Show Notes
Young people today are having less sex than previous generations, and according to journalist Carter Sherman, the reasons go far beyond dating apps. Carter joins Talia Schlanger to discuss her book The Second Coming: Sex and the Next Generation's Fight Over Its Future, exploring how economic pressures, changing attitudes toward relationships, evolving ideas about consent, and technology are reshaping intimacy.
And for Article Club, Talia talks to writer Caia Hagel about her Maclean’s Magazine essay An AI Became My Best Friend. As more people turn to chatbots and virtual partners for comfort, conversation, and connection, Caia examines what these relationships reveal about loneliness in the digital age. Together, they explore whether technology is filling a social void or creating new questions about what it means to be close to one another.
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