The New Woke Is Smarter Than The Old Woke | Reihan Salam

The Winston Marshall Show · May 23, 2026 · 1h 13m

In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with Reihan Salam for a conversation about the rise of the “second generation woke,” the collapse of institutional trust, and why so many young people are turning towards radical politics on both the left and the right.Salam argues that a generation shaped by the 2008 financial crisis, failing institutions, housing insecurity, and cultural alienation has become deeply cynical about the West and increasingly drawn to grievance-based ideologies. We explore why movements around figures like Zohran Mamdani and Hassan Piker are resonating…