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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  1. Archie Campbell Member
    Archie Campbell
    @ArchieCampbell

    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.

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  2. Hoyacon Member
    Hoyacon
    @Hoyacon

    . . . will discuss the news and culture of the day while trying to prove that some youths actually do know what they’re talking about.

    So . . a heavy lift?

    I’ll be tuning in. Hope it works out.

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  3. kelsurprise Member
    kelsurprise
    @kelsurprise

    JackButler: Gen X-ers won’t admit that they’re old now

    Hey now! 

    This “Gen X-er” has no problem admitting she’s “old now.”

    She just forgets it now and then, is all. 

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  4. Ontheleftcoast Inactive
    Ontheleftcoast
    @Ontheleftcoast

    Too old?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGEIMCWob3U

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  5. Hoyacon Member
    Hoyacon
    @Hoyacon

    Ontheleftcoast (View Comment):

    Too old?

    Hey, I just found out that I have cultural power :)

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  6. Mark Wilson Inactive
    Mark Wilson
    @MarkWilson

    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.

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  7. Hoyacon Member
    Hoyacon
    @Hoyacon

    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).

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  8. Miffed White Male Member
    Miffed White Male
    @MiffedWhiteMale

    so, the Young Guns podcast is back?

     

    i loved that podcast

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  9. Archie Campbell Member
    Archie Campbell
    @ArchieCampbell

    Hoyacon (View Comment):

    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).

    It’s the theme to “The Incredibles.”

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  10. Percival Thatcher
    Percival
    @Percival

    The podcast was pretty good.

    Your music still sucks though. It’s science.

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  11. Hoyacon Member
    Hoyacon
    @Hoyacon

    Archie Campbell (View Comment):

    Hoyacon (View Comment):

    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).

    It’s the theme to “The Incredibles.”

    Wow–no idea on that.  Monty Norman, who wrote the Bond theme, is still alive at 90 to get a cut of the action.

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  12. EJHill Podcaster
    EJHill
    @EJHill

    Mark Wilson: 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.

    @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.

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  13. kelsurprise Member
    kelsurprise
    @kelsurprise

    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. 

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  14. Jules PA Inactive
    Jules PA
    @JulesPA

    I listened to your podcast, and am impressed with you yungin’s.

    Signed

    tail end Baby Boomer

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  15. Mark Wilson Inactive
    Mark Wilson
    @MarkWilson

    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.

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  16. JackButler Podcaster
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    Archie Campbell (View Comment):

    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.

    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. 

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  17. JackButler Podcaster
    JackButler
    @JackButler

    Mark Wilson (View Comment):

    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’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. 

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  18. JackButler Podcaster
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    Jules PA (View Comment):

    I listened to your podcast, and am impressed with you yungin’s.

    Signed

    tail end Baby Boomer

    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.  

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  19. JackButler Podcaster
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    kelsurprise (View Comment):

    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.

    Young people go to bed too, eventually…
    Thank you for listening. And thank you for listening…again! (Since you did it twice.) 

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  20. JackButler Podcaster
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    Percival (View Comment):

    The podcast was pretty good.

    Your music still sucks though. It’s science.

    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. 

     

     

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  21. Jules PA Inactive
    Jules PA
    @JulesPA

    JackButler (View Comment):

    Jules PA (View Comment):

    I listened to your podcast, and am impressed with you yungin’s.

    Signed

    tail end Baby Boomer

    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.

    I’m only a boomer by birth, not thought. ❤

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  22. Percival Thatcher
    Percival
    @Percival

    JackButler (View Comment):

    Percival (View Comment):

    The podcast was pretty good.

    Your music still sucks though. It’s science.

    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 looking forward to it.

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