HeyJaredGen X Jersey: The Aftershow
A Gen X culture podcast exploring music, midlife work realities, listener stories and books through extended interviews and weekly recaps. Gen X refers to the host, we are programming for all ages!
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- Sep 22, 2026
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No Question (opens the original)
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Why did she let him off the hook so easily? Melissa looks back at a turning point conversation, one that left her family unprepared for the troubles ahead, and whether pressing for an answer to one question might have changed everything. It seems she didn't know it was a turning point until it was too late. Don't you hate it when that happens? Gen X Jersey
Head First (opens the original)
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Melissa has been sharing more personal stories lately, but not this one. This story has been getting airtime for years. It’s her best cocktail party story, about the first time she went into New York City alone. She was newly divorced and feeling pretty good about it, right up until a stranger gave her two black eyes and a group of Good Samaritans got too wrapped up in the answer to the question, “Is anyone here with you?” The answer was no. Which, until about 30 seconds earlier, had been the wh
In Sickness (opens the original)
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In this episode of the new chapter of Gen X Jersey, she looks back on the secret her soon-to-be ex husband asked her to keep, the help he refused and her decision not to tell anyone. A year later, the problem returned far more seriously, leaving her to question what her silence may have cost. Against the end of a 22-year marriage, Melissa reflects on what it means to promise “in sickness and in health,” then lose the right to see that promise through. She shares what it felt like to stand outsid
The Long Game (opens the original)
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What began as a story about addiction and grief became the path that led to Melissa's latest book. In this episode of this new chapter of Gen X Jersey, she shares the deeply personal story behind her writing, and why she's still willing to play the long game. Melissa grew up believing that you did the work first. You wrote the book, recorded the album, built the business or learned the craft. Then, if the work was good enough, you found an audience. Today, the order is reversed reversed, they ex
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