The Latest Generation

Prompt the first: What my dad did in the war He was right about 30, with 3 kids, working to make Vietnam the best war possible. So he was Young Adult, G.I. were Midlife/managers, Lost (a few of the younger ones) were Visionaries.   Prompt the Second: The Producers and the limits of acceptable parody  Released in 1967  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063462 The U2 album was Achtung Baby Prompt The Th...

The memorable and noticeable events in First Turnings particularly include * Infrastruture * Exploration * Seeking out corruption, in whatever form it's expected to exist. Rebuilding St. Peter's Basilica falls under the first category, especially when it's being rebuilt for the first time in over 1000 years.     Americans learn of the founding of Jamestown as part of their country's history, as th...

Welcome to The latest for January 28, 2024\ Prompt the First: On The Growth of Stranger Danger https://x.com/_tedks/status/1742610446065000771?s=46&t=h3SDrddBzjyl2UOHr9Q3xA "Over the 20th century, mass media reporting of child abductions spread the "stranger danger" concept. From the Lindenburg baby, to milk cartons, to satanic ritual abuse, this leads to a curtailment of freedom and an increase i...

This episode was originally published 3 years ago, on December 31 2020. It seems longer. This is a short summary of that year, and what the Crisis meant at that exact moment, and what we might have considered was going to come next. And yes, much of that was wrong as well. ============================== A look back at 2020, what The Crisis of 2020 might have been, and what Crisis really means, her...

I really wanted to review this episode and others related to the then-happening Crisis of 2020, because it's far enough out to consider if that really was the start of the peak of this current crisis or, if more is on its way.  An hour or so of reviewing what was happening at that time indicated it was not something I could through together quickly on the last day of 2023, so for now I'm going to...

I really wanted to review this episode and some followups on the Crisis of 2020, because it's far enough out to consider if that really was the start of the peak of this current crisis or, if more is on its way. An hour or so of reviewing what was happening at that time indicated it was not something I could through together quickly on the last day of 2023, so for now I'm going to simply repost th...

I was thinking of this one for Christmas, but it was originally done for Easter. Still, I think it's held up well.  -------------------------------------------------------- Whenever someone asks whether the generational model works outside of modern English-speaking country, one fun example is to look at Rome and Judea in the first century A.D., from the assassination of Julius Caesar to the cruci...

  Prompt the first : The end of instagram fame My Avastars Fashion Dolls   Big (the movie) Tom Hanks - he was 31 when the movie was released. Prompt the second ; Into thin air/ into the Wild   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandless https://www.looper.com/1170434/everything-into-the-wild-doesnt-tell-you-about-the-true-story/ Into Thin Air: Death on Everest https://www.imdb.com/title/tt01189...

  Intro Olivia Rodrigo - Brutal - from Driving Home 2 U https://youtu.be/zHMpcUojLMU?si=DF7414ecqyM-1XlH Complete film (currently on Disney Plus) https://ondisneyplus.disney.com/movie/olivia-rodrigo-driving-home-2-u Prompt the First Military Generations in Star Wars - or the Admiral vs Poe Dynamic AKA Hero is   a perjorative in the 2nd turning.    Mark Hammill - born 1951 - looks properly young in...

A Thanksgiving episode, in its way. I thought I had written about this elsewhere, but this appears to be the closest I had done: https://crisis.generationalize.com/2014/06/plague.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osarseph - A possible second view of Exodus involving a priest who became the leader of a band of lepers, who managed to  ally with the Hyksos to take over Egypt for a short time. https:...

On the occassion of President Joseph Biden's 81st birthday, re-upping some observations on the first and last Silent Generation POTUS.    (Even if he only made the Silent cutoff by about 6 weeks.) ===================================== President Joseph Biden is the first President from the Silent Generation, and presumably the last. Is that going to be a problem, here in the Fourth Turning? Perhaps...

Prompt the First: Did The Marvels do poorly because it's a Hero movie? My Stories model can be found at http://stories.generationalize.com/   Prompt the Second: Clothing of the 2nd turning Here's something where I was previously considering the role Clothing in the Second Turning. Prompt the Third: On the significance of the Paradise Theater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Theatre_(Chicago)...

A consolidated version of the Mapping History episodes for the Second Turning Having completed mapping the Fourth Turning, Looking Back to see how Mapping History ties them all together 1534 - Returning to the early 16th century, where the Protestant Reformation has begun. Henry VIII began as a "Defender of the Faith" against Martin Luther, but within a few years is opposing the Church because he'...

Prompt the First - Is the Fourth Turning driving everyone crazy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_City_disaster - 1947, so not technically, but https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster Cleveland East Ohio Gas explosion USS Mount Hood RAF Fauld explosion Futamata Tunnel Explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Explosion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat) - 1965,...

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...