Boomers ruined everything, Millennials are work-shy and Gen Z can’t comprehend anything that isn’t a TikTok dance. Generational language defines the way we think about broad cohorts of society, but is this way of viewing the world dividing us further at a time when solidarity has never been more important?
Tom Nicholas, a writer, filmmaker and YouTuber, joins us to discuss his latest film Boomers: The Rise of Gerontocracy, generational language and whether Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z are really that different to each other or are just one generation shaped by the financial crisis.
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Credits:
Presented by Aman Sethi
Edited and produced by James Battershill, Ayodeji Rotinwa & Carla Abreu
Theme song ‘Odyssey’ performed by Edward Abela
00:00 Introduction
03:00 Is generational discourse useful?
08:20 Shrinking generations
11:07 The long shadow of the financial crisis
13:47 How is generational language shaping politics?
15:47 What makes boomers different from other generations?
18:01 Is it time to redefine generations?
20:56 The Covid generation
22:55 Intergenerational solidarity
