Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) and Garden State (2004)

The eighth episode of the Grey Album Podcast – an audio companion to the newsletter that takes a free-wheeling look at pop culture.

This episode we look at two films that are millenial classics: Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), a quirky time-travel comedy starring Aubrey Plaza and Garden State (2004), Zach Braff’s coming-of-age comedy drama that touched the heart of sensitive young white guys everywhere.

Featuring:

* A 2011 moment

* “hoomans”

* Millennials healing our souls

* KONY 2012

* The first two Coldplay albums

* Kim Jong Un’s film taste

* Desert Storm trading cards

* The decline of Netflix originals

* Why power ballads died out

and much, much, more!

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