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This generation of students who have grown up in the 21st century are the most social, the most empowered, and also the most anxious youth population in human history. If you are struggling to connect with and lead them, you are not alone. The latest research presented in this audiobook, however, illuminates a surprising reality: The success of the next generation doesn’t depend entirely on them. Their best chance of success starts when adults choose to believe in them, challenge them, and walk with them through the nine greatest challenges today’s youth will face.

"A Generation's European Identity Is Shaken" is from the July 02, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Aurelien Breeden and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Generation X" grew up with Star Wars, prepared to deal with the problems of a fantasy universe. They also grew up during the longest period of economic growth in American history. Rob Stam argues that Generation X is assuming leadership of a very different country than the one they grew up in. Even so, if the Star Wars generation will learn and apply classic American principles, they can defeat the "Debt Star" and other real-world problems and pass on a better nation to their children.

Generation Africa is podcast dedicated to African stories and the remarkable people who call Africa home. Each week Tim Albone, your host, meets incredible people with amazing stories. Generation Africa tells the stories of hope, growth and creativity that are so common in Africa, but so often ignored. Our guest will be explorers, entrepreneurs, surgeons, doctors, researchers, business gurus, sports stars, environmentalists, musicians, photographers and film makers. Africa’s game changers. Africa is a continent on the move and Generation Africa introduces you to those moving it. ...

Niclas Seydack erzählt warmherzig von einer kalten Zeit. Dauerkrise, digitaler Aufbruch und eine neue Sensibilität—während die Millennials erwachsen werden, ist die Welt mehrmals eine andere geworden. Nur Wetten, dass..? feiert immer neue Comebacks.

Out in Time explores the life experiences of three generations of gay men - the Stonewall, AIDS, and Queer generations - arguing that while there are generational differences in the lived experiences of young gay men, each one confronts its own unique historical events, realities, and socio-political conditions, there are consistencies across time that define and unify the identity formation of gay men.

When Ronald Reagan warned that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction, was he pointing to Generation Z? Today’s young adults have been indoctrinated since preschool in the lie that America is fundamentally unjust. They have watched their parents hand over their freedom to big government, and they themselves are captivated by a deceptive ideology of unprecedented radicalism.

"A Cuban-American Generation Gap" is from the August 17, 2016 Lifestyle section of The New York Times. It was written by Alyson Krueger and narrated by Kristi Burns.

Her best-remembered film is probably Singin’ in the Rain (1952), a classic MGM musical about 1920s moviemaking, in which she held her own with Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor — although she was only 19 when the movie was shot and had never danced professionally before.

"'Destined to Disappear': The Last Generation of China's 'Bang-Bang Army'" is from the June 28, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Chris Buckley and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

"After Decades out of View, Navy Deserter Hopes to Rally a New Anti-War Generation" is from the December 22, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by John M. Glionna and narrated by Kristi Burns.

In Modern Families, Joshua Gamson brings us extraordinary family creation tales - his own included - that illuminate this changing world of contemporary kinship. Combining personal memoir and ethnographic storytelling, Modern Families tells a variety of unconventional family-creation tales - adoption and assisted reproduction, gay and straight parents, coupled and single, and multi-parent families - set against the social, legal, and economic contexts in which they were made.