Podcast Episodes

Ep. 75: Beachwear

Episode 76

On this week’s episode of Silent Generation, Joseph and Nathan detail all of the garments men wear to the beach and the various ways they make men look attractive. They begin with beachwear bottoms (…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago

Ep. 74: Gayborhoods [TEASER]

Episode 75

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration

“Gayborhoods” (also known as gay villages) are gay neighborhoods that emerged in the United States at the end of World W…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Ep. 73: Normcore w/ Solana

Episode 74

Normcore is a “a post-authenticity coolness that opts into sameness.” The term was first coined by the trend forecasting group K-HOLE in their 2013 report Youth Mode: A Report on Freedom, which was a…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep. 72: Utopian Scholastic

Episode 73

Utopian Scholastic is an aesthetic that was popular in the education field from the late 1980s to early 2000s. It consists of stock image collage, early CGI, references to academia, references to sur…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ep. 71: IKEA [TEASER]

Episode 72

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration 

On this week’s episode of Silent Generation the boys discuss what makes IKEA one of Joseph’s favorite companies. They be…

Published on 4 months ago

Ep. 70: Scene Kids

Episode 71

Scene is a youth subculture that evolved from emo in the mid to late 2000s. Members of the subculture were typically referred to as “scene kids”, but scene kids with large online followings were also…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Ep. 69: Vernacular Architecture w/ Brick of Chicago

Episode 70

Vernacular architecture is architecture that uses local materials and traditional techniques to construct buildings without the guidance of licensed architects. It is surprisingly common in the Unite…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Ep. 68: Historical Dressing & Reenactment [EXTENDED TEASER]

Episode 69

Full episode available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SilentGeneration

Historical dressing refers to the act of wearing clothing that is authentic to a specific time period, while historical r…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Ep. 67: The World’s Fair

Episode 68

World’s fairs, now called World Expos, are large global expositions that exhibit the achievements of nations. They originally focused on industry and technology before shifting to a focus on cultural…

Published on 5 months ago

Ep. 66: Metrosexuals

Episode 67

Metrosexual is a term first coined by British journalist Mark Simpson in 1994. It is a portmanteau of the words “metropolitan” and “heterosexual,” and it describes straight men who care about their p…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago