Hold Me Back: Son and Father Change the Conversation

Hold Me Back: Son and Father Change the Conversation

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Gen X and Gen Z live together, but we occupy different worlds. As the generational gap widens and conventional wisdom on parenting and education fails, is it even possible to understand one another? In this unique son-and-father podcast, Aidan and Ash ElDifrawi hash out a new contract between generations, forcing them to violate comfort zones on today's most charged topics: social media and screen time, bullying and loneliness, inequality and privilege, sex and drugs, education and etiquette, even politics, religion, and sports. All to uncover a path toward greater harmony and a hopeful future for the next generation

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Aidan and Ash ElDifrawi

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The Science of Communication

Season 5Mar 5, 20251h 18m

Ironically, while the core mission of HMB is to enhance communication between generations, there's yet to be an episode dedicated to the "science" of communication. Until now. Aidan & Ash welcome to the show one of the country's leading minds on the topic of why smart people routinely misunderstand

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Launching: What You Need to Know About Freshman Year at College

Season 5Jan 22, 20251h 13m

"Never take a class before 9:30…always have peanut butter and pretzels in your room…get your flu shot…you'll need more ramen than condoms…you fail in silence…call your parents…90% of bad decisions will happen during O-week…anchor your day in routines...don't piss off your roommate." These are just a

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Boomer Training: A Gen Z Lesson in Social Media Lingo

Season 4Jan 6, 202451 min

A growing part of the generational divide is an emerging and unexpected language barrier. This phenomenon is a byproduct of the explosion in social media platforms, which seem to have created a new Gen Z dialect - particularly on TikTok. To help bridge this gap, Aidan recruited his sister Allison to