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Allusionist 39: Generation What?

July 13, 2016 The Allusionist

Which are you: Millennial, Generation X, Baby Boomer, Silent Generation, an impressively young-looking Arthurian Generation? Or are you an individual who refuses to be labelled? Demographer Neil Howe, author Miranda Sawyer and Megan Tan,

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Which are you: Millennial, Generation X, Baby Boomer, Silent Generation, an impressively young-looking Arthurian? Or are you an individual who refuses to be labelled?

Demographer Neil Howe, author Miranda Sawyer and Megan Tan, the host of Millennial podcast, consider whether the generational names are useful or reductive. Or both.

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  • Generations at a glance, thanks to Neil Howe.

  • Not sure which generation you fall into? Calculate it.

  • Neil has written numerous pieces for Forbes about the generations, and many books - here's the background of Strauss-Howe generational theory.

  • But wait - Millennials aren't real?

  • A Millennial rants against an anti-Millennial rant by a Millennial.

  • Thomas Jefferson was a proponent of generational theory in this letter to James Madison.

  • Read an extract of Miranda Sawyer's book Out of Time (and then buy it).

  • Scientific chaos.

  • There's a transcript of this episode at theallusionist.org/transcripts/generation-what.

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CREDITS:

  • Megan Tan hosts Millennial. Find it at millennialpodcast.org and find her on Twitter @millennialpdcst.

  • Miranda Sawyer is the author of Out of Time and many articles in The Observer. She is @msmirandasawyer on Twitter.

  • Neil Howe has written a ton of books on generational theory. Find out more at his website, lifecourse.com; and he's @howegeneration on Twitter.

  • This episode was produced by Devon Taylor, Cheeka Eyers and me, Helen Zaltzman. The music is by Martin Austwick.

The show is taking a break for the rest of July, but will return on 5 August 2016.

- HZ

In episodes Tags words, language, labels, generations, Generation X, Generation Y, Gen X, Millennials, millennium, Baby Boomers, Silent Generation, Lost Generation, Arthurian Generation, Thomas Jefferson, Miranda Sawyer, Megan Tan, Millennial, Neil Howe, generational theory, sociology, William Strauss, galactagogue
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