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Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! Need a primer on the House Speaker drama that has unfolded in the House of Representatives in the last week, but don't have the energy for long-winded explanations? Laura's got your back with a quick and dirty 2-minute explainer! Please don't forget to take our 2023 Listener Survey! You can help shape the future of the show - survey is open through October 9th, don't miss your chance to leave your mark on #Millennial! Nearly 3 decades after the murder of Tupac Shakur, a major break in the case has led to an arrest for his murder. Pam and Laura get into the overlap between pop culture and true crime by digging into the logistics of why it took so long for authorities to make an arrest despite long-term certainty around who was responsible for Tupac's murder. Phones in Japan make a shutter sound when you take a photo, even if they're on silent mode. Why? While the privacy concerns are certainly valid, consumers have found creative ways ar

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! Laura is off, but she’ll be back next week! In her absence, Andrew and Pam welcome their friend (and former Hypable staffer!) Tariq Ra'ouf, to the show! You can find Tariq online at Twitter and Instagram. It looks like the Writer’s Strike has officially come to an end! We react to the news at the WGA has reached a tentative deal with the AMPTP Pam fills us in on what happens next now that picketing has stopped, and Andrew details some of what fans can expect after writers in Hollywood resume work. It’s a pop culture palooza this week! To kick things off, we dive into the rise in popularity of universities offering courses on some of today’s biggest pop stars. Is teaching classes on Taylor Swift and Beyonce a smart tactic in getting students excited to learn, or is it all just good PR for the universities greenlighting these classes? Is there space in the classroom for pop culture? We definitely think so! As our discussion on cool col

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! Off the top, we tune into the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on banned books and free speech, see the full clip HERE. We'll love you forever if you take a few minutes to fill out our 2023 listener survey to help us improve the show! Rumors of an NSYNC reunion began swirling earlier in the year when the first trailer for ‘Trolls: Band Together’ seemingly made several references to iconic 90s boy bands.  Anticipation reached a fever pitch when all five members of NSYNC attended the MTV Video Music Awards to present the Best Pop Video award to Taylor Swift. A couple of other cryptic messages from the band culminated in NSYNC announcing their first single in over two decades... for the 'Trolls 3' movie. In a deep dive on Vulture, we learned that studios and publicists are able to successfully skew movie rating scores.  Do movie reviews mean anything to us? Are we easily influenced by the Tomatometer? Have we ever been influenced by r

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! Laura "wins" a longstanding "game," and Andrew toasts to the end of an era. LendingTree and Credit Karma have conducted surveys of millennials and Gen Z’ers to look at reasons why our age groups may be incurring debt in the pursuit of love.  Younger generations are more likely to accrue "dating debt" than older generations. We get personal and share how much we've spent on dating. Even though it feels like we're always spending, spending, spending, traditional shopping is dying. (Yet another thing to blame millennials for!) Believe it or not, the majority of consumers (54%) prefer shopping in-store, as opposed to online. (We could never.) If you think listening to podcasts helps combat loneliness, how do you think it helps podcast hosts? This show is our social lives!! If you lean on podcasts for companionship, check out this article in the Washington Post about how people use podcasts to fill this gap.  What is the relationship betw

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! We kick off the show on a somber note as another one of Andrew’s death predictions comes true. The hosts reminisce on the legacy of legendary ‘The Price Is Right’ host Bob Barker, as well as recently passed artists Jimmy Buffet, and Smash Mouth’s Steve Harwell. The drones are coming-- at least in New York. The NYPD is officially using surveillance drones to monitor large, outdoor events. If you’re worried about how surveillance drones flying overhead might affect your privacy, you’re not the only one! The hosts weigh in on whether or not they trust law enforcement departments with this new surveillance technology. America is getting loud no matter where you live, and new research now proves that high levels of noise pollution could come with some pretty big health risks. Andrew shares his concerns over living in a developing neighborhood with frequent construction noise. Pam and Laura ruminate over whether or not they’re worried about h

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! Spotify has a $38 million white noise problem. They're paying ad dollars for their own algorithm to direct listeners to independent white noise podcasts instead of Spotify's own white noise music. Some white noise podcasts are raking in $18k per month - we clearly got into the wrong podcasting business. Still, we try our hand at #Millennial branded white noise. Would you sub?? More steamer price hikes: Disney+ has announced a 27% price increase, which Hulu promising a 20% increase. Take one well-educated guess about which streamers are on the chopping block for our panel. Hurricane Hilary gave something unexpected to the US Southwest, and we look at the up and coming hurricane names for the 2023 forecast. Watch out for Hurricane Gert! It was not until the year of our Lord 2023 that menstrual products' absorbency was tested with blood, not water. #Tampongate strikes again. 'TikTok Music' is in beta mode in Brazil, Indonesia, Australia,

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real friendship and romance talk! The Hot Indictment Summer hits just keep coming: TRUMP. IS. INDICTED. FOR. A. FOURTH. TIME! This week's episode is a mailbag show, so we're covering as many confessionals and pieces of feedback as we can (*in 90 minutes, Andrew is flying the night of our recording, and he'll kill us if we give him another 2 hour edit). Uh oh, we influenced too close to the sun: using ChatGPT to write cover letters. The Adventures of Ronald the SAG President and Nancy the Throat Goat. Ugh Chrissy, stop inviting yourself to your coworkers' weddings. No one invited you! A confessional writer grapples with supporting their child's preferences while also protecting them from a family of Trumpers. We're all inspired by a confessional writer who did a boudoir photoshoot for her husband-to-be. Free those titties! Is it possible to say "I love you" too soon? What's the right amount of time? Why is being unfollowed on social channels by

Welcome to #Millennial, the home conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership!  If you have federal student loans that will go into repayment this fall, be sure to check out the SAVE plan and enroll before interest resumes 9/1! Andrew might start a side hustle filming reaction vids. His latest: reacting to a baby bear in Yosemite National Park. Spotify users who support us on Patreon can now get our exclusive audio content right within the Spotify app! Woohoo! Tired of dating apps? Some are kicking it old school with Date-Me Docs (think personal ads in newspapers). Here's one directory Would we connect with someone through a Date-Me doc? We analyze a real life example of one and try to play matchmaker for Pam (she's not having it). Our inbox is open: send us your dating docs, OkCupid profiles, etc, and we'll give anonymous, on-air reviews! 'Try That in a Small (Sundown) Town:' we dig into the controversy behind this chart-topping song from Jason Aldean, and why the tune and its music video are prov

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and REAL talk! In breaking Trumpdates: Orange Julius has had four new indictments dropped against him, this time, out of a Washington D.C. court. Read the full indictment here. Hot indictment summer is still hot y'all! Glitch McConnell and the Congressional Geritocracy: give term limits a chance! We review some of our oldest senators and representatives: basically, if you've existed longer than the chocolate chip cookie recipe, please consider retiring. Kplzthx. Are age limits ethical for elected positions of leadership? FYI, aliens aren't called UFOs anymore - the 2023 approved term is UAPs (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena). In a recent congressional hearing, former military officials auditioned for lead roles in an upcoming X-Files spinoff series. The US has possession of "non-human" bodies of UAP pilots?! Is Andrew's biggest 2023 prediction coming true? Bonus rec from Andrew: Find Starlink - this is a free app that lets you see when you’ll be abl

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real BARBIE talk! Our resident Barbie expert and social media manager Chloé educates us on the history of Barbie, and delves into how her legacy is represented on the silver screen. Barbie was originally based on a German escort doll?! The real life Barbie and Ken were brother and sister?! Justice for Allan and Midge!!! Is the message of this movie that men are stupid? We don't think the haters are aware Ken-ough to understand the layers of Barbie. With the success of 'Barbie,' Mattel has some major tailwinds to help project it towards future motion pictures adaptations of their other properties: think magic 8 ball, Doug, and American Girl dolls! Wtf is girl dinner? If you're anything like us, you've been eating girl dinner for years not knowing it was a "thing." Girl dinner isn't a prescribed menu, it's a #lifestyle. For some of us, the center of girl dinner is cheese. For others, it's diet coke and a blunt. Popeyes was prepared: they rolled o

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real STRIKE talk! We ain't crossing the picket line: why we support the WGA and SAG strikes. Writers, actors, directors, and other creators are receiving PENNIES on their streaming residuals, meanwhile corporate execs are yachting and complaining about not having money. Studios are hoping background actors will agree to one day of shooting and granting the studio perpetual ownership of their likeness with no further compensation. Other industries, like airlines and parcel shipment services, are also staring down the barrel of looming strikes. Are we at a cultural turning point in the push for workers' rights? Shoutout to unions, who got us weekends, paid sick leave, higher wages, and safer working conditions to name a few of their accomplishments. We explore some examples of historical strikes, and examine what caused them to be successful vs what caused them to fail: Flint United Auto Workers Sit-in, Memphis Sanitation Workers’ strike, Postal Wor

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real THREADS talk! But first, Laura gives a 30 second blitz update about our fucked up student loan situation. Last week, Meta launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, and we were among the early adopters. #influencers We provide a full review of Threads: the good, the bad, the missing features. Will Threads steal our hearts, or can we just not quit Twitter? Personal threads wishlists: following tab (for n00ds), hashtags (for n00ds), and close friends list (for n00ds). With a number of recent and upcoming adaptations of popular toys and brands, we take a trip down memory lane to the 90s and give some recommendations we believe would KILL with millennial audiences. Dark Side of Barney: "I always say I love you, but you never say it back so now I'm on Lexapro." With Furby making a comeback, could we see attempts for a Furby movie? It might sound like a stretch, but don't forget they made an Angry Birds movie. Tfw you realize popular 90s board gam

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real ONLYFANS talk! OF Creator Tiara joins us today to share her experience as a content creator on OF, and to help aspiring creators know what to keep in mind as they pursue success in the OF space. Also, we're debunking a lot of commonly held beliefs about OnlyFans: first, not all creators cater to pornography or nudity. Many do, but Tiara explains the popular fetish niche her work fits into. Tiara sets the record straight: content creation is never easy, and monetizing fetish content is not as easy as taking a few casual pictures of your feet and profiting. Why does OnlyFans work better for some creators than Patreon? We learn what kinds of fetish content clients request, and why a 10 minute video is usually the maximum length that video will run. ???? We learn how creators deal with things like taxes, customer complaints, and the stigma that can be associated with OF. Check Tiara out and support her on her various platforms! This week's reco

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and REAL ocean talk! And it's REAL ocean talk because this week we're joined by Mckenzie Margarethe, a marine scientist and naturalist focusing on realistic conservation and ocean education. We have to spend some time talking about the Titan submersible, where they went wrong, why the internet was so quick to jump to comedic takes, and learn more about Mckenzie's experience watching this story unfold as an expert in her field. Misinformation and armchair researchers abounded during this crisis, making Mckenzie and others in her field do a big :facepalm:. The Titan story provides a great reminder of the need for proper deep sea exploration, and considerations for how we protect our oceans along the way. We have to ask... are the orcas coming to kill us all? Mckenzie has a few resources she recommends if you want to get involved in the conversation of ocean conservation: check out Pique Action's list of Climate Creators to watch in 2023 and picking a se

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real submersible talk! We're certainly hoping for good news for the five aboard the Titan submersible, but we can't help but marvel at the hubris and lack of regulations that got us here. UPDATE: Bud Light is no longer the number 1 selling beer in the US: it has been replaced by Modelo Especial. Andrew strikes back: after being triggered last week by Laura's character assassination of Corona Light, Andy stands in defense of his beloved pilsner style lager. Illinois is banning... book bans! They're the first state to do this in response to local and national increases in book banning attempts in the last year. Can the Biden admin really tout their latest achievement re: Ticketmaster as a crackdown on junk fees? Sure, consumers can expect to start seeing these upfront now, but it doesn't (yet) prevent ticket companies from charging these fees. Reddit, aka "the front page of the internet" is under fire due to another douchey tech CEO doing douchey te

As we record on arraignment eve, the crew brings some news for your consideration from the last week. Don't miss our Breaking News coverage of the indictment being unsealed -- activate a free Patreon trial today! Did Sarah Stusek bring a GoodReads review bombing and lost publishing deal on herself after she called a reviewer a bitch? Does current social media culture putting reviews front and center for creators inspire this kind of bad behavior? Tbh, we don't think a 4 star rating is something to lose your shit over. The eastern US received a lesson in how to live with wildfire smoke blanketing the region, and Californians gave a collective side-eye. It's a whole new world for Laura, who'd never had to contend with toxic wildfire smoke. Pam and Andrew give their tips for monitoring the AQI (air quality index) and taking safety precautions. Epic fail y'all: Netflix is reporting record signups in the wake of its crackdown on password sharing, meaning many of us didn't cancel our subscriptions. The data

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! The GOP was of course messy while we were off air, and unlike Marie Condo, we do not love mess. Happy(?) Pride. On top of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation sweeping the nation, brands are really fucking up just in time for pride month. Tbh, Bud Light deserves their current sales losses on the basis of their beer sucking ass, but they've managed to piss off a large cross-section of the country with their reaction to backlash over their ad featuring a trans woman. Are people actually outraged by things like this, or are they looking for new ways to be relevant? Asking for Kid Rock's music career. Target is also fucking up - out of concern for their employees, they've pulled and diminished elements of their Pride displays in stores. Never thought we'd see the day where Bud Light and Target were in the dog house for caving to queerphobia, but here we are! RIP disposable income: as part of debt ceiling negotiations, federal student loan repayments wil

We're off this week, but we're sharing a preview of what's available on our Patreon! In this recent installment of After Dark, we pop bottles (or boxes) of wine and review "The 36 Questions That Lead To Love" and pose our favorites to one another. Will we fall further in love with one another, or will we realize this has all been one big mistake? Listen to find out! New installments of After Dark are released weekly! And we're excited to share that our Patreon now offers FREE TRIALS! Visit Patreon.com/millennial to grab a free, 7-day trial and see everything we have to offer. We can't do this show without the support of listeners like you. Thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BREAKING NEWS: Andrew joins Bumble BFF! How is matching with new friends online similar to dating? Is it worse to be ghosted by a potential date or friend? As summer approaches, we look at other countries' travel advisories for visiting the United States. Unsurprisingly, they warn of increased risks of gun violence and terrorism. While staying safe is most important during your travels to the US, we have some general tips for visiting that will make your trip easier. We recommend avoiding Florida (she can't sit with us), remembering to tip, watching out for our massive portion sizes, and paying attention to parking signage to avoid tickets! Pam provides our latest social media update: we begin with Montana, which has just signed a new bill that would ban TikTok in the state beginning in 2024. How would this be accomplished? Montana's political leaders clearly don't understand the internets. Instagram's Twitter alternative could be up and running as soon as the end of June! You heard it here first folks -

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! Clusterfuck 2023 rages on with CNN platforming Orange Julius, Florida being a total Florida man, and George Santos living up to his "who the fuck is this guy?" reputation. Was there a public benefit to CNN's Trump Town Hall, or was it a complete ratings whore move? Shortly after the town hall, Trump posted this deep fake of CNN's Anderson Cooper, harkening back to our warnings a few weeks ago about the part AI will play in future election seasons. On the topic of AI, Chat GPT delivered an original Disney tune about Mickey's impending destruction of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. We all agree overuse of cell phones at concerts is annoying - but how far are we willing to go to curb this annoying habit among concert goers? Bono and Garth Brooks are using Yondr cases, to create phone-free environments during their respective Broadway and Las Vegas residency shows. Guests will need to place their phone in a Yondr case, and can only unlock it