# Season 1, Gen X — Episode 5 — Streetwise (1984) + Kids (1995) w/Shalon van Tine

An episode of [Death is a Photograph](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1851854369), 14 Dec 2025, 1 h 22 min.

Audio: https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/693eb9b59ff9725d14c09a32/size/117817965/audio-files/67f3e7b6c0e44b4fefd3ba4a/69dd7433-bc33-4a16-b00a-6fd25bcf14e8.mp3

DDP is joined today by cultural historian Shalon van Tine to discuss Martin Bell's Streetwise (1984) and Larry Clark's Kids (1995). As of two months ago — all the hosts of DPP are now on the wrong side of thirty. Consequently, there couldn't be a better time to dive into the archives and explore some youth culture both Chase and Sam are too young to remember — 1980s streetkids in Seattle and 1990s skaters in Manhattan. Was Gen X really as independent as they say they were? And where did this latchkey ethos come from: family breakdown, liberation, austerity, neoliberalism, outsourcing, the corrosion of the counter culture, the end of social democracy? With Gen Z dubbed, rightly or wrongly, 'puriteens' by the mainstream press (with teen pregnancy, drug use and drinking down), why were their parents, in contrast, so darn hedonistic? Find out in today's episode. Our Patreon — as ever — can be found here. For now, everything is free. Bonus episodes, polls and other features coming up. * Like, rate, and subscribe: Sam and Chase need to buy Christmas presents for Francis...

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