About this episode

The episode explores the anxieties of coming of age in a world filled with existential threats, comparing past and present experiences.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit chrisryan.substack.com We dig into what it feels like to come of age under a permanent sense of "the world could end any moment," comparing Cold War duck-and-cover anxiety to a millennial generation shaped by 9/11, economic collapse, and climate dread. Anya shares thoughts about turning 38. We talk about our past lives, Anya’s formerly unhealthy focus on health, reckoning wit…

People in this episode

Host: Chris Ryan

Guest: Anya

Topics covered

• coming of age
• Cold War
• 9/11
• economic collapse
• climate dread
• health focus

Keywords

• anxiety
• millennial
• health
• world ending
• Cold War
• 9/11
• economic collapse
• climate change

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