How Opportunity and Outrage Are Fueling the Youth Gender Gap with Abby Tracy

The Home Front

Reed Galen

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

5 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen⁠ is joined by journalist and political reporter Abby Tracy⁠ to explore why young women are moving left while young men are trending right. They talk about how changes in education, work, media, and culture are driving this divide. Abby shares stories from her own life and reporting, reflecting on the double standards, challenges, and expectations that young people are facing today. Plus, the importance of education, opportunity, and community, and why investing in the next generation matters now more than ever. For more from Abby Tracy be sure to follow her on⁠ Twitter⁠ and⁠ Instagram⁠. For more from Reed Galen subscribe to⁠ The Home Front⁠, check out⁠ Sez Us⁠ for a new social media platform for sane people, and if you want to personally join the fight to save our nation’s democracy, visit⁠ JoinTheUnion.us⁠ and sign up today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.5	direction and i think that's what we need more of. I hope that when you come to the Homefront,
0:38.9	you're being challenged in the things that you've thought about,
0:42.0	given opportunities to think about things in a new way,
0:44.5	and start to join the community of those of us
0:46.5	that know that things can and should and must be better
0:49.1	as we move into the future.
0:50.8	And now, on with the show.
0:53.4	Welcome back to the home front. I'm your host,
0:56.2	Reid Galen. Today, I am so excited to welcome back journalist, political reporter, and all
1:01.5	around Lady About Town, Abigail Tracy. You know her from her work in Inc. Magazine, Forbes,
1:07.4	most recently Vanity Fair, and so many other things. Today she's coming to us from Washington, D.C.
1:12.9	Abby, so glad to have you back.
1:15.0	Thank you for having me.
1:15.9	Happy to be here.
1:16.8	Well, good.
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