Episodes by topic
Every episode of the Generationally Speaking podcast, sorted by the generation it is about and the theme it explores. Most conversations cover more than one, so they appear in more than one place.
By generation
Silent Generation
Voices from the Silent Generation and stories of families spanning five generations.
2 episodes »Baby Boomers
Baby Boomers on retirement, reinvention, experience and what the older generations at work still bring.
3 episodes »Generation X
Generation X guests on leadership, parenting teenagers, and being the bridge between analogue and digital working lives.
5 episodes »Millennials
Millennials, now aged 30 to 45, managing teams, raising families and sitting in the middle of the generational sandwich.
4 episodes »Generation Z
Conversations with and about Generation Z: what they want at work, how they communicate, and what it is like to start a career, a business or a campaign in your teens and twenties.
21 episodes »Generation Alpha
Raising and teaching Generation Alpha, the children born since 2013, and what they will bring to the workplace in the 2030s.
4 episodes »By theme
The workplace
Retention, engagement, hybrid working, feedback and the practical business of getting five generations to work well together.
20 episodes »Leadership
Leaders and coaches on self-awareness, culture, negotiation and leading across the generational divide.
10 episodes »Communication skills
Listening, storytelling, the telephone, cultural intelligence and the craft of being understood.
17 episodes »Education and students
Teachers, students and headteachers on schools, universities and the transition into work.
5 episodes »Parenting and family
Parents, therapists and coaches on raising children and teenagers in a smartphone world.
7 episodes »Wellbeing and mental health
Stress, anxiety, resilience and why mental health sounds different to every generation.
12 episodes »Technology, AI and social media
AI, social media, smartphones and the tools that shape how each generation talks to the others.
5 episodes »Society and politics
Politics, community, rural life and the wider world the generations share.
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