Josh is back from New Orleans, and let’s just say—between the beignets, ghost tours, alligator sightings, and next-level food, NOLA still knows how to blow your mind. While recapping the trip, Josh and Bret dive into a conversation about the unwritten Gen X rules that leave younger generations scratching their heads.

If you have the chance to stay at one company for your whole career, would you? Why do we call instead of text, and why does face-to-face just feel better than digital everything? Oh—and let’s clear this up once and for all: no one’s carrying cash anymore. We’re fully team card, tap-to-pay, and “please just Venmo me.”

This episode is a mash-up of travel hype, generational code-breaking, and a few proud reminders that Gen X is still quietly getting it done—just with a lot less noise.

Josh, Bret, and Sean kick things off with a throwback to home sick days—you know, back when staying home meant watching The Price Is Right and sipping flat 7UP. We swap stories about faking sick, the tricks that worked, the ones that totally didn’t, and how our parents basically had a built-in B.S. detector.

Then Sean takes us into beast mode with the story of his first 50km ultra run—what it took to train, the wild reality of a runner’s high, and the mental game of doing something ridiculously hard. We dive into how we train—music or no music, whether smelling salts actually do anything, and why the right playlist in the gym can turn you into a superhero (or at least make you feel like one).

From nostalgic laziness to modern mental toughness, this one’s all about what it takes to rest, recover, and push yourself through the hard stuff—with or without a power ballad.

Remember when we could function on pizza rolls, Mountain Dew, and zero sleep? Yeah, those days are over. Now it’s all about supplements, protein powders, joint support, and forcing ourselves to “enjoy” skipping just to keep the wheels from falling off.

In this episode, Josh and Bret dive into the reality of getting older—the rituals, the routines, and the weird aches that show up uninvited. From daily vitamin packs the size of a multivitamin brick to cold plunges and collagen smoothies, we ask: Are we actually optimizing our health, or just holding it together with flavored powders and wishful thinking?

It’s part confession, part comedy, and fully Gen X—because if we’re going down, we’re going down with magnesium, multi vitamin, and a foam roller.