A Generational Thing

Natalia Latham and Angela J Latham

A Zoomer and a Boomer walk into a bar. Z says to B, “Girrrl, let’s start a podcast.” B rolls her eyes and says to Z, “Sure why not? The world is short on podcasts.” God hollers from the men’s room: “Brainy, artsy, angsty repartee between strong women of two vastly different generations will save humanity!! … Probably!” Bartender slides down a hot mic.  Hosts Natalia Latham and Angela Latham take on the hard stuff, since that’s mostly all there is these days. Religion, culture, waves of feminism…maybe even some poetry. With 40 years and a couple of theatre degrees between them, these two preachers’ daughters, and exiles from a backwoods state of mind, are the family drama you actually need.  Available wherever you get your podcasts.

  1. 10/06/2024

    Trial and Error: The Courtroom Battle that Still Divides Us

    Send us a text In 1925, John Scopes, a high school biology teacher in rural Tennessee, was indicted for violating a new state law against teaching evolution. The record of his trial is a textbook all its own for today. A century later the very issues that played out in a small-town courthouse––from politics to religion and everything in between––still divide Americans. Join Natalia and Angela as they grapple with the engaging, sometimes frightening, and always illuminating experience of reading Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation, by Brenda Wineapple.  Resources: Brenda Wineapple Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial that Riveted a Nation Associated Press news “The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women's voices and bare faces in public” Vox.com How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump Vox.com From white supremacy to Barack Obama: The history of the Democratic Party Alexandra Alter “From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal” Transition Music: Humans Win “Sunshine Strum” Volodymyr Piddubnyk “Minimal documentary background music”  AGT and Nat and Ang on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/agenerationalthingpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/natalia_latham/ https://www.instagram.com/angelajoylatham/ Logo by Kara Joy Schrock: https://www.instagram.com/kjreliquaries/ Technical consultant, Tim Godby Music (for regular episodes): "Curious Documentary" by Jon Presstone (intro and transitions) "I Feel Fire" by we20fifty (outro)

    44 min
  2. 09/22/2024

    An Educated Public

    Send us a text      The one thing most Americans agree on besides apple pie is that November 5, 2024 is a very big day in US history. What are the issues we should be reflecting on as we choose our national, state, and local leaders? Does it really all come down to the economy (stupid)? Or Project 2025? Or reproductive rights?      How about this one? Educational equity? Now there's an election issue you don't hear nearly enough about. And it's nothing short of a pillar of democracy!! So in the lead-up to the election, the gals are learning about learning, about thinking, about probing beyond the headlines and scary news talk that has way too much to do with ... pets?!      First up in the queue, die-hard nerds Nat and Ang are joined by some stiff nerd competition! Dr. Chloe Latham Sikes is an expert on educational policy and Deputy Director of Policy for IDRA, a non-profit organization committed to educational equity. She offers some mind-blowing, gob-smacking truths about what is happening to and in schools across the country and what that means to all of us who care about a healthy democracy. Additional music:  "Golden Years," by Yagull Music "New Beginnings," by Humans Win AGT and Nat and Ang on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/agenerationalthingpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/natalia_latham/ https://www.instagram.com/angelajoylatham/ Logo by Kara Joy Schrock: https://www.instagram.com/kjreliquaries/ Technical consultant, Tim Godby Music (for regular episodes): "Curious Documentary" by Jon Presstone (intro and transitions) "I Feel Fire" by we20fifty (outro)

    42 min
  3. 05/12/2024

    Mother(hood) Musings

    Send us a text Mother’s Day is a perfect occasion for intergenerational processing! Nat and Ang take full advantage of this opportunity to explore a disconcerting array of topics: the evolutionary contributions of grandmothers, the panic over plunging fertility rates, the changing expectations of motherhood, how expensive kids are, etc. They even tackle (but fail to answer) the “to be or not to be (a mother)” question. Don’t worry about whiplash. A little artsy/litsy talk helps smooth out the ride. Resources: Kristen Hawkes, “Grandmothers and Human Evolution” "US Fertility Rate Dropped..." Peggy O’Donnell Heffington, "Why Women Not Having Kids Became a Panic" "Yuni's Pros and Cons List of Having Children" Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Julie Yoon, "Career or Kids: It's a Tough Choice for These Women" Urban Dictionary Jane Bell, "Mother Ate" Leunig, Prayers (God Be with the Mother...) Additional music: The Turquoise Moon, "Like a Butterfly"  Raighes Factory, "Peaceful Light" Humans Win, "Tick-Tock Block - Light Mix"  Justin Artis, "What's in My Heart" The Turquoise Moon, "Mother’s Day: Hangin’ with Mama"  AGT and Nat and Ang on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/agenerationalthingpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/natalia_latham/ https://www.instagram.com/angelajoylatham/ Logo by Kara Joy Schrock: https://www.instagram.com/kjreliquaries/ Technical consultant, Tim Godby Music (for regular episodes): "Curious Documentary" by Jon Presstone (intro and transitions) "I Feel Fire" by we20fifty (outro)

    1h 1m
  4. 04/28/2024

    Really Dead Poets Society

    Send us a text Be not afraid! It’s poetry month at the pod and Nat and Ang are here to cure your BARDOLOTRYPHOBIA. The gals serve up an irreverent crash course in love poetry, from Shakespeare’s sonnets to Solomon’s songs with (almost) nothing and no one in between. Find out which of our featured really famous, really dead poets is the literary heartthrob of the ages. Discover at last why Shakespeare and Solomon sound so much alike sometimes. Along the way, just try to keep track of all the hackneyed metaphors Nat and Ang use to explain things. We dare you. And be sure to stick around for the singalong.  Zero credit offered and no homework. Just a romp.  RESOURCES Poetic Forms Writer’s Digest Sonnets of Shakespeare Song of Songs/Song of Solomon Rev. Rob Christ on Song of Songs (TikTok) Zhang Longxi “The Letter or the Spirit” Canonization of Song of Songs (including the views of William Whiston and the Latter Day Saints) Sharon Olds Stag’s Leap Oscar Wilde Ave Marie Gratia Plena  Poets Mentioned in Passing Tyler Knott Gregson Rupi Kaur Taylor Swift (who?) Mary Oliver Just for Fun  The Hair of the Head of Shakespeare New Yorker Radio Hour Podcast: Judi Dench on Bond and Shakespeare Transitional Music and Sound Effects: Jon Presstone, “Fancy and Friendly” and “Renaissance Revelry” Storyblocks, Stadium Sound Effects AGT and Nat and Ang on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/agenerationalthingpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/natalia_latham/ https://www.instagram.com/angelajoylatham/ Logo by Kara Joy Schrock: https://www.instagram.com/kjreliquaries/ Technical consultant, Tim Godby Music (for regular episodes): "Curious Documentary" by Jon Presstone (intro and transitions) "I Feel Fire" by we20fifty (outro)

    41 min

Ratings & Reviews

4.9
out of 5
7 Ratings

About

A Zoomer and a Boomer walk into a bar. Z says to B, “Girrrl, let’s start a podcast.” B rolls her eyes and says to Z, “Sure why not? The world is short on podcasts.” God hollers from the men’s room: “Brainy, artsy, angsty repartee between strong women of two vastly different generations will save humanity!! … Probably!” Bartender slides down a hot mic.  Hosts Natalia Latham and Angela Latham take on the hard stuff, since that’s mostly all there is these days. Religion, culture, waves of feminism…maybe even some poetry. With 40 years and a couple of theatre degrees between them, these two preachers’ daughters, and exiles from a backwoods state of mind, are the family drama you actually need.  Available wherever you get your podcasts.