- Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk!
- Laura is off, but she’ll be back next week! In her absence, Andrew and Pam welcome their friend (and former Hypable staffer!) Tariq Ra’ouf, to the show!
- You can find Tariq online at Twitter and Instagram.
- It looks like the Writer’s Strike has officially come to an end! We react to the news at the WGA has reached a tentative deal with the AMPTP
- Pam fills us in on what happens next now that picketing has stopped, and Andrew details some of what fans can expect after writers in Hollywood resume work.
- It’s a pop culture palooza this week!
- To kick things off, we dive into the rise in popularity of universities offering courses on some of today’s biggest pop stars.
- Is teaching classes on Taylor Swift and Beyonce a smart tactic in getting students excited to learn, or is it all just good PR for the universities greenlighting these classes?
- Is there space in the classroom for pop culture? We definitely think so!
- As our discussion on cool college courses comes to a close, Andrew and Tariq get vulnerable as they discuss dropping out of university.
- Check out Professor Julian Wamble on TikTok, who teaches a Harry Potter course!
- ‘Fourth Wing’ fans, rejoice! Your excitement over our recent recommendations of the Rebecca Yarros written novel didn’t go unnoticed! To wrap up the show, we host a little spoiler free book club dedicated to this year’s hottest fantasy read!
- We talk about what it is that sucked us into the book and kept us reading.
- Pam and Andrew have some fun recounting the spicy plot point they didn’t see coming.
- ‘Fourth Wing’ sequel, ‘Iron Flame,’ is coming out this November— will any of us be heading out to Barnes & Noble’s planned midnight release parties for the book?
- We take the opportunity to reminisce a bit on all the midnight release parties we attended growing up.
- This week’s recommendations: ‘Crying In H Mart’ by Michelle Zauner (Pam), WaterPiks (Andrew), and recording artists Jungle and Whethan (Tariq).
And in this week’s installment of After Dark:
- WTF news is back!
- Tariq joins us as Andrew shares a carefully curated list of news stories centered on the overarching theme of “butts.”
- This time around we’re trying something new: ending this latest installment of WTF news on a high note with some cute news!
- Is After Dark always this gross, Tariq asks? *shifty eye emoji*