Generation Anxiety

Follow Generation Anxiety
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Generation Y is the most anxious generation in history. With so many of us feeling constantly stressed, we believe that anxiety isn’t just a medical problem to be treated like a bacterial infection, but as a sign that something is deeply wrong with our society. ||| Part news, part analysis and part…

Generation Anxiety


    • May 20, 2018 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 41m AVG DURATION
    • 10 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from Generation Anxiety with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from Generation Anxiety

    13. Delete Your Account

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2018 52:28


    Cambridge Analytica helped bring to the world’s attention what we have known all along: Facebook is bad for you.

    12. If You Can’t Pee There, You Can’t Be There

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2017 34:42


    Living while millennial is hard at the best of times - but imagine if you had an impairment that stopped you participating in ordinary life. This episode we speak to Sara Gingold, disability activist and consult, about the experience of young people living with a disability in a country that doesn’t cater for their needs and sometimes doesn’t even believe in their disability.

    11. The Big Gay Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2017 64:28


    Friend of the pod, Simon Copland rejoins us to talk identity politics, queer spaces, and what a powerful, unbridled campaign for equal love can do to quash homophobia and enhance the rights of everyone in the LGBTIQA+ community.

    10. Actual, Real, Goddamn Nazis

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2017 37:33


    The election of Donald Trump and the sudden prominence of white nationalists organising in the streets has caught many people by surprise. But for people of colour, racism has been a part of their daily experience of the world their entire lives.

    9. What We’ve Learned So Far

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2017 37:14


    We're halfway through this 2017 nightmare so we're looking back at what we've learned so far, examining a few more issues of anxiety that have arisen for young people, like "attacks" on free speech and a moment of hope thanks to our best boy's UK Election result.

    8. Reclaim Your Brain From Advertising

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2017 36:48


    Ads are a ubiquitous part of the world we've grown up in: they peer at us from billboards, sit next to us on the train and obnoxiously clog up our news feeds. No matter where you look there are ads and it's only getting worse. You probably find ads annoying, but have you ever stopped to ask what impact all that advertising might be having on your brain? Because it turns out it's probably not good for you.

    7. So You’ve Inherited The Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2017 40:03


    Are you anxious because you feel like the world is ending? Well the good news you aren't crazy and it definitely is. In fact scientists confirm that all the predictions of a fiery climate change apocalypse are being realised promptly ahead of schedule! And you can thank the fossil fuel industry and years of political inaction for that one. But there is hope. Cop a listen to find out how we can burn down the system and save our future.

    6. What’s Neoliberalism Got To Do With It?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2017 40:58


    It doesn’t seem to matter what the topic is, every time we talk about the issues facing young people today one word keeps popping up: neoliberalism. It appears to be at the root of so many issues facing this generation of young people, but do we even know what it is?

    5. The Rent is Too Damn High

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2017 38:00


    With the news that the rent-bidding "Rentberry" is coming to Australia promising to push already sky-high rents even higher, we are joined by Yaelle Caspi from the Tenants Union of Victoria to take a look at what that could mean for young renters.

    4. Where Did Worker’s Rights Go?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2017 32:33


    It seems that our rights at work are being eroded from every direction and it's enough to cause a bit of anxiety. We talk to Harriet Leadbetter from the Victorian Trades Hall Council about why work shit employers and bad work makes young people anxious and how organisations like the Young Workers Centre are empowering youth to fight back.

    Claim Generation Anxiety

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel