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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 addresse…

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    • Feb 26, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 102 EPISODES


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    Adulthood Made Easy: Sam's Soliloquy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2017 27:46


    On the final episode of Adulthood Made Easy, Sam shares what she's learned, what she'll miss and what she won't. Plus, a special guest appearance from her mom.

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Your Favorite Moments

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2017 25:17


    In this episode, Sam hears from you! We play listener voicemails reflecting on your favorite moments of the show. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: On Balancing with Ashley Ford

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2017 47:23


    Ashley Ford is a writer and public speaker living in Brooklyn. She and Sam talk about how to stay informed nowadays while taking care of yourself. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: There's Really an Adulting School

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2017 22:07


    Sam speaks with Rachel Weinstein and Katie Brunelle about The Adulting School, their online school that teaches real world skills like handling your finances, how to change a tire, and how to be a healthy adult. 

    Adulthood Made Easy: It's a Small World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2017 37:11


    Sam speaks with the creators of Mavenly & Co. Kate Gremillion and Tallia Deljou, who Sam met through her sorority in college. Their business coaches young professional women focus their career goals. 

    Adulthood Made Easy: A Roach You Might Just Love

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 19:43


    Last year Amanda Huang made the resolution to get as many free meals in New York City as she possibly could and document it. She talks with Sam about how it worked and how she gave back to the community. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Developing Your "Cooking Habit"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2017 25:29


    Sam speaks with Emily Gerger, creator of the Cooking Habit, a program to help people incorporate cooking in their lives and develop a lifelong cooking habit. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: 30 Under 30's Rhonesha Byng

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 32:22


    Sam sits down with Rhonesha Byng who recently made Forbes' 30 under 30 list. She the founder and CEO of Her Agenda, a media platform for millennial women. She shares about how starting starting in journalism in high school really made her stand out. 

    Adulthood Made Easy: Confronting the Kitchen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2017 42:48


    Sam sits down with Real Simple Food Director Dawn Perry for some kitchen fundamentals. They'll talk about cooking essentials from the knives you need to the pantry items. Plus, some quick tips for making cooking part of your after-work routine. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Becoming a "Financial Grownup"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2016 25:54


    Sam talks with financial expert Bobbi Rebell about her new book How to Be a Financial Grownup and a few easy things you can do in January to become a money master in 2017.

    Adulthood Made Easy: Getting Your Sh*t Together with Sarah Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2016 38:59


    Sarah Knight author ofThe Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don’t Have with People You Don’t Like Doing Things You Don’t Want to Do speaks with Sam about her latest book.

    Adulthood Made Easy: Gilmore Girls Revival

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2016 41:47


    Sam and her colleagues sit down to talk about the Gilmore Girls reboot and how Rory Gilmore is portrayed as an entitled millennial who cannot seem to get it together.  

    Adulthood Made Easy: Tackling Modern Dating with Why Oh Why Host Andrea Silenzi

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2016 38:12


    Sam sits down with Andrea Silenzi, host the modern-dating podcast Why Oh Why, to tackle the question of who should buy the first drink. They'll sample some never-been-aired tape from a single, straight male focus group which attempts to answer the question as well. 

    Adulthood Made Easy: Mara Wilson, Star of Matilda, on Starting Over

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2016 34:18


    Sam and Mara talk about her early years in movies, including Mrs. Doubtfire and Matilda, and her journey to becoming a writer.

    Adulthood Made Easy: Nelufar Hedayat on "The Traffickers" & Post-Election thoughts

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2016 41:26


    Sam sits down with  international journalist Nelufar Hedayat to talk about her past year's work making a new documentary "The Traffickers." 

    Adulthood Made Easy: Thanksgiving Orphans

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2016 28:24


    Sam speaks with two friends who can't make it home for Thanksgiving, so they share the traditions they created instead. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Abbi Jacobson on Coloring, Comedy, and Carrying

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2016 22:36


    Abbi joins Sam to discuss her new book, CARRY THIS BOOK, and how she balances her love of art with her demanding day job.

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    Adulthood Made Easy: How to Find (And Use) Your Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2016 38:07


    Sam speaks with Leah Bonvissuto from Bespoken, a company that uses theater techniques to help clients hone their public speaking and “empower your voice.” Leah offers key advice for overcoming your fear of speaking in public, speaking in an interview, or just speaking your mind.

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Sometimes You Don’t Have a Career Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2016 31:44


    Sam talks to Danielle Claro, a colleague from Real Simple, who explains how she went from dancer to editor, and why she doesn’t feel she made concrete career “moves.” 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Landlord Nightmares

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2016 38:49


    Sam talks with two guest about their worst landlords ever. Raz's story includes an eviction. Kristen's included nudity. Happy renting!

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Breaking Through Your Quarter Life Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2016 30:00


    Sam talks with Adam Smiley Poswolsky, a career expert focused on helping 20- and 30-somethings break out of their career rut and pursue a path that is meaningful to them. His new book is called The Quarter Life Breakthrough.  Panoply Survey We want you to tell us about the podcasts you enjoy, and how often you listen to them. So we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn’t even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to www.panoply.fm/survey

    Adulthood Made Easy: Going Back to School to Pursue Your Passion

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2016 25:47


    Sam talks to her friend and coworker Grace, who recently started attending culinary school part-time. Grace discusses how she affords it, how she makes time for it, and why going back to school made sense for her. Panoply Survey We want you to tell us about the podcasts you enjoy, and how often you listen to them. So we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn’t even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to www.panoply.fm/survey

    Why You Need a Feminist Fight Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2016 41:46


    Sam talks to journalist and Feminist Fight Club founder Jessica Bennett about how women can fight sexism in the workplace, support their female coworkers, and get the credit they deserve. Learn more about Bennett and her book at http://www.feministfightclub.com/.

    Adulthood Made Easy: The Roommate(s) From Hell

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2016 34:09


    Everyone has a horror story from living with a roommate—but Sam has asked listeners to share stories that will make you feel grateful for your living situation.

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Smart Money Moves You Should Make

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2016 35:57


    Should you invest? How should you pay off your loans? What do you really need in your savings account? Shannah Compton Game, financial expert and host of Your Millennial Money podcast, has the answers.

    Adulthood Made Easy: It’s More Than Just “Sad”

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2016 40:42


    Sam talks to NYC-based psychologist Dr. Tiffany Miller about two things no one talks about when you enter the real world: depression and anxiety.

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Taking Your Relationship Long Distance

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2016 29:12


    Sam's boyfriend recently moved hundreds of miles away to attend graduate school. How will she cope with dating him from afar? Her boss Laura and now-husband John, who were long-distance partners for years, share their wisdom.

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Moving to a New City After College, Then Moving Again and Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2016 26:15


    Kim Struglinski has lived in 3 cities in the past 4 years, plus she travels all the time for work. And she's only 26 years old. Kim shares her story and her tips for feeling at home anywhere. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2016 33:35


    Do you ever wish you could go into adulthood with a full guidebook created by your mom? Margaux Bergen thought her kids might, and so she wrote a book for each one. The first of the three books was just published in August 2016. It's called Navigating Life: Things I Wish My Mother Had Told Me.

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Getting Engaged, Then Changing Your Mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2016 27:10


    Some of us date in our twenties. Some of us get engaged. And then there are those of us, like Jessica Pasko who get engaged and break it off before the wedding. Pasko is a former journalist who now works in the greater Silicon Valley area doing public relations for tech companies. She also continues to write on a freelance basis, including a number of short essays about her terrible dating debacles.

    Adulthood Made Easy: Sam, Like Most Millennials, Does Not Have a Credit Card

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2016 25:39


    Nearly two-thirds of millennials in America do not own a credit card, according to a survey commissioned by Bankrate and compiled by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Among them: Sam Zabell. Sam talks with two millennials who've chosen to buck the trend. Will they convince her to join them? Odelia is 24 and got her first credit card within a year of graduating from college. And Cameron, 26, has had a credit card since he was a teenager.

    Adulthood Made Easy: From Theatre Major to Business School Grad

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2016 35:26


    Sam's friend Maddy, who studied theatre and psychology as an undergrad, talks about uprooting her New York life to pursue business school in London.

    Adulthood Made Easy: The High School Reunion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2016 29:40


    Sam has no interest in attending her high school reunion. Can two people who attended their own reunions change her mind? Laura, who went to high school in small-town Indiana, and Zack, who went to high school in upstate New York, share their reunion stories. 

    Adulthood Made Easy: Moving Back In With The Parents

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2016 27:36


    Sam talks with her sister Ally, a recent college graduate, about how she's coping with her new old roommates: her parents. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: The Art of Reinvention

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2016 31:21


    Do you wish you could be someone other than who you were in high school or college? Meet Tammy Tibbetts, who went from "most shy" in high school, to award-winning founder and CEO of She's the First, a respected non-profit that provides scholarships to girls in low-income countries with the goal of creating first-generation graduates. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: We Should Start Thinking About Work-Life Balance

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2016 23:39


    Sam talks to Anne-Marie Slaughter, who offers some advice to grads on planning for the future, and why “care is as important as career.” Slaughter is the president of New America Foundation and author of Unfinished Business, which you can buy here: https://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Business-Women-Work-Family/dp/0812994566

    Adulthood Made Easy: Where Dating Comes From

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2016 25:55


    Ever wondered what the first real date looked like? Moira Weigel, author of the new book Labor of Love, sheds light on the history of dating, and why we should stop freaking out about the hookup culture. 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: I Just Graduated… Now What?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2016 25:45


    Sam talks to Katherine Schwarzenegger about how she spent her first year after college—interviewing awesome, influential people, from Serena Williams to John Legend.

    Adulthood Made Easy: Finding Humor In Loss

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2016 33:51


    Sam talks to Nora McInerny Purmort about loss, cancer, single motherhood, and laughter.

    Adulthood Made Easy: Dr. Meg Jay on Why Your Twenties Matter

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2016 35:55


    Sam talks with Dr. Meg Jay, author of “The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter And How to Make the Most of Them Now.” From work to family to love, Dr. Jay has concrete words of advice and reassurance for people who want to use their twenty-something years wisely.     

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    Adulthood Made Easy: The Career Codes You Need to Follow

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2016 29:44


    Sam talks to Clique Media and WhoWhatWear founders Hillary Kerr and Katherine Power about their new book, The Career Code, and what all new graduates need to know before they format their resume.

    Adulthood Made Easy: Real Artists Have Day Jobs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2016 37:43


    Sam talks to comedian and author Sara Benincasa whose book, Real Artists Have Day Jobs, reassures everyone that just because you have a “real job” doesn’t mean you’re not also an artist. We need salaries to survive, people.

    Adulthood Made Easy: Finding Fame on the Internet

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2016 31:24


    Sam continues her Side Hustle series with Rebecca Blaine Carton and Kira McCarthy. Blain Carton works part time for a non-profit theatre company. McCarthy also works for a non-profit, one focused on maternal mental health. But when they’re not at their day jobs, both are New York based actors, who you may recognize from their popular Funny or Die web series, Living Thru the Lens. The two explain how they launched their series, how they balance their side hustle with their day jobs, and what they find funniest in life. 

    Adulthood Made Easy: The Face of the Zoodle

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2016 27:45


    Sam talks to Ali Maffucci of Inspiralized about her wildly successful spiralizing blog, and how she moved from corporate America to cooking in her kitchen. Buy the Inspiralized cookbook here: http://www.amazon.com/Inspiralized-Vegetables-Healthy-Creative-Satisfying/dp/0804186839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461261138&sr=8-1&keywords=inspiralized+cookbook

    Adulthood Made Easy: Netflix and Chill? There’s a Poem for That

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2016 23:58


    Sam talks to Samantha Jayne, the voice of @QuarterLifePoetry, about her hilarious rhymes and how they came to be. Buy the book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Quarter-Life-Poetry-Poems-Hangry/dp/1455565288/ref=sr_1_1 

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    Adulthood Made Easy: When Your Day Job and Passion Project Are Almost the Same

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2016 26:09


    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.

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    Adulthood Made Easy: Balancing Your Side Hustle and Your Main Hustle

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2016 24:02


    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. 

    Adulthood Made Easy: Why Are We Getting Burnt Out At Work?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2016 30:49


    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. 

    Adulthood Made Easy: This Comic Book Artist Has Your Dream Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2016 25:18


    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/

    Adulthood Made Easy: What Happens When You Move In Together?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2016 43:04


    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. 

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    What’s the Secret to a Lasting Friendship?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2016 37:42


    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

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