The fourth in a special five-part series on generational consciousness and conflict.
 


In this episode, we examine Generation X – the generation of the End of History. How was this generation overshadowed by the Boomer's failures? In the Eastern Bloc, the fall of Soviet regimes was a traumatic moment – how did this shape consciousness? And how did the Iranian Revolution – and subsequent war – shape the political perspectives of Iranians?
 


Guests include:

Maren Thom, film scholar
Alexei Yurchak, professor of anthropology at Berkeley 

Jennie Bristow, senior lecturer in sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University


Josh Glenn, semiotician, author, and publisher of HiLoBrow

Arash Azizi, historian of Iran at New York University
Felix Krawatzek, political scientist at the Centre for East European and International Studies in Berlin


Original music by: Jonny Mundey


 
Additional music:


Kit Kruger / Freakin' Freefall / courtesy of epidemicsound.com