Ross Douthat

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4,896 appearances 23 recordings 5 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 27 Aug

Ross Douthat’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Interesting Times · How Older Americans Hoard the Future · 30 Jul 2026 podcast

But if you're just looking at voice-verified

you know, balance sheets, savings, stock portfolio, and home ownership. voice-verified

Old people, well, how are they doing? voice-verified

Tell me how they're doing. voice-verified

So what we call the age wealth gap has been expanding, meaning... Just give me a couple examples of what are the specific benefits that seniors get voice-verified

in our system in terms of policy that you were just referencing with, let's say, homeownership or something like that? voice-verified

Just as a larger generalization, do you think there's any evidence that voice-verified

Boomers or boomers fading, you know, going into the silent generation have been stingier with their children or less likely to sort of pass on resources while they're alive than prior generations. voice-verified

Do you think that the millennial generation in particular, like there's an ongoing debate about the, like, how screwed are millennials debate? voice-verified

Because this was a generation or at least part of a generation that came of age around the Great Recession. voice-verified

They, you know, they... voice-verified

have been the ones most likely to be priced out of certain areas and neighborhoods, the most likely to say, well, you know, I can't get a home in this school district because, you know, homes are too expensive and no one's building new homes and so on. voice-verified

At the same time, there's a lot of countervailing evidence that says, no, you know, if you actually look at sort of overall salaries and overall income and so on, millennials seem to be doing just fine. voice-verified

How do you where do you come down on that debate? voice-verified

Do you think that it's just as a sort of baseline better for society to have younger people in strong positions of influence? voice-verified

Just because, let's say, young people are more creative and dynamic, like people are more likely to voice-verified

Figure out the best idea for a new business or understand a new political problem or something else at age 36 and they would be at 56 is that is that That's a substantial part of it. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

I'm going to save the defense of the gerontocrats for after you give me some prescriptions. voice-verified

So anyone listening or watching who's waiting to have someone speak up? voice-verified

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