Episode 81: If, as some people believe, there has never been a better time to be living in America, why do so many people — especially young people — feel so depressed about their lives and their futures.

Hosts Rick Kyte and Scott Rada discuss this dichotomy and how catastrophizing plays a role in the lack of optimism many people feel about their lives.

Links to stories discussed during the podcast:

Confident adults were likely accepted, loved as children, Rick Kyte

Why are young liberals so depressed?, by Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring

We’re missing a key driver of teen anxiety, by Derek Thompson, The Atlantic

About the hosts: Scott Rada is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

Episode 81: If, as some people believe, there has never been a better time to be living in America, why do so many people — especially young people — feel so depressed about their lives and their futures.
Hosts Rick Kyte and Scott Rada discuss this dichotomy and how catastrophizing plays a role in the lack of optimism many people feel about their lives.
Links to stories discussed during the podcast:
<a href="https://news.lee.net/opinion/columnists/richard-kyte-confident-adults-were-likely-accepted-loved-as-children/article_db3018e0-c357-11ed-a3e1-f7210c6c795f.html">Confident adults were likely accepted, loved as children</a>, Rick Kyte
<a href="https://news.lee.net/opinion/columnists/richard-kyte-key-to-happiness-is-learning-to-accept-things-as-they-are/article_2be86e68-a238-11ed-8b1a-2fea05e67167.html"></a><a href="https://www.slowboring.com/p/why-are-young-liberals-so-depressed">Why are young liberals so depressed?</a>, by Matt Yglesias, Slow Boring
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/03/teen-anxiety-elite-schools-sat-act-paradox-wealthy-nations/673307/">We’re missing a key driver of teen anxiety</a>, by Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
About the hosts: <a href="https://twitter.com/TribScott">Scott Rada</a> is social media manager with Lee Enterprises, and Richard Kyte is the director of the <a href="https://www.viterbo.edu/db-reinhart-institute-ethics-leadership">D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership</a> at Viterbo University in La Crosse, Wis.

Scott Rada, Lee Enterprises social media manager, and Richard Kyte, director of the Ethics Institute at Viterbo University, talk about the intersection of ethics and modern life.

Scott Rada, <a href="https://lee.net/">Lee Enterprises</a> social media manager, and Richard Kyte, director of the <a href="https://www.viterbo.edu/db-reinhart-institute-ethics-leadership">Ethics Institute at Viterbo University</a>, talk about the intersection of ethics and modern life.

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