21 min
Generation Pandemic Wake Up To Politics
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Studies have shown that the most important time for a person’s political development is in their early years. So how is the coronavirus pandemic impacting young Americans — a cohort already distrustful of government and anxious for change — and what will it mean for their political identities going forward? In this episode of Wake Up To Politics, young listeners call in to share their thoughts about coming of age during COVID-19; then, TIME national correspondent Charlotte Alter helps put their comments into context with incisive analysis about the political lives of millennials and Generation Z.
Studies have shown that the most important time for a person’s political development is in their early years. So how is the coronavirus pandemic impacting young Americans — a cohort already distrustful of government and anxious for change — and what will it mean for their political identities going forward? In this episode of Wake Up To Politics, young listeners call in to share their thoughts about coming of age during COVID-19; then, TIME national correspondent Charlotte Alter helps put their comments into context with incisive analysis about the political lives of millennials and Generation Z.
21 min