Are we regressing in search of a simpler time?

In 2022 we all just want to be tucked into bed and told that everything's going to be okay, and who can blame us? Tech and culture is doing its best to transport us back to a simpler time in our lives: childhood. There's roleplay ASMR on YouTube, podcasts to soothe you to sleep, a 'womb noise' playlist and kidcore fashion, replete with dummies. At the same time, the number of subscribers to a subreddit for age regressors, who often involuntarily regress to ages as young as one, has more than doubled. Today on Schmeitgeist, we embrace our inner child to discover the ways we're regressing, and the appeal or otherwise going back.Schmeitgeist is a weekly pop culture podcast from ABC Everyday about why we love what we love, hosted by Ange Lavoipierre.