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Here Come the Young Americans
In a world where Baby Boomers stubbornly cling to cultural power, where Gen X-ers won’t admit that they’re old now, and where most Millennials are too busy Netflix-and-chilling and too poor from excessive avocado toast to leave their parents’ basements and get married (to say nothing of whatever the heck the next generation is called), who will deliver the hot takes the Internet already has too many of, but in verbal form?
Leave it to the Young Americans. Led by host Jack Butler (me), an otherwise ever-shifting cast of right-leaning young people will discuss the news and culture of the day while trying to prove that some youths actually do know what they’re talking about. We’ll also attempt to offer some valuable insights about things people our age are actually experiencing.
In the course of our discussions, the Young Americans will attempt to answer for all time such weighty questions as: Are Millennials really buying too much avocado toast? Are all young people degenerates, or just most of them? Should we trust anyone over 30, and, if so, what should the actual cutoff be? 35?
Whether we answer these questions, or whether we just prove how foolish we ultimately are in our youth, you’ll have to listen to find out. So listen to Young Americans Ep.1: The Debut.
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Glad to hear you’ve got your own podcast, Jack! I look forward to hearing you speak without Jonah interrupting and/or threatening you at intervals.
So . . a heavy lift?
I’ll be tuning in. Hope it works out.
Hey now!
This “Gen X-er” has no problem admitting she’s “old now.”
She just forgets it now and then, is all.
Too old?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEIMCWob3U
Hey, I just found out that I have cultural power :)
There is way too much capitalization and punctuation in this post for me to believe it was actually written by a millennial. Nice try, Ricochet.
Loved the Bond-ish closing theme, but it doesn’t seem very “millennial.” And so happy that you stayed away from the Bowie song (assuming it’s ever crossed your radar).
so, the Young Guns podcast is back?
i loved that podcast
It’s the theme to “The Incredibles.”
The podcast was pretty good.
Your music still sucks though. It’s science.
Wow–no idea on that. Monty Norman, who wrote the Bond theme, is still alive at 90 to get a cut of the action.
@Max and I have been working with him. Had the pleasure of meeting Jack at the Podcast Summit. And since he’s from Cincinnapolis and knows what a Flying Pig is, he’s ok by me.
I was going to listen last night but you know, old people have to go to bed so early . . .
Checked it out this morning instead. Nice. Y’all sound pretty smart fer young’ns. I’ll listen again.
I listened to your podcast, and am impressed with you yungin’s.
Signed
tail end Baby Boomer
Nice job avoiding “like” and other verbal tics. I’ll definitely add this to my rotation.
I was just joshin’ ya before about millennial punctuation. I’m a leaded edge millennial myself.
I feel like I am being set up for potential insubordination here. So I’ll just say that I greatly appreciate your interest and hope that our nascent podcast rewards it.
I’ve read and deeply internalized Dr. Charles Murray’s “Curmudgeon’s Guide,” so I, like, try to avoid Millennial habits of speech or whatever. We appreciate your listenership.
Thanks for listening. When I said that some Boomers refuse to die, I exempt all of those who listen to our podcast. Those Boomers can live for as long as they want.
Young people go to bed too, eventually…
Thank you for listening. And thank you for listening…again! (Since you did it twice.)
Thanks for listening, good Sir Knight. We’ll probably do an episode on modern music soon, in which my interlocutors and I will take up your proposition.
I’m only a boomer by birth, not thought. ❤
I’m looking forward to it.