Many millennials either are already in their 40s or are staring them down. Are they having a midlife crisis? As this generation enters midlife, their lives look really different from their parents' lives: Millennials are <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/02/14/millennial-life-how-young-adulthood-today-compares-with-prior-generations-2/"target="_blank" >more educated</a> and have a <a href="https://www.lendingtree.com/debt-consolidation/millennials-financial-condition-study/#:~:text=Millennials'%20net%20worth%20is%20higher,baby%20boomers'%20at%20those%20ages."target="_blank" >higher median net worth</a>, but the generation is also <a href="https://inequality.org/article/generational-wealth-inequality/"target="_blank" >more unequal</a> than previous generations, has <a href="https://www.lendingtree.com/debt-consolidation/millennials-financial-condition-study/#:~:text=Meanwhile%2C%2088.1%25%20of%20millennials%20carried,(ages%2025%20to%2034"target="_blank" >higher debt</a> and has lower rates of <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/millennial-homeownership-still-lagging-behind-previous-generations-7510642"target="_blank" >homeownership</a> and <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/05/27/as-millennials-near-40-theyre-approaching-family-life-differently-than-previous-generations/"target="_blank" >marriage</a>. How does that all shape what millennial midlife crises are starting to look like? Brittany finds out with Vox senior correspondent <a href="https://www.vox.com/authors/alex-abad-santos"target="_blank" >Alex Abad-Santos</a>, who recently wrote an <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/415046/millennial-midlife-crisis"target="_blank" >article</a> about the millennial midlife crisis, and <a href="https://www.prb.org/people/sara-srygley/"target="_blank" >Sara Srygley</a>, research associate at the Population Reference Bureau. This episode originally aired on June 20, 2025. For more episodes about the forces shaping Millennials’ lives, check out: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/26/nx-s1-5686691/youre-not-broken-the-job-market-is"target="_blank" >You're not broken - the job market is.</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5665105/enough-is-enough-is-it-time-to-leave-america"target="_blank" >Enough is enough. Is it time to leave America?</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s1-5797969/the-ugly-truth-of-americas-expensive-homes"target="_blank" >The ugly truth of America's expensive homes</a> Support Public Media.<a href="https://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" > Join NPR Plus.</a> Follow Brittany on Instagram:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/bmluse/?hl=en"target="_blank" > @bmluse</a>For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at<a href="http://npr.org/podclub"target="_blank" > npr.org/podclub</a>. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. <a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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