From our Hotel Bed in Tel Aviv: GEN Z IS FALLING BEHIND (and Happy New Year!)┃ATB #13

Approach the Bench · Jan 1, 2026 · 1h 14m

WEEK 13 (NEW YEAR’S EPISODE): It’s January 1st — a new year, new resolutions, and the usual promises of change. In this episode, we look back at 2025, make rapid-fire predictions about 2026, and ask a harder question underneath all the optimism: Why does it feel like our generation is still waiting for the promises of past generations to come true for us? We open with a bit of reflection on how we shot this episode and why we’re doing it on a hotel bed in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Then we run through rapid-fire New Year’s questions, from cultural and political predictions to lighter bets about where…