The Importance of Music in Ageing Baby Boomers

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Michael Wolraich: I just had Jean Twangy on the podcast and she... Her new book is on generations and how generations differ. She says there's almost an imprinting stage like between age 15 and 23 or so, like whatever music you're listening to,. kind of get stamped in there as like, that's the music I like. He said he feels like aging baby boomers who are still listening to creeds, clear water or Bruce Springsteen "are in a rested development" The 50s generated something unseen in human history which is adolescents with spending power - teens for the first time controlled their own little credit cards That they were bankrolling for them.

Shermer and Mac Donald discuss: race as America’s original sin • civil rights • equality vs. equity • disparate impact • overt racism vs. systemic racism • why Blacks make less money, own fewer and lower quality homes, work in less prestigious jobs, hold fewer seats in the Senate and House of Representatives, run fewer Fortune 500 companies • race and science, medicine, classical music, opera, Juilliard, Swan Lake, museums, and the law • crime and mass shootings • George Floyd and race riots.

Heather Mac Donald is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and a New York Times bestselling author. She is a recipient of the 2005 Bradley Prize. Mac Donald’s work at City Journal has covered a range of topics, including higher education, immigration, policing, homelessness and homeless advocacy, criminal-justice reform, and race relations. Her writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and The New Criterion. Her new book is When Race Trumps Merit: How the Pursuit of Equity Sacrifices Excellence, Destroys Beauty, and Threatens Lives.