Brian Laird on W.N. Y.C. I mentioned earlier that one of the things we're doing during

this membership drive on the show is sampling from the Brian Laird show Spring

Bookshelf. A lot of interesting books, some by famous people, some by less famous people out this spring, and so we put a lot of books together for this show, at least one a day, sometimes two a day.

We had Frank Bruny on last hour.

Interesting to hear that spot about his event coming up as well.

And Frank Bruny for the age ofance to start the show today. Now back in 2012 the

developmental clinical psychologist Dr Meg Jay wrote a book The Defining Decade Why Your 20s Matter and How to Make the Most of them now.

She was on the show for that book back then.

We talked about how the 20-something brain develops, how that development impacts the rest of their

lives and more, and it really resonated with a lot of people.

Her book has since sold more than 500,000 copies in these 12 years and her

TED Talk on the topic has over 3.5 million views. Now Dr. Jay is out with a new

book that offers advice for navigating the struggles of young adults today.

The new book is titled The 20-something Treatment, a revolutionary remedy for an uncertain age, and

she joins us now. And a lot of change has changed in this

country since 2012 though some of the developmental basics of course have not

Dr. Jay welcome back to WNYC.

Oh, it's great to be here, Brian.

It's so great to talk to you again.

So not to bury the lead.

Do you think life is harder for 20-somethings today in general than it was in 2012?

Oh gosh, that is a great question.

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