Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share S2 Ep. 4 Now That's What I Call Millennial Angst!
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
S2 Ep. 4 Now That's What I Call Millennial Angst!
In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation from a perspective of millennial angst, political fatigue, and generational survival. What begins as a reflection on the low-grade anxiety humming through millennial adulthood shifts when breaking news of military escalation in the Middle East reframes the moment in real time. Framing the past 25 years as a darkly comic infomercial — Now That’s What I Call Millennial Angst — Nicole and Brett trace the emotional track list that shaped their generation: 9/11, the 2008 collapse, endless wars, Trump(s), COVID, and the persistent sense that the next headline is always waiting. Humor, loyalty, and even absurd protest become survival strategies, not forms of denial, but ways of metabolizing crisis without surrendering to it. Rather than offering geopolitical expertise, they reflect on place, perspective, and the daily practice of staying engaged while protecting joy.
Show Notes
Nicole’s Notes
🎬 Vice (2018) A dramatized look at Dick Cheney, the Bush administration, and the lead-up to the Iraq War.
🎧 Blowback (Podcast, Season 1) A narrative deep dive into the Iraq War; how it started, how it was sold, and its long-term consequences.
🎬 The Big Short (2015) A dark comedy breakdown of the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street decisions that triggered it.
Doc to Dock is co-hosted, written, produced, and edited by Dr. Brett S. Goldberg and Dr. Nicole K. Mayberry.
Original music by Matt Bogdanow; artwork by Andre Gonzalez.
Doc to Dock is recorded between Washington, D.C. and Orange County, CA. We record on Nacotchtank/Anacostan, Piscataway, Pamunkey, Hashemann and Tongva lands.
View all episodes
By Doc to Dock PodIn this episode, Nicole docks the conversation from a perspective of millennial angst, political fatigue, and generational survival. What begins as a reflection on the low-grade anxiety humming through millennial adulthood shifts when breaking news of military escalation in the Middle East reframes the moment in real time. Framing the past 25 years as a darkly comic infomercial — Now That’s What I Call Millennial Angst — Nicole and Brett trace the emotional track list that shaped their generation: 9/11, the 2008 collapse, endless wars, Trump(s), COVID, and the persistent sense that the next headline is always waiting. Humor, loyalty, and even absurd protest become survival strategies, not forms of denial, but ways of metabolizing crisis without surrendering to it. Rather than offering geopolitical expertise, they reflect on place, perspective, and the daily practice of staying engaged while protecting joy.
Show Notes
Nicole’s Notes
🎬 Vice (2018) A dramatized look at Dick Cheney, the Bush administration, and the lead-up to the Iraq War.
🎧 Blowback (Podcast, Season 1) A narrative deep dive into the Iraq War; how it started, how it was sold, and its long-term consequences.
🎬 The Big Short (2015) A dark comedy breakdown of the 2008 financial crisis and the Wall Street decisions that triggered it.
Doc to Dock is co-hosted, written, produced, and edited by Dr. Brett S. Goldberg and Dr. Nicole K. Mayberry.
Original music by Matt Bogdanow; artwork by Andre Gonzalez.
Doc to Dock is recorded between Washington, D.C. and Orange County, CA. We record on Nacotchtank/Anacostan, Piscataway, Pamunkey, Hashemann and Tongva lands.