Adolescence

FROM VOL. 62 Alissa Quart explains how advertisers exploit the normal developmental characteristics of preteens and teens in order to sell them products. (12 minutes)

FROM VOL. 44 Thomas Hine takes an historical — rather than a psychological — approach to the development of the concept of the teenager. (10 minutes)

FROM VOL. 68 Murray Milner, Jr., explores how the current structure of schools and education leads almost inevitably to a culture of consumption among teenagers. (19 minutes)

FROM VOL. 94 Tim Clydesdale discusses the experience of freshmen year at college, suggesting that by that time students have been effectively inoculated against a love of knowledge. (21 minutes)

FROM VOL. 94 Mark Bauerlein talks about the ways of learning and living practiced by contemporary youth, how they impact the acquisition and use of knowledge and form intellectual habits, and what this means for the future of our society. (16 minutes)

FEATURED GUESTS: Craig A. Bernthal, James Turner Johnson, Alissa Quart, Stephen M. Barr, Lilian Calles Barger, and Corby Kummer

FEATURED GUESTS: James Davison Hunter, Brian C. Robertson, David Myers, Robert Frank, Gayle Brandow Samuels, Thomas Hine, Thomas Hibbs, and Robin Leaver

FEATURED GUESTS: Jedediah Purdy, Lendol Calder, John Nelson, George Arasimowicz, James Calvin Schaap, Frederick Buechner, Kay Hymowitz, and Calvin Stapert