This is the reason interview with Nick Gillespie. My guest today is the former MTV, VJ, and current Fox News personality, Kennedy. She emerged in the 1990s as a leading voice of Gen X when he came to politics and culture. I talked with her about how a generation raised on neglect, nuclear nightmares, and nirvana, forged an ethos

of irreverence and independence that still matters today. She explains her evolution from a teen

Republican who swooned over Dan Quayle to a principled libertarian. Why the culture of alternative

music and media once felt so alive and vital, and what it means when former pop

culture rebels like Jimmy Kimmel and Howard Stern become defenders of the status quo.

Joseph talks about free-range parenting and why more of us need to stop caring about what

others think and let everyone live radically on their own terms.

Here is the reason interview with Kennedy.

All right.

So we know the names, right?

The single named beings that stride our planet like Latter-day Gods, Madonna, Prince, Sting, Bjork, Liberace, and, of course, Kennedy.

My guest tonight, Kennedy, thanks for talking.

Thank you, and thank you, Nick Gillespie.

Yeah.

So I'm not sure which name I want to get, should I get rid of Nick or Gillespie or come up with something new.

Avita, Evita's up to graph.

A veto, I think. Avido, a veto, right?

Let's talk about the early days of Kennedy as a public figure.

You started working at MTV around 1992.

Correct. Okay. It was, yeah, September of 1992 right before Bill Clinton was elected.

Yeah. And now we, I want to spend a lot of time talking about Gen X. And even though I am a part of the

baby boom, I've become possessed with the idea that

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