One of my favorite parts of working with the Prospect team is our generational diversity. We have staffers who were at the Democratic National Convention when the whole world was watching in 1968, and staffers who graduated college just a couple of years ago. I find both the wisdom of experience and fresh perspectives that aren’t burdened by the past to be vital to our coverage.
We had the idea to put these older and younger staffers in conversation with one another, to see how they approach the most important issues of the day in
politics and culture. The result is our brand-new original podcast series, Prospect: Generations. (Apologies to the gang at Star Trek.)
For the next month, you can listen in on these provocative discussions that span the generational divide. We’re going to release one every week in March. The first teams up Prospect co-founder and co-editor Paul Starr, who graduated from college into the turmoil of the Vietnam War, and staff writer Lee Harris, who graduated during the era of Trump and the pandemic. In "Do Generations Matter?" Paul and Lee discuss whether generational distinctions have flattened in the past fifty years, and if the monumental challenges of the modern age—authoritarianism, the climate crisis, and more—will break that pattern.
This frank series of discussions had me thinking about the people of different generations I interact with in my life, and what I can learn from them. This is the first original podcast we’ve put together since I’ve been at the Prospect, and I think it will bring you closer to the people who write the Prospect and how they think. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
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