Hi everyone!

It’s me – Sam. A blast from the past, I’m sure you’re thinking.

Yes – this is the podcast feed for the Parenting Then and Now Podcast and yes, you’re in the right place.

You will probably be seeing a new cover art for the feed, and a new name: Living in the Past. This short update  is to let you know where I’ve been and why the podcast is evolving.

If you’re still here, you’ve likely noticed that I haven’t posted a new PTAN episode in almost two years. We know what’s been going on in the world since April 2020 – COVID being the biggest change, but lots of other social and political upheavals as well.

That being said, yes – those realities factored into the silence from this side of the mike, but that wasn’t the only reason. Truth be told, I realized that I’d evolved beyond the Parenting side of PTAN as my kids are now much older than when I started in 2017, and I’m not looking at parenting the same way. What has remained, however, and what has been consistent from the start of the podcast, has been my obsession – yes, obsession with things way back when. I think a lot about the past, living in the past, and who things were when I was younger. That was one of the reasons behind the original podcast, and that obsession remains. Now, however, I am only focusing on the specific elements of my Generation X memories, without specifically having parenting as a primary focus.Thanks for

So this is a very long way of saying that the Parenting Then and Now Podcast has evolved into the Living in the Past podcast. About a year ago, I started a new site on Substack called Living in the Past, and on it, I am writing all about Gen X-related stuff, memories, and life as it was growing up in the 70s and 80s. I record each post that is dropped as a podcast, and that is now the feed that you can hear by subscribing. As I continue writing on my site, I plan to do interviews related to various topics from “the past” similar to the Parenting Then and Now Podcast, but the whole idea of parenting as the basis of the podcast won’t be the focus.

In other words, I’m still talking about “then and now,” but doing so as an adult remembering another time.

Thanks for keeping me in your feed and I do hope that you’ll continue on with me on this journey. Please subscribe to my newsletter at http://livinginthepast.substack.com to receive each new update, article and more good stuff that’s coming soon.

Thanks for your support and let’s go!

Sam