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Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

E226. Brad Polumbo Thinks Gen Z Doesn't Care About Privacy

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

Conversations with people from all walks of life.

Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, News, News Commentary

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Writer and podcaster Brad Polumbo drops in to discuss his evolution into a content creator, the medium through which he's discovered people his age consume political content, and why Gen Z doesn't care about privacy. They talk about how ultimately the media is holding up a mirror and reflecting back to the public what they’re demanding, being caught between two extreme social positions, how most of the public are politically disengaged because they feel despair about politics and the only people that do engage are on the far left and the far right, therefore internet echo chambers and backlash aren’t representative of the culture as a whole, and how the true test of freedom is allowing people to live their lives in ways you don’t approve of. They also discuss Brad's experience as a journalist for the school paper as at an ultra-liberal college, the backsliding into homophobia that we're seeing on the right, seeing activists pushing things that are not age appropriate for children, Brad being mong the first generation of young gay men who were willing to be conservative because the right had become so open to gay marriage, and why he sees it as a sign of tremendous progress that gay people increasingly get to be individuals. Check out Brad's podcast Based Politics.  Sponsor Links: The Jordan Harbinger Show - https://spoti.fi/3LhJBTP Your Welcome w/Michael Malice - https://bit.ly/WiW-YourWelcome

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0:00.0

This week, we welcome writer, Brad Palombo.

0:03.2

I'm actually a customer of Gen Z Millennial and Gen Z.

0:06.4

It's like, I have a really hard time getting them to care about privacy at all.

0:10.9

They do not care about it.

0:12.4

The government's spying on me, oh, hey, my FBI agent,

0:15.4

hope he likes it, they know that, for example, TikTok,

0:20.0

I think monitors, keystrokes that you do on other apps and stuff.

0:23.4

It's like, it's got some creepy privacy invasion stuff going on in that app.

0:28.5

But they don't care.

0:29.6

Gen Z's literally like, whatever, what do I care?

0:31.7

Because they're used to their whole lives being public anyway,

0:33.8

or at least a fake version of them on Instagram.

0:36.4

This is Watkins. Welcome with Bridget Pettasy.

0:39.1

I'm Bridget Pettasy, and you are welcome.

0:53.9

You know the drill.

0:55.2

Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friend,

0:58.8

send smoke signals, whatever.

1:00.4

We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.

1:03.2

If you like our work and want to support us,

1:05.3

the best way to do that is join Fettasy.com.

1:08.9

You'll get access to behind-the-scenes content,

1:11.6

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