Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk

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! It’s election night, and we’re (mostly) giving you a break from the political drama by diving into our own neighborhood drama instead. Eric brings the Nextdoor receipts (rats in the window? a cat in the window? landlord sympathy?), while Laura has mixed feelings about a new crematorium in her community. Plus: ding dong ditch has evolved into door kicking, porch pirates strike again, and we still have a love/hate relationship with our HOA. We also get into a listener question that gets serious: when is it time to call someone about what a neighbor is doing? This week's recommendations: Get a screen for your window to protect from wayward felines (Eric) and pick one issue to champion in your community (Laura). And in this week's installment of After Dark... we react LIVE to election results on Tuesday night, and celebrate some happy wins! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! The midterms are here, and we’re asking the big question: how are we all voting, and have we done it yet? We break down what's on our ballots, and have some fun talking about the craziest campaign ads we've seen this season. Then it’s your turn. Listener feedback takes us across the map: We hear from listeners in Wisconsin, Ohio, Colorado, Texas, California, Georgia, and Alabama to name just a few of the states we covered this week. Then Confessionals bring the heat. Europe has a message for America, one listener flew across the world to vote in Israel’s election, a former Republican explains why they now vote blue, and a Venezuelan-born PhD student in Miami reflects on feeling like “the weird one” in their own community. Recs this week: Laura recommends Mio, Pam is into the Finch app, and Eric shares BallotReady for getting prepped before you vote. And in this week's installment of After Dark: Some people heard there was a loneliness epidemic and said, "I could be lonelier!" We talk about why some millennials don't exactly have an open door policy for every friend who's in town for a concert. We also dig into the challenges and dynamics of maintaining friendships between parents and their childfree friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Red or blue? Turns out that’s not the whole story. This week, the three of us took Pew Research’s new political typology quiz, and we're talking about what our results say about us and whether we agree with them. We also get into what it feels like to vote for a party you’re ambivalent about, and whether your side makes room for dissent. Even the most progressive group in the study is only lukewarm on the Democratic Party. The loudest voices in politics are also a small slice of the public. About 38% of adults fall into the four highly ideological, highly partisan groups. So does the internet make us look more divided than we really are? And have we retreated into our own bubbles? We close with recs. Laura’s recommending Naboso activation sensory insoles, Pam’s pick is The Great British Bake Off, and Eric’s is Control and Control Resonant. And in this week's installment of After Dark, come be petty with us! We're getting into our petty grudges that we may or may not have let go of yet. 👀 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! Apple Podcast Paid Subscribers: Claim 1 FREE month of the #Millennial OTP Patreon tier: https://www.patreon.com/millennial/redeem/0EFB4 It’s spooky season, and we’re kicking things off with a WTF Halloween news roundup. From misdemeanors for trick or treating teenagers to some classic Florida man encounters, this is a fun, easy episode to help give you a little break from thinking about this upcoming election cluster. Laura’s rec this week is Carrie on Amazon Prime, and Eric recommends Midnight Mass on Netflix. Plus, don’t forget our upcoming Election Confessionalpalooza! Send your confessions to millennialshow.com/confessional. After Dark is coming up for Patrons and Apple Podcasts subscribers, and the friendship series returns. We’re talking about our earliest childhood memories, how our parents met, and learning previously unknown factoids about each of us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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! ATTENTION APPLE PODCAST SUBSCRIBERS: We're aware of an issue that is preventing y'all from receiving ad free Mega #Millennial episodes. While we are actively troubleshooting this with Apple, they're not exactly moving quickly. You are welcome to request a refund from Apple Podcasts directly We're also inviting you to check out our Patreon instead with your first month on us! This week we're pop culture focused, but that doesn't mean we're not gonna side-eye the latest BS from dear leader: POTUS extended an invitation to Iran to level a couple of west coast cities, while blocking another media outlet from access to the press pool. Very American of you, sir! Then it's on to the main event: our Pop Culture News Roundup. Merriam-Webster just added nearly 1,400 new entries, including looksmaxxing, cuffing season, and trash panda, plus parasocial, superfood, uncanny valley, shapewear, and meme coin. We have thoughts on which of these we're proud of and which make us want to lie down. The Emmys are also leaving broadcast TV for the first time since 1949, landing on Prime Video in a six-year deal. And we have thoughts on method acting to share, based on actor Jeremy Strong's recent sorry-not-sorry statement in the face of being recognized as a huge d-bag. And we've got something for the Hunger Games fans too! A new trailer for 'Sunrise on the Reaping' is here with a closer look at the arena perils, the chariot stampede, and Silka and her axe. We do a quick Haymitch refresher, and give the studio props for its viral marketing placement around our nation's capitol. For this week's recs, Laura says make your early voting plan, and Pam recommends The Uncool by Cameron Crowe. And in this week's installment of After Dark: Pam and Laura have a bone (or several) to pick with some people we're choosing to put on blast behind the paywall. Come be petty with us. You know you want to!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices