Leftover Millennials
Leftover Millennials is a podcast by Khadija Mbowe and Denny Ancheta. Eagerly teetering on their 30s, they provide unsolicited advice on unorthodox topics, explore conversations about formative pop culture zeitgeists, and satisfy their insatiable need for attention (Denny is speaking for himself). If you're looking for advice from two (sort of intelligent) individuals, shoot an email to theleftovermillennials@gmail.com to be featured in an episode! Follow Khadija and Denny on IG at @khadija.mbowe and @pockypapi. Leftover Millennials cover photo made by Alice Gabou. Intro music by Davie Levesque.
Episodes
27 episodes
Episode 23: Emma Chamberlain Needs Life Experience, Relatability Fatigue, and Enduring High School
this week's episode we discuss Emma Chamberlain's podcast and how being an influencer from such an early age can affect how out of touch you are with reality, being the villain in someone else's story, our experiences in high school, and how ex...
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Episode 22: Taking Control Of Your Life and "Who Am I?"
hi everyone! this week we had a discussion about various topics, including fitness, self-improvement, societal issues, political ideals, personal growth, job market pressures, unemployment, and relationships. in this week's email, we're d...
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Episode 21: Co-parenting and Our One-Night-Only Performances
In this episode we talk about our potential future moving to a commune and co-parenting our Blasian child, a certain character named Uche from Love Is Blind S5, our views on personal growth and need for a strong support system, our dream one-ni...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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1:19:26
Episode 21: Renaissance World Tour Recap and Bed Bugs in Paris
this week's episode, we touch upon topics such as unemployment, celebrity divorces, the Renaissance World Tour (also it being the 10 year anniversary of THE Superbowl halftime show and the self-titled album), Paris Fashion Week being a bed bug ...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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Episode 20: We're Back (and In Our Villain Eras?)
hey everyone! we're so happy to be back for season 3 (!!!!) and we hope everyone has had a restful past few months. in this one Khadija and I discuss: why everyone isn't doing okay, body counts, Doja Cat, Roxxy Andrews and that bus stop, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:17:29
Episode 19: Books and Reading (feat. Colleen)
hi everyone! this week's episode is all about reading so who better to join us than one of our favourite people -- our friend Colleen! having read 100+ books in 2022 alone, she's definitely the well read one of the friend group. we get into the...
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Episode 18: Monogamy and Non-Monogamy with Kerry Sutra
Hey everyone! We're back this week with an episode about monogamy and non-monogamy (which we will probably have a follow-up episode on). Kerry Sutra, a sensuality, intimacy and relationship coach, joins us to discuss our hot takes on monogamy a...
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Episode 17: The Ick (absolutely no one is safe)
This week we're doing a deep dive into the ick. From the origins of the word, what our icks are, what the general public's icks are (via Reddit and TikTok posts), what is it about men wearing no-show socks that Denny hates so much, and why does...
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Episode 16: Things We Learned In Our 20s
Hi everyone!This week we're talking all about our younger years. The days when we could drink sans hangover, date all the wrong people, and bend over without our backs aching...Send in emails to theleftovermillennials@gmail.com ...
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Episode 15: "I'm sorry if..." is not an apology
Hi everyone!This week we're talking all about apologies. The stages of a good apology (as outlined by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg- a name Khadija mispronounced the entire time). Does anyone owe you an apology? Do YOU owe anyone an apology?&n...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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57:26
Episode 14: The Art of Thirst Traps and Being H-word on Main
WE BACK. Hi everyone! We're kicking things off this season with a banger -- talking about thirst traps and its origins, social implications, the shame we experience behind it, attention economics, and which of the US states is most thirsty.
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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Episode 13: Why Are Things So Ashy Lately?
this week's episode just so happens to be the season finale -- where we wrap up this 13 episode run with even more complaining than the average episode.we talk about the ashiness of the creator economy, K*nye W*st (and consequently some...
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Episode 12: Nostalgia and Why We're Mobilizing the Girlies
This week we're discussing air fryers (they're just convection ovens with a new marketing team), scamming J*ff B*zos, the origins and social implications of nostalgia, pay transparency in the workplace causing us to mobilize the girlies, and wh...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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1:31:02
Episode 11: Queerness
In this week's episode we're discussing the meaning of queerness through the lens of bell hooks (yet again -- she must be so tired of us at this point). We talk about the depth of our queer relationships compared to our relationships with strai...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:20:59
Episode 10: And*ew Taint and Toxic Masculinity (Part 2 of 2)
Today we're discussing toxic masculinity through the lens of bell hooks and her book All About Love: New Visions in our own (chaotic) way. Please subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you g...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:46:44
Episode 10: And*ew Taint and Toxic Masculinity (Part 1 of 2)
The first half of this episode may or may not be part 2 of our Renaissance episode... In the second half we discuss Andrew Tate, the manosphere (what is it?), and incels as a community. In next week's episode (which happens to be part 2 of this...
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1:05:29
(a super mini) Episode 9.5: Getting Older
This one is a super mini episode (we're talking 5 minutes) so manage your expectations accordingly. Or don't! You do you. Next week's episode is a little intense -- we're talking about Andr*w Ta*e and toxic masculinity. Gird your l...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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4:39
Episode 9: Don't Listen To A Single Word We Say (Advice Edition)
This episode feels like us (this includes you, reader) sitting in someone's living room, getting stoned and giving the worst advice. Hope that helped!Please subscribe and rate us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, S...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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48:02
Episode 8: RENAISSANCE (with Travis Davis)
UNIQUE.In this episode we have Khadija's editor, Travis (a fellow B stan), joining us to discuss our favourite tracks off of Renaissance, where we were when we heard the album for the first time, the Kelis controversy, how Beyoncé's Bir...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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2:03:22
Episode 7: Childhood and Parenting (also why we won't have kids)
We're back! We decided to take a well-deserved break from recording just to come back and talk about childhood and our parents so naturally we're (read: Denny) has been catapulted back into the throes of depression (half joking). This one is a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:28:20
Episode 6: Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter: Our Anti-Capitalist Billionaire Queen
Doms... to the back? Release your trade? This one is a long love letter to the Beyhive. When WILL part 2 of Telephone happen? Did that lighting tech really get fired on the IASFWT? We discuss our favourite album (Correction: B'Day was actually ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:50:29
Episode 5: Rethinking Sex? (feat. Khadija's Loneliness Reckoning)
This week's episode is brought to you by: loud garbage trucks and Khadija's fire alarm going off every 30 seconds. Thank you so much for making this week's episode possible. Couldn't have done it without you both. This is what we get for living...
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1:01:08
Episode 4: STFU When You Hear Love Talking (a 'Auntie Diaries by Kendrick Lamar' "analysis")
Happy Pride month! Shout out to all the banks and huge corporations whose marketing teams love emblazoning the rainbow flag everywhere but don't know who Marsha P. Johnson is, or can't tell the difference between Charli XCX, Arca and Sophie.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:36:25
Episode 3: Friendships (and Breakups)
This week, Khadija and I discuss shadow work, their friendship (and villain?) origin story, managing your expectations in friendships, and going through the inevitable friend break up. We explore situations where we've had to come to terms with...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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56:53
Episode 2: Race-fishing. P!nk: the original Blackpink?
This week, Khadija and Denny discuss celebrities who love race-fishing and cultural thievery. Wait a second, Rita Ora isn't Black? K and D talk about white proximity, phenotypes, eugenics, and Urban Dictionary as a highly-esteemed and rep...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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