16 episodes

It’s Generational is a national Audacy podcast that’s part roundtable discussion, part deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features experts exploring issues all generations care about and a panelist representing Gen Z, Millennials, Baby Boomers, and Gen X.

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It’s Generational is a national Audacy podcast that’s part roundtable discussion, part deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features experts exploring issues all generations care about and a panelist representing Gen Z, Millennials, Baby Boomers, and Gen X.

    Keep up or cut off?: The friends episode

    Keep up or cut off?: The friends episode

    For this season of “It’s Generational” baby boomer journalist Dorothy Tucker, President of the National Association of Black Journalists; GenX journalist Hugo Balta, former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; millennial comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla, author of the upcoming book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome and Kim Saira, a GenZ content creator focused on inner healing and community care, make up our panel.

    Dr. Frederick Smith, a psychologist with Thriveworks, joined the show this week to explore friendships – from how we make them to why we need them, how to keep them and when to cut them off.

    • 39 min
    Have internet generations forgotten IRL community?

    Have internet generations forgotten IRL community?

    For this season of “It’s Generational” baby boomer journalist Dorothy Tucker, President of the National Association of Black Journalists; GenX journalist Hugo Balta, former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; millennial comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla, author of the upcoming book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome and Kim Saira, a GenZ content creator focused on inner healing and community care, make up our panel.

    Nathaniel Viets-VanLear, director of Youth Development for the My Block My Hood My City organization in Chicago, joined the show for this episode about community.

    • 30 min
    What we actually think about mental health

    What we actually think about mental health

    For this season of “It’s Generational” baby boomer journalist Dorothy Tucker, President of the National Association of Black Journalists; GenX journalist Hugo Balta, former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; millennial comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla, author of the upcoming book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome and Kim Saira, a GenZ content creator focused on inner healing and community care, joined the show.

    The first topic we covered was mental health, with some help from Dr. Milton Fuentes, a professor and coordinator of undergraduate advising for the Psychology Department at Montclair State University in New Jersey.

    • 31 min
    The streaming wars: Is live entertainment over?

    The streaming wars: Is live entertainment over?

    For the latest round of “It’s Generational” episodes, we dove deep into TV, entertainment and comedy. We explored what we miss, what we hope to see in the future and more. In this episode, our multigenerational panel talked about in-person entertainment, from rom-com movies to live clown shows.

    Join panelists Julia Scotti, a baby boomer standup comedian and subject of the documentary “Julia Scotti: Funny That Way”; Gen Z/millennial cusp comedy duo Syd & Olivia (Syd Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis), and with Audacy’s managing producer for national news podcasts, Myron Kaplan. Also, hear from three experts: Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz, showrunner of “Gordita Chronicles”; Dr. Ryan Poll, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and author of “Aquaman and the War against Oceans”, and Michael Tran of UCLA, a co-author of the Hollywood Diversity Report.

    • 17 min
    What do we want TV to look like?

    What do we want TV to look like?

    For the latest round of “It’s Generational” episodes, we dove deep into TV, entertainment and comedy. We explored what we miss, what we hope to see in the future and more. In this episode, we discuss what we want TV to look like in the future.

    Join panelists Julia Scotti, a baby boomer standup comedian and subject of the documentary “Julia Scotti: Funny That Way”; Gen Z/millennial cusp comedy duo Syd & Olivia (Syd Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis), and with Audacy’s managing producer for national news podcasts, Myron Kaplan. Also, hear from three experts: Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz, showrunner of “Gordita Chronicles”; Dr. Ryan Poll, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and author of “Aquaman and the War against Oceans”, and Michael Tran of UCLA, a co-author of the Hollywood Diversity Report.

    • 25 min
    How has 'funny' changed?

    How has 'funny' changed?

    For the latest round of “It’s Generational” episodes, we dove deep into TV, entertainment and comedy. We explored what we miss, what we hope to see in the future and more. First, we tackled how TV – and comedy in particular – has changed over the past decades.

    Join panelists Julia Scotti, a baby boomer standup comedian and subject of the documentary “Julia Scotti: Funny That Way”; Gen Z/millennial cusp comedy duo Syd & Olivia (Syd Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis), and with Audacy’s managing producer for national news podcasts, Myron Kaplan. Also, hear from three experts: Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz, showrunner of “Gordita Chronicles”; Dr. Ryan Poll, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and author of “Aquaman and the War against Oceans”, and Michael Tran of UCLA, a co-author of the Hollywood Diversity Report.

    • 26 min

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It’s Generational - I’ve been looking for a podcast like this…

Insightful and respectful, the host Lauren Barry shares a conversation between a linguist, veteran journalists and social media influencers about the word “trauma” and how its use has evolved through the generations.

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