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by Dr Lucy Foulkes and Dr Jack Andrews
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Are Today's Teenagers in the Midst of a Mental Health Crisis?
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Why Do Teenagers Do Stupid Things?
September 15, 2026 · 41 minWhy do teenagers do things that seem completely reckless, even when they know the risks? In this episode of Coming of Age: The Science of Adolescence, psychologists Lucy Foulkes and Jack Andrews explore what’s really happening when…
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September 1, 2026 · 41 minLucy Foulkes and Jack Andrews are research psychologists at the University of Oxford, and in the very first episode of Coming of Age they explore what adolescence really is, and why it's one of the most misunderstood stages of our lives…
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August 24, 2026 · 1 minComing of Age is coming. Oxford psychologists Lucy Foulkes and Jack Andrews are lifting the lid on why teenagers really do what they do — the science behind friendships, peer pressure, risk-taking and the truth about the "mental health…
About the show
Why do teenagers copy their friends? Why does being one of the "cool kids" backfire later in life? Is there really a teenage mental health crisis? Coming of Age is hosted by Lucy Foulkes and Jack Andrews, psychologists at the University of Oxford who study adolescence for a living. Each week they take one thing about being a teenager - or raising one - that nobody quite understands, and actually explain it: real research and a lot more reassurance than the headlines usually offer.