Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk #Millennial

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and some real REAL talk this week.

But first: Taylor interrupts Pam's nighttime routine with a late night drop of The Tortured Poets Department. Does it live up to the hype?

Did Andrew just confess to murdering former members of the pod?

A not-so-fun update in the name of resiliency: Laura shares that she has multiple sclerosis (MS), what her journey to diagnosis looked like, and how she's doing now.

What it's like to move through the stages of grief and eventually reach a space of processing through humor.

We cover questions from our Patrons to go a little more in depth on Laura's experiences living with a chronic illness. Most important of all, we talk about the representation of MS in The West Wing, Laura's favorite show.

As we continue on this journey we call life, we'll face different hurdles that challenge our mental health. How are we all doing?

The panel shares what outlets help us get a mental break from the tough shit, and what resources we use to work through it.

Journaling, limiting distractions, mid-day walks, crossword puzzles are all things we here at the show use to break up our days and limit stress and anxiety.

Pam shares the 4-7-8 Breathing Method as well as the 5-4-3-2-1 Coping Technique


This week's recommendations are good for the soul: donate to the Shepherd Center for World MS Day (Laura), Brick to help limit screentime (Andrew), and attending the yearly Record Store Day (Pam).


And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts:

"If your dog and a loved one were drowning and you could only save 1, who would it be?" "Umm which 'loved' one are we talking about?"

Inspired by a NYT Ethics column, we'll be playing a classic game of 'Would You Rather...?'

What's worse? Having legs as long as your fingers, or fingers as long as your legs? (We spend way to much time imagining how this would play out - absolute nightmare fuel.)

Andrew hits us with a super secret surprise question...


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Welcome to #Millennial, the show whose name can't be spelled without three massive L's!

It may have been a total eclipse of the heart in the path of totality, but Laura was underwhelmed by what 85% coverage during the solar eclipse looked like in Atlanta.

Would you spend $949 to stay in a Super 8 motel to watch a major event like the eclipse?

The moon ain't done slaying yet: the lunar queen is set to get her own timezone!

We look at other examples of rare-ish events, and bucket list destinations and adventures!

Who wore it better? Manhattanhenge or Andrew's Homehenge?

Looks like most millennials have a 50-50 shot of seeing Halley's comet in 2061. Will Andrew re-evaluate his death age again in light of this knowledge?

We share our own bucket list destination goals: Balloon fiesta, Devil's Pool at Victoria falls, and the Monarch Butterfly Migration.

As 90's kids, it's impossible to not address 'Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,' which reveals the downright abusive environment of Nickelodeon live action shows through the 90's and early 2000s.

In response to the popularity of this documentary, a 5th episode ("Breaking The Silence") aired this past weekend - do we feel it added anything to the documentary? And why was it arranged so... weird?

What was it like to watch this as Nickelodeon kids ourselves? Does this completely taint our memories of the channel?

We hope this week's recommendations inspire you to make things easier for yourself: Take a mental health day (Laura), TravelPro luggage (Pam), and signing up for a Spotify family plan in light of plan prices increasing (Andrew).


And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts:

It's AMA time! We take our Patrons' burning questions about the BTS life of podcasting.

Do we ever worry about someone we've talked shit on finding their way behind the paywall?

Why have Andrew and Laura been saying no to a certain annual event?

Some never before revealed MuggleSuck tea...


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Welcome to #Millennial, the show whose name can't be spelled without three massive L's!
It may have been a total eclipse of the heart in the path of totality, but Laura was underwhelmed by what 85% coverage during the solar eclipse looked like in Atlanta.
Would you spend $949 to stay in a Super 8 motel to watch a major event like the eclipse?
The moon ain't done slaying yet: the lunar queen is set to get her own timezone!
We look at other examples of rare-ish events, and bucket list destinations and adventures!
Who wore it better? Manhattanhenge or Andrew's Homehenge?
Looks like most millennials have a 50-50 shot of seeing Halley's comet in 2061. Will Andrew re-evaluate his death age again in light of this knowledge?
We share our own bucket list destination goals: Balloon fiesta, Devil's Pool at Victoria falls, and the Monarch Butterfly Migration.
As 90's kids, it's impossible to not address 'Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV,' which reveals the downright abusive environment of Nickelodeon live action shows through the 90's and early 2000s.
In response to the popularity of this documentary, a 5th episode ("Breaking The Silence") aired this past weekend - do we feel it added anything to the documentary? And why was it arranged so... weird?
What was it like to watch this as Nickelodeon kids ourselves? Does this completely taint our memories of the channel?
We hope this week's recommendations inspire you to make things easier for yourself: Take a mental health day (Laura), TravelPro luggage (Pam), and signing up for a Spotify family plan in light of plan prices increasing (Andrew).

And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts:

It's AMA time! We take our Patrons' burning questions about the BTS life of podcasting.
Do we ever worry about someone we've talked shit on finding their way behind the paywall?
Why have Andrew and Laura been saying no to a certain annual event?
Some never before revealed MuggleSuck tea...

Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk!

Andrew recaps meeting Chloé and throwing her to the 'wolves' (Or as a normal people would call them, his friends)

Vinyl records have outsold CDs for the second year running, and even cassette tapes are having a moment - what year is it?!

Billie Eilish faces backlash for calling out artists who sell multiple variants of an album on vinyl, despite partaking in that practice herself.

You don't want to see Pam angry: even Taylor's amount of vinyl variants have pushed her over the edge, and she's pissed!

Pam provides a mini-review of Beyonce's Renaissance Act 2: Cowboy Carter and plugs her favorite tunes from the new album!

Somehow Laura ended up on home surveillance footage Tiktok, and it's shocking how easy it is to go down THAT rabbit hole.

What is it with people who have every single notification turned on? Let Pam water her flowers in peace!

Andrew and Laura don't usually watch their live doorbell feeds, but when they do, it's because the neighbors are up to some shenanigans. Get the popcorn!

PSA: You aren't obligated to hand over your home surveillance footage to law enforcement unless presented with a warrant or court order.

This week's recommendations will keep you entertained and organized: X-Men '97 (Laura), Switched on Pop's podcast episode 'Beyoncé's Country' (Pam), and these custom vinyl dividers to keep your record collection nice and neat (Andrew).


And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts:

Who's a petty bitch? raises hand It turns out many people self-identify as petty, so we indulge ourselves in our pettiness for a half hour.

Break checking on the road, trolling online gamers, cold shouldering, and more! We've done and seen it all.

We absolutely don't recommend sending your enemies exotic animal poop or gummy dicks to get petty revenge.


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Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and REAL tech talk!

With a heavy tech focus this week, we look at Meta's sneaky inclusion of a new content filter, the US Department of Justice's lawsuit against Apple, and the most horrifying revelation of all: the Facebook poke is having a resurgence.

We're all fans of Apple products and have no plans to ditch our iPhones anytime soon, but we can definitely see how Apple makes switching to another smartphone brand difficult. The DOJ says this amounts to harming the competitive process and costing consumers more money.

At this point, Smartphones are a public utility and probably do need some regulation - but to what extent?

"We 'discovered' a revolutionary secure texting technology that no one has ever thought of integrating into iPhone (until we were legally forced)."

Facebook "poke" usage is reportedly up by 13x after Meta increased the feature's prominence. Let your inner child cringe at the memories of flirt poking and creepy posting. Let. it. consume. you.

What even IS poking? It's flirting, right?

We visit our own poke pages and find some very stale pokes we left on read for 17 years. Sorry!

This week's recommendations are a grab bag: 'Quiet On Set' (available on Max, Hulu, and Amazon Prime) (Pam), Balatro (Andrew), and the glow deep serum by Beauty of Joseon (Laura).


And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon and Apple Podcasts:

Are you a millennial who still cuts up the plastic rings that hold six packs together to save the turtles? This installment on compulsory habits instilled during childhood is for you!

Close the fridge, turn off the water, and cut the lights: YOU'RE WASTING SO MUCH ENERGY, IT'S JUST FLOOOWWING OUT!

Did D.A.R.E actually work on us as a generation? Probably with most things except weed.


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We're taking this week off from recording a regular episode, so we're releasing a recent installment of After Dark to the masses!
In this chat (which was recorded after our Love Languages episode in February with Dr. Morgan Levy), our string of friendship-oriented discussions continue as we discuss the idea of "loud budgeting." How can you temper the expectations of friends when your spending habits are misaligned, but you still want to be their friend? We also discuss friendship boundaries more broadly.
We record a new installment of After Dark every week! You can hear every episode by joining our Patreon or by signing up for Mega #Millennial through Apple Podcasts. By subscribing, you'll be helping us run and grow the show, so THANK YOU!
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