Are Millennials the Most Nostalgic Generation?

Culture Study Podcast

Anne Helen Petersen

Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Arts

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Spoiler: No, millennials are not the most nostalgic generation — we’re just in a deeply nostalgic moment in our lives, reckoning (sometimes gracefully, other times less so) with no longer being the Main Character in the generational story. But this moment does give us opportunity to talk about the shape and purpose of nostalgia, how YouTube both amplifies and short-circuits it, and so much more — featuring one of my favorite nostalgia thinkers, Gabe Bullard. We talk about gum commercials, inflated Limewire persecution threats, Bagel Bites, and interrogate the idea of “core memories,” and I cannot wait for your thoughts.Join the ranks of paid subscribers and get bonus content, access to the discussion threads, ad-free episodes, and the knowledge that you're supporting an indie pod trying to make its way in the world. If you're already a subscriber-- thank you! Join us in the discussion thread for this episode! Got a question or idea for a future episode? Let us know here.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Melody. Today's full episode is free for everyone. And if you ask me, it is Culture Study Catnip.
0:07.9	I don't know if you know this, but I got my radio and podcasting start in news and politics. And I cannot imagine a scenario in which I would have been able to successfully pitch an hour-long show about the cultural force that is nostalgia.
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0:38.3	I think of it like taxidermy.
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1:12.1	I don't really know why you're listening to this full intro, but I really, really appreciate you.
1:17.4	Okay, this intro has fully made me nostalgic for the olden days of public radio fun drives I used to
1:23.6	have to do. So consider this a segue. On with the show.
1:28.2	I asked you to come up with a commercial from your childhood that has stuck with you.
1:33.3	And this is what you brought.
1:35.4	Little cinnamon gum freshens breath longer than Big Red.
1:38.3	So kiss a little longer.
1:40.7	Stay close a little longer.
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