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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>WTAF was my childhood?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wtaf-was-my-childhood--6742105</link><description><![CDATA[<i><b>WTAF was my childhood?</b></i> Growing up in the 80s and 90s was wild, dangerous toys, questionable parenting, and “family-friendly” TV shows, movies, and songs that were anything but. Join Eric<b> (True Consequences)</b> and Justin <b>(Generation Why)</b> each week as they dig into the hilarious, traumatic, and downright unbelievable stories from their childhoods. From near-death experiences and soap-in-the-mouth punishments to singing wildly inappropriate lyrics as a child, this podcast asks the question we’re all thinking: What the actual f* was my childhood?** If you love nostalgia with a side of dark humor, buckle up. It’s story time, and it’s a miracle we survived to tell it.]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/6742105/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Comedy</category><copyright>Copyright Eric Carter-Landin</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c15334bf44278c47cd50a651972ffbcb.jpg</url><title>WTAF was my childhood?</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wtaf-was-my-childhood--6742105</link></image><lastBuildDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:56:33 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Eric Carter-Landin</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Eric Carter-Landin</itunes:name><itunes:email>wtafpod@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c15334bf44278c47cd50a651972ffbcb.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>WTAF was my childhood? Growing up in the 80s and 90s was wild, dangerous toys, questionable parenting, and “family-friendly” TV shows, movies, and songs that were anything but. Join Eric (True Consequences) and Justin (Generation Why) each week as...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[<i><b>WTAF was my childhood?</b></i> Growing up in the 80s and 90s was wild, dangerous toys, questionable parenting, and “family-friendly” TV shows, movies, and songs that were anything but. Join Eric<b> (True Consequences)</b> and Justin <b>(Generation Why)</b> each week as they dig into the hilarious, traumatic, and downright unbelievable stories from their childhoods. From near-death experiences and soap-in-the-mouth punishments to singing wildly inappropriate lyrics as a child, this podcast asks the question we’re all thinking: What the actual f* was my childhood?** If you love nostalgia with a side of dark humor, buckle up. It’s story time, and it’s a miracle we survived to tell it.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Comedy"/><itunes:category text="Society &amp; Culture"><itunes:category text="Personal Journals"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="TV &amp; Film"><itunes:category text="TV Reviews"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Seventeen</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/seventeen--69177563</link><description><![CDATA[It's 1988 and somethings are just considered not just accpetabled but actual chart on top 40 radio. <br />Today we read the lyrics to a little song called Seventeen by the band Winger. Winger was a hair metal band from NY that wrote all kinds of songs ranging from....Well we don't really care because this isn't a behind the music antholgy. We're just going to read the lyrics from this one and let you decide how you feel about it. <br /><br />f]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69177563</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:50:58 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69177563/wtafseventeen.mp3" length="10811095" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5cd2238d-413e-4d7a-a08f-2098f3514989/5cd2238d-413e-4d7a-a08f-2098f3514989.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5cd2238d-413e-4d7a-a08f-2098f3514989/5cd2238d-413e-4d7a-a08f-2098f3514989.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/5cd2238d-413e-4d7a-a08f-2098f3514989/5cd2238d-413e-4d7a-a08f-2098f3514989.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Eric Carter-Landin</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>It's 1988 and somethings are just considered not just accpetabled but actual chart on top 40 radio. 
Today we read the lyrics to a little song called Seventeen by the band Winger. Winger was a hair metal band from NY that wrote all kinds of songs...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's 1988 and somethings are just considered not just accpetabled but actual chart on top 40 radio. <br />Today we read the lyrics to a little song called Seventeen by the band Winger. Winger was a hair metal band from NY that wrote all kinds of songs ranging from....Well we don't really care because this isn't a behind the music antholgy. We're just going to read the lyrics from this one and let you decide how you feel about it. <br /><br />f]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>450</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>80s,hairmetal,rock,seventeen,winger</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c15334bf44278c47cd50a651972ffbcb.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Sextalk with mom and other misadventures</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/sextalk-with-mom-and-other-misadventures--68700048</link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever have that “talk” with your mom or dad? You know the one. Well, we never actually had the talk in my house. Instead, we had incident that forced uncomfortable conversations and led to outcomes that were equal parts hilarious and painfully cringy. Looking back, I’m not sure if those moments made things better or worse, but they definitely made them memorable. And honestly, I think those ridiculous exchanges taught me more than any formal sit-down ever could. Funny how the most embarrassing situations end up becoming the stories you tell for the rest of your life.<br /><br />f]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68700048</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 03:02:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68700048/sextalk.mp3" length="21155036" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b161eb9f-bb9b-4da4-bb16-d7152dda01da/b161eb9f-bb9b-4da4-bb16-d7152dda01da.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b161eb9f-bb9b-4da4-bb16-d7152dda01da/b161eb9f-bb9b-4da4-bb16-d7152dda01da.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/b161eb9f-bb9b-4da4-bb16-d7152dda01da/b161eb9f-bb9b-4da4-bb16-d7152dda01da.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Eric Carter-Landin</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Did you ever have that “talk” with your mom or dad? You know the one. Well, we never actually had the talk in my house. Instead, we had incident that forced uncomfortable conversations and led to outcomes that were equal parts hilarious and painfully...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Did you ever have that “talk” with your mom or dad? You know the one. Well, we never actually had the talk in my house. Instead, we had incident that forced uncomfortable conversations and led to outcomes that were equal parts hilarious and painfully cringy. Looking back, I’m not sure if those moments made things better or worse, but they definitely made them memorable. And honestly, I think those ridiculous exchanges taught me more than any formal sit-down ever could. Funny how the most embarrassing situations end up becoming the stories you tell for the rest of your life.<br /><br />f]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>882</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>mom,sextalk,strangerdanger,teen</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c15334bf44278c47cd50a651972ffbcb.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>WTAF was "Dating?"</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wtaf-was-dating--68490549</link><description><![CDATA[On this episode Justin and Eric talk about "dating" you'll understand the quotes once you listen because it was really just a big disaster from our teen years. Both stories involve lots of alchol, a little dancing, some vomit and... it goes down hill from there. Mild trigger warning, Justin's story is about him at age 13 and a statutory situation he was a victim of but we don't go into details. <br />Please leave us your feedback, rate and review and tell us how much you love the fact that your intro to dating was hopefully better than ours. <br /><br />f]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68490549</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 02:21:41 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68490549/sexualsituations.mp3" length="34656001" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d8186013-c5db-47e8-84f4-6e1c8ece26f4/d8186013-c5db-47e8-84f4-6e1c8ece26f4.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d8186013-c5db-47e8-84f4-6e1c8ece26f4/d8186013-c5db-47e8-84f4-6e1c8ece26f4.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/d8186013-c5db-47e8-84f4-6e1c8ece26f4/d8186013-c5db-47e8-84f4-6e1c8ece26f4.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Eric Carter-Landin</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>On this episode Justin and Eric talk about "dating" you'll understand the quotes once you listen because it was really just a big disaster from our teen years. Both stories involve lots of alchol, a little dancing, some vomit and... it goes down hill...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[On this episode Justin and Eric talk about "dating" you'll understand the quotes once you listen because it was really just a big disaster from our teen years. Both stories involve lots of alchol, a little dancing, some vomit and... it goes down hill from there. Mild trigger warning, Justin's story is about him at age 13 and a statutory situation he was a victim of but we don't go into details. <br />Please leave us your feedback, rate and review and tell us how much you love the fact that your intro to dating was hopefully better than ours. <br /><br />f]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>867</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>dancing,dating,drinking,statutory,vomit</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c15334bf44278c47cd50a651972ffbcb.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Horror movies that scared the &amp;*^&amp;% outta us as kids</title><link>https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61581204745554#</link><description><![CDATA[In celebration of Halloween, this first episode features Justin and Eric discussing the scary movies they watched way too young. Eric shares how Poltergeist affected him, and we reminisce about the creepiness of Zelda Rubinstein, who played the medium that cleanses the house. Justin also confesses his discomfort around short people. The mythos surrounding Poltergeist ranges from alleged curses to the use of real human skeletons during filming. Justin’s pick is Phantasm—and if you haven’t seen it yet, spoiler alert: it’s a psychedelic fever dream masquerading as a horror movie. Justin does his damndest to explain the unexplainable, but you’ll just have to tune in to understand how a Tall Man, flying spheres, Jawas, a skullet, and tuning forks all tie together.<br />This whole episode is a Poltergasm if you will ;)<br /><br /><br />f]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68314158</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2025 17:55:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68314158/wtafhorrormovies.mp3" length="46155714" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/45bb93ac-1e2a-408d-a52f-1153fc5b11a4/45bb93ac-1e2a-408d-a52f-1153fc5b11a4.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/45bb93ac-1e2a-408d-a52f-1153fc5b11a4/45bb93ac-1e2a-408d-a52f-1153fc5b11a4.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/45bb93ac-1e2a-408d-a52f-1153fc5b11a4/45bb93ac-1e2a-408d-a52f-1153fc5b11a4.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Eric Carter-Landin</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>In celebration of Halloween, this first episode features Justin and Eric discussing the scary movies they watched way too young. Eric shares how Poltergeist affected him, and we reminisce about the creepiness of Zelda Rubinstein, who played the medium...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[In celebration of Halloween, this first episode features Justin and Eric discussing the scary movies they watched way too young. Eric shares how Poltergeist affected him, and we reminisce about the creepiness of Zelda Rubinstein, who played the medium that cleanses the house. Justin also confesses his discomfort around short people. The mythos surrounding Poltergeist ranges from alleged curses to the use of real human skeletons during filming. Justin’s pick is Phantasm—and if you haven’t seen it yet, spoiler alert: it’s a psychedelic fever dream masquerading as a horror movie. Justin does his damndest to explain the unexplainable, but you’ll just have to tune in to understand how a Tall Man, flying spheres, Jawas, a skullet, and tuning forks all tie together.<br />This whole episode is a Poltergasm if you will ;)<br /><br /><br />f]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1923</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>childhood,horror,movies,phantasm,poltergeist</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/c15334bf44278c47cd50a651972ffbcb.jpg"/><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>WTAF Trailer</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/wtaf-trailer--68288860</link><description><![CDATA[<b>Take a trip down memory lane. Gen X, elder millennials and even you youngsters.  In this debut, Eric and Justin talk traumatic stories, questionable supervision, and the strange ways kids tried to impress older peers in the 80s and 90s. It’s amazing any of us made it out of childhood alive.</b><br /><br />f]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/68288860</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:12:30 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68288860/wtafpilot_stereo.mp3" length="894109" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3f54150d-b0fe-42af-9e49-5d0423cee234/3f54150d-b0fe-42af-9e49-5d0423cee234.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3f54150d-b0fe-42af-9e49-5d0423cee234/3f54150d-b0fe-42af-9e49-5d0423cee234.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/3f54150d-b0fe-42af-9e49-5d0423cee234/3f54150d-b0fe-42af-9e49-5d0423cee234.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Eric Carter-Landin</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Take a trip down memory lane. 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