The Ryan Vet Show
To lead well today, you have to understand the forces that shaped yesterday and the ones reshaping tomorrow. You were made to Inspire Forward...and every episode helps you do just that.
The Ryan Vet Show is where leaders come to understand why the world, and the people in it, work the way they do. Hosted by Ryan Vet, USA Today bestselling author, generational futurist, and contrarian leadership thinker, the show blends research, lived experience, and narrative to help you navigate tomorrow with more insight, perspective, and practical wisdom.
Each week, Ryan explores the ideas shaping today’s workplace and culture:
- Generational dynamics and the behaviors that form each cohort
- Leadership and organizational psychology
- Change management and the forces driving adaptation
- Entrepreneurship and real-world decision making
- Communication, influence, and human behavior
- How the past explains the present and the present shapes the future
The show features two core formats:
- Long-form interviews with leaders, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and creators whose stories reveal the “why” behind their work, decisions, and impact.
- Weekly readings of the COLLIDE newsletter, where Ryan breaks down cultural shifts, generational insights, and leadership lessons with a story-rich, research-backed lens.
Whether you’re an executive, a manager, an entrepreneur, an educator, or simply navigating cross-generational tension, The Ryan Vet Show gives you the insight and tools to lead with clarity, curiosity, and intentionality.
If you want a show that’s intellectually grounded, practically useful, and deeply human — welcome.
This is your place to understand the world more clearly and lead it more thoughtfully.
The Ryan Vet Show
From Chandler Bing to Gen Z: The Thanksgiving Rebellion Reshaping the American Family
Thanksgiving used to be about turkey, travel, and tradition.
Today, it’s becoming a litmus test for where families stand and in many cases, why they’re falling apart.
In this episode, Ryan Vet breaks down the quiet generational rebellion happening around the holiday table. Drawing from his widely read COLLIDE article and insights shared at ThinQ, Ryan explores why family estrangement is rising, why Gen Z is more likely to skip family gatherings, and how psychological safety, boundaries, and “toxic family” language are redefining what it means to belong.
You’ll hear the stat from psychotherapist Matthias Barker that stunned the ThinQ audience:
26% of U.S. adults have cut off communication with a parent.
From Chandler Bing’s Thanksgiving dread to Gen Z’s emotional safety checklist, this episode explains the cultural forces reshaping family, identity, and holiday traditions. It’s not about blaming any generation; it’s about understanding why the family structure is shifting and what that means for all of us this holiday season.
If you’ve ever felt tension walking into a family gathering, wondered why someone stopped showing up, or sensed that Thanksgiving “doesn’t feel the same anymore,” this conversation will connect the dots.
🔥 What You’ll Learn
• Why family estrangement is becoming mainstream
• The Generational Prism and how each generation interprets conflict
• Why Gen Z prioritizes psychological safety over tradition
• How social media therapy normalizes going “no contact”
• Why Millennials often feel caught between duty and boundaries
• The shift from “family first” to “identity first”
• How the holiday table reveals the future of the American family
📰 Want more conversations like this?
Subscribe to COLLIDE, Ryan’s weekly newsletter on generational leadership, cultural change, and the future of how we live and work:
👉 https://collide.ryanvet.com/
It’s where the deeper insights live and where every episode starts.
About Ryan Vet
Ryan Vet is a USA TODAY bestselling author, futurist, and international keynote speaker whose insights on generations, culture, and the future of work have been featured in Forbes, Financial Times, ABC, NBC, and CBS. His research helps leaders understand emerging generational patterns and anticipate societal shifts before they fully unfold.
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