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The commentator teams up with Socrates to tame his peers' existential apathy.
"What Matters" is part of the series 10 in Their 20s. The fresh voices in the series could have been recorded almost anywhere and provide an insightful look into the thoughts of the nation's newest adults.
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The commentator teams up with Socrates to tame his peers' existential apathy. "What Matters" is part of the series 10 in Their 20s. The fresh voices in the series could have been recorded almost anywhere and provide an insightful look into the thoughts of the nation's newest adults.
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Review of What MattersInsufferable! You don't have to disagree with Kuebler's environmentalist Cassandra cries to find it unbearable to listen to him whine his way through an inappropriate buttonholing of some guy at a party. Geez, learn some social skills, dude. |
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(Host) Today, in our series, "Ten in Their 20s," Commentator Jacob Levi (LEE-vie) Kuebler (KEEB-ler) has some words of advice for his generation: 'Listen man,' he says, don't be an empty vessel.
(Kuebler) The other day I walked into this party and there's this guy in there - a shaggy, longhaired rockstar dude. He reminds me of MTV. And as soon as I walk into the kitchen where a bunch of kids are hanging around an ashtray, this shaggy longhaired rockstar dude pipes up with a shocking bit of philosophy: "Nothing is really important," he says, "it doesn't matter..."
Ah, the hypothetical, existential, postmodern, "It doesn't matter."
"You know, I think it does matter," I say. "All of it matters but most of all it is knowledge that matters. Listen man, knowledge is the very essence of our existence. It's what Socrates was talking about so many years ago when he noted that each hu...
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Appropriate for use during a news magazine - ATC or Morning Edition. Requires host ot read live Intro and Outro. (These are provided in the transcript.)
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Justin Grotelueschen
Posted on July 18, 2004 at 06:00 PM | Permalink
Review of What Matters
I like the concept, but the narrator came off as too pretentious. And the story wasn't really believable. I liked the Linklater-esque dialogue, overwrought and analytical, albeit a bit shallow. I think this would resonate with a teenage audience.