
For this season of “It’s Generational” baby boomer journalist Dorothy Tucker, President of the National Association of Black Journalists; GenX journalist Hugo Balta, former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; millennial comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla, author of the upcoming book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome and Kim Saira, a GenZ content creator focused on inner healing and community care, make up our panel. Dr. Frederick Smith, a psychologist with Thriveworks, joined the show this week to explore friendships – from how we make them to why we need them, how to keep them and when to cut them off.
Jun 27, 2023
39 min

For this season of “It’s Generational” baby boomer journalist Dorothy Tucker, President of the National Association of Black Journalists; GenX journalist Hugo Balta, former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; millennial comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla, author of the upcoming book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome and Kim Saira, a GenZ content creator focused on inner healing and community care, make up our panel. Nathaniel Viets-VanLear, director of Youth Development for the My Block My Hood My City organization in Chicago, joined the show for this episode about community.
Jun 19, 2023
30 min

For this season of “It’s Generational” baby boomer journalist Dorothy Tucker, President of the National Association of Black Journalists; GenX journalist Hugo Balta, former President of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; millennial comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla, author of the upcoming book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome and Kim Saira, a GenZ content creator focused on inner healing and community care, joined the show. The first topic we covered was mental health, with some help from Dr. Milton Fuentes, a professor and coordinator of undergraduate advising for the Psychology Department at Montclair State University in New Jersey.
Jun 6, 2023
31 min

For the latest round of “It’s Generational” episodes, we dove deep into TV, entertainment and comedy. We explored what we miss, what we hope to see in the future and more. In this episode, our multigenerational panel talked about in-person entertainment, from rom-com movies to live clown shows. Join panelists Julia Scotti, a baby boomer standup comedian and subject of the documentary “Julia Scotti: Funny That Way”; Gen Z/millennial cusp comedy duo Syd & Olivia (Syd Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis), and with Audacy’s managing producer for national news podcasts, Myron Kaplan. Also, hear from three experts: Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz, showrunner of “Gordita Chronicles”; Dr. Ryan Poll, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and author of “Aquaman and the War against Oceans”, and Michael Tran of UCLA, a co-author of the Hollywood Diversity Report.
May 8, 2023
17 min

For the latest round of “It’s Generational” episodes, we dove deep into TV, entertainment and comedy. We explored what we miss, what we hope to see in the future and more. In this episode, we discuss what we want TV to look like in the future. Join panelists Julia Scotti, a baby boomer standup comedian and subject of the documentary “Julia Scotti: Funny That Way”; Gen Z/millennial cusp comedy duo Syd & Olivia (Syd Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis), and with Audacy’s managing producer for national news podcasts, Myron Kaplan. Also, hear from three experts: Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz, showrunner of “Gordita Chronicles”; Dr. Ryan Poll, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and author of “Aquaman and the War against Oceans”, and Michael Tran of UCLA, a co-author of the Hollywood Diversity Report.
May 1, 2023
25 min

For the latest round of “It’s Generational” episodes, we dove deep into TV, entertainment and comedy. We explored what we miss, what we hope to see in the future and more. First, we tackled how TV – and comedy in particular – has changed over the past decades. Join panelists Julia Scotti, a baby boomer standup comedian and subject of the documentary “Julia Scotti: Funny That Way”; Gen Z/millennial cusp comedy duo Syd & Olivia (Syd Heller and Olivia DeLaurentis), and with Audacy’s managing producer for national news podcasts, Myron Kaplan. Also, hear from three experts: Brig Muñoz-Liebowitz, showrunner of “Gordita Chronicles”; Dr. Ryan Poll, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University and author of “Aquaman and the War against Oceans”, and Michael Tran of UCLA, a co-author of the Hollywood Diversity Report.
Apr 21, 2023
26 min

Lauren Barry from “It’s Generational” talked with Audacy producer Chuck McBride about “Tree Day” in Chattanooga, Tenn., an environmental project he got involved with after his community was hit by tornadoes. Also, listen to some former “It’s Generational” panelists talk about climate change. You can learn more about Audacy’s 1Thing initiative here. Featuring Susan Messing, Steve Chiotakis, Mallory Somera, Gloria Oladipo, and Matthew Ballew, a research specialist at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication.
Apr 5, 2023
13 min

The way we consume – and even report – news has changed a lot over the past decades. How is it changing us? That’s what we covered this week on It’s Generational. Baby boomer anchor and reporter Jim Taylor of KCBS Radio, Gen X astrologer and psychic medium Jessica Lanyadoo and two millennial-Gen Z cuspers: journalist Nic F. Anderson, a student at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism and Harris Mojadedi, assistant dean at the University of California, Berkeley, make up the panel. Stephanie Edgerly, a professor and associate dean at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism who specializes in audience insight, joined us to break down how news consumption is changing.
Mar 31, 2023
32 min

This week on “It’s Generational” a multigenerational panel of guests gets together to talk about the sometimes unnerving, sometimes uplifting topic of body image. Panelists include KCBS Radio anchor and reporter Jim Taylor, a baby boomer; astrologer and psychic medium Jessica Lanyadoo, a Gen Xer; and two millennial/Gen Z cuspers – journalist Nic F. Anderson, who is currently a student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and Harris Mojadedi, assistant dean at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Ciara Mahon, a research fellow who studies body image interventions for young people at University College Dublin, also joined the show to explain what research reveals about body image. Here are some helpful links for those who want to learn more! https://theembracehub.com/https://www.bodyconfidentcollective.org/theembracehubhttps://www.bodywhysbodyimage.ie/
Mar 25, 2023
32 min

This week on “It’s Generational” a multigenerational panel of guests gets together to talk about substances – from iced coffees, cigarettes and phone screens to weed, alcohol and the highly addictive opioid fentanyl that is driving up overdose deaths in the U.S. Panelists include KCBS Radio anchor and reporter Jim Taylor, a baby boomer; astrologer and psychic medium Jessica Lanyadoo, a Gen Xer; and two millennial/Gen Z cuspers – journalist Nic F. Anderson, who is currently a student at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, and Harris Mojadedi, assistant dean at the University of California, Berkeley.
Mar 17, 2023
31 min
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