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Jonah Goldberg interviews Daniel Cox from the American Enterprise Institute about generational differences, focusing on data-backed insights into issues like social media, dating, parenting, and cultural expectations. The conversation covers topics such as gender divides, social malaise, and the impact of technology on youth behavior, aiming to provide a comprehensive view of what’s changing in today's society from a nonpartisan perspective.

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On October 14, 2026, Jonah Goldberg interviewed Daniel A. Cox, a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute, for the podcast The Remnant. The interview covered various topics related to generational differences, including gender roles, parenting styles, and social media usage. Cox discussed issues such as attention infidelity, sexting among teenagers, and the impact of platforms like LinkedIn and OnlyFans on modern culture. He also addressed broader societal changes involving cultural expectations and social malaise. The discussion aimed to provide data-backed insights into contemporary youth behavior and its implications for society.

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Goldberg, J. (2026, October 14). What’s Wrong With Kids These Days? | Interview: Daniel A. Cox. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/podcast/remnant/whats-wrong-with-kids-these-days-interview-daniel-a-cox/

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Narrative

The American Enterprise Institute’s Daniel Cox joins The Remnant to take us on a whirlwind tour of the gender divide, cultural expectations, parenting, LinkedIn, generational change, attention infidelity, TV, dating, sexting, teenagehood, social media, surveillance culture, porn, OnlyFans, incels, the manosphere, social malaise, third places, chivalry, class, and preaching what you practice.

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🔮 Ladies and gentlemen, could I please have your attention?

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What’s Wrong With Kids These Days? | Interview: Daniel A. Cox · assertive framing

Claims (11 extracted, 1 hedged)

Old men griping about the new generation is an old, venerable tradition, and Jonah Goldberg can grouse with the best of them. asserted

Goldberg → grip → them

Unlike the other old men, however, Jonah gets to talk to one of the few people who can actually answer the question, “What’s wrong with the kids these days?” and back it up with data. asserted

What → get → data

you → join → what

The Remnant is a production of The Dispatch, a digital media company covering politics, policy, and culture from a nonpartisan perspective. asserted

Remnant → cover → perspective

To access all of The Dispatch’s offerings—including the Saturday Ruminant, audio versions of all our articles and newsletters, and Jonah’s twice-weekly G-File—click here. asserted

access → access → articles

Instructions on how to set up your members-only feed can be found here, and if you’d like to remove all ads from your podcast experience, consider becoming a premium Dispatch member by clicking here. asserted

you → set → experience

Ladies and gentlemen, could I please have your attention? uncertain

I → have → attention

Can you dig it? asserted

you → dig → it

This is Jonah Goldberg, host of the Remnant Podcast, brought to you by the Dispatch and Dispatch Media. asserted

This → bring → Dispatch

Very interesting subject for today, although I will tell you, you know, uh, Yuval Levin, friend of the podcast, uh, my immediate supervisor, boss person at the American Enterprise Institute, he had me in a while back, as he is wont to do. asserted

he → tell → me

He poured a large glass of Diet Coke, who knows what it was hiding, and then took out a very large revolver of some kind- [laughs] asserted

it → pour → kind-

What’s Wrong With Kids These Days? | Interview: Daniel A. Cox