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

Remember, I'm a lot older than you. voice-verified

It's coming. voice-verified

Well, I know. voice-verified

So be prescriptive. voice-verified

What do we actually do about this? voice-verified

Because you just said you're not calling for generational warfare, but aren't you calling for generational warfare? voice-verified

Let's say you get this intergenerational solidarity. voice-verified

Give me the anti-gerontocratic agenda. voice-verified

Give me, let's say, the three pillars. voice-verified

I think it's absurd to imagine that a 24 year old recent college graduate has a better assessment of the interests of my own children than I do. voice-verified

And I say this with all due respect to 24-year-old recent college graduates, of whom I hope to be the parent of in nine years or so. voice-verified

As much as we rely on parents to raise them. voice-verified

You know, no, no one in Congress is standing up and proposing giving parents votes for kids. voice-verified

This seems fun, but fanciful. voice-verified

Okay. voice-verified

I have more questions about the realism of this, but just at the level of existing political factions, you are on the left. voice-verified

Your book has been reviewed by a lot of people on the left, and there is a running left wing critique, which I will offer to you, which basically says no matter how much you are trying to voice-verified

Cover yourself and present this as just, you know, I'm going to tax Elon Musk and a lot of 80 year old billionaires and we're going to redistribute and it'll be great. voice-verified

You are still scapegoating the part of the population that has benefited from. voice-verified

the welfare state that liberals built. voice-verified

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