From Our Friends: How To Face the Future (Gen Z Edition)

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Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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We're off this Monday for the holiday but didn't want to leave you empty-eared — so here's an episode of How To! starring our friend Carvell Wallace's son. We'll be back with you Thursday for a new episode. Ezra is adrift in his early 20s. He craves a life of meaning, community, and love. But he’s struggling to find those things in a world that seems increasingly uncertain and discouraging for young people. On this existential episode of How To!, Courtney Martin brings in Andrew McPeak, author, podcast host, and vice president of Growing Leaders. He tackles Ezra’s big questions and explains how Gen Z (and everyone else) can make life more meaningful. If you liked this episode check out: How To Keep Caring Amid Endless Crises Do you have a problem that needs solving? Send us a note at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001 and we might have you on the show. Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. How To’s executive producer is Derek John. Joel Meyer is our senior editor/producer. The show is produced by Rosemary Belson, with Kevin Bendis and Sara McCrea. Want more How To!? Subscribe to Slate Plus to unlock exclusive bonus episodes. Plus, you’ll access ad-free listening across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Visit slate.com/howtoplus to get access wherever you listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.8	Hi, Karen Feeding listeners, it's Elizabeth. We're off today for the holiday, but wanted to make
0:34.6	sure you had something to listen to. So we're excited to share this episode from another Slate Show, How To, starring our friend Carvel's son. We think
0:43.0	you'll love it. We'll see you Thursday with a new episode, but until then, make sure you're
0:47.7	subscribed to how to wherever you listen. I don't know if this is a generational thing or if this
0:53.0	is a youth thing, but there's a lot of like,
0:57.2	my life is over.
0:58.8	I can't do anything else.
1:01.1	I'm ready to pack it up.
1:02.9	From the outside, I'm like, oh, this is so ridiculous.
1:05.6	We're 21 years old.
1:07.1	Like, how can you say your life is over?
1:09.3	But then I think about the fact that, like,
1:11.2	the world that's so confusing, it's really frustrating to sit in the unknown.
1:18.9	Welcome to how to. I'm Courtney Martin. Do you remember how confusing, how totally frustrating it was to be 21 years old? This is much
1:32.0	longer ago for some of us than others, obviously. But even though I am twice that age, I remember
1:38.1	the feeling of being 21 so vividly. I lived in this railroad apartment in Brooklyn with my bestie, Christina, and my
1:46.6	big brother, Chris. I had this horrible job as some real estate tycoon's assistant. I remember
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