a ton of guests, 3 zoomer co-hosts, and Dino losing a high school running back in weight, and we can't wait to bring you the next hundred. Orchid Cameron, our guest you may remember from our relationship with food episode way back in #66, joins us on this hundreth episode to celebrate!

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Nothing like Valentine's Day in June :p In our final double digited episode, the guys talk about first crushes and first loves. What happened, all the mishaps and cringe along the way, and how love differed between Gen X and Millennials.

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Ever think your hometown was weird? or just plain bad? Well, we're about to find out whose home domicile is worse: Santa Monica, CA (Atlas) or Toronto, the other CA (Dino)! Who will come out victorious? Come find out!

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