Another 'Hunger Games' Spinoff, The Benefits of 'Third Spaces' and How to Find Them

Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk

• Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and REAL talk!
• Welcome back Micah! It must be an election year - we'll see you again in 2026. ;)
• BREAKING NEWS: The team behind #Millennial and MuggleCast has launched a new pop-culture centric show - What the Hype?! is the third podcast baby we've been ruminating on for quite some time. Join us on this next podcasting journey!
• Want a taste of what to expect on What the Hype?! Look no further than today's discussion of the recently announced Hunger Games spinoff.
• Does it feel icky that Scholastic and Lionsgate made this joint announcement, introducing an upcoming novel that is already in the early stages of being adapted to a film?
• Everyone loves an origin story, right? Or do they?
• How does 'Hunger Games' compare to other major literary/film fandoms, like 'Harry Potter' and 'Twilight?'
• #Millennial decides 2024: the results are in, and our Patrons have decreed that the official name for our listeners is.... PALs! (Like Pam, Andrew, Laura, get it?)
• What's a third space? If you didn't know this term, you're not the only one. Third places are settings a person frequents beyond their home (the first place) and work (the second place).
• If you're now realizing you don't have a third space, you're also not alone! Many third spaces were shuttering even before the pandemic, and now that we're accustomed to being at home even more post-COVID, it's harder to get back in the habit.
• Andrew and Pam are our resident third space girlies, while Laura and Micah realize they are... lacking in the third space department. Oops.
• Andrew, a very supportive and wise friend, gives Laura some real talk that she can't make podcasting her ONLY third space.
• What are some tips that can help people find new third spaces? MeetUp, joining a book club, joining local Facebook groups and subreddits.
• There's no theme to this week's recommendations sorry not sorry: SpotMyUV stickers for knowing when it's time to reapply sunscreen (Andrew), Noteful for taking physical notes on your tablet (Pam), 'The Boys' season 4 on Amazon Prime (Laura), and our first few episodes of What the Hype?! and the book The Mindful Body (Micah).

And in this week's installment of After Dark:

• We reflect (and lament) the passage of time, inspired by this satirical piece from the New Yorker.
• Where did the time go? One minute we were the youth, and now we're just waiting for the younger generations to come up with the millennial equivalent of "Ok Boomer."
• Some shit that feels like happened yesterday happened well over a decade ago, and we're shook.
• But now the tea: what cosmetic procedures are Andrew and Laura getting ready to do because #vanity.

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