#698 Baby Boomers and the Last Days - Philip Bump

Baby Boomers and the Last Days - Philip Bump

The Not Old Better Show, Author Interview Series

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Art of Living Author  Interview Series on radio and podcast. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and as part of our Art of Living series about living our best selves, today’s show and interview will be an excellent program about the boomer generation, the historic disruption that occurred during this time, and is still going on, and the aftermath, what’s next and what’s to come.  Our guest today is Washington Post journalist and author Philip Bump who has written the new book “The Aftermath: the Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America”

Thank you so much for listening. We’ve got a great guest today with author Philip Bump, who is a journalist and author, and who, after reading his new book, “The Aftermath: the Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America” I’ve been looking forward to speaking with him for a while. I’ll introduce him in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 697th episode, when I spoke to Smithsonian Associate, Newsweek editor, journalist and author, Mark Whitaker who has written the new book ‘Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement’ Two weeks ago, I spoke with 79-year-old author Rick Bleiweiss, who is the perfect example of the saying “you’re never too old to follow your dreams.”  Wonderful subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com

Our guest today, author Philip Bump says that we are living through a historic disruption of the American empire. Philip Bump is The Washington Post, national columnist and will tell us about what that disruption means for the country and how much remains uncertain in many areas, but Philip Bump will explain to us in a no-stone-unturned manner as he takes us through his deep research, graphs, and offers a detailed look at the rise of the baby boom generation, its impact on the United States and the implications of its final days, including the rise of the meme, OK Boomer.

That, of course, is our guest today, author and journalist Philip Bump reading from his new book, writes in “The Aftermath: the Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America.”  Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, author and journalist Philip Bump. 

My thanks to author and journalist Philip Bump.  Philip Bump generously read from his new book,  “The Aftermath: the Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America.” Thank you, Philip.  My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience on radio and podcast…please be well and be safe, which I’m mentioning in every show because I want to bring attention to the issue of assault rifles, which aren’t safe, in anyone’s hands but the military and law enforcement.  Assault rifles are killing our children and grandchildren in the very places they learn: schools!  Please, let’s work together to eliminate assault rifles, and let’s do better.  Let’s talk about Better…the Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast.