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So to Speak podcast: What happened to American childhood? with Kate Julian and Greg Lukianoff

On today鈥檚 episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by senior editor at The Atlantic and FIREPresident and CEO Greg Lukianoff to discuss rising rates of childhood depression, anxiety, and suicide.
How might these trends be connected to the way we parent our kids 鈥 and what do they mean for our wider society and for campus free speech?
Kate is the author of the 2020 Atlantic cover story, 鈥,鈥 and this conversation is part of Greg鈥檚 鈥淐atching up with Coddling鈥 blog series, in which he reviews recent developments related to the themes of his co-authored 2018 book 鈥淭he Coddling of the American Mind.鈥
Show notes:
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- "Catching up with Coddling part seven: The #MustListen Kate Julian interview, 鈥楻unaway Homophily,鈥 and the second 鈥楥oddling鈥 Caveat" by Greg Lukianoff, Adam Goldstein, and Ryne Weiss
- 鈥溾 by Kate Julian
- 鈥溾 by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
- 鈥溾 by Kate Julian
- Greg鈥檚 book recommendation: 鈥溾 by Matthias Doepke and Fabrizio Zilibotti
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