From78

An interview with a fellow Xennial

Show Notes

Today's episode is an interview with Grasshopper, another xennial who lived through the world's transition from not having the internet (and all the things & stuff that came with the internet) to a world that is totally dependent on the internet. 

Here are some things we talk about in this: 
  • Is Mapquest a scam by shoe stores & Denny's 
  • Emojis 
  • Online dating 
  • Xennials
  • Red Dawn
  • The three-lane way of thinking about time
  • Online banking
  • Buying music (with your own money!) 
  • Recording songs off the radio 
  • Hauntology, Ghosts, Specters
  • Economic crashes 
  • Cold war
  • 9/11
  • Retirement? Ha! 
  • Si-Fi & the imagined future 
  • The Westwing & House of Cards. 
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What is From78?

From78 is a podcast about people in time.
The host is a dude who was born in 1978, who is literally From78. On the show, From78 talks to people who are older, young, or about the same age as he is about what the past and the future as they experience is. Topics discussed include: Hauntology, technology, politics, theory, art, culture, theology, and a wide range of other sundry things and stuff.

Along with these discussions, there are occasional audio-essays about what it is like to be From78 in the here and now.