Adulthood Made Easy

Nearly two-thirds of millennials in America do not own a credit card, according to a survey commissioned by Bankrate and compiled by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Among them: Sam Zabell. Sam talks with two millennials who've chosen to buck the trend. Will they convince her to join them? Odelia is 24 and got her first credit card within a year of graduating from college. And Cameron, 26, has had a credit card since he was a teenager.

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Sam's friend Maddy, who studied theatre and psychology as an undergrad, talks about uprooting her New York life to pursue business school in London.

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Sam has no interest in attending her high school reunion. Can two people who attended their own reunions change her mind? Laura, who went to high school in small-town Indiana, and Zack, who went to high school in upstate New York, share their reunion stories. 

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Sam talks with her sister Ally, a recent college graduate, about how she's coping with her new old roommates: her parents. 

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Do you wish you could be someone other than who you were in high school or college? Meet Tammy Tibbetts, who went from "most shy" in high school, to award-winning founder and CEO of She's the First, a respected non-profit that provides scholarships to girls in low-income countries with the goal of creating first-generation graduates. 

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Sam talks to Anne-Marie Slaughter, who offers some advice to grads on planning for the future, and why “care is as important as career.” Slaughter is the president of New America Foundation and author of Unfinished Business, which you can buy here: https://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Business-Women-Work-Family/dp/0812994566

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Ever wondered what the first real date looked like? Moira Weigel, author of the new book Labor of Love, sheds light on the history of dating, and why we should stop freaking out about the hookup culture. 

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Sam talks to Katherine Schwarzenegger about how she spent her first year after college—interviewing awesome, influential people, from Serena Williams to John Legend.

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Sam talks to Nora McInerny Purmort about loss, cancer, single motherhood, and laughter.

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Sam talks with Dr. Meg Jay, author of “The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter And How to Make the Most of Them Now.” From work to family to love, Dr. Jay has concrete words of advice and reassurance for people who want to use their twenty-something years wisely.     

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