Elliot Bewick - Gen Z Are In A Curiosity Crisis

Guest

Elliot Bewick

Host of Next Gen Podcast · Gen Z Commentator

Elliot Bewick is the founder and host of The Next Generation, a podcast built as a home for young people to be exposed to different viewpoints, learn from the past, and search their way to a meaningful, fulfilled life amid rising rates of anxiety and disconnection among Gen Z. His path there skipped the conventional route entirely - at just 15, a chance encounter with the Triggernometry podcast's hosts led to an unpaid internship, and within three years he'd gone from school kid to full-fledged producer, choosing to forgo university altogether in favor of hands-on execution. Now based in Dubai, Elliot has built The Next Generation into a platform tackling everything from masculinity and dating culture to political extremism and the crisis of meaning facing his generation, interviewing everyone from sitting congressmen to authors and academics along the way. On Decoding Wisdom, Elliot dives into why he chose theory-through-execution over university, the tension between an authentic self and the persona the internet demands, what Jordan Peterson's idea of "crafting your life's verse" actually looks like in practice, and why gratitude - not nihilism - is the antidote to a generation drowning in instant gratification and shallow solutions.