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Seasonal Whiplash 203: Why Does Christmas Start on November 1? | ADHP S2E18

🗳️ VOTE FOR ZAGA — TOP HOST 2026 https://tophost.org/2026/anthony-arzaga Short Story Long...... What happens to the human brain at midnight on October 31 that suddenly makes peppermint, Christmas music and red cups socially acceptable? The field trip is over. Class is officially back in session. Professor Zaga and Professor Nick are taking on Seasonal Whiplash 203, where we try to figure out why society assigns entire foods, drinks, clothes, activities and personalities to specific dates on a calendar. Halloween ends and suddenly pumpkin disappears, peppermint takes over, Christmas starts invading Thanksgiving’s territory and everybody collectively decides soup tastes better because the temperature dropped outside. Professor Nick, Chair of Seasonal Behavior Studies, is here to explain absolutely none of it scientifically. And somewhere along the way, Zaga realizes he may have acquired entirely too much information about Professor Nick’s personal life. There will be breadcrumbs. There will only be breadcrumbs. Welcome back to class. RUNNING ON 30%. STILL SHOWING UP. 🗳️ VOTE FOR ZAGA — TOP HOST 2026 https://tophost.org/2026/anthony-arzaga 🎓 EXTRA CREDIT SUBATHON If you’re watching this on release day, the first Professor Zaga Extra Credit Subathon is happening TONIGHT on Twitch. The Student Body controls how long Zaga stays live. Karaoke, game night, prom, call-ins and increasingly questionable decisions are waiting if the timer gets high enough. 🎙️ ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/profzaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA CHAPTERS 00:00 Zaga’s Editing Software Is Fighting Back 02:35 We Survived the Three-Part Field Trip 05:00 Apparently Karaoke Is Coming 07:00 The Extra Credit Subathon 09:40 Vote for Zaga 11:27 Seasonal Whiplash 203 Begins 13:04 Why Does Christmas Start on November 1? 14:31 Halloween Candy Costs WHAT Now? 16:14 The Halloween Candy Rankings 21:39 Full-Size Candy Bars Deserve Extra Credit 23:08 Halloween Is Officially Over 24:00 Pumpkin vs. Peppermint 26:00 Chili, Soup & Cold-Weather Food Rules 30:16 Why Is Watermelon a Summer Food? 31:32 Nick Wants Tajín on Everything 33:11 Peppermint Has Taken Over Christmas 35:15 What Makes a Christmas Cookie Different? 37:00 Seasonal Necessity or Calendar Propaganda 38:20 Eggnog vs. Coquito 40:00 Stuffing, Apple Cider & Candy Corn 42:51 Weather Psychology Makes No Sense 44:22 Unexpected Breadcrumbs Enter the Classroom 46:00 The Official Temperature for Cuddle Weather 47:03 Nick Stole Zaga’s Hoodie 48:32 Why Do We Check the Weather 14 Times? 49:03 The Official Seasonal Dress Code 51:00 Zaga Knows Entirely Too Much 55:17 Welcome to Cuffing Season 57:10 The Best Fall Date Activities 59:25 Another Breadcrumb Enters the Chat 1:01:00 Why Does the Calendar Change Our Personality? 1:04:17 The Seasonal Whiplash Final Exam 1:08:00 When Does Christmas Music Become Legal? 1:09:22 Seasonal Rules Society Should Abolish 1:10:00 The Best Seasonal Traditions 1:13:00 If You Could Live in One Season Forever 1:16:12 Professor Nick Summarizes the Lesson 1:19:13 Class Dismissed

The Teachers' Lounge: New York Comic Con Broke Us | Part 3 | ADHP S2E17

🗳️ VOTE FOR ZAGA — TOP HOST 2026 https://tophost.org/2026/anthony-arzaga Short Story Long...... How do you finish a completely reasonable vacation? Apparently by going to New York Comic Con, spending too much money on mystery boxes, eating a milkshake with an entire slice of cake on top, getting yelled at in a bagel shop, witnessing absolute chaos at Jollibee and limping through New York City until your body finally gives up. Professor Zaga and Professor Nick are back in the Teachers’ Lounge for the final chapter of Nick’s trip. After surviving Salem and Nick’s first day in New York City, we finally hit one of the biggest reasons for the trip: New York Comic Con. And by this point, everybody is exhausted. Three episodes. Salem. New York City. Comic-Con. Approximately 30+ miles of walking. Way too much food. And somehow everybody survived. The biggest takeaway from this entire trip? Live in the moment. Order the steak. Order the ridiculous milkshake. Take the trip. See your people. Because six years is way too long to wait. Next week, class is officially back in session. Welcome to ADHP University. RUNNING ON 30%. STILL SHOWING UP. 🗳️ VOTE FOR ZAGA — TOP HOST 2026 https://tophost.org/2026/anthony-arzaga 🎙️ ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/profzaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA CHAPTERS 00:00 The Final Stretch of Nick’s Vacation 02:00 It’s New York Comic Con Day 05:00 Nick’s First NYCC Experience 07:00 Wrestling Legends at Comic-Con 09:00 Nick Meets the Voice of Gambit 11:00 Zaga Spends Too Much on Mystery Boxes 15:00 The Marvel Mystery Box 19:00 The Halloween Box Actually Wins 21:00 The Best Cosplays at NYCC 23:00 Deadpool Arrives in a Tiny Honda Odyssey 24:00 Filipino Representation at Comic-Con 25:00 Our Bodies Officially Give Up 27:00 The New York Diner Search 29:00 These Milkshakes Were a Terrible Idea 31:00 Nick Accepts the Food Challenge 33:00 The Food Coma Hits 35:00 Central Park in the Rain 37:00 The Most New York Breakfast Possible 39:00 Tim Hortons Betrays Us 40:00 Zaga Takes Nick to Jollibee 42:00 Jollibee Turns Into Complete Chaos 45:00 The Mystery Train Passenger 47:00 Was the Trip Worth It? 48:00 Live in the Moment 49:00 Class Returns Next Week #AdulthoodPending #NewYorkComicCon #ComedyPodcast #ADHPUniversity #NewYorkCity

The Teachers' Lounge: Nick's First Day in NYC Was Chaos | Part 2 | ADHP S2E16

🗳️ VOTE FOR ZAGA — TOP HOST 2026 https://tophost.org/2026/anthony-arzaga Short Story Long...... What happens after you survive Salem in October? Apparently you fake a marriage proposal, scream karaoke on the ride home, sleep for a few hours and immediately drag everybody to New York City. Professor Zaga and Professor Nick are still in the Teachers’ Lounge for Part 2 of Nick’s trip to New England, picking up exactly where Episode 15 ended. Nick and Juliana have finally emerged from their suspiciously successful Salem “date,” Copper has apparently decided subtlety is beneath him, and Zaga still has one last piece of unfinished business before everybody leaves Salem. Then the trip moves to New York. For Nick, it’s his first time experiencing New York City in person, which means Grand Central, Times Square, New York pizza, the World Trade Center memorial, the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, McSorley’s, rooftop dining and approximately enough walking to destroy what little energy the faculty had left. Next week, we wrap up the vacation story before class officially goes back into session. Welcome to ADHP University. RUNNING ON 30%. STILL SHOWING UP. 🎙️ ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/profzaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA CHAPTERS 00:00 Nick Is Already Done With Part 2 02:00 Picking Up Right Where Salem Left Off 03:00 Nick & Juliana Walk Out Arm in Arm 05:00 Nick Somehow Lost His Shirt 07:00 The Secret Ring Problem 09:00 Nick Proposes to Dr. Copper 12:00 Goodbye Salem, Hello Car Karaoke 14:00 Nick Meets the Faculty in Real Life 15:00 Nick Sees New York City for the First Time 18:00 Our New York Pizza Plan Immediately Fails 20:00 Visiting the World Trade Center Memorial 21:00 The Charging Bull Has Two Types of Tourists 23:00 Statue of Liberty & Battery Park 24:00 We Walk Into a TV Shoot 25:00 McSorley’s Has No Guinness 27:00 We Finally Get to the Hotel 29:00 Wandering Through Times Square 31:00 The $62 Steak That Made Nick Emotional 34:00 Rockefeller Center & St. Patrick’s Cathedral 35:00 Part 3 Is Going to Be a Problem #AdulthoodPending #NewYorkCity #ComedyPodcast #ADHPUniversity #SalemMassachusetts 🎵 MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO: Song: Do You Believe in Magic Artist: The Lovin' Spoonful Album: Do You Believe in Magic (1965) Writer/Composer: John Sebastian Label: Kama Sutra Records / Buddah Records (Sony Music Entertainment) Publishing: Trio Music Company / Alley Music Corp. (BMG Rights Management) Song: Never Gonna Give You Up Artist: Rick Astley Album: Whenever You Need Somebody (1987) Writers: Mike Stock, Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman Label: RCA Records / PWL Song: Sk8er Boi Artist: Avril Lavigne Album: Let Go (2002) Writers: Avril Lavigne / The Matrix Label: Arista Records Song: I Found a Way Artist: Drake Bell Album: Telegraph (2005) Writers: Drake Bell / Michael Corcoran Label: Backhouse Records / Universal Motown Song: Everybody (Backstreet’s Back) Artist: Backstreet Boys Album: Backstreet’s Back (1997) Writers: Max Martin / Denniz PoP Label: Jive Records

The Teachers' Lounge: Salem Had Other Plans | Part 1 | ADHP S2E15

🗳️ VOTE FOR ZAGA — TOP HOST 2026 https://tophost.org/2026/anthony-arzaga Short Story Long...... What happens when two podcast hosts finally record together in person after six years... and then immediately try to survive a trip to Salem in October? Professor Zaga and Professor Nick are finally in the same room for the first in-person ADHP episode in six years, and class is officially canceled. Welcome to the Teachers’ Lounge. Nick has made the trip from Oklahoma to New England, and what was supposed to be a carefully planned weekend quickly becomes food, friends, traffic, missed reservations, questionable decisions, relentless bullying and the beginning of a Salem story that absolutely does not fit into one episode. We get into: • Nick’s flight nearly becoming a Final Destination situation • His first night in Connecticut with Zaga and Ellie • Zaga finally getting an honest review of his cooking • Meeting Juliana in person • The group getting stuck in traffic for two hours to move four miles • Zaga turning into Ricky Bobby trying to save the Salem itinerary • Missing the Warren Museum after the parking garage fills up at the worst possible moment • Exploring Salem, Blackcraft and the Salem Witch Museum • Copper showing up with newly dyed blond/orange hair and immediately regretting it • The entire group discovering new reasons to bully Nick • Windsor’s custom LEGO versions of the faculty • Zaga becoming an unauthorized Salem paparazzo • The beer garden that finally saves everybody’s mood • Nick and Juliana accidentally getting sent on a date • Zaga and Copper spying on that date from a distance • Guinness, tomatoes and an increasingly suspicious amount of chemistry And just when the rest of the group thinks the night is winding down, Nick and Juliana finally walk out of the restaurant together. That story continues next episode. Welcome to ADHP University. RUNNING ON 30%. STILL SHOWING UP. 🗳️ VOTE FOR ZAGA — TOP HOST 2026 https://tophost.org/2026/anthony-arzaga 🎙️ ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/profzaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA CHAPTERS 00:00 Nick Finally Made It to New England 02:00 Class Is Canceled: Welcome to the Teachers’ Lounge 03:00 Nick’s Flight Almost Became Final Destination 06:00 Nick’s First Day in Connecticut 12:00 Zaga Finally Gets His Cooking Reviewed 16:00 Juliana Joins the Night 23:00 The Salem Story Begins 29:00 Two Hours of Traffic for Four Miles 33:00 Salem Parking Breaks Zaga 36:00 We Miss the Warren Museum 38:00 Finally Exploring Salem 40:00 Nick Visits Blackcraft 44:00 Copper’s New Hair Was a Terrible Decision 49:00 Everybody Starts Bullying Nick 54:00 Zaga Becomes the Paparazzi 56:00 The Salem Beer Garden Saves the Day 58:00 Inside the Salem Witch Museum 1:01:00 Shopping and Wandering Through Salem 1:04:00 We Accidentally Put Nick on a Date 1:06:00 Operation: Spy on the Date 1:09:00 Guinness, Tomatoes and Dessert 1:11:00 Nick and Juliana Walk Out Together... #AdulthoodPending #SalemMassachusetts #ComedyPodcast #ADHPUniversity #Salem 🎵 MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO:Song: Do You Believe in MagicArtist: The Lovin' SpoonfulAlbum: Do You Believe in Magic (1965)Writer/Composer: John SebastianLabel: Kama Sutra Records / Buddah Records (Sony Music Entertainment)Publishing: Trio Music Company / Alley Music Corp. (BMG Rights Management)

Full Frontal Nerdity 301: When Your Hobby Becomes Your Entire Personality

Short Story Long...... At what point does “I like this” become “apparently this is who I am now”? Professor Zaga, Professor Nick, and Dr. Copper are taking Full Frontal Nerdity 301, where the lesson is simple: how do you stop hiding the thing you love without becoming the person everybody regrets asking about it? This class gets into hyper fixations, fandoms, cosplay, ridiculously expensive collectibles, deep-dive research, conventions, tattoos, gaming, wrestling, Marvel, Warhammer, Star Wars, record collecting and the exact moment somebody probably needs to take away your credit card. We get into: • The things we absolutely cannot talk about like normal people • When a casual interest becomes a full-blown obsession • Zaga’s $600 WWE championship belt • Copper’s Titanfall 2 collector’s helmet and gaming collection • Nick’s Deadpool cosplay and Kingdom Hearts obsession • What actually makes somebody a nerd • The official nerd scale: Casual → Fan → Nerd → Full Frontal → TAKE AWAY THE CREDIT CARD • Mac Miller records and Zaga discovering another expensive hobby • The weird subjects each of us knows way too much about • Student Body answers about their own Full Frontal Nerdity Zaga also talks about seeing Filipino culture and folklore represented on the big screen, Copper gets punished for showing up late, and the faculty somehow spends an unreasonable amount of time finding new names for Dr. Copper. Welcome to ADHP University. RUNNING ON 30%. STILL SHOWING UP. 🗳️ VOTE FOR ZAGA — TOP HOST 2026 https://tophost.org/2026/anthony-arzaga 🎙️ ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/profzaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA CHAPTERS 00:00 Dr. Copper Is Already in Trouble 04:18 Welcome to Full Frontal Nerdity 301 11:57 What Has Dr. Copper Been Doing? 17:41 Zaga Gets Emotional About Filipino Representation 21:50 What Can’t You Talk About Like a Normal Person? 31:40 When Does Liking Something Become Full Frontal Nerdity? 40:52 The “Oh Fuck, I’m in Deep” Moment 45:18 Our First Ridiculous Nerd Purchases 62:05 What Actually Makes Somebody a Nerd? 65:54 The Nerd Scale: Take Away the Credit Card 79:13 The Nerdy Thing Nobody Expects From You 88:37 Somehow Dr. Copper Gets Another Class Assignment 97:50 Class Dismissal Goes Completely Off the Rails #AdulthoodPending #NerdCulture #Fandom #ComedyPodcast #ADHPUniversity

The Irish Goodbye: How to Escape the 45-Minute Goodbye | ADHP S2E13

Your social battery hit zero. Unfortunately, somebody just said “before you go…” and now apparently you live here. ADHP University is officially in session, and our first online class is Irish Goodbye 102: how to leave a party without accidentally unlocking another 45-minute event. Professor Nick considers himself something of an Irish-goodbye surgeon. Professor Zaga has questions. Together, we're breaking down why announcing “I'm leaving” somehow restarts the entire night, the traps waiting between you and the front door, and how to disappear from a party without creating an international incident. We also somehow get into: Nick explaining why the entire point of an Irish goodbye is NOT announcing it. Coat check, “before you go…,” family guilt, partners who won't stop talking and every other obstacle standing between you and freedom. The fake-phone-call escape strategy. Why “I'm about to shit my pants” has apparently become advanced ADHP coursework. Why escaping a Filipino family goodbye requires significantly more planning. Leaving your ride behind because they ignored the agreed-upon departure time. Why “one more drink” may be the most dangerous sentence at a party. The different Irish-goodbye personalities: The Nicky, The Midwestern, The Copper Out, The Zaga, The Magician and more. Whether you can disappear from weddings, birthday dinners, work happy hours, first dates and somebody else's house. Why “I'm tired” and “I'm overstimulated” are complete explanations. And the official rules of the perfect exit: Have a plan. Don't be messy. Stop asking permission to leave. Professor Zaga. Professor Nick. One exit door. Let's see if the Student Body actually makes it out. Running on 30%. Still showing up. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/HeyZaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? We're looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA CHAPTERS 00:00 Welcome to ADHP University 01:00 Class Is Officially in Session 05:00 Irish Goodbye 102: The 45-Minute Goodbye 07:00 Rule #1: Don't Announce It 13:00 The Traps Between You and the Door 17:00 Fake Phone Calls & Escape Lies 20:00 Family Guilt 23:00 When Your Partner Won't Leave 25:00 Leaving Your Ride Behind 29:00 “One More Drink” Is a Trap 30:00 Avoiding Fresh Eye Contact 35:00 The Bathroom Trap 39:00 Dogs, Phones & Other Scapegoats 42:00 Pooing a Point 51:00 The Irish Goodbye Personalities 58:00 The Nicky, The Midwestern & The Copper Out 01:03:00 The Zaga & The Magician 01:07:00 Social Battery, Boundaries & Going Home 01:21:00 Can You Irish Goodbye THIS? 01:24:00 House Parties vs Small Gatherings 01:27:00 Work Events, Birthdays & Weddings 01:30:00 Leaving Your Ride Behind... Again 01:31:00 Can You Irish Goodbye a First Date? 01:33:00 Can the Host Irish Goodbye? 01:34:00 Pop Quiz 01:37:00 What Did We Actually Learn? 01:41:00 The Rules of the Perfect Exit 01:43:00 “I'm Tired” Is a Complete Explanation 01:46:00 Class Dismissed What's your actual exit strategy when your social battery hits zero? Are you saying goodbye like a functional adult, slowly migrating toward the door, or disappearing so completely that people question whether you were ever there? Attendance counts. Comment below. Running on 30%. Still showing up. #ADHP #ADHPUniversity #IrishGoodbye #SocialBattery #ComedyPodcast

We Started a University and Somehow We're Professors | ADHP S2E12

Short story long... somehow we're professors now. ADHP University is officially opening its doors, which feels completely responsible considering one of us never went to college and the other dropped out twice. This week, Zaga and Nick have one last Faculty Lounge session before classes officially take over ADHP. We're figuring out exactly how an unaccredited comedy university run by adults operating at roughly 30% is supposed to work, why the 30%ers are now the Student Body, what Professor Zaga and Professor Nick are actually qualified to teach, and whether putting ADHP University on your résumé is an objectively terrible decision. Spoiler: we'll still be your references. We also somehow get into: Nick's serial-killer voicemail finally getting called out by his actual boss. Why 2000s ringback tones desperately need to return. The first ADHP University lesson: how to look like you know what you're doing when you absolutely do not. Why confidently using fake acronyms may be one of adulthood's greatest social hacks. Nick admitting he's never actually been to college. Chaz the Chaos Gremlin becoming the official school mascot. An alarming amount of Burger King and Dragon Ball analysis. The sentence “women are hot and they scare me.” A potential Professor Nick lecture involving pasties and a championship belt. And planning Nick's upcoming New York, Comic-Con and Salem field trip, which has somehow become Friends, Guinness, White Castle, chopped cheese, bagels, hot dogs, Blackcraft and Annabelle. This is the last episode before the classroom officially takes over. Professor Zaga. Professor Nick. The Student Body. What could possibly go wrong? Running on 30%. Still showing up. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/HeyZaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? We're looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA Chapters 00:00 Welcome Back: Somehow We're Professors 02:20 Welcome to ADHP University 05:40 Completely Unaccredited 07:20 Nick's Serial-Killer Voicemail 10:15 Bring Back 2000s Ringback Tones 14:50 How to Look Like You Belong Here 18:20 Meet Nicky Wasted 24:20 Nick Finally Admits His Type 28:20 He Never Went to College... Now He Teaches Here 35:20 Meet Chaz the Chaos Gremlin 40:20 Burger King, Dragon Ball & Fast Food Loyalty 48:20 “Women Are Hot and They Scare Me” 50:20 What ADHP University Actually Teaches 53:20 Gold Stars & Professor Nick's Terrible Idea 01:02:20 Ellie Is Dressing Nick in New York 01:05:20 Planning the ADHP Field Trip 01:10:20 White Castle, Chopped Cheese & New York Food 01:20:20 Salem, Blackcraft & Annabelle 01:23:20 Welcome to the Faculty Lounge 01:25:20 Next Class: Irish Goodbye 102 If ADHP University hired YOU as a professor, what completely unnecessary but weirdly useful adulthood class would you teach? Running on 30%. Still showing up. #ADHP #ADHPUniversity #Adulting #ComedyPodcast #MillennialHumor

We Tried to Solve Your Most Unhinged Scenarios | ADHP S2E11

Short story long... we had an episode recorded. Then we got an email telling us not to post it. So naturally, we handed the backup plan to the 30%ers. This week, Zaga and Nick are working through ridiculous fan-submitted scenarios and answering one important question: What would two adults running on 30% actually do? And apparently the answer is almost always: make the situation significantly worse. What happens if you're trapped inside a Walmart overnight while one exhausted employee is hunting you? What if your HOA accuses you of summoning raccoons? What if a stranger hands you their toddler and drives away? What if mystery packages containing medieval weapons, exotic spices and taxidermy supplies keep showing up at your house? What happens when two adults reach for the last package of Oreos? And what exactly are you supposed to do when a stranger walks up in a parking lot, hands you a burner phone and whispers: “You're safe now.” Before any of that, Zaga also derails the episode with one of the most disturbing mortuary documentaries he's ever watched, Nick absolutely does NOT explain what's happening between him and Juliana, and somehow the episode ends with an extremely questionable plan involving Copper, Salem and a fake proposal. This is not how responsible adults would handle these situations. This is how we would. Running on 30%. Still showing up. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/HeyZaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? We're looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA Chapters 00:00 Welcome Back: The Studio Is Under Construction 00:45 ADHP Studio Is Basically Gone 02:21 The Episode We Were Told Not to Post 07:01 Nick & Juliana: Group Chat Allegations 10:38 The 30%ers Take Over the Episode 11:51 The Mortuary Documentary That Broke Zaga 31:57 Stranded Island Draft 35:57 Trapped in Walmart Overnight 48:50 The HOA Witch Hunt 56:20 The Accidental Babysitter 01:00:07 Build the Perfect Adult Summer Camp 01:09:51 Mystery Packages Keep Arriving 01:12:08 The Grocery Store Standoff 01:15:48 The Accidental Cult Leader 01:18:16 Neighborhood Group Chat Chaos 01:21:08 The Contractor You Never Hired 01:22:07 Parking Lot Witness Protection 01:24:18 Surprise Party for the Wrong Person 01:25:59 The Salem Proposal Plan 01:29:39 The Secret 30%ers Mission 01:33:02 Final Thoughts Which scenario would YOU handle the worst? And if you know... you know: WHERE YOU BEEN AT, LOCA? #ADHP #HypotheticalScenarios #ComedyPodcast #MillennialHumor #Adulting

We Gave Awards to the Worst Parts of Adulthood | ADHP S2E10

Short story long... adulthood finally got the awards show it deserves. This week, Zaga and Nick host The 30% Awards, where being nominated is less of an honor and more confirmation that adulthood has personally wronged you. The 30%ers helped nominate the everyday problems, purchases, social rules, minor inconveniences, and outright betrayals competing for some of adulthood's least prestigious awards. We're deciding: What should have only taken five minutes? What normal purchase has gotten offensively expensive? What's the worst thing to remember immediately after sitting down? Which temporary solution somehow became permanent? What unwritten social rule did nobody actually agree to? Which minor inconvenience has absolutely no right to make us this angry? Who designed some of this garbage? And what is the ultimate adulthood final boss? Customer service battles subscriptions. Pokémon cards, fast food, PC parts, and the pink tax compete for “That Cost HOW Much?” Wet socks face slow walkers. College and employers enter The Great Betrayal. And by the end, work and social media are fighting for the honor of draining the last remaining percentage of our sanity. There are no celebrities. There is no red carpet. There are several unresolved responsibilities. Welcome to The 30% Awards. Running on 30%. Still showing up. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/HeyZaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? We're looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA Chapters 00:00 Cold Open: Nick's Lighting Betrays Him 01:36 Welcome to The 30% Awards 04:53 This Should Have Taken Five Minutes 11:53 Customer Service vs. Subscriptions 20:18 How Much Are These Subscriptions Costing? 25:13 And the First Winner Is... 31:45 That Cost HOW Much? 44:38 The Pink Tax Takes the Award 45:25 I Just Sat Down 53:30 The Universe Makes You Get Back Up 54:38 Temporary Solution, Lifetime Extension 57:48 The Unwritten Rule Nobody Agreed To 01:09:31 Most Aggressive Minor Inconvenience 01:16:03 Who Designed This?! 01:22:35 The Great Betrayal 01:28:22 The Adulthood Final Boss 01:34:12 Work vs. Social Media 01:38:59 The 30%ers Get the Final Vote 01:39:51 Closing The 30% Awards Which award did we get completely wrong? And if adulthood gave YOU an award tonight, what would you win? #ADHP #Adulting #MillennialHumor #ComedyPodcast #MillennialPodcast

I Tried to Help a Stranger and Regretted It | ADHP S2E9

Short story long... adulthood is just a never-ending collection of side quests nobody trained us for. This week, Zaga and Nick enter the 30% Side Quest Championship to figure out who is actually better at surviving the tiny adult problems that somehow consume an unreasonable amount of time, money, and emotional stability. We're dealing with customer service calls from hell, mystery subscription charges, being transferred between the same departments, household repairs that could become significantly more expensive if you touch the wrong thing, grocery-store rage, self-checkout betrayal, and the eternal adult question: Is this a problem for right now... or Tomorrow Me? Zaga also tries to do one nice thing for a stranger who only needs a ride “right down the road.” Fifteen minutes later, he's on the other side of town, the church is closed, there's suddenly a CVS involved, and apparently he accidentally became an unpaid transportation service. Then we put our adulthood survival skills to the test with: A duplicate charge and a 45-minute hold time. A 2 A.M. smoke-detector, Wi-Fi, and running-toilet disaster. A $25 grocery-store survival challenge. And a lightning round proving how aggressively we will postpone basic responsibilities. We may not have adulthood figured out. But we're still here. Running on 30%. Still showing up. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/HeyZaga 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? We're looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA Chapters 00:00 Cold Open: The Gingerbread Man Problem 01:12 Welcome Back to ADHP 06:10 Last Week Went Completely Off the Rails 09:16 The Costume Reveal Begins 15:42 Zaga Becomes the Gingerbread Man 20:59 The 30% Side Quest Championship 22:53 Can Nick Figure Out the Picnic Game? 28:39 Round 1: Phone Calls From Hell 35:29 Nick's Customer Service Voice 40:03 Mystery Charges & Hold Music 47:22 “It's Right Down the Road” 53:22 Are We Just Donating Money to Corporations? 59:05 Customer Service Boss Battle 01:01:27 Round 2: Household Battles 01:13:04 The Furnace Story That Almost Killed Us 01:17:21 The 2 A.M. Adulting Boss Battle 01:20:29 Round 3: Grocery Store Survival 01:30:10 Grocery Store Behaviors We Hate 01:36:06 The $25 Grocery Challenge 01:40:34 NOW Problem or TOMORROW Problem? 01:44:02 Final Verdict: Can We Actually Adult? What's the adulthood side quest you keep aggressively assigning to Tomorrow You? #ADHP #Adulting #MillennialHumor #ComedyPodcast #AdulthoodPending

We Put Two Single Friends Through a Dating Test | ADHP S2E8

Short story long... we put the two single people in the same episode and let the married guy ask the questions.Juliana is back for the first time this season, she finally meets Nick, and Zaga immediately turns the whole thing into a dating compatibility test.What starts with one simple question, “Are you actually ready for a relationship?” turns into two hours of dating apps, terrible dates, relationship expectations, communication, red flags, green flags, marriage, kids, being single in your 30s, and trying to figure out whether anybody actually knows what they're doing anymore.Nick explains what keeps going wrong in modern dating, Juliana reveals the behavior that instantly kills a second date, Zaga remembers why he should probably never be allowed back on Tinder, and somehow Medieval Times becomes a legitimate first-date strategy.We also get into the difference between being lonely and being ready for a partner, learning to enjoy your own company, what being single teaches you, why “no” is a complete sentence, and which dating behaviors should have been retired several years ago.And by the end, the 30%ers have one final decision to make:Are Nick and Juliana compatible enough to get lunch together in Salem?Running on 30%. Still showing up.Follow ADHP🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/HeyZaga💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/Want to be a guest on ADHP?We're looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual.Apply here:https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXAChapters00:00 Cold Open: It's Date Night02:54 Juliana Finally Meets Nick05:17 Today's Mission: Dating in 202608:45 Are You Actually Ready for a Relationship?19:51 How Many Serious Relationships Have You Had?23:35 Hobbies, Homebodies & Compatibility31:23 What Are You Looking for in a Partner?37:58 What Proves Someone Is Relationship-Ready?47:27 Lonely vs. Ready for a Partner55:31 Dating Profiles: Swipe Left or Right?01:10:30 Best Dates, Worst Dates01:23:10 What's Actually Better About Being Single?01:28:16 What Being Single Taught Us01:38:15 No Is a Full Sentence01:44:19 Dating Apps vs. Meeting People in Real Life01:49:07 Dating Red Flags & Green Flags01:56:02 Marriage, Kids & the Future02:08:39 Are Nick & Juliana Compatible?Should Nick and Juliana get lunch together in Salem? And what's one dating red flag you refuse to ignore?#ADHP #MillennialDating #DatingInYour30s #ComedyPodcast #Adulting

We Thought the GameCube Had Toxic Gas | ADHP S2E7

Nick believed a GameCube could release toxic gas if you broke it the wrong way.So naturally, he and his stepbrothers tested the rumor.This week, Nick and Copper fall into a nostalgia-fueled nerd fight club covering the games, anime, superheroes, childhood rumors, and fictional universes that raised them.They debate Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 2, Marvel vs. DC, physical games vs. digital libraries, Pokémon vs. Digimon, Star Wars vs. The Lord of the Rings, open-world vs. linear games, and subbed vs. dubbed anime.Copper also faces the Copper Challenge: make one complete argument in 30 seconds without starting five more arguments, explaining an entire franchise, or forgetting the original question.Somewhere between the GameCube toxic-gas experiment, gaming creepypastas, Toonami memories, and the realization that the nerds grew up and became hot, the episode becomes exactly as controlled as you would expect.Running on 30%. Still showing up.Follow ADHP🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/HeyZaga💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/Want to be a guest on ADHP?We're looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual.Apply here:https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXAChapters00:00 Cold Open: This Episode Was Already in Trouble00:40 Nick and Copper Take Over05:09 The Anime That Raised Us08:56 Did Cartoons Shape Our Type?11:46 Our First Nerd Obsessions17:45 What We Still Love as Adults22:36 Nostalgia Is Emotional Time Travel26:50 The Consoles That Raised Us34:15 The GameCube Toxic Gas Rumor39:38 Did We Hide Being Nerds?47:34 The Nerds Grew Up Hot53:59 The Copper Challenge Begins56:45 Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 201:06:14 Marvel vs. DC01:20:29 Physical Games vs. Digital Libraries01:27:19 Rapid-Fire Nerd Fight Club01:31:40 Subbed vs. Dubbed Anime01:32:38 We Completely Botched the Episode01:34:29 Final Thoughts on Nostalgia01:36:55 The Final VerdictWhat game, show, movie, or fandom instantly takes you back to childhood?#ADHP #MillennialNostalgia #GamingNostalgia #GameCube #ComedyPodcast

We built the Museum of Millennial Culture | ADHP S2E6

Short story long... we built a museum. We thought this would take an hour. Two and a half hours later... here we are. This week we're building the Museum of Millennial Culture, deciding which relics deserve to represent millennials forever. Between AOL CDs, Game Boys, Pop-Tarts, Blockbuster, Scholastic Book Fairs, and a shocking amount of debate, we accidentally created the museum we'd all buy a ticket to. Running on 30%. Still showing up. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adulthoodpending 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? We're looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA Chapters 00:00 Cold Open: What's in the Museum of Millennial Culture?01:14 Running on 30%08:36 Today's Mission: Build the Museum12:36 Explaining Millennials in One Sentence23:43 Technology That Raised Us31:02 Explain Dial-Up to a Kid From the Future40:10 The One Piece of Tech We'd Preserve53:58 The Greatest Snack Debate Begins56:26 Presidential Campaign for Pop-Tarts01:08:40 Saturday Morning Cartoons01:22:15 Toys That Defined Our Childhood01:35:10 The Ultimate School Hall of Fame01:47:30 Millennial Fashion on Trial01:54:55 Why Everyone Hated Hollister01:58:44 What Represents Millennial Adulthood?02:08:30 The Final Museum Exhibit02:18:45 Last Call Before the Museum Closes #ADHP#Millennials#MillennialNostalgia#90sKids#2000sKids#ComedyPodcast#Nostalgia#Adulting#Podcast

I Quit My Job… and My Friends Immediately Lost Their Minds | ADHP S2E5

I quit my job… and my friends immediately lost their minds. In Episode 5 of ADHP: Adulthood Pending Season 2, Zaga talks about leaving the car industry after 10 years to build ADHP full-time. This is the start of the full-time ADHP era: the podcast, the live streams, the 30%ers, the merch, the guests, the creator program, and the community we’re trying to grow from the ground up. Nick and @copperhead347 are here for the conversation, which means this emotional life update immediately turns into support, yelling, roasting, and total ADHP chaos. Copper is back this week, and if you know @copperhead347 from TikTok, yes, this is the episode where he returns to ADHP. He may have 2.2 million followers, but on this show, he is still getting roasted for disappearing into the woods, having dial-up internet energy, and growing a mustache at the speed of government paperwork. This episode is about betting on yourself, leaving a stable job, taking a creative risk, protecting your health, and trying to build something bigger than a podcast. It is also about Comic-Con, Salem, Twilight, fake corporate titles, Blackstone griddles, Copper’s mustache, Nick being spicy, and the episode falling apart in real time. Welcome to the full-time ADHP era. Same chaos, better decisions. In this episode: - Zaga talks about quitting his job to build ADHP full-time - Nick and @copperhead347 react to the decision - Copper returns to the show - The boys talk about taking risks, leaving corporate America, and betting on yourself - ADHP starts shifting from podcast to community-driven creator brand - The 30%ers become even more important to the future of the show - Comic-Con, Salem, cosplay, and the full ADHP cast meetup get discussed - Copper’s mustache gets attacked from every direction - Zaga talks about health, back pain, working from home, and rebuilding his life - The ADHP Creator Program starts taking shape - Fake corporate titles are assigned because apparently this is a company now - The episode completely falls apart, which means it is functioning exactly as intended Comment below: What is the biggest risk you have ever taken on yourself? And if you’re one of the 30%ers, tell us what you want ADHP to become next. If you support the show, the biggest thing you can do right now is share this episode with one person who is running on 30% and still showing up. --- Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adulthoodpending 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ --- Want to be a guest on ADHP? We’re looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA --- Chapters 00:00 Copper returns and chaos starts 03:29 I quit my job 06:20 ADHP is officially the job now 07:28 Catching Copper up 12:09 Comic-Con and cast meetup plans 17:22 The future of full-time ADHP 19:03 Nick and Copper react 29:29 Was this impulsive or planned? 39:01 Health, back pain, and rebuilding life 46:14 Copper bait, haters, and the 30%ers 53:15 ADHP as a community, not just a podcast 01:04:22 Creator program and ADHP’s future 01:08:35 “Have you found a job yet?” 01:17:18 Fake corporate titles and total derailment 01:31:13 The boys get sincere 01:42:02 How to support full-time ADHP #ADHP #AdulthoodPending #IQuitMyJob #FullTimeCreator #Copperhead347 #MillennialPodcast #ComedyPodcast #RunningOn30 #30Percenters #SameChaosBetterDecisions

Nobody Warned Us About THIS | ADHP S2E4

Nobody hands you the real adult starter pack. This week we're talking about everything people conveniently forgot to warn us about: grocery shopping every three days, birthdays getting weird, learning to stop caring what strangers think, why your inner monologue runs the company, travelling, hobbies, mental health, crock pots (again), and somehow The Beatles catching strays. Somewhere between life advice and complete chaos, we accidentally put together the handbook every millennial could've used ten years ago. Running on 30%. Still showing up. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adulthoodpending 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Want to be a guest on ADHP? We’re looking for Season 2 guests: creators, artists, comedians, streamers, musicians, millennial survivors, Gen Z chaos agents, and anyone with a good story about trying to figure out adulthood without a manual. Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:27 Nick's WWE Weekend & Heat Dome Survival 05:15 Movie Reviews Are Broken 09:30 Leaving Jobs & Breaking Habits 13:06 Shift Work Wrecked My Body 17:00 Trauma vs Taking Back Control 20:08 Mental Health, OCD & SSRIs 22:12 It's Okay To Be Okay 23:30 Stop Caring What People Think 25:15 Do You Have An Inner Monologue? 28:00 Embrace Being Cringe 31:00 Why Birthdays Get Harder As You Age 34:35 Credit Scores, Crypto & Childhood Collectibles 40:05 Every Adult Should Travel 49:10 Childhood Games We Forgot 55:00 Hiking, Fear & Control 58:15 Disney Adults & Theme Parks 01:00:30 The Biggest Lie About Working Hard 01:02:00 Things Nobody Warned Us About 01:10:15 The Great Crock Pot Debate Returns 01:18:30 Advice We'd Give Our 18-Year-Old Selves 01:21:20 Final Thoughts 01:25:08 Blooper Reel

Crock Pots, Red Flags & Bad Towels | ADHP S2E3

What actually belongs in the adulthood starter pack? Not the fake motivational nonsense. Not “wake up at 5 AM and journal beside a lemon water.” We mean the real stuff: a good towel, an air fryer, a crock pot, a mattress that doesn’t ruin your spine, boundaries, better money decisions, relationship red flags, friendship rules, and maybe a fire extinguisher because apparently adulthood includes preventing your house from becoming content. In Episode 3 of ADHP: Adulthood Pending Season 2, Zaga and Nick build the official Adulthood Starter Pack 2.0 with help from the 30%ers. This week’s mission: decide what actually deserves a spot in the cart. We talk about the home essentials every adult should own, why crock pots are either genius or emotional surrender, what is worth spending extra money on, which subscriptions we refuse to cancel, relationship green flags, red flags, friendship rules, and why treating service workers badly is one of the loudest red flags on Earth. The episode also gets into fire extinguishers, New Balance, good towels, mattresses, yoga mats, money choices, and the sacred adult battle of crock pot vs air fryer. Tiny little shopping trip through the ruins of adulthood. If you like the episode, don’t just watch it. Share it. Send it to someone running on 30%. Put it in the group chat. Make it everybody else’s problem in a loving way. In this episode: Zaga gets his voice back, sort of The 30%ers help build the episode The weekly battery check returns Air fryer vs crock pot chaos Why adults need one good towel Mattresses, fire extinguishers, New Balance, fanny packs, and adult home essentials What is actually worth spending extra money on Subscriptions we refuse to cancel Relationship green flags and red flags Why “no” is still a full sentence Treating service workers badly is a massive red flag Friendship rules every adult should know The list is not finished, because naturally adulthood needs a part two Comment below: What belongs in the official ADHP Adulthood Starter Pack? And what is one thing that makes you walk into someone’s house and think, “Damn, they actually have their life together”? Same chaos, better decisions. Follow ADHP 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adulthoodpending 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Apply here: https://forms.gle/nzSbNCTpFwLRBaoXA Chapters: 00:00 Crock-Pots, Cooking and Pretentious Behaviour 01:08 Welcome Back to ADHP 03:18 Building the Adulthood Starter Pack 2.0 05:28 The 30%ers Helped Build This Episode 07:12 What Percentage Are We Running On? 08:31 A Major Life Update 10:16 When Did Millennials Become the Old People? 14:05 The Adult Home Essentials Aisle 21:34 The Official 30% Approval System 23:00 Towels, Mattresses and Fire Extinguishers 29:09 New Balance Shoes and Other Signs of Adulthood 34:54 What Is Actually Worth Spending Money On? 44:24 The Biggest Wastes of Money 46:33 Subscriptions We Refuse to Cancel 50:23 Things Adults Should Stop Being Cheap About 54:32 The Relationship Lessons Nobody Taught Us 58:51 Green Flags in Relationships 01:05:08 Relationship Red Flags 01:12:09 The Golden Rules of Friendship 01:16:39 The Starter Pack Needs a Part Two 01:17:21 Quicksand and Other Childhood Lies 01:18:18 What Makes Someone Look Like They Have Their Life Together? 01:19:48 Final Verdict and Community Challenge 01:21:15 Share the Show and Help ADHP Grow 01:22:49 Same Chaos, Better Decisions #ADHP #AdulthoodPending #Season2 #AdulthoodStarterPack #Adulting #MillennialPodcast #ComedyPodcast #RunningOn30 #SameChaosBetterDecisions #30Percenters #FunnyPodcast #Podcast #MillennialComedy #AdultingIsHard

Protect Your Peace… or Are You Just Avoiding Life? | ADHP S2:E2

Protecting your peace sounds great until it turns into avoiding every uncomfortable conversation like adulthood is a haunted house and accountability is hiding behind the couch. In Episode 2 of ADHP: Adulthood Pending Season 2, Zaga’s voice is barely hanging on, so Nick steps in as “Doctor Nick” to help carry the episode while we talk about the difference between protecting your peace and just avoiding life. We get into boundaries, people-pleasing, saying no, group chats, cancelled plans, work messages after hours, overthinking, social media rage bait, and the emotional damage caused by the words “we need to talk.” This week’s mission: figure out what actually deserves your energy, what needs a boundary, and what needs to be muted before it drains your last 30%. Because sometimes protecting your peace is growth. Sometimes it is avoidance in a trench coat. And sometimes it is just muting the group chat because the dinging has become a hate crime against your nervous system. Same chaos, better decisions. Follow ADHP: 🎙️ Podcast: ADHP: Adulthood Pending 📺 YouTube: @ADHPSHOW 📲 Instagram: @ADHPSHOW 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adulthoodpending 💬 Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp 🛒 Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/ Music Credit: “I’m an adult (and life’s still a nightmare)” — CHILIØ Recorded & Produced by Quinn Cyrankiewicz Lyrics by Chris Wirth Used with permission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osnYRTXimkw All rights reserved.

We Lost Our Bet… So We Paid Up | ADHP S2:E1

Season 2 of ADHP: Adulthood Pending is here, and somehow we already lost our dignity before the episode even started. After losing a Season 1 bet, Zaga and Nick kick off the new era of ADHP by paying up, dressing the part, and launching the official Season 2 rebrand: Same chaos, better decisions. This episode sets the tone for what ADHP is becoming. The 30%ers are official, the battery check-in is here, the live streams are tied into the show, and Season 2 is bringing more guests, more games, more community chaos, more fundraisers, and more proof that adulthood is mostly just improvising while pretending your life has structure. We talk about the new ADHP mission, running on 30%, Twitch streams, Discord, merch, Copper getting dragged into future nonsense, Nick’s Comic-Con survival story, and why this season is about having more fun while adulthood keeps trying to body-slam us through a folding table. Welcome to Season 2. Same chaos, better decisions. Follow ADHP: YouTube: @ADHPSHOW Instagram: @ADHPSHOW Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/adulthoodpending Discord: https://discord.com/invite/guMbYn3jjp Merch: https://adulthoodpending-shop.fourthwall.com/

We Learned Nothing… And Somehow Everything | ADHP 52

We learned nothing… …and somehow everything. 🎙️ Season 1 Finale of Adulthood Pending is here. 52 episodes later, and we’re still trying to figure out adulthood… except now we’re slightly more self-aware and way more chaotic about it. This episode was supposed to be a simple send-off. Instead, it turned into one of the most honest, unfiltered, and unintentionally deep conversations we’ve had all season. From burnout and people-pleasing… to identity, growth, and why doing absolutely nothing somehow feels illegal now… Yeah… it got real. 🎙️ In this episode, we get into: 🧠 What 52 episodes actually taught us about adulthood 🔥 Why burnout hits different in your 30s 😵‍💫 The guilt of resting (and why it’s broken) 💬 Trusting yourself vs everyone else’s opinions 🚫 People-pleasing, boundaries, and learning to say no 🌀 Overthinking vs intuition (your brain is a liar) 👶 What we miss about being kids… and what we don’t 😂 And then it completely derails into: 🔥 Fan Q&A chaos (y’all really went there) 💀 “Is murder ever justified?” (we promise… mostly jokes) 😤 Dealing with difficult people & emotional vampires 🎮 Future plans, streaming, and what’s next 🍔 Food takes that might actually start wars 💩 And somehow… we end the season like that 🚨 WHAT’S NEXT We’re taking a short break… but don’t get comfortable. 👉 Zaga is going LIVE (Twitch/YouTube/TikTok) during the break 👉 More content. More chaos. More interaction 👉 Season 2 is coming back sharper, funnier, and way more unhinged And this time… you’re part of it. 💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY Season 2 = controlled chaos (by YOU) Topics. Segments. Punishments. Decisions. 👉 Join here: https://discord.gg/rbVHTNeFbH 📲 FOLLOW US EVERYWHERE 🔗 All Links: https://linktr.ee/ADULTHOODPENDING 👕 Merch: https://adulthoodpending.myspreadshop.com 📱 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@Adhpshow 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/Adhpshow 🎙 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6M2NGbzarhLytxjoi3GucK?si=ADNyYlK6Tf2F4aBUX9Odpw ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 – Season finale begins (we made it somehow) 00:31 – Taking a break… or are we? 01:19 – 52 episodes later… what changed? 02:29 – No plan… just chaos 03:13 – Discord takes control of Season 2 03:59 – Streaming plans & what’s next 06:28 – Season 2 is about to get unhinged 07:47 – Growth vs repeating the same cycle 15:05 – Fan Q&A begins 🔥 17:00 – When did rest start feeling guilty? 21:58 – Millennial burnout explained 27:23 – Should downtime be productive? 28:22 – Trusting yourself vs others 33:54 – Brutal honesty vs being polite 37:09 – Intuition vs overthinking 37:55 – What we miss about being kids 45:52 – “Is murder an option?” 😅 47:43 – Dealing with difficult people 53:30 – Advice that stuck with us 56:49 – Would you change your past? 01:02:14 – Best moments of Season 1 01:07:08 – What we’d redo 01:15:45 – Where we’d live & future plans 01:24:18 – What’s coming in Season 2 01:31:09 – Streaming schedule breakdown 01:36:29 – Final thoughts & goodbye (for now) 🎧 Music Credit Music: “Falling Behind” by Connor Price Used with credit to the artist. 📢 HASHTAGS #adulthoodpending #adhppodcast #seasonfinale #millennialpodcast #comedypodcast #adulting #burnout #relatablecontent #podcastclips #millennialhumor #lifeinyour30s #chaoticenergy #authenticcontent #youtubecreator #spotifypodcast #viralpodcast

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This Episode Got Way Too Real… | ADHP 51

This episode was supposed to stay on track… it didn’t. In Episode 51 of Adulthood Pending, Zaga and Copper start with a simple idea and somehow spiral into one of the most unfiltered conversations of the season. From “being mean vs being honest” to why entertainment feels fake now, this episode turns into a full breakdown of how people are DONE being told what to like… and why authenticity is starting to win again. We also get into Hawaii, Ireland, cancel culture, independent creators, and somehow end up answering fan questions that completely derail everything. This one is chaotic, real, and very on-brand. Because at the end of the day… we’re not polished… we’re just honest. 🎙️ We get into: 🌴 Why Hawaii changed Zaga’s entire mindset (“that’s not aloha”) 🧠 The difference between honesty vs just being an asshole 🎬 Why Hollywood and gaming feel forced right now 💰 The shift from big corporations to independent creators 🎮 Why cheaper indie games are beating AAA titles 🚫 Cancel culture, comedy, and where the line actually is 🗣️ Real talk about empathy, truth, and people picking sides And then it completely falls apart with: 🔥 Fan Q&A chaos 😂 Sleep schedules, caffeine addiction, and ADHD spirals 🎲 D&D, relationships, red flags, and random debates 🍦 Pistachio ice cream takes that should probably be illegal 💬 JOIN THE COMMUNITY Season 2 is coming… and we’re letting YOU shape it. Topics. Segments. Chaos. All of it 🔥 👉 Join here: https://discord.gg/rbVHTNeFbH 📲 Follow us everywhere 🔗 All Links: https://linktr.ee/ADULTHOODPENDING 👕 Rep your millennial chaos and support the show: https://adulthoodpending.myspreadshop.com 📱 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@Adhpshow 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/Adhpshow 🎙 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6M2NGbzarhLytxjoi3GucK?si=ADNyYlK6Tf2F4aBUX9Odpw ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 – Intro chaos & energy imbalance 02:00 – Reality show Zaga & being unfiltered 04:00 – Mean vs honest… where’s the line? 11:30 – “That’s not aloha” mindset 🌴 18:00 – Hawaii vs Ireland (soul connection talk) 22:00 – Letting Copper take control of the episode 23:00 – Is entertainment finally shifting? 🎬 30:00 – Writers vs corporations (why things feel fake) 35:00 – Why fans are rejecting forced content 40:00 – Gaming industry vs indie games 🎮 46:00 – Cancel culture, comedy & what’s actually okay 50:30 – Truth vs feelings debate 58:00 – Empathy, society & thinking for yourself 01:10:00 – Fan Q&A begins 🔥 01:20:00 – Red flags, relationships & real talk 01:30:00 – Random chaos (D&D, ice cream debates, etc.) 01:45:00 – Outro & Season 1 winding down 🎧 Music Credit Music: “Falling Behind” by Connor Price Used with credit to the artist. #adulthoodpending #adhppodcast #millennialpodcast #comedypodcast #realconversation #unfiltered #podcastclips #relatablecontent #millennialhumor #cancelculture #indiecreators #contentcreatorlife #podcastlife #adhdthoughts #chaoticenergy #storytimepodcast #youtubecreator #spotifypodcast #viralpodcast #authenticcontent

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