Australian millennials are the first generation to be worse off than their parents, and things are only heading in the same direction for gen Z. In this deeply researched yet tongue-in-cheek five-part podcast series, Full Story co-host Jane Lee and social media reporter Matilda Boseley investigate the mystery of who screwed young Australians out of affordable housing, education and secure work, and why inequality is rising in Australia Continue reading
The Comeuppance is a soupy rumination on millennial adult identity that has some funny lines but lacks a strong narrative
The average millennial is 30-something, an age by which most of us are well-versed in the ups and downs of financial life. It may come as a surprise, then, that the average millennial expects to retire before 60, a goal not many of us can afford to attain. In a February poll, YouGov asked millennials […]
There are no easy answers to undoing all the problems driving intergenerational inequality but hope is not lost. Young Australians are increasingly politically influential, making up 43% of voters at the last federal election.Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley call on Guardian Australia political reporter Amy Remeikis and the Australia Institute’s chief economist, Greg Jericho, to find out whether this is influencing policy debates on everything from housing to climate change, and how millennials can...
In Guardian Australia’s new series Who screwed millennials, co-host Matilda Boseley spoke to Yanis Varoufakis about how the Australian housing market entrenches inequality.In this bonus episode, we hear more from Varoufakis on the state of the economy, how young people are coping with financial hardship and how capitalism has mutated into something he calls ‘technofeudalism’You can subscribe for free to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast Full Story on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Continue...
How did a system that was meant to make access to university more equitable end up burdening students with the very $100,000 degrees John Howard promised Australia would never have? Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley talk to the Labor-appointed architect of the higher education contribution scheme to understand why student fees were introduced, who benefited and how he wound up at a dinner party where guests were planning to burn an effigy of him.In part three of Who screwed millennials? we hear...
How did the government set fire to the Australian housing market? Jane Lee and Matilda Boseley look at how the threat of a communist uprising, a benign sounding tax review and one prime minister’s admiration for two world leaders changed the lives of young AustraliansYou can subscribe for free to Guardian Australia’s daily news podcast Full Story on Apple Podcasts and Spotify: Continue reading
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's production is rich in ideas and beautifully staged, but it’s still two hours of listening to middle-aged millennials feeling sorry for themselves
Auctioneer targets social media-obsessed youngsters with prospect of entering the parade ring at Royal Ascot Henry Beeby has an enticing pitch for young super-rich tiktokkers and instagrammers. “Come to Kensington Gardens on the Monday, buy a racehorse and by the Tuesday you will be in the parade ring at one of the world’s most famous racecourses [Royal Ascot] alongside members of the British royal family and other royal families, with your own racehorse in your colours.”Beeby, the chief...
With rising house prices, a decade of wage stagnation and ballooning student debt, young people in Australia are living through what author Jill Filipovic describes as ‘a series of broken promises’. In episode one of this new series from Guardian Australia, Full Story co-host Jane Lee and reporter Matilda Boseley sort through these broken promises, investigating why young people are living in a time of such economic strain.In this episode, we hear from a handful of experts featured in Who...
Wysa analyzed data from Gallup to see how Americans of different generations are faring when it comes to their mental health.
Supermarket Guru Phil Lempert joins the Steve Cochran Show how the recent bird flu outbreak has thrown a curveball at the food supply chain, hacks to trim your grocery bill, and he explains how Gen Z can splurge on groceries without emptying their wallets. https://omny.fm/shows/steve-cochran-on-