I think I found it: http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/howe-neil/711... This page seems to have audio links to all of my shows on Coast to Coast.  Someone might want to try them to see if they work.  --NEIL

Lots of Boomers admired and followed many G.I. leaders and celebrities.  Typically of course these G.I.s were a bit unlike most of their peers.  There were high-energy progressive leaders like Sargent Shriver (founder of the Peace Corps, Vista, leader of the “war on poverty”) or George McGovern (very liberal Democratic candidate for President in ’72).  Then there were the completely off-beat “suppressed” types, who appealed to “countercultural” Boomers precisely because they were so completely out of place in their own generation: Jack Kerouac, for example, or Timothy Leary.  Every generation includes vast numbers of people and a vast range of personalities.  There will always be a place for you. --NEIL

Thanks for your support.  Being a Boomer myself, I do understand where Mark Bauerlein is coming from.  He has high standards.  He’s decent and well-meaning.  What I do not understand is his inability to view his own generation (my generation) critically—or to appreciate any of the positive contributions and potential of today’s youth.  If only Boomers knew how grindingly downbeat and negative they sound.  They embarrass me.

My advice?  Don’t start yelling.  Listen politely, and then make your own case clearly, dispassionately, analytically—especially when older people attack your own generation as unworthy to express a valid opinion.  I’m always amazed at how passively Millennials listen without response when older Boomers beat up on their generation.  They are amazed when I tell them the truth: that every measure of social dysfunction got worse, first cohort to last, during the Boom (drug use, violent crime, suicide, test scores, accidents, etc.) and that all of the above have been improving with Millennials.  Take heart, team up, fill the civic vacuum left behind by Boomers and Xers, follow leaders you find worthy, and focus on America’s long-term future.  I agree that your generation is economically more liberal than your elders.  Whether you are socially more liberal is actually a tough question; in some ways, you are more conservative.  See our New America publication, “Yes We Can: Millennials as a Political Generation”: http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/yes... --NEIL

Very nice catch.  Lots of cynicism and alienation, not much idealism—except the attraction of Islam, mostly in the form of personal piety—and a growing awareness of rising gaps between rich and poor.  Politics and ideology is a turn off.  This sounds like the Nomad youth archetype to me.  Comparisons with Iran here are apt.  --NEIL

Yes, I have watched it.  I was less impressed.  These retro shows spend millions making sure all the visual details are exactly correct, but then they hardly give a thought to generational personalities.  I admit I haven’t seen a lot of episodes, but what I’ve seen makes me think of Xers at a costume party.  Too much cynicism, irony, and snarkiness—and way too much edgy/foul language.  To many of us who recall the young-adult Silent back then, the general mood was innocence, vulnerability, trust, good humor, a sort of boy-scout earnestness.  Yes, there was also a darker nervousness, even nervous fatigue (give rise to the word “beat”), and a sardonic humor roiling beneath the surface.  But this was beneath the surface—and, in retrospect, most of that “beat” humor seems pretty tame if also very funny.  To appreciate what the Silent were really like back then—or at least how they liked to see themselves, even when they moved out  to the edgy side—go and rent “The Apartment” with Jack Lemmon or “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” with Audrey Hepburn or “I Love You Alice B. Toklas” with Peter Sellers or just one of the beach blanket bingo movies with Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello.  One thing you notice in these movies is that most people, most of the time, (and certainly the main characters) try really hard to be *nice* most of the time.  That remains a life-long Silent personality trait.  And apparently it’s something that’s really hard for Xer actors to simulate.  --NEIL

Nice point.  Everyone today recalls the fire-and-brimstone Lincoln of his second inaugural address.  But we often forget how anxious he was to find some middle road and patch things when he was first elected.  Events and the shifting public mood ultimately made any middle road impossible.  Only then did Lincoln don  his mature “Prophet” persona.  --NEIL

Bruce:

Thank you for your nice comment.  When I said we were in the midst of a political realignment, I didn’t mean that the Obama majority will necessarily be the enduring outcome of that realignment.  I simply meant that we have entered a period of rapid shift in party alignments and loyalties.  Where Obama’s coalition endures or not, we will never go back to what we had before.  --NEIL

--Neil

You may be right about anomalies. We spotted one in the Civil War cycle. From my assessment of history outside America, I suspect that other types of anomalies may have occasionally happened in other societies. And there may be some types we haven't seen or noticed yet. I approach historical forecasting with a great deal of humility.
On your second point, I disagree. I speak often to K-12 schools, colleges, and survey organizations. And I can tell you that our entire Millennial message was much more controversial ten years ago than it is today. Back in the late '90s, our basic message about a steep decline in risk taking, closeness of parents, a new drive to teamwork and community, collective optimism got lots of pushback. Today, the response: OK, we got it, now tell us how to handle this new generation. We know about all their volunteering, High School Musical, IM and Facebook, record-low youth crime, the Obama phenomenon, etc. Fine. Now tell us something new. How do we handle this sheltered and entitled generation? Ten years ago, people were still complaining about undersocialized youth who felt alienated from their parents and government. Now they complain about oversocialized youth who are spoiled by their parents and trust government too much. It's truly been a sea change. --NEIL

Correction: I meant that these majority-Islamic societies are now early 3T.  --NEIL

I think most of the majority-Muslim societies in Asia—including Pakistan—are nearly a full turning  behind our own.  Their 2T (the global Islamic Awakening) began in the late 70s and lasted until about 2000 (let’s say 9/11).  They are now early 1T, with a Nomad archetype coming of age.  But that doesn’t rule out major upheavals.  In a fragile society like Pakistan, very bad things can happen even in (maybe, especially in) a 3T.  --NEIL