The Latest Generation

A consolidated version of the Mapping History section for The Fourth Turning

Back with another episode of The Latest.    Prompt the 1st 1783 - Highlander and Ukraine   I flipped back and forth on "Ukraine" and "Crimea" in the episode: 1783 was annexing Crimea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexation_of_the_Crimean_Khanate_by_the_Russian_Empire   Prompt the 2nd - Can a Gen xer have an opinion on Olivia Rodrigo On Olivia Rodrigo - bad idea right? Is 3'04" - a properly short...

The other day I flipped back to the Mapping HIstory episodes done in 2022, and thought they were worth revisiting. This is the first few episodes, which gives an idea of what the goal is, and gives 1492 as an example. 

This is from a few years ago, right around this time of year, which is the time of year for football games and field shows, and post-game parties, and (back in the day, anyway) rewatches of Highlander and The Lost Boys. I'm attempting to put more content in the feed, so it's more consistently available, and people can find other items that perhaps they missed.  Hope you like this one.   ==========...

Prompt the First - Agreeing with Vivek Ramaswamy   Prompt the Second - The Spiritual Gen-Xer Somehow I didn't include the actual inspiration for this prompt, which was the previous prompt on Jonathan Livingston Seagull. And somehow didn't mention how  in Pulp Fiction, Jules says he'll wander the Earth "...like Caine in Kung Fu."   Prompt the Third - The New Kids  Probably clear from context, but S...

The Latest for August 18, 2023.  Prompt 1 - Gen X Parenting Original episode is : https://traffic.libsyn.com/latest/Ep._67__-_Gen-X_Parenting.mp3 Prompt 2: Disagreeing with Steve Bannon The earlier episode referenced: https://traffic.libsyn.com/latest/Ep._14_Agreeing_with_Steve_Bannon_-_The_Latest_Generation.mp3 Prompt 3: More of The Fourth Turning is Here Sorry No Ice Cream  http://www.ussunderhi...

The Latest is a free-form, unscripted, generational view of current events and what happens and all that. It's not what this podcast has usually been but considering that it might be a better optoin.   This week's prompts: Intro - on alternatives to a scripted podcast and What Was I Thinking Prompt 1 - Twitter and how it relates to this specific idea, but also generationally Prompt 2 - Jonathan Li...

  There isn't as much in common between Oppenheimer and The Monuments Men as might initially be expected, if one expected that Oppenheimer was a World War II movie. But looking at them through the generational story model shows some of what works for one and not for the other. The Monuments Men The Battle of Monte Cassino The Madonna of Bruges The Ghent Altarpiece   Oppenheimer USS Indianapolis Le...

A look at perceptions of modern parenting, specifically how Generation X is seen to be parenting the Homeland generation and young Millennials in the Fourth Turning.     No Hard Feelings at IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15671028 Jennifer Lawrence https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2225369 Matthew Broderick, Ferris Beuller, and Wargames https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000111 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt...

A consolidation of the half-dozen Countdown episodes from 2020, starting in October and ending on Election Day, with an epilogue from Inauguration Day, 2021. There was a lot happening in those couple of weeks.  The observations range from the implications of voting, to the elevation of Justice Barrett, the shockingly low number of school shootings that year, and whatever is next.  There's about a...

Roger Waters recently performed The Wall in Berlin, but this time around he has managed to attract the attention of German police. "The context of the clothing worn is deemed capable of approving, glorifying, or justifying the violent and arbitrary rule of the Nazi regime in a manner that violates the dignity of the victims and thereby disrupts public peace." https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1662231...