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Nov 2024
56m 41s

“BEING AN ADULT IS AWFUL”

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A caller tries to balance parenthood, existential dread, and working at Applebee’s.

Afterwards we hear from a caller trying to make things work in the Netherlands and a final caller attempts to explore the dense social scene of Flint, Michigan.

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