Hey guys, welcome to Relatable. Hope everyone's having a wonderful day. Today I am talking

to Helen Andrews. She wrote a book called Boomers and she has a scathing critique of the

baby boomer generation and the problems that they passed down to us millennials and even

generation Z and how we can look at some of their flaws and foibles and failures and learn

from them as the younger generations and hopefully leave a better legacy in her argument for

our kids and our grandkids. So without further ado, here is Helen Andrews.

Helen, thank you so much for joining us for those who don't know. Can you tell everyone

who you are? What you do?

I'm Helen Andrews. I'm a senior editor at the American Conservatives and I've just

written a book called Boomers, The Men and Women who promised freedom and deliver disaster.

I love it. I was just telling you before this interview that I have laughed several times

reading your book, your description of boomers and kind of what ailed their generation

and the ails they passed down to millennials. It's very, you know, it's a little biting.

There might be some baby boomers who are offended by this book. Do you think so?

I worry about that. I'm my parents are baby boomers and I didn't want to write anything

that they would take personal offense at. But I'm glad that you thought the book was funny

and I think that if the humor comes from a combination of on the one hand being pretty

angry with the world that the boomers have left us, but on the other hand being fond

of them as well. I don't think you can ever be truly funny about something you just

hate. It's got to be a little bit of element of fondness in there as well and there certainly

is for me with this subject.

That's true. And let's talk about that. Tell us about the world that we have inherited

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