This week we continue our discussion on TV shows, moving on to the 90s, 2000s, 10s, and up to the current trends. 

What TV shows define the differences in generational thinking? How can we track our differences through television? On this episode of The Happy Cynics, we discuss the TV shows that mark significant cultural moments for Baby Boomers and Gen X. 

This week on The Happy Cynics we take a look at the music that defines Millenials and Zoomers, and how that dialogues with earlier generation's artistic legacy. 

This week on The Happy Cynics DJ Dr. K takes us on a groovy tour of the music from the 60s 70s and 80s in order to explore how intergenerational dialogue takes place through music.

This week we are joined by guest, Emma Dillman, an environmental educator who specializes in plastics and recycling (and also Isaac's wife) to talk about an apocalyptic issue facing humanity right now: climate change. Sources   https://climatechange.chicago.gov/climate-change-science/future-climate-change#:~:text=Future%20changes%20are%20expected%20to,larger%20changes%20in%20precipitation%20patterns.   https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/effects/   https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/climate-change-impacts/predictions-future-global-climate   https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/climate-data-primer/predicting-climate/future-climate   https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2023/10/25/how-americans-view-future-harms-from-climate-change-in-their-community-and-around-the-u-s/   https://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/our-changing-climate/future-climate-change   https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/reports   https://www.state.gov/policy-issues/climate-crisis/   https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/what-is-climate-change   https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272494423001779   https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-trump-administrations-major-environmental-deregulations/#:~:text=The%20Trump%20administration%20has%20replaced,name%20a%20few%5B1%5D.   https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2019/06/the-trump-epa-strategy-to-undo-the-clean-power-plan/   https://www.ipcc.ch/2021/08/09/ar6-wg1-20210809-pr/   https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/07/14/americans-divided-over-direction-of-bidens-climate-change-policies/   https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement   https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/31/opinion/climate-change-carbon-neutral.html   https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2022/reversing-climate-change-with-geoengineering/   https://www.usgs.gov/centers/gemsc/science/carbon-and-energy-storage#overview   https://www.wri.org/insights/ocean-based-carbon-dioxide-removal   https://www.sare.org/publications/cover-crops/ecosystem-services/cover-crops-and-carbon-sequestration/  

In this second part of our analysis of apocalyptic literature, we take a closer look at the specifically Christian interpretations of the apocalypse, the history of interpretation, and its relevance today.

Is it the end of the world as we know it? Is the end of history destined by God? In this week's episode we begin to unpack the religious idea of apocalypticism and how that has developed in history, particularly in Christianity.

In what ways is our government religious? How does faith interact with our participation in politics? What does this mean for our ethics? This week on The Happy Cynics we discuss civil religion, and the implications a religious interpretation of politics has for our understanding of our world.

Why is American politics so obsessed with making America great again? What made America great in the first place? This week we discuss why we love being Americans, and how we can work together to protect and enhance our collective greatness.   References: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=343V0eRmMak