88 episodes
Adult ISH Radiotopia
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- Society & Culture
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4.1 • 484 Ratings
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Adult ISH is an award-winning advice, storytelling, and culture podcast, hosted by Oakland-based Nyge Turner and Atlanta-based Dominique “Dom” French. BIPOC creators in their 20s, French and Turner don’t sugarcoat anything. Dive into a weekly mix of thoughtful conversations, immersive personal stories, and practical tips from charismatic special guests and beloved friends. With humor and heart, Nyge and Dom tackle each and every “adult” subject they can get their hands on. Destination: growth!
Adult ISH is a production of YR Media and is distributed by Radiotopia from PRX.
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Drag Me
In this special Pride episode, Dom, Nyge, & Georgia sit down with Bay Area drag queens Panda Dulce and Poison Oakland to explore their unique journeys into the world of drag, the joy the art form sparks, and how performers are fighting back against those trying to silence them.
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Guilty Pleasures
This week, Adult ISH is shaking things up with a special guest host: YR Media musician and audio engineering fellow Christian Romo! Christian and Dom get to the bottom of their guilty pleasures – what they are, where they stem from, and why they feel so dang guilty. With help from therapist extraordinaire Keanu N. Jackson, the duo explores pop icons, video games, The Bachelorette and so much more.
Adult ISH is produced by YR Media and brought to you by PRX’s Radiotopia. Be sure to follow all our socials @yrAdultISH! -
Middle School Flashback
In this special, fictional episode, preteen Nyge, Dom and a cast of wacky characters undergo a hilarious day in the life at Salmon Oaks Middle School. Get ready to laugh, cry and cringe as we relive the high stakes mission of trying to be the coolest kids around.
Adult ISH is produced by YR Media and brought to you by PRX’s Radiotopia. Be sure to follow all our socials @yrAdultISH! -
Internet Sinkhole
The internet can be such a negative place. Nyge Turner and special intern guest host Quinn Castro ask: Why exactly does being online make us so unhappy, fatigued, and burnt out? YR Media’s Marjerrie Masicat weighs in to unpack our culture of digital depression and social media spiraling. And, journalist Anna Oakes of the Radiotopia podcast Bot Love joins to chat about the surprising ways Artificial Intelligence can intersect with human emotions.
Adult ISH is produced by YR Media and brought to you by PRX’s Radiotopia. Be sure to follow all our socials @yrAdultISH! -
Acceptance
It's that time of year again: college decisions. Every spring, young academics choose which college or university will be the one — if they’ve been accepted by the admissions powers that be… On this week’s episode of Adult ISH, hosts Dom French and Nyge Turner sit down with Emi Nietfeld, author of “Acceptance,” to discuss the tumultuous process of mining personal trauma for college application essays, and navigating hope for acceptance. Together, they ask: where should young folks draw the line to protect their wellbeing, future, and academic prospects?
Adult ISH is produced by YR Media and brought to you by PRX’s Radiotopia. Be sure to follow all our socials @yrAdultISH! -
Weed Just Like to Talk
Co-hosts Nyge Turner and Dominique “Dom” French are finally talking weed! Racist drug arrests, weed’s effects on the growing brain, and the budding cannabusiness industry are all on the table in the Adult ISH Season 9 premiere! Guests include Mikelina Belaineh of the Last Prisoner Project, scientist Tyler Lesh, and entrepreneur-activist Amber Senter of Supernova Women.
Adult ISH is produced by YR Media and brought to you by PRX’s Radiotopia. Be sure to follow all our socials @yrAdultISH!
Customer Reviews
A very helpful show!
Thank you so so so much! This show has helped me through times of struggle and self doubt. Y’all are such great people
One of the WORST
A 7:49 minute intro to the abortion episode has turned me off on this podcast 100%. To be clear, I’m pro choice, but the choice to open an episode with THAT long of a horrible intro, nearly 1/4th the total time of the episode, THAT was a horrible choice. The rest of these episodes, yeah, the name says it all, adult-ish, as in young amateurs who want to be taken as independent professional adults but are too naive, selfish, and unaware to realize that their ignorant whining doesn’t get them a place at the table or a voice in the convo. Do better! Grow up! Hold yourself to REAL standards. This is pathetic.
genuinely funny and at time poignant ✨
this show offers a nice balance between its laugh out loud moments and intimate storytelling. as a fellow gen z/millennial cusper, i relate a lot to their experiences. makes me feel seen. and love the wholesome dynamic btw the hosts!