💸 We Can’t Afford to Cry Anymore (It’s Dehydrating)
Welcome to late-stage capitalism, where avocados cost $3.29 and therapy is $180/hour—if you’re lucky. With Carissa recovering from sticker shock in the egg aisle, Shaun and Peter spiral into the absolute absurdity of trying to exist in a world where rent is a joke, healthcare is a scam, and your favorite cereal is now a luxury item.

From $28 pizzas to suspiciously small bags of chips, nothing is sacred in this week's unpacking of inflation, shrinkflation, and just how many apps are secretly trying to charge you for “inner peace.” We’re talking class rage, racial profiling at checkout, girl math, bro math, gay math, and why the only thing shrinking faster than our bank accounts is the number of chicken bites at Domino’s.

This one’s for the tired, broke, and delusionally hopeful. If you’ve ever screamed internally at a grocery store or considered bartering your soul for decent internet speeds, this one’s for you.

🔪 May your budget survive the week, and your iced coffee be strong enough to fight capitalism.

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🎧 Pride Across The Map: How We Celebrate Around the World!🌈

Pack your glitter passport and emotional support fan—this week on Apocalypse & Avocados, we’re boarding a rainbow rocket to explore Pride around the world. From the riotous roots of Stonewall to the boat parades of Amsterdam and yodeling queens in Switzerland, we’re diving deep into how LGBTQ+ communities celebrate, resist, and sparkle across the globe.

Joined by special guest (and notorious mic-thief) Martin, we trace the evolution of Pride from protest to pop culture, unravel the symbolism behind LGBTQ+ flags, and highlight the joy, weirdness, and resilience baked into Pride traditions worldwide. Yes, we’ve got trivia. Yes, we’ve got hot takes. And yes—there’s a time and place for a thong, and we’re gonna talk about it.

Whether you're a Pride veteran, a curious ally, or someone who just really loves flags and fabulous people, this episode is your official invite to the global queer party.

🎤 In this episode, we cover:

• Why Pride started and why it still matters
• The original 1978 Pride flag and what each color means
• Iconic and obscure Pride traditions (snowbanks! dog drag shows! samba queens!)
• The double identity of Pride as both protest and celebration
• How lesbians played a vital role during the AIDS epidemic
• LGBTQ+ representation in pop culture—from Drag Race to international activism
• How to show up respectfully and joyfully to Pride events

📍Chapters include:

• Pride History & Global Celebrations
• The Power of Symbols and Flags
• Quirks, Kinks, and Cultural Curiosities
• Activism, Advocacy & International Progress
• Pride in Pop Culture & What the Future Holds

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🎧 Keywords: Pride, LGBTQ+, celebrations, history, culture, flags, symbols, pop culture, community, activism

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Work got you spiraling? Family driving you wild? Pride month just around the corner and you’re already emotionally overdrawn? Same, Doomscrollers.

This week, Shaun, Peter, and Carissa are serving up a mess of work horror stories, family legends, and vacation chaos—plus a glitter-drenched preview of Pride season. From greasy bosses and group chat drama to ferry rides from hell and poolside confessions, we’re sharing our most unhinged summer stories (and a few we probably shouldn’t).

Get ready for rants, laughs, and a little too much honesty as we spiral our way into the hottest, weirdest months of the year. Grab your sunscreen, your emotional support water bottle, and your best Pride outfit—it’s about to get messy.

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Think your group chat is messy? This week, the Doomscrollers are diving into the wild world of emotional labor, friendship boundaries, and the art of surviving unsolicited vent sessions—without losing your mind (or your snacks). Expect unfiltered rants, relatable chaos, and a twist you won’t see coming.

Join Peter and the crew as they unpack the real talk behind being everyone’s emotional support human, why setting boundaries is harder than keeping a succulent alive, and what happens when friendship turns into free therapy. Whether you’re here for the laughs, the life lessons, or the millennial coping mechanisms, this episode is your permission slip to say “nope” and reclaim your peace.

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No Filter, Just Feelings (and F-bombs)
In this delightfully unfiltered episode of Apocalypse & Avocados, your favorite trio—Carissa, Peter, and Shaun—peel back the perfectly filtered layers of social media to talk real authenticity in the age of clout-chasing. From TikTok trends and music culture to the emotional chaos of parenting and the hot mess that is current events, they serve up laughs, rants, and some unflinching honesty (yes, including that not every baby is cute).

Expect a messy, millennial, queer-coded journey through content creation, gender identity, viral nonsense, and why humor might just be our last defense in a world that feels like it’s running on vibes and iced coffee.

🔊 Tune in for unhinged takes, surprising depth, and the kind of conversations you scream “YES, EXACTLY” at in your car.

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Eco-Anxiety and Other Things I Can’t Recycle

Is the planet burning or is that just our anxiety again? (Spoiler: it’s both.)

In this chaotic, cathartic episode, the hosts unpack eco-anxiety, corporate greenwashing, and the emotional spiral of trying to save the world with a reusable tote. From personal sustainability fails to pop culture hypocrisy, we dive into why recycling your oat milk carton won’t fix ExxonMobil—but hey, it might ease the guilt.

We’re talking:

• Climate change dread and the mental toll it takes
• Greenwashing and why your “eco” soap might be lying
• Celebrity climate offenders (looking at you, private jets)
• The myth of the individual solution
• The tragic comedy of trying (and failing) to be sustainable

Come for the climate crisis, stay for the emotionally compostable content. 🌱

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ChatGPT Take the Wheel (and Crash It)
💥 Technology is taking over. And honestly? It's kind of judging you.

From your morning playlist to your doomscrolling addiction, AI is everywhere—and in this episode, we’re side-eying it from every angle. The Apocalypse & Avocados crew dives headfirst into how artificial intelligence is messing with our relationships, our productivity, our sanity… and yes, even our gym routines.

We talk about AI influencers that make you feel ugly, ethical black holes like deepfakes and misinformation, and the moment Carissa realized ChatGPT might actually be her most supportive relationship. 🙃

We ask the real questions:

• Can you be ghosted by a chatbot?
• Is it rude not to say “thank you” to Siri?
• Are we still creative if AI writes our resumes and roasts?

Buckle up—because this AI episode is funny, chaotic, slightly unhinged, and definitely not written by robots (except the parts that were).

🧠 Topics include
• AI in our daily lives (even when you don’t notice)
• Misinformation and deepfakes: who’s accountable?
• Politeness to AI = better vibes?
• Productivity hacks vs. digital dependence
• How AI impacts mental health and authenticity
• Carissa vs. an AI boyfriend
• Avocado-generated poetry (yes, really)

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Subscription Spiral: Broke, Confused, Subscribed
In this episode of Apocalypse & Avocados, the hosts tumble headfirst into the modern hellscape known as the subscription economy—where everything from your favorite shows to your weather app demands a monthly fee, and somehow you’re still watching ads. 🫠

From streaming services that cost more than cable to forgotten fitness apps quietly draining your bank account, we unpack the emotional damage (and actual damage) of being perpetually subscribed. Expect rants, nostalgic sighs for the days of DVDs and LimeWire, and a collective scream into the void over consumer culture in the digital age. We also manage to tie in some spicy takes on political absurdity, healthcare nightmares, and—because this is still Apocalypse & Avocados—a blunt reminder to leave trans people alone.

Takeaways include:

• We’re all accidentally subscribed to something.
• Ads should not exist in paid services, and yet, here we are.
• Subscriptions have replaced ownership and peace of mind.
• Social media is next in line to charge us for basic existence.
• The only thing we truly own anymore is our financial despair.

It’s petty, political, and painfully real, just like us.

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