Doug Wilson
@dougazdedc.bsky.social
Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Senior foreign policy advisor to pres candidates Gary Hart, Martin O’Malley, Pete Buttigieg. Tech troglodyte. AZ native, DE resident, dog and pizza lover. Co-host, BoomerLennials podcast
Anything worth learning from Trump foreign policies - volatile, unpredictable, hostile toward allies & sycophantic towards autocrats? Josh Brener & I host former State spox Ned Price; CNN’s Stephen Collinson and Stimson’s Emma Ashford on BoomerLennials, boomerlennials.substack.com/p/americawha...
https://boomerlennials.substack.com/p/americawhat-…
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Anything worth learning from Trump foreign policies - volatile, unpredictable, hostile toward allies & sycophantic towards autocrats? Josh Brener & I host former State spox Ned Price; CNN’s Stephen Collinson and Stimson’s Emma Ashford on BoomerLennials, boomerlennials.substack.com/p/americawha...
boomerlennials.substack.com/p/shana-tova.... Join this special Rosh Hashana BoomerLennials discussion of the generational contexts and current conflicts shaping the annual reflections on religious upbringings and Jewish identities
“Shana Tovah”(with Theo Baker and Jeremy Ben-Ami)
Jews around the world will celebrate Rosh Hashana, the beginning of the Jewish New Year.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
boomerlennials.substack.com/p/shana-tova.... Join this special Rosh Hashana BoomerLennials discussion of the generational contexts and current conflicts shaping the annual reflections on religious upbringings and Jewish identities
And here’s the link to the “Hope, Interrupted” podcast, now available on Substack, Spotify and Apple: open.substack.com/pub/boomerle...
Hope, Interrupted (with Mike Medavoy, Gayle Smith and Suzanne Nossel)
Not so long ago, the United States was seen by millions around the globe as their aspirational goal – the symbol of freedom, compassion for others, aid and assistance for those who desperately needed ...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
And here’s the link to the “Hope, Interrupted” podcast, now available on Substack, Spotify and Apple: open.substack.com/pub/boomerle...
MikeMedavoy, for 50 years one of Hollywood’s most prolific and respected producers, joins us to discuss why America is no longer the aspirational goal of millions, on the next BoomerLennials, posting tomorrow on Substack, Spotify & Apple: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
https://boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
August 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
MikeMedavoy, for 50 years one of Hollywood’s most prolific and respected producers, joins us to discuss why America is no longer the aspirational goal of millions, on the next BoomerLennials, posting tomorrow on Substack, Spotify & Apple: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
Former head of USAID and ONE Gayle Smith, respected worldwide for her humanitarian efforts, joins us for our latest BoomerLennials podcast on why US is no longer the aspirational goal of millions, posting tomorrow on Substack, Spotify and Apple: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
https://boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
August 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Former head of USAID and ONE Gayle Smith, respected worldwide for her humanitarian efforts, joins us for our latest BoomerLennials podcast on why US is no longer the aspirational goal of millions, posting tomorrow on Substack, Spotify and Apple: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
Former head of PEN America & human rights and free speech activist, wrote a seminal article on why America is no longer the aspirational goal of millions - the basis for our BoomerLennials podcast posting tomorrow on Substack, Spotify & Apple: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
https://boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Former head of PEN America & human rights and free speech activist, wrote a seminal article on why America is no longer the aspirational goal of millions - the basis for our BoomerLennials podcast posting tomorrow on Substack, Spotify & Apple: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/thursday-hop…
Yes. Absolutely yes: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The best TV show I’ve seen in a decade
Give ‘Adolescence’ all the Emmys.
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July 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Yes. Absolutely yes: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Next BoomerLennials: “Stuck In the Middle? With You?” No Labels’ Holly Page and columnist and screenwriter Matt Bai join BoomerLennials for the discussion, posting Thursday, July 17 on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Here’s the preview: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/next-week-...
Next Week: Stuck In The Middle? With You? (With Holly Page and Matt Bai)
Coming Thursday, July 17th
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July 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Next BoomerLennials: “Stuck In the Middle? With You?” No Labels’ Holly Page and columnist and screenwriter Matt Bai join BoomerLennials for the discussion, posting Thursday, July 17 on Substack, Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Here’s the preview: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/next-week-...
Here’s the link to our podcast with Pete: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/the-studen...
The Student Becomes the Teacher (with Pete Buttigieg)
Pete Buttigieg joins the show to chat with Josh Brener and his former boss Doug Wilson
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June 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Here’s the link to our podcast with Pete: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/the-studen...
@PeteButtigieg and I have been friends for more than 20 years. And now he joins me and Josh Brener for our BoomerLennials podcast, available starting Wednesday evening on Substack, Spotify and Apple. Hope you’ll join us. boomerlennials.substack.com/p/next-week-th…
https://boomerlennials.substack.com/p/next-week-th…
June 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@PeteButtigieg and I have been friends for more than 20 years. And now he joins me and Josh Brener for our BoomerLennials podcast, available starting Wednesday evening on Substack, Spotify and Apple. Hope you’ll join us. boomerlennials.substack.com/p/next-week-th…
Our BoomerLennials podcast with my longtime friend and former asst. Pete Buttigieg posts next Thursday on Substack. Hope you have time to hear two amazing immigration stories - from an Emmy-nom’d actor and a heroic Afghan-American young leader - on today: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/rememberin...
Remembering Emma Lazarus
With Mamoudou Athie and Najlla Habibyar
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June 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our BoomerLennials podcast with my longtime friend and former asst. Pete Buttigieg posts next Thursday on Substack. Hope you have time to hear two amazing immigration stories - from an Emmy-nom’d actor and a heroic Afghan-American young leader - on today: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/rememberin...
God Only Knows. God bless you, Brian Wilson, for the soundtrack of my generation. RIP.
• Brian Wilson Producing Pet Sounds
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
• Rare 1966 vintage black and white footage
of The Beach Boys performing the exquisite
‘God Only Knows’
🎞️🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpd4...
Angelic harmonies.
Carl on lead vocals.
Dennis, so young, on drums.
Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images
• Rare 1966 vintage black and white footage
of The Beach Boys performing the exquisite
‘God Only Knows’
🎞️🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpd4...
Angelic harmonies.
Carl on lead vocals.
Dennis, so young, on drums.
June 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
God Only Knows. God bless you, Brian Wilson, for the soundtrack of my generation. RIP.
For those sick of having immigration being made synonymous with fentanyl, Venezuelan gangs and porous borders, hope you will listen to our BoomerLennials podcast episode posting on Substack, Spotify and Apple on Thursday. Here’s why: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/boomerlenn...
BoomerLennials is back next Thursday!
Remembering Emma Lazarus
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June 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
For those sick of having immigration being made synonymous with fentanyl, Venezuelan gangs and porous borders, hope you will listen to our BoomerLennials podcast episode posting on Substack, Spotify and Apple on Thursday. Here’s why: boomerlennials.substack.com/p/boomerlenn...
Reposted by Doug Wilson
4x Oscar nom Canadian-Am dir Jason Reitman & former U.S. Amb to Canada Jim Blanchard join Josh & Doug on their pod BoomerLennials—
‘WTF Are We Doing Turning One Of Our Best Friends Into An Enemy?’
Josh Brener—Big Head on Silicon Valley—played Doug Wilson in Jason’s film The Front Runner. Reunion!
‘WTF Are We Doing Turning One Of Our Best Friends Into An Enemy?’
Josh Brener—Big Head on Silicon Valley—played Doug Wilson in Jason’s film The Front Runner. Reunion!
May 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
4x Oscar nom Canadian-Am dir Jason Reitman & former U.S. Amb to Canada Jim Blanchard join Josh & Doug on their pod BoomerLennials—
‘WTF Are We Doing Turning One Of Our Best Friends Into An Enemy?’
Josh Brener—Big Head on Silicon Valley—played Doug Wilson in Jason’s film The Front Runner. Reunion!
‘WTF Are We Doing Turning One Of Our Best Friends Into An Enemy?’
Josh Brener—Big Head on Silicon Valley—played Doug Wilson in Jason’s film The Front Runner. Reunion!
Hey! BoomerLennials on why the hell are we kicking Canada in the groin & what our longtime friends think about it now on Substack, Spotify & Apple. Oscar-nom Canadian-American director JasonReitman & former US Amb to Canada Jim Blanchard join us.
https://boomerlennials.substack.com/p/canada-with-…
May 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Hey! BoomerLennials on why the hell are we kicking Canada in the groin & what our longtime friends think about it now on Substack, Spotify & Apple. Oscar-nom Canadian-American director JasonReitman & former US Amb to Canada Jim Blanchard join us.
Reposted by Doug Wilson
‘In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.’
~ Bertolt Brecht
Substantive, insightful, and laced with levity, sharing and comparing perspectives across a generational expanse with guests, the BoomerLennials pod is just such.🎧
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.’
~ Bertolt Brecht
Substantive, insightful, and laced with levity, sharing and comparing perspectives across a generational expanse with guests, the BoomerLennials pod is just such.🎧
Hey Bluesky! Fave new pod alert: BoomerLennials
Foreign Policy Advisor to Pete Buttigieg, Gary Hart, many others; 1st openly gay Senate-confirmed Pentagon official; mentor of mine for decades, Doug Wilson teams up w actor Josh Brener, ‘Silicon Valley’s Big Head, who played Doug in ‘The Frontrunner’
Foreign Policy Advisor to Pete Buttigieg, Gary Hart, many others; 1st openly gay Senate-confirmed Pentagon official; mentor of mine for decades, Doug Wilson teams up w actor Josh Brener, ‘Silicon Valley’s Big Head, who played Doug in ‘The Frontrunner’
April 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
‘In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.’
~ Bertolt Brecht
Substantive, insightful, and laced with levity, sharing and comparing perspectives across a generational expanse with guests, the BoomerLennials pod is just such.🎧
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will also be singing
About the dark times.’
~ Bertolt Brecht
Substantive, insightful, and laced with levity, sharing and comparing perspectives across a generational expanse with guests, the BoomerLennials pod is just such.🎧