Zillennials Podcast

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! Kaylee and Lian recap their trip to Maine, which lined up almost exactly with the 10-year anniversary of when they first met. They share highlights like whale watching, playing games, and a ramen spot they loved. Then Kaylee and Lian transition to reminiscing about their trip to Bar Harbor, Maine. The episode covers their drive-up music quiz, seeing the sunr...

📚 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this book club episode, Kaylee and Lian discuss Rouge⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Mona Awad, a spooky-season pick described as “Snow White, but with a beauty cult,” exploring its abstract, dream-like plot about Belle attending her mother’s funeral, undergoing beauty treatments, and becoming increasingly disconnected from reality. Kaylee and Lian unpack characters, the connect...

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this episode, Kaylee and Lian dive into a Days of the Week–themed music swap, starting with their personal rankings of the days of the week. They share and react to picks like “Friday I’m in Love” by The Cure, “It’s Only Wednesday,” “Sunday Scaries” by Connor Price, “Sad Saturdays” by Joba, “for the Weekend,” and “No More Regrets” by Almost Monday. Tune i...

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this episode, Kaylee and Lian review their Summer 2026, covering goals, challenges, brave acts, and favorites. They share updates on reading habits, tackle decluttering, and discuss highlights from the summer. They wrap with favorite reads and podcast episodes and announce the next book club pick.00:00 Introduction 00:36 GoalsWork Life Balance Check 29:54...

📚 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast Book Club! This month we read Oye⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by Melissa Mogollon Kaylee and Lian discussed why they chose the book, what they thought about its unique structure, and what they thought of the characters. They also talk about Abue’s backstory, Luisa’s attempted reconciliation, Luciana’s navigation of her sexuality, and who would most enjoy the drama-heavy, character-...

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! On this episode, Kaylee and Lian break down the ups and downs of navigating your 20s. The hosts discuss how changing friendships, career advice and workplace etiquette, the reality of balancing the responsibilities of adulthood with work, social life, and personal time. Kaylee and Lian close the episode sharing some upsides of surviving your 20s, including b...

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast. In this book-versus-movie episode, Kaylee and Lian compare The Thursday Murder Club after one watched the movie first and the other read the book first. They share thoughts on the book's plot and subplots, what they thought the movie did better, and whether they would continue on with the series. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 01:27 Cozy Mystery Vibes 02:09 Boo...

📖 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this August 2026 reading roundup episode of Zillennials Podcast, Lian shares recent reads including Wild Dark Shore, Japanese Gothic and First Time Caller. Kaylee shares which of Lian's book recommendations is next on her TBR and her mixed feelings on Sarah J. Maas’s Throne of Glass and Crown of Midnight. Then, Kaylee and Lian dive into Dungeon Crawle...

✨ On this dinner party episode of Zillennials Podcast, Kaylee and Lian make chana saag (an Indian curry with chickpeas and spinach). They talk about why they chose the recipe and what they thought of it. They share possible modifications and additions and their overall cooking experience. The conversation closes with summer cooking updates about what Kaylee and Lian have been cooking and eating....

📖 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast Book Club! This month, Kaylee and Lian discuss Babel⁠⁠⁠⁠ by R.F. Kuang, recapping Robin’s upbringing in Canton, his recruitment by Professor Lovell, his time at the Babel Language Institute, and his realization about the truth of silver bars. The conversation dives into character frustrations, especially Robin, Professor Lovell, Letty, Ramy, Victoire, and Gri...

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! This week, Kaylee and Lian discuss their ideal “retirement jobs” and why their generation may not have the luxury of fully retiring. The hosts brainstorm options ranging from working in a bookstore, professional cat sitting, to a donut shop or bakery. Other ideas include working for the post-office, monitoring for forest fires with the National Park Service,...

🍿 Welcome back to Zillennials Watches! On this episode Kaylee and Lian review Zootopia 2. Kaylee and Lian recap the sequel’s premise: Nick is now a cop partnered with Judy, their clashing teamwork leads to workplace strugges, and a discovered snakeskin pulls them into a smuggling case that exposes a conspiracy involving lynxes and what happened to Zootopia’s missing reptile habitat. In the end, K...

📖 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! This month, Kaylee and Lian discuss Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman, sharing how they discovered the popular LitRPG series and discussing different ways they experienced reading the book. They talk about the book’s premise—Carl entering a dungeon-crawl reality TV competition with his ex-girlfriend’s show cat, Princess Donut—highlight favorite details,...

🍿 Welcome back to Zillennials Watches... On this episode, Kaylee and Lian discuss watching episode one of the One Hundred Years of Solitude TV adaptation. They praise the high production quality, including costuming, set design, acting, and the choice to keep the show in Spanish. Kaylee and Lian critique the story’s themes and unsettling visuals while also offering some highlights of the producti...

🎶 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast Music Swap! On this Pride-themed music swap episode of Zillennials Podcast, Kaylee and Lian highlight LGBTQ+ artists. Lian shares songs by David Archuletta, G Flip, and Chappell Roan. Kaylee shares songs by Chromera, Billie Eilish, and girl in red.00:00 Pride Music Swap Intro 00:41 Give You the World by David Archuleta 05:06 It's Alive by Chromera 07:01 D...

🍿 Welcome back to Zillennias Wathces... On this episode, Kaylee and Lian watch two classic Disney films they’d never seen—The Lion King and Sleeping Beauty—and compare them. They start with Sleeping Beauty, criticizing its slow pacing, repetitive princess tropes, and messaging. They then discuss The Lion King as far more entertaining, with iconic music and faster pacing. Listen to find out what c...

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this Spring 2026 quarter-in-review episode, Kaylee and Lian check in on their personal goals and the Zillennials Group Goal. They share highlights, challenges, brave acts, and favorites of the quarter along with favorite books and podcast episodes. Listen to this week’s episode to learn how the second quarter of 2026 went for Kaylee and Lian. 00:00 Spring...

📖 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast Book Club! This month Kaylee and Lian discuss Paul Meridian by Gracie Flahive, a novel set in an LGBTQ+-friendly Florida retirement home as the state falls into the ocean. The story follows Hannah, who invites friends and two key guests—her longtime business partner Luke and her ex Sophie—to spend her final day with her before choosing to end her life due to...

📖 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this January–April 2026 reading roundup Kaylee and Lian chat about Lian’s reading journal, recent reads, Dungeon Crawler Carl, May reading goals, and more. 00:00 Reading Roundup Kickoff 00:40 Lian’s Reading Journal 06:10 Recent Reads 29:11 Goober Readathon Challenge 32:29 Final Wrap And Contact 📚 June 1, 2026 Book Club: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Palm Meridian⁠⁠ by Gracie Fl...

👩🏻‍🍳 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this dinner party episode, the Kaylee and Lian make granola from scratch! They compare two recipes—Pick Up Limes’ toasted coconut and almond granola and a healthy peanut butter granola from Erin Lives Whole—sharing what worked, what was annoying, and which one they’d actually make again. Along the way, they chat yogurt habits, recent eats, and recent...

📖 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast Book Club! In this episode, Kaylee and Lian discuss Jessamine Chan’s The School for Good Mothers ⁠⁠⁠⁠ . They recap the events leading to Frida's enrollment in the school and the school’s teaching methods and goals. They talk through moral “thresholds” for state intervention and how different mothers’ “crimes” are judged. Listen for a thoughtful, heavy dis...

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this travel-themed “This or That” Kaylee and Lian debate windows up vs. down on the highway, shoes on vs. off on planes, compression socks, aisle vs. window seats, paying to pick seats, and soft vs. hard suitcases. They also compare weekend getaways to week-long trips and weigh whether they’d rather have transportation covered or all food paid for. Listen...

🍿 Welcome back to Zillennials Watches! On this episode's double feature, Kaylee and Lian revisit Freaky Friday and watch its sequel Freakier Friday. The hosts recap the original, share their thoughts on the sequel and note parallels between both movies. Listen to this week's episode to hear what each host's favorite moments were and which movie they'd prefer to watch again. 00:00 Introduction 00:...

📖 Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast Book Club! This month, Kaylee and Lian the hosts discuss Land of Milk and Honey⁠ by C Pam Zhang, a climate/speculative post-apocalyptic story where smog has ruined most fresh food, reserving real abundance for the ultra-wealthy. They discuss the novel's matter-of-fact and unsettling tone and key themes such as class and privilege, race and identity erasur...

✨ Welcome back to Zillennials Podcast! In this episode, Kaylee and Lian talk through and loosely rank party themes for anyone who loves hosting! They swap food-focused concepts like "around the world in dishes, a potato party, and eat the movie nights. Beyond food, they discuss how a book exchange could work, why clothes swaps can be tricky, and how murder mystery parties sound fun in theory...