Adulthood Made Easy
Summary: If you feel lost in a new city, overwhelmed by your taxes, frustrated by dating, or scared to switch jobs, tune in weekly to Adulthood Made Easy, where twenty-something host Sam Zabell works through listeners’ problems and questions about the sometimes-scary “real world.” Along the way, she addresses many of her own struggles with adulthood, resulting in a show any college graduate (and beyond) can relate to.
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Sam talks to Elyssa Goldberg, who is a magazine editor by day—and by night. She edits driftmag.com and ambrosiamag.com, and amazingly, isn’t tired of journalism.
Welcome to the first episode of our Side Hustle Series! This week, bestselling author Jessica Knoll explains how she balanced, essentially, two writing careers—a magazine editor and an author.
Sam is joined by Jamie Mendell, whose burnout led her down a completely different path, and Time Inc’s SVP of Talent Management Bucky Keady, who has seen burnout countless times in her office.
Sarah Andersen, of Sarah’s Scribbles, is a full-time comic. Her new book, Adulthood Is a Myth, is full of hilarious scenarios all twentysomethings know to be true. Find her work at: http://sarahcandersen.com/
Sam invites her friends and their boyfriends to come into the studio and discuss what it was like to move in together, and what it's like to go from dates to roommates.
Sam brings one of her close friends into the studio, as well as friendship expert Shasta Nelson, whose new book is available now on Amazon. Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Frientimacy-Deepen-Friendships-Lifelong-Happiness/dp/1580056075
Sam talks to Lisa Bonos (@lisabonos), writer and editor for Washington Post’s blog, Solo-ish, about digital dating, finding “the one,” and what changes when you hit 30. You can find the Solo-ish blog here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/
Sam talks to Michelle Kennedy, who has walked down the aisle for friends a dozen times, as well as Jen Glantz, professional bridesmaid and founder of Bridesmaid for Hire, about budgeting as a bridesmaid and avoiding Bridezilla.
Sam talks to Amber Madison, about what young people can do when they encounter damaging gender biases in the workplace. Learn more about Amber’s company at: http://www.genderrebrand.com/
Sam talks to Olivia June Poole, co-founder of Hey! VINA, a new Tinder-like app for finding your new BFF.
Sam drags her friend into the studio to discuss her online dating life, and consults an expert as to WHY people get “ghosted” in the first place.
Two editors from the Huffington Post embarked on bold challenges to reduce tech disturbances: turning off notifications and only speaking to people “IRL.” Sam finds out how well these challenges went, and what the rest of us can learn. For Jessi and Damon’s full stories: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/no-email-chat-for-a-week_us_56aa4950e4b0016489229519?u1c680k9 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/turn-off-notifications_us_56787937e4b014efe0d67702 RealSimple.com This episode of Things Cooks Know is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code REALSIMPLE at checkout to get 10% off! Squarespace — Build it Beautiful. And by Organifi Green Juice. Organifi delivers organic, vegan, gluten free, dairy free, and soy free green juice straight to your door. Listeners get an additional 20% off by going to organifishop.com/EASY and using the coupon code: EASY.
Sam talks to Lindsey Stanberry, of Refinery29, to find out how she was able to unplug from her email for an entire week. Read Lindsey's full story here: http://www.refinery29.com/stop-checking-email Tweet Me: @samzabell Visit: www.realsimple.coma This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code RealSimple at checkout to get 10% off! Squarespace - Build it Beautiful. And by Audible. Audible.com has more than 180,000 audiobooks and spoken-word audio products. Get a free 30 day trial at www.audible.com/EASY
Sam talks to writer Caroline Beaton about why traveling didn't solve all of her problems - and what she learned. Tweet Me: @samzabell Visit: www.realsimple.com This episode is brought to you by Squarespace. Start building your website today at Squarespace.com. Enter offer code RealSimple at checkout to get 10% off! Squarespace - Build it Beautiful.
Sam talks to the co-founders of Cropped, a new essay and photo project that will make you revisit your relationship with social media. Visit Cropped and submit your own stories at: http://www.wearecropped.com/ Tweet Me: @samzabell Visit: www.realsimple.com
