Like Whatever

About Like Whatever

Join Heather and Nicole as we discuss all things Gen-X with personal nostalgia, current events, and an advocacy for the rights of all humans. From music to movies to television and so much more, revisit the generational trauma we all experienced as we talk about it all. Take a break from today and travel back to the long hot summer days of the 80s and 90s. Come on slackers, fuck around and find out with us!

Publisher

Heather Jolley and Nicole Barr

Category

comedy · society & culture · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

17 Oct 2024

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

106 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Oct 2026

   These Aren't The Ads You're Looking For

   One movie scene can turn a “whatever” product into a permanent part of culture, and once you notice it, you can’t unsee it. We start with our usual real life swirl, the SpaceX “space squid,” an update on endurance legend Carl Bushby, and a surprisingly honest detour into life insurance, death plans, and the oddly comforting idea of donating your body to science. Then we go deep on product placement in movies, the kind Gen X grew up breathing in through VHS rewatches. We break down the market...

2. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Get Off My Lawn

   National Grouch Day exists, it lands on October 15, and we are absolutely claiming it. We take our favorite kind of nostalgia, the kind with sharp edges, and use it to build a Gen X hall of fame for legendary grouches. Think Oscar the Grouch energy, but expanded into sitcom dads, cartoon villains, and the characters who taught us that complaining can be a craft. We dig into where National Grouch Day came from (a sixth-grade prank aimed at a grouchy teacher) and then roll through the icons: F...

3. 

   2 Oct 2026

   Keeping It 100 GenX Style

   Aliens aren’t a new obsession for Gen X, they’re practically part of our operating system, and we prove it on our (very on brand) hundredth episode. We start where we always start: real life chaos. From birthday side eye to VMAs takes to a full rant about coastal storm flooding and out of town concert crowds acting like Ocean City invented water, we set the scene for why “unexplained” is basically our comfort zone. Then we go out of this world, but keep it grounded in stories you can actuall...

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

467

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

83

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

51

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