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Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk

Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk

By: Laura Tee Pamela Gocobachi
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Millennial podcast is a weekly roundtable about our Generation Y experience. From news to politics and pop culture, a panel of friends digs in on why these stories matter and how they affect millennials. If you’ve ever wondered how to maneuver student loan debt, voting, relationships, careers, or just life in general, we feel that SO. HARD. And we’re here to share our stories, along with our greatest challenges and wins, along the way. Millennial podcast is about journeying through young adulthood together.Millennial Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Is Mitch McConnell Dead? Plus Why Your Hobbies Cost So Much Now

    Is Mitch McConnell Dead? Plus Why Your Hobbies Cost So Much Now
    Jul 15 2026
    Support #Millennial!⁠⁠⁠ Visit Patreon.com/millennial to get exclusive bonus episodes, live stream access, and more! Visit our merch store: ⁠⁠https://shop.millennialshow.com⁠⁠ Follow the show in your favorite podcast app and leave us a review! This week on Millennial, we're deep in Dumpster Fire Corner territory, and honestly, we can barely keep up. Is Mitch McConnell alive? Is he not? We talk through the whispers, the hypocrisy math, and why nobody inside or outside the beltway is even surprised anymore. Add in a looming primetime Trump address that may or may not relitigate the 2020 Georgia Senate races (again), and you've got a news cycle that feels more like a fever dream than a Tuesday. Then we shift gears to something a little more grounded, but no less infuriating: hobby inflation. Turns out that pottery class or new fishing reel isn't in your head — the cost of having a personality has genuinely gone up. We talk about how TikTok turned hobbies into status symbols, why the pandemic sent everyone sprinting toward socially-distanced pastimes, and how tariffs are somehow now a factor in whether you can afford new lures. We get into what happens when hobbies price out the middle class — the community you lose, the people you no longer get to know, and how this all feels a lot like losing another third space. Basically: it's not just rent that's gotten unaffordable, it's joy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • From the Vault: #Millennial After Dark, Healthcare Edition

    From the Vault: #Millennial After Dark, Healthcare Edition
    Jul 7 2026
    Hi PALs! Since we're off this week, we're releasing a recent installment of After Dark to give y'all a taste of what life is like behind the paywall. We're sharing personal medical tales, as well as reflecting on someone's lesson learned about assigning beneficiaries. If you like what you hear, head on over to https://www.patreon.com/millennial and consider throwing some support our way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    40 mins
  • Patriotism in the Dumpster Fire: America's Birthday Reflection

    Patriotism in the Dumpster Fire: America's Birthday Reflection
    Jul 1 2026
    We're turning 250 this weekend, and honestly? We need to talk about it. Join us as we reflect on what it means to be American right now—the good, the bad, and the absolutely infuriating. We're checking in with ourselves and our audience about where we're at as a nation and what patriotism actually means when you love your country but are genuinely horrified by what it's doing. What does patriotism actually feel like? Is it possible to be critical of America without being branded anti-patriotic? And whose history gets left out of the American story we're celebrating? And in this week's installment of After Dark: We're looking back on the participation trophy—how it became a caricature for millennial stereotyping, and why we're still hearing about it in the workplace. Come feel that generational rage with us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 11 mins
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