{"id":1,"date":"2025-10-31T22:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-11-07T17:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:34:30","slug":"s1e1_firsts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/31\/s1e1_firsts\/","title":{"rendered":"First Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the debut episode of <em>Midlife Young<\/em>, father and daughter\u2014Class of 1996 and Class of 2026\u2014kick off their podcast journey by celebrating \u201cfirsts.\u201d From record players and CD players to after-school dance classes and janitor gigs, they swap stories about growing up in totally different eras. The conversation is packed with laughs, nostalgia, and playful comparisons: think dial-up internet vs. WiFi, Blockbuster vs. Netflix, and the mystery of cursive handwriting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They dive into classic topics like first jobs, prom traditions, and the evolution of technology\u2014from pagers and payphones to smartphones and streaming. Along the way, you\u2019ll hear about quirky family moments, favorite hangout spots, and how some things (like prom night) never really change. Whether you\u2019re a child of the \u201990s or a Gen Z\u2019er, this episode is a fun, relatable look at what connects us across generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tune in for a light-hearted, family-friendly chat that\u2019s equal parts nostalgic and fresh\u2014and don\u2019t miss the future episodes as the conversation continues!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/episode\/4WgMEdkdxcaTBcBiDDx3C2?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the debut episode of Midlife Young, father and daughter\u2014Class of 1996 and Class of 2026\u2014kick off their podcast journey by celebrating \u201cfirsts.\u201d From record players and CD players to after-school dance classes and janitor gigs, they swap stories about growing up in totally different eras. The conversation is packed with laughs, nostalgia, and playful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midlifeyoung.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}