Generational Drama

The new year kicks off with a delusional dose of optimism. Bryan is deep in The Artist’s Way. Candace is cleansing her space with credit card purchased sage. Both are fully committed to believing they can leave last year’s negativity behind.
They also confront the slow death of language itself. Words no longer mean anything. Just ask Bryan, who says “literally” constantly despite being an avid reader. Candace, meanwhile, is on a full-blown thriller binge, reading anything that thinks it can outsmart Gone Girl with one more unnecessary twist.
Eventually, the two plug into Weapons and officially join the Aunt Gladys hive. A horror movie about addiction and generational trauma? Perfect. Basically just their childhoods, but with different jump scares. 
But the real horror show remains our political circus. Trump is now talking about Greenland. Candace is quietly plotting her escape. Bryan is trying not to think too hard about a future without Sweetgreen.

2025? Out. 2026? In. And according to Marty Supreme, it’s officially time to dream big.
Bryan and Candace recap their Christmaskkuh season, which somehow managed to go in two completely opposite directions. One spent Christmas alone in a log cabin, Cameron Diaz–style in The Holiday. The other was bailing water out of a flooding backyard minutes before guests arrived. Naturally, this sparks a debate over whether carolers still have a place in the 21st century and who, exactly, is opening their door in the middle of that chaos.
Either way, both are more than ready to leave the hellscape of 2025 behind. Between a burning Los Angeles, a company imploding, and an unrelenting political mess, they’re cautiously hopeful for a Labubu-free 2026.
And after seeing Marty Supreme, Bryan’s Letterboxd score confirms the marketing hype, and Gwyneth Paltrow officially earns her way back into his cinematic good graces for the first time since Glee.

Bryan is depressed, and shockingly, so is every other Gen Z worker with a LinkedIn login. Candace insists that if business meetings could still happen at strip clubs, society would be significantly healthier.
Meanwhile, Heated Rivalry has the gays, and a deeply suspicious number of straight women, fully feral in the metaphorical hockey stands. The lone exception is Jordan Firstman from HBO’s I Love LA, who was legally required to work it out on the remix after briefly putting his foot in his mouth.
All of this is unfolding in December, the most cursed month on the calendar, when the only dependable tradition left is a flood of streamer Christmas movies starring washed-up talent. Somehow, this year’s lineup managed to get worse.

Comedian CP joins Generational Drama to talk about leaving the corporate world behind to chase his creative ambitions. He shares an exclusive Diddy story following the 50 Cent–produced Netflix documentary Sean Combs: The Reckoning, along with his own conspiracy theories about the now-disgraced hip-hop mogul. CP also breaks down how he developed a knack for roasting, what it takes to bet on yourself in comedy, and why walking away from stability can sometimes be the smartest move.

When are we going to end up on the White House’s “media offender of the week” list? Hopefully soon. We’d like to thank the academy for considering us. In other news, Bryan and Candace scratch their heads at how Franklin the Turtle has become wartime propaganda and how our current regime is using social media in ways that are now getting pop stars activated. And while the world’s political stage heats up, so do the reunions of reality TV. MAGA has fully infiltrated Real Housewives of Orange County and Selling Sunset, leaving us to ask one question: is there anywhere to escape? No. Reality is bleak.

AI is coming for the youth, and Gen Z can barely land a job as it is. Candace and Bryan wonder when their blue haired, septum pierced barista will be replaced, but instead of focusing on the collapsing economy, Trump is busy chatting with a Saudi prince tied to the murder of a journalist and telling female reporters to quiet piggy. If you need an escape from our political hellscape, follow the yellow brick road straight into dystopia. Wicked For Good has arrived, and Candace and Bryan review the flawed but beloved film while revisiting the legacy of Wicked and The Wizard of Oz. And now that Thanksgiving has passed, Bryan gives thanks for his Grindr fueled Thanksgiving 2024 and for the men responsible for him getting stuffed in more than one way.

A penny saved is a penny earned, said absolutely no one in 2025. Especially now that our billionaire president has officially said goodbye to Abe Lincoln’s little copper face, calling the penny a relic of the past.This week, Bryan and Candace marvel at the rise of inflation, the rise of billionaires, and the fall of the penny, all against the backdrop of a political landscape where New York elects democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani as mayor, MAGA loyalists suddenly reconsider their allegiances, and Marjorie Taylor Greene continues her eternal search for allegedly missing emails. Bryan also reviews his current slate of Apple TV shows, including The Morning Show, Pluribus, and Down Cemetery Road, and boldly declares that Apple has taken the streaming crown, which may or may not sit atop Emma Thompson’s spiky haircut. Meanwhile, Candace’s family curse persists and Bryan’s Botox keeps him from participating in improv.00:00 Why the Penny is Dead: Billionaires and Inflation 03:46 Eat the Rich: New York City's Unaffordable Rent 06:09 Walgreens Holiday Pay: The Power of Unionization 09:33 Hoarding Wealth: Billionaires' Social Responsibility 14:22 Political Dynasties vs. Grassroots: Jack Schlossberg's Ambition 18:02 Marjorie Taylor Greene's Apology and Crack in MAGA 22:38 The Epstein Files: Bubba, Horses, and Megyn Kelly 29:47 Bryan's Apple TV Reviews: The Morning Show, Pluribus, Down Cemetery Road 44:27 The Family Curse: Daughter's Ran Over Foot and Etsy Witches 49:24 Homemade Soup and a Demolished Fire Alarm 52:49 Dishwasher Debates and Bryan's Botox Improv Class

Brace yourself, because comedian Courtney Bee joins Generational Drama and immediately proves she’s the patron saint of Millennial-core confessions. This week, Bryan, Candace, and Courtney get into everything from naming your coochie (Courtney’s = “Dolores,” obviously) to navigating your hoe era to why Gen Z has collectively decided sex is… mid? Social anxiety is winning and the streets are dusty. They also unpack why only rich men should be pushing for open relationships (middle-class poly is a cry for help), and Courtney explains the simple biology of it all: men love holes—any hole, pick a hole, they’re thrilled. Then she drops the real plot twist: the story of how she found out her long-distance boyfriend wasn’t just cheating… he had a family. Like, a full-time cast. Welcome to Generational Drama, where the logic is questionable, the healing is in progress, oversharing is a love language and we eat Black spaghetti and Italian spaghetti.

Hunter Harris, host of Lemme Say This and the voice behind the cult-favorite Substack Hung Up, joins Generational Drama for a conversation that hits every nerve. From religious trauma and first jobs to the movies that made us feel seen (and a little too exposed), Hunter, Bryan, and Candace unpack how pop culture shapes our faith, fears, and sense of self.
They also get into the origin of Hung Up, Hunter’s first-ever bylines, and the films she can’t shake from the corners of her mind.

Once upon a time, we feared strangers’ houses — now it’s running out of gas before the next trunk-or-treat. This week, Bryan and Candace unpack the corporate chaos of Wendy’s and Amazon testing surge pricing and surcharges — while Bryan confesses he dropped Econ 101 faster than Marnie flew to Halloweentown. Meanwhile, he’s basking in his newfound fame after a slutty Troye Sivan costume earned him a devoted following of Brazilian fans, and Candace is making her annual case for Halloween being the best holiday on the calendar — spooky vibes, candy corn, and childhood trauma included. She opens up about getting misgendered in her costume as a kid, while both hosts reflect on their own questionable (read: racist) costume choices from the past. Heidi Klum, DOTS candy, and beige Halloween décor? Consider this your official drag. Welcome to Generational Drama, where the wigs are synthetic, but the trauma is very real.