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  • Cheap Beyoncé Tickets + Europe = A Blissful Summer

    Cheap Beyoncé Tickets + Europe = A Blissful Summer
    Feb 19 2025
    Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! We welcome all listener feedback and engagement, even from listeners who confuse us with The Daily Show (aww we're flattered!). If we don't talk about Trump's first 100 days on the pod, did any of it actually happen? Are you a government employee who wants to anonymously share your experience working during this shit show of a time? Email us or submit via the Confessional, and we'll share your experience (but keep your identity secret shhh). DON'T BE FOOLED: Trump isn't going to cut your taxes. He's just diverting your tax dollars to his rich friends in the form of tax breaks. With rising prices, are we pickier about the kinds of events we attend? It feels like a night out to a concert can easily cost over $100, and that's after the cost of the tickets! Wait, why are bigger artists' shows seemingly more affordable abroad? And is it ethical for Americans to travel to counties with fewer tour dates to take advantage of cheaper tickets? What additional perks would we like to justify stadium concert ticket costs? Because time is a flat circle, we want physical tickets commemorating the evening. This week's recommendations are helpful and entertaining: SpotHero for event parking (Pam), ThriftBooks.com (Andrew), and 'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' on Disney+ (Laura). And in this week's installment of After Dark: Do millennials really not throw house parties anymore? How has the house party evolved for our generation? If a friend isn't comfortable hosting gatherings but other friends in the group are, what is the best way to handle hosting responsibilities and reciprocity? Our messiest house party stories... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 13 min
  • Millennials Admit to Digital Shoplifting; Barnes & Noble Books a Major Comeback

    Millennials Admit to Digital Shoplifting; Barnes & Noble Books a Major Comeback
    Feb 12 2025
    Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! Andrew's better half Pat joins us this week! Forget the Eagles, did we watch Kendrick Lamar dominate at the Super Bowl? We're continuing to watch the first 100 days of the Trump admin, and sadly, we're continuing to report that the admin's approach is to flood the zone with ridiculous, outrageous legislative priorities and patently false information. Andrew's a baddie: confessions of a digital shoplifter, among his other crimes. Are big retailers making it too easy for consumers to take advantage of generous refund policies? What impact does this have on small businesses? To be fair, we're not just throwing Andrew under the bus - we've all used refund policies to our advantage at one point or another. Speaking of big retailers, Barnes & Noble is having a major comeback with its brick and mortar locations! Barnes & Noble will be opening 60 new bookstores in 2025 after years of decline. Their reasoning? #BookTok trends, the loneliness epidemic, and an increasing consumer demand for more third spaces. And of course, we've got recommendations hot off the press for y'all: Bookshop.org, which now offers ebooks in competition with Kindle (Andrew), 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' by TJ Klune (Pat), and downloading a copy of your student aid history at StudentAid.gov if you have federal student loans (Laura). And in this week's installment of After Dark: We're all in our mid-thirties - is it time for us to get all of our stuff our of mom and dad's house? How do we deal with family members trying to push their shit off on us? I DON'T WANT YOUR CHRISTMAS CHINA, GREAT AUNT MARGE! What do we want done with our stuff when we slip the mortal coil? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 18 min
  • Egg Watch 2025; The “Let Them” Theory and Self-Help Book Recommendations

    Egg Watch 2025; The “Let Them” Theory and Self-Help Book Recommendations
    Feb 5 2025
    Welcome back to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! In our continuing coverage of Trump's first 100 days in office, we check in on aviation safety, the silicon-valley style DOGE takeover of the Treasury's payment systems, El Salvador opening its prisons to American prisoners (so nice of them), and the biggest BEST update on tariffs everrrrrr. Just kidding, this President is a joke. But we're also keeping an eye on EGGflation and sharing weekly updates since apparently that's what matters most to American voters. Who has a morning routine, and more importantly, who is good at actually sticking to one? Mel Robbins has inspired our panel to take part in her 7-step routine for kickstarting your morning. We share our experiences - did it work for us? How can we embrace the "let them" theory to protect our own peace and inner harmony? This week's recommendations are all themed to the episode - self-help books! 'The 4-Hour Workweek' by Tim Ferris, 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck' by Mark Manson, and 'Don't Believe Everything You Think' by Joseph Nguyen (Andrew), 'How to Do the Work' by Dr. Nicole LaPera (Laura), 'Reasons to Stay Alive' and 'Notes on a Nervous Planet' by Matt Haig (Pam). And in this week's installment of After Dark: Who doesn't love a little gossip? Vox inspires us to dig deeper and reflect on why gossiping can feel so satisfying sometimes. Gossiping can go too far though, and we've all learned this lesson in some ways we share in AD. Have we ever gotten in trouble for gossiping on the show? Uh... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 10 min
  • Forget Boomer Complaints - Here're Our Biggest Millennial Complaints

    Forget Boomer Complaints - Here're Our Biggest Millennial Complaints
    Jan 29 2025
    Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! We're keeping an eye on Trump's first 100 days and giving bite-sized updates at the top of episodes. Should we apply to the White House's New Media program? Maybe we're not the voices they want to feature... Forget about boomer complaints - inspired by this tweet, we want to know what your millennial complaints are! Are millennials starting to become grumpy old people about Gen Z? We get it, you're youthful and full of life and ambition because the world hasn't broken you yet. STOP SHOWING OFF! A common millennial complaint amongst our panel and listeners is missing the early days of the internet, when it was weirder and more fun. Housing costs, student loans, and lacking friends who are also parents definitely make the list. We yearn for the comforts of the early 2000s (but leave the fashion in 2005 pls): longer TV seasons, being able to physically buy software, and all the random videos that became generational memes for millennials. As always, we leave you with our recommendations: An album and artist rec from Pam, 'Tinsley' by Tinsley, The Sims 1 and 2 re-releases coming to PC soon (Andrew), and Jon Stewarts interview with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on his podcast. And in this week's installment of After Dark: Jic Republicans force us to have babies, we imagine a world in which we are parents to Gen Beta children. What would we do differently than what our parents did? What would we do the same? For real though, we can barely take care of ourselves, so do you really trust our judgment? How would we manage raising kids at a time when children seem to have smart devices in hand from birth? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 16 min
  • Velveeta Voldemort's Messy First Days, What Millennials Were Told As Kids That Were Lies

    Velveeta Voldemort's Messy First Days, What Millennials Were Told As Kids That Were Lies
    Jan 23 2025
    Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! We had to delay our recording for a day because Laura got stuck in Atlanta's latest snowmaggedon embarrassment. When will they learn to salt the roads in advance? Would it have been better if Trump had won in 2020 so we could be done with him by now? Legally flimsy and intended to inspire outrage: Trump's first 100 executive orders. Lol at everyone who traveled to DC for the inauguration just to find a sudden change in venue due to "the weather." We all saw what Elon did. Period. Is backlash against artists like Carrie Underwood and Nelly warranted due to their decision to perform at Trump's inauguration? Andrew makes a distinction. Get ready for the enshittification of TikTok y'all - unfortunately, the oligarchy is united and now they have a direct line to executive authority. Yay populism! The Supreme Court really is out here choosing violence: first they came for bodily autonomy, now they're poised to seriously curb first amendment free speech rights by placing limitations on access to pornography. Can we empathize with the struggle parents have today with monitoring their kids online? Absolutely. Is that a reason to strike down free speech protections? NO. We wrap the show with some favorite BS lies millennials were told repeatedly as kids that turned out not to be true. As always, we wrap with recommendations: First Aid Beauty Ulta Repair Cream (Pam), @TrumpflationTracker on Threads (Andrew), and 'Severance' season 2 on Apple TV+ (Laura). And in this week's installment of After Dark: How are our relationships with Trump supporting family members going? *redacted* is causing someone's family to do a lot of eye rolling over the insane indoctrination. How best to deal with confrontations from Trump supporting family looking for a fight - keep it simple, keep it petty (but kinda classy). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 21 min
  • Are We Seriously About to Lose TikTok?, Starbucks Wants To Be Your Friend Again

    Are We Seriously About to Lose TikTok?, Starbucks Wants To Be Your Friend Again
    Jan 16 2025
    Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! We spend time discussing the latest on the Los Angeles wildfires in California - where are they at, how contained are they, and how many people are being affected? Looking to help? Donate to the American Red Cross to support wildfire relief. We also have a slew of mini political updates: Pam wins the first correct prediction of 2025 (that Trump will fly the flag at full mast for his inauguration because he's a giant baby), SCOTUS to hear a case challenging key provisions of the ACA, and of course... the TikTok question. Are we going to need to satisfy our scrolling addiction elsewhere after January 19th? How would we feel about losing TikTok? Won't people just... find something else? Oh wait, Americans have already started signing up for another Chinese-owned Tik-Tokesque app called Red Note. Lol. It seems like the US government isn't the only thing going backwards in 2025: Starbucks recently announced changes to try and win back customers by bringing back those cool coffee shop vibes that make customers want to enjoy the cafes as a third space. Starbucks specifically plans to bring back the self-serve condiment bar because we're not worried about spreading germs anymore and eliminate the non-dairy milk surcharges (ok this is good). They also plan to add more comfortable seating and provide the option of receiving your drink in a ceramic mug to inspire you to hang around the 'Bucks and socialize a little. Ahh the smell of burnt coffee and capitalism in the morning! Don't miss this week's recommendations! Look for a silent book club near you (Pam), ShoreExcursionsGroup.com to book cruise ship excursions that don't cost an arm and a leg (Andrew), and our What the Hype?! episode on Onyx Storm predictions (Laura). And in this week's installment of After Dark: In honor of this show's 10th birthday, we play tribute to its predecessor, Smart Mouths (rip). Laura was apparently kinda bitchy via email in those days. Sorry! And for a MuggleSuck throwback: we remember the days of wizard rock on the Harry Potter conference circuit. If a certain wrocker's walls could talk... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 7 min
  • Cruising Into the New Year With 2025 Predictions and Kissing the Ring

    Cruising Into the New Year With 2025 Predictions and Kissing the Ring
    Jan 8 2025
    Happy New Year, and welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk! Welp, the US Surgeon General really put a damper on anyone not participating in dry January by saying alcoholic beverages should come with health warnings about increased cause of cancer. Will it stop us? (Nah.) At the start of the new year, we like to revisit our predictions from 2024 and... sorry for the bummer, but we didn't get a single prediction right. Our guest hosts from last year's finale did though! But you know we're also coming in hot with our 2025 predictions, so come along with us to hear our (probably wrong) takes! Hint hint: we have some Trump-related predictions (sorry we have to do this again y'all): he won't be able to stop Putin's war in Ukraine, TikTok will NOT be banned, the big Elon/Trump breakup we're all anticipating will not happen in 2025, and the petty President will fly the US flag at full mast during his inauguration because his special little feelings matter more than honoring former President Jimmy Carter. Don't worry, we have non-Trump predictions too: bitcoin will double its value again in 2025, Chappell Roan will win big at the Grammys, and of course, Andrew's yearly death prediction. Need a little motivation to start the year our right? We share our goals to start the year, and because we are so demure, we're not biting off more than we can chew. You know where to look for the best recommendations! Refresh and GREEN your space (Andrew), upgrade to a smart electric kettle (Pam), and the game 'Cult of Lamb' (Laura). And in this week's installment of After Dark: What's in and what's out for us in 2025? In addition to giving some good ideas for your own ins and outs lists, prepare to learn some new vocabulary! What's in: disassociating from the news, fart walks, habit tracking, and movie musicals to name a few. What's out? Hope scrolling (sorry), energy vampires (???), and describing something as a 'vibe.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 2 min
  • Recounting Our First Dates With Our Men, and Tips For Crushing a First Date

    Recounting Our First Dates With Our Men, and Tips For Crushing a First Date
    Jan 1 2025
    We're off to celebrate the holidays, so enjoy this recent After Dark episode from our Patreon! In it, Laura and Andrew recount their first dates with their other halves, and then we discuss how to nail a first date (not literally). We also discuss if it's a good idea to use a certain location to host all of your first dates. Pro: It's a comfortable environment for you, which might help ease your nerves. Con: The bartender might call you out for all the different people you bring there. We're entering our tenth year of #Millennial, and we can only do this thanks to support from listeners like you! Visit Patreon.com/millennial to get instant access to a decade of bonus material, including After Darks, Variety Shows, our planning meetings, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 min