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The third in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict.

In this episode, we examine the Baby Boomers – myth and reality. The revolt of the '60s has been misunderstood in many dimensions. Was it betrayed or did it always express capitalist ideology? Were the Boomers the ones who really did the 1960s anyway? And what world have the Boomers created as they passed through life – and institutions?

Guests include:

Jennie Bristow, senior lecturer in sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University

Helen Andrews, senior editor at The American Conservative

Josh Glenn, semiotician, author, and publisher of HiLoBrow

Jeffrey Alexander, professor of sociology at Yale University

Holger Nehring, chair in contemporary European history at the University of Stirling

Kristin Ross, professor emeritus of comparative literature at New York University

Original music by: Jonny Mundey

Additional music:

Medité / A Change in My Heart / courtesy of epidemicsound.com

Ondolut / Blumen / courtesy of epidemicsound.com

Elliott Holmes / Bull Chase / courtesy of epidemicsound.com

Kick Castle / Kick Down / courtesy of epidemicsound.com

T. Morri / Nuthin' but Nuts / courtesy of epidemicsound.com

Other Clips:

American Pastoral Trailer © 2016 - Lionsgate

Mai 1968 © France 3 Paris Ile-de-France

Imitation de Daniel Cohn-Bendit © C'est Canteloup

Baader Meinhof Complex © 2008

Comments

Elias B

Best episode of this series yet - Ross' anecdote about being invited by Macron was priceless.

Juan Mora Baquero

Best one of the series, so far! And the closing remarks destroy that myth of the boomer as the privileged generation. Waiting for the next one with great expectations!

w v sutra

Happy Horseshit Boomer here (1952)--Really enjoying this series. I still affect the hair and clothing styles of my youth. It was a true break with my patents' generation, and I have never abandoned it. We had bombings on my college campus, midnight marches too. Sadly, I now realize that fully half of my peers were fine with the Vietnam war, capitalism, segregation, etc., and hold those views to this day. I have lived to see weed becoming legal in some places, to say nothing of same-sex marriage, abortion, the end of segregation, etc. The weed is stronger nowadays, and digital tech has really helped music makers like me.

Abra K

What was the experimental fiction by a boomer don yon of the Berlin squatters movement please?

Blake

Loved this episode, especially the part about May '68 and its liberal post-70's interpretation. I had no idea there were rural communes at all.