Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real Talk

How To Make $18k Per Month, Tampon-gate Strikes Again, TikTok Tests New Music App

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  • Welcome to #Millennial, the home of pretend adulting and real talk!
  • Spotify has a $38 million white noise problem. They're paying ad dollars for their own algorithm to direct listeners to independent white noise podcasts instead of Spotify's own white noise music.
  • Some white noise podcasts are raking in $18k per month - we clearly got into the wrong podcasting business.
  • Still, we try our hand at #Millennial branded white noise. Would you sub??
  • More steamer price hikes: Disney+ has announced a 27% price increase, which Hulu promising a 20% increase. Take one well-educated guess about which streamers are on the chopping block for our panel.
  • Hurricane Hilary gave something unexpected to the US Southwest, and we look at the up and coming hurricane names for the 2023 forecast. Watch out for Hurricane Gert!
  • It was not until the year of our Lord 2023 that menstrual products' absorbency was tested with blood, not water. #Tampongate strikes again.
  • 'TikTok Music' is in beta mode in Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, and Singapore. Is this the future of learning about new music??
  • How do we find new music?
  • We've got hot recommendations fresh off the press this week! NOAA's National Hurricane Center (Laura), VPNs (Andrew), and ‘Never Say Never with Jeff Jenkins


    • And in this week's installment of After Dark:

    • An Illinois law forcing parents to share part of their revenue with their children is going into effect in 2024.
    • What aspects of this law would have helped us when we were unpaid minor workers?
    • Another MuggleSuck entry: Andrew recounts a time when a certain someone wanted to pay him in experience and exposure, not cold hard cash.

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      Millennial: Pretend Adulting, Real TalkBy Andrew Sims, Laura Tee, Pamela Gocobachi
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