Adults are buying toys, playing games, and watching cartoons in massive numbers. Why are our childhood tastes following us into adulthood? And could it have something to do with “millennial optimism?”
About the show: Welcome to Audie Cornish and Ari Shapiro’s Engagement Party, where the hot takes are the smart takes. After years of working side by side, Audie and Ari have made it official with their pop culture video podcast. Party hopping between what you’re watching, reading and scrolling, these longtime friends unpack what matters in our endless feeds.
0:00 Cuck frog?
1:20 Meet the kidults
3:28 Child mind, adult wallet
7:29 The three types of kidult
9:08 When Disney becomes your identity
11:17 Are we refusing to grow up?
15:14 Millennial cringe is getting rebranded as optimism
20:08 How we play now
23:11 Scroll & Tell: Did Sabrina Carpenter cause the blue wave?
28:09 Touch grass: Take a walk, maybe in a bog
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