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New Adults SD

New Adults SD

Patrick Flanigan

27 episodesENExplicit

Show overview

New Adults SD has been publishing since 2023, and across the 3 years since has built a catalogue of 27 episodes. That works out to roughly 15 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence, with the show now in its 3rd season.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 30 min and 37 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.

The show is still active — the most recent episode landed 1 months ago, though releases have slowed compared with earlier in the run. The busiest year was 2024, with 12 episodes published. Published by Patrick Flanigan.

Episodes
27
Running
2023–2026 · 3y
Median length
32 min
Cadence
Monthly

From the publisher

The New Adults SD podcast captures lively discussions of three teenage friends living in San Diego about their experiences and perspectives as new adults. The podcast focuses on various topics and challenges that all "new adults" encounter such as working, driving, school, and more. The New Adults are Laurel, Kaitlyn, and Grace. The host is Patrick Flanigan from the San Diego State University Digital Humanities Center.The idea for the podcast first began as a sound check by host Patrick Flanigan to test out new podcasting equipment. Patrick enlisted his daughter Grace and her two friends, Kaitlyn and Laurel, to just talk for 30 minutes. The podcasting experience was so fun and insightful for all involved, the idea of an ongoing series was embraced. Music provided by Punk Rock Drum Machine

Latest Episodes

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Spring Break 2026 Bonus Episode

Apr 15, 202627 min

S3 Ep 8Parental Advisory Episode

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A Parental Advisory episode to wrap up Season 3 of New Adults SD. Many words of wisdom and insight for the New Adults from their parents (Old Adults). Hear what has changed from when the parents were New Adults, what advice they'd give their younger selves, and solid questions for the New Adults before they head off to college.

Sep 18, 20251h 3m

S3 Ep 7On to College!

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The New Adults SD discuss what they are looking forward for their first semester of college. Topics such as class loads, dorm life, dining halls, non class activities, and what home comforts they'll miss and look forward to on that first trip back home.

Aug 28, 202550 min

S3 Ep 6Grad Night and Day / Done with High School!

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The New Adults SD post game their final high school mile marker, graduation. A day of celebration, but also exhaustion as some genius scheduled their celebratory "grad night" of an all night experience at a So Cal theme park the night before their graduation ceremony. This is the last episode to have "high school" in the metadata. Congrats to the New Adults for getting to the finish line.

Jun 6, 202532 min

S3 Ep 5Senior Prom Post Game

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The New Adults SD have a post game discussion regarding their senior prom. Did it live up to the hype? Fashion discussions. Was their "prom-a"/drama?. Is Senior Prom a racket? A tip culture tangent, and who is the event wizard scheduling senior activities at their high school.. Also a new podcasting studio is broken in by the best podcasting trio, the New Adults SD.

Jun 5, 202532 min

S3 Ep 42025 (then and now)

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The New Adults SD , the Class of 2025 discuss their thoughts on this milestone year exploring the perception they had of 2025 from their youth, their present, and how they may look back at it. With college on the horizon they end with who each of them would be in the study group on the classic show, Community

Jan 31, 202527 min

S3 Ep 3Friends of the Pod Mailbag

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The New Adults SD answer questions from Friends of the Pod and Family of the Pod. See what the "Gang" has to say about steaming topics like Hot Dogs, First Impressions, Featured Artists, College Aspirations, High School Hell vs College Roommate Hell, Future Embarrassments, and Holding Space for Thanksgiving.

Dec 11, 202453 min

S3 Ep 2College Applications

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In a very special scholarly episode, the New Adults SD discuss the college application process and all that goes with it. Recorded before Thanksgiving break there is talk about food, travel, school mascots, voice over skills, life skills, and agreement that despite the stress over college applications everything will be OK.

Dec 3, 202432 min

S3 Ep 1Halloween

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The New Adults SD kick off Season 3 discussing one of their favorite festive holidays, Halloween. Best costumes, worst costumes, tricks and treats,

Oct 17, 202437 min

S2 Ep 9Senior Year

In a longer than normal episode to end season 2, the New Adults SD look ahead to their Senior Year. They discuss their Senior parking privilege, Senior Pranks, Senior Assassin, Senior Prom, easy classes, lighter work loads, Dodgeball, Super Seniors, and being done with Senior year. Tangents a plenty as well.

Aug 8, 202445 min

S2 Ep 8Tangents

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An episode of New Adults SD that probably no one ever asked for is compiled together from a long recording session that was meant to test the new equipment and sound effects. Topics of Arsenal, Proper Football, Childhood Fears, Senior Cheers, Sponsorship, and a deep dive on the use of profanity. Warning: there is plenty of fruity language as one would say towards the end.

Aug 1, 202429 min

S2 Ep 7Summer 2024

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Summer 2024 is the topic of this musical episode with recaps of summer travels and adventures. Baseball and the fishing and rejecting of sponsors are frequent tangents.

Jul 30, 202428 min

S2 Ep 6Junior Year recap

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This episode has the New Adults SD looking back and reviewing the highs and lows of their junior year. Plenty of tangents. Bonus failed intro at the end.

Jul 25, 202433 min

S2 Ep 5Siblings

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A very special episode featuring the college attending siblings of New Adults SD. Oscar, from University of Washington, Karleigh, of University of Missouri, and Liam, of San Diego State University, all answer 6 questions on their thoughts of when they were "New Adults" and on the New Adults SD podcast. Some bonus trash talking of video games, etc. round out the episode.

Jun 4, 202442 min

S2 Ep 4Advanced Placement

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The New Adults share their experiences of taking Advance Placement (AP) classes in their Junior Year. Detail about the testing experience, how they think it shaping their college plans, and how they enjoy the free time in class now that they have completed the class.

May 29, 202438 min

S2 Ep 3Spring

In an out of the ordinary episode of New Adults SD, the group riff on the topic of Spring as a season, video games, baseball, travel, and adolescent pranks.

Mar 21, 202429 min

S2 Ep 2Artificial Intelligence

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The New Adults SD delves into the hot topic of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) looking at both positive and negatives of its use. Robots, AI generated content, algorithms, Chat GPT, Disney, Terminator and more are discussed

Feb 2, 202436 min

S2 Ep 1Education

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The New Adults SD review their recent midterms experience, their preference of educational assessment, and general education. Included is the Applause vs Apple Sauce issue.

Jan 24, 202427 min

S1 Ep 9Holidays

A special winter holiday episode of the New Adults SD to wrap up season 1. First holiday memories, favorite foods, decorations, traditions, holiday content, and legend of Mojo

Dec 14, 202331 min

S1 Ep 8Extracurricular Activities

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The New Adult SD shares their many extracurricular activities, covering sports, art, crochet, TV, video games, and Roblox bingo

Dec 14, 202330 min
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