Season 1, Gen X — Episode 5 — Streetwise (1984) + Kids (1995) w/Shalon van Tine

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DDP is joined today by cultural historian Shalon van Tine to discuss Martin Bell's Streetwise (1984) and Larry Clark's Kids (1995).As of two months ago — all the hosts of DPP are now on the wrong side of thirty. Consequently, there couldn't be a better time to dive into the archives and explore some youth culture both Chase and Sam are too young to remember — 1980s streetkids in Seattle and 1990s skaters in Manhattan.Was Gen X really as independent as they say they were? And where did this latchkey ethos come from: family breakdown, liberation, austerity, neoliberalism, outsourcing, the corrosion of the counter culture, the end of social democracy?With Gen Z dubbed, rightly or wrongly, 'puriteens' by the mainstream press (with teen pregnancy, drug use and drinking down), why were their parents, in contrast, so darn hedonistic?Find out in today's episode.Our Patreon — as ever — can be found here. For now, everything is free. Bonus episodes, polls and other features coming up. *Like, rate, and subscribe: Sam and Chase need to buy Christmas presents for Francis...

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