Episode 68 - GenX Speaks Series: Author David La Torre
June 13, 2026
3 hr 36 min
2
68
Full
67 of 68
Episode 68 · June 13, 2026
Episode 68 - GenX Speaks Series: Author David La Torre
0:00 / 3:36:14
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
Gen Episodes Around June 13, 2026
Episode 67 of 68 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
3:36:14This episodeEpisode 68 - GenX Speaks Series: Author David La Torre
Summary
What happens when a kid raised by addicts, with a father who dealt drugs, grows up to manage some of America's biggest crises? In this episode, author and crisis communications expert David La Torre answers that question with one of the most powerful stories we've had on the show. David takes us through his GenX latchkey childhood in 1970s and '80s Pennsylvania, which includes the normalcy of pill use back then, the spiral of parental substance abuse, surviving child abuse, his father's...
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.