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Adulthood Pending
by ADHP
🔋 Running on 30%. Still showing up.🎓 ADHP: Adulthood Pending is a comedy show hosted by Zaga and Nick, now operating inside ADHP University.Every week, Professor Zaga and Professor Nick turn absurdly specific parts of adulthood into completely unnecessary college courses taught with far too much confidence.Expect real stories, ridiculous lessons, faculty arguments, questionable theories, bad advice, and two professors who are still very much Adulthood Pending.📚 New episodes Saturdays.🎓 The 30%ers are the Student Body.🔋 Running on 30%. Still showing up.
Episodes
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,...
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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…
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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…
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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”…
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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....
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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...
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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...
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50 Episodes Later… We’re Still Not Real Adults 😂 | ADHP 50
50 episodes later… and we still have no idea what we’re doing 😂 In this milestone episode of Adulthood Pending, we take a step back and ask the real question… Did we actually get better at being adults… or just better at pretending? From missed trash days to DoorDash addictions, failed routines,...
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Why Adulthood Feels Worse After Vacation 😂 (I Spent $65 on This…) | ADHP 49
Why does adulthood feel worse after vacation? In this episode of Adulthood Pending, we get into post-vacation burnout, dumb spending decisions, and the reality of being a millennial trying to get your life together… and immediately failing 😂 Zaga is back from Hawaii with a new look, new mindset…...
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Things Millennials Pretend to Understand | ADHP 48
Nick is dying from allergies. Zaga threw his back out. And somehow… this episode still happened. This week on Adulthood Pending, the guys dive into one of the most relatable parts of being an adult: Pretending you understand things that you absolutely do not. From credit scores and insurance...
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Shamrock Shakes, Shenanigans & Vacations | ADHP 47
Zaga is officially on vacation… but the show must go on. While Zaga heads to Hawaii for some long overdue R&R 🌴, he and Nick made sure the ADHP crew still gets an episode this week. So we’re leaning fully into celebration mode. This episode turns into a mix of vacation hype, St. Patrick’s Day...
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Are We Too Old For This Now? | ADHP 46
Are there things you’re just too old to start doing in your 30s… or is that just an excuse we tell ourselves? This week on Adulthood Pending, Zaga and Nick realize they accidentally planned an episode… that they already did before. So instead, they spiral into a hilarious debate about the...
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We Shouldn’t Have Asked That | ADHP Issue #45
Zaga is out this week… which means things immediately spiral. Nick and Copper take over the studio and what starts as a normal episode quickly turns into a full-blown interrogation. Nick decides it’s time to ask Copper the questions nobody else will. Life questions. Identity questions. Completely...
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This Shouldn’t Be a Debate, But It Is. | ADHP 44
Why are adults still fighting in public? Why are we awake at 2AM staring at the ceiling? Why are group chats a full-time job? And why did this episode start with Copper’s grooming routine? This week on Adulthood Pending, we argue about things that absolutely should not be controversial… but…
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Stop Thrifting My Childhood | ADHP 43
Why is everything we tried to escape suddenly cool again? Low rise jeans are back. Ed Hardy has been resurrected from the Arctic. Pokémon cards are apparently an “investment.” And Labubu is just Furby with WiFi. This week on Adulthood Pending, we break down why Gen Z is thrifting the 90s and Y2K…
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Valentine’s Day, Doomsday Bunkers & Other Adult Delusions | ADHP (Ep. 42)
Valentine’s Day is here and Adulthood is, once again, under review. In Episode 42 of Adulthood Pending, Zaga and Nick hand the mic over to the Discord and let chaos do what chaos does best. From doomsday bunkers and surviving Jurassic Park, to the adult purchases that quietly changed our lives…
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Nothing Is Planned, Everything Hurts | ADHP (Ep. 41)
This week on Adulthood Pending, there was no outline, no prep, and absolutely no mercy. Zaga and Nick come in exhausted after Snowpocalypse, dealership chaos, and a week that somehow felt like an entire January compressed into seven days. What follows is a full spiral: shovelling snow for hours,...
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Copper’s Back. We’re Still Tired. Nothing’s Changed | ADHP (Ep. 40)
Copper’s back for the first time since May 2025, and somehow… adulthood is still exhausting. In this episode, Copper rejoins the chaos after months away, Nick immediately starts spiralling, and the conversation turns into exactly what you would expect: burnout, money stress, adult…
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We’re Too Old for This Sh*t | ADHP (Ep. 39)
At some point, adulthood quietly taps you on the shoulder and says, “Hey… maybe don’t do that anymore.” In Episode 39, we accidentally stumble into a very real conversation about all the things millennials are officially too old for. It starts with weekly crises, questionable food choices, and…
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We Didn’t Plan This Episode and It Shows | ADHP (Ep. 38)
Episode 38 of Adulthood Pending is completely unplanned—and somehow that makes it one of the most honest episodes we’ve done. No outline. No topic. Just two millennials catching up, spiralling, venting, and accidentally dropping adulthood advice along the way. In this episode, Zaga and Nick talk...
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Nobody told us this was a job | ADHP (Ep. 37)
Nobody told us adulthood was a full-time job. No onboarding. No training manual. No HR department. Just vibes, bills, and constant maintenance. In this episode of Adulthood Pending, Zaga and Nick break down the unspoken truth of being a millennial adult: nothing ever finishes, everything needs...
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New Year, Same Problems | ADHP (Ep. 36)
New year. Same chaos. Same unresolved issues.Because if January magically fixed people, therapists would be out of work and gyms would be empty by February.In this episode of Adulthood Pending, we tear into the lie of New Year’s resolutions, call out fake “healing eras,” and admit that most of us...
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A Very Merry ADHP Christmas Special! | ADHP (Ep. 35)
Christmas is supposed to be joyful. Instead, it turns fully grown adults into stressed-out, passive-aggressive maniacs arguing over gift bags, traditions, and why ONE Christmas light strand never works. In this Christmas Day episode of Adulthood Pending, Zaga breaks down why the holidays bring…
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The Millennial Holiday Survival Guide (Because December Is a Boss Fight) | ADHP (Ep. 34)
Zaga and Nick break down why December stopped being magical and started feeling like a tactical mission just to make it out alive. From navigating family chaos and PTO guilt to surviving Secret Santas, relationship stress, and social battery burnout, this episode turns holiday dread into…
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Christmas Movies Lied To Us About Being Adults | ADHP (Ep. 33)
December used to hit different. As kids, Christmas movies told us adulthood would be magical, cozy, and full of perfectly lit trees and life-changing moments. Now? We’re just trying to not blow a fuse, max out a credit card, or fight a stranger over wrapping paper. In this episode, Zaga and Nick...
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🎄 BACK WHEN DECEMBER ACTUALLY SLAPPED | ADHP (Ep. 32)
This episode is pure December delusion from the very first “Black Friday ain’t Black Friday anymore.” Zaga and Nick fall straight into a nostalgic wormhole, ripping apart the modern holiday season and remembering when December actually felt magical — before adulthood turned it into a month-long...
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Thanksgiving Plates, Hot Takes, and Culinary War Crimes 🦃 | ADHP (Ep. 31)
This episode is pure Thanksgiving chaos from the very first insulted potato. Zaga and Nick jump straight into the Thanksgiving Food Draft, unleashing every unhinged opinion they’ve been holding in all year. From instant mashed potatoes being classified as a war crime to debating whether lasagna…
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🍂 Cozy Season Is a Lie | ADHP (Ep. 30)
Cozy season sounds magical until you actually try to live in it. This week, Zaga and Nick break down why fall vibes are a complete scam — from hoodie delusion, blown-out socks, and cut-off shirts, to the heater-turning-on smell rewiring Nick’s brain. If you’ve ever tried to be “cozy” only to end…
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🍁 Fall Is a Facade | ADHP (Ep. 29)
Zaga and Nick are back—with zero sleep, maximum delusion, and the most unhinged fall debates known to mankind. This week, the boys break down millennial fall culture with the seriousness of a presidential debate and the logic of two guys who haven’t touched grass since 2008. We’re talking hoodies...
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📺 Comfort Show or Red Flag | ADHP (Ep. 28)
Zaga’s stuffy, half-sick, and fully unfiltered — and Nick’s right there to catch the chaos as the boys judge your favorite comfort shows like their lives depend on it. From Friends to The Office, Breaking Bad to New Girl, they roast, rank, and psychoanalyze what your favorite TV show says about...
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🎃 Trick or Trauma | ADHP (Ep. 27)
It’s the Adulthood Pending Halloween Special! 👻 Zaga (dressed like a hippie) and Nick (rocking Ghostface energy) go full horror nerd — debating, ranking, and roasting everything from Nightmare on Elm Street to Terrifier. It’s chaos, nostalgia, and a little weed-scented candlelight. The boys…
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👻 Are You Really Haunted or Nah? | Adulthood Pending (Ep. 26)
It’s spooky season, and the boys are reading Reddit’s wildest ghost stories — the kind that start believable, then spiral straight into “that’s bullshit” territory. From faceless men in the woods to ghosts who won’t shut up about their trauma, Zaga and Nick try to figure out what’s real, what’s...
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The ADHD FIles: Feat Ellie | Adulthood Pending (Ep. 25)
Ellie’s back — and she brought murder.In this chaotic true-crime-meets-comedy episode, Zaga, Nick, and Ellie dive into the real-life Harlem murder of Sheldon Johnson... but naturally get sidetracked by Ed Gein voices, Adam Sandler impressions, nipple belts, and moral debates about capital...
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🎃 The Things That Really Haunt Millennials | Adulthood Pending (Ep. 24)
What really scares millennials in 2025? Not ghosts — it’s dead WiFi, a declined debit card, and awkward small talk with your dentist. In this Halloween-themed episode, Zaga and Nick dive into the horrors of adulthood — haunted technology, social anxiety, and those everyday jump scares that make…
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🎃 The Millennial Halloween Candy Draft & Party Survival Guide | Adulthood Pending
Zaga threw his back out at bowling, Nick hasn’t slept in days, and somehow we still managed to argue for 30 minutes about Halloween candy, why cloaks are itchy, and why you never overstay at a millennial Halloween party. This week on Adulthood Pending: A chaotic Halloween Candy Draft (Snickers…
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If Millennials Were in a Horror Movie
What happens when two millennials get stuck in a horror movie? Spoiler: we’re not making it to the sequel. In this week’s episode of Adulthood Pending, Zaga and Nick roast horror tropes, iconic killers, and the dumb ways millennials would actually try to survive. From arguing in the group chat...
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Spirit Halloween Pending
It’s not officially fall until Spirit Halloween moves into an abandoned Sears. 🎃 For Episode 21 of Adulthood Pending, Nick and Zaga dive headfirst into spooky season — roasting costumes, overpriced animatronics, and the chaos of millennial Halloween traditions.This week we cover:Why Spirit...
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Episode 20 – The Alien Judgement Special
What if aliens landed today and judged humanity… based only on millennial culture? 👽 From Tamagotchis and Lunchables to 4 Loko and MySpace, we’re breaking down the artifacts, habits, and chaos that would either save Earth or get us instantly vaporized. This is our 20th episode of Adulthood...
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Pet Parents Anonymous
This week, Zaga & Nick host the very first meeting of Pet Parents Anonymous — the millennial support group for people who can’t keep succulents alive but still throw birthday parties for their dogs. 🐾🌱We’re talking:🐶 The chaos of being a “pet parent” vs. a “plant parent”💀 Our biggest…
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These Are Unprecedented Times… Again
This week, Zaga & Nick look back at every so-called “once-in-a-lifetime” event millennials have lived through — from Y2K panic to 9/11, from the 2008 Recession to COVID, and now the AI boom. We’ve been told we’re living in “unprecedented times” our whole lives… but at this point, unprecedented...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
🔋 Running on 30%. Still showing up.🎓 ADHP: Adulthood Pending is a comedy show hosted by Zaga and Nick, now operating inside ADHP University.Every week, Professor Zaga and Professor Nick turn absurdly specific parts of adulthood into completely unnecessary college courses taught with far too much confidence.Expect real stories, ridiculous lessons, faculty arguments, questionable theories, bad advice, and two professors who are still very much Adulthood Pending.📚 New episodes Saturdays.🎓 The 30%ers are the Student Body.🔋 Running on 30%. Still showing up.
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🔋 Running on 30%. Still showing up.🎓 ADHP: Adulthood Pending is a comedy show hosted by Zaga and Nick, now operating inside ADHP University.Every week, Professor Zaga and Professor Nick turn absurdly specific parts of adulthood into completely unnecessary college courses taught with far too much...
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