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Episode 16 · Coming Tuesday, October 6

Who Let Us Adult?

We Love You, But You Give Us the Ick

You can love someone and still get the ick. Channing and Vanessa get into the everyday relationship habits that push their buttons—from keyboard clicks and seatbelt alarms to unfinished chores, laundry, shared bathroom space, and the muumuu debate.

Tuesday, October 6: audio at 8 AM Mountain / 10 AM Eastern; full YouTube episode at 5 PM Mountain / 7 PM Eastern.

Content note: explicit language.

Who Let Us Adult? Episode 16 cover art: We Love You, But You Give Us the Ick, featuring Channing and Vanessa.
The Motive: Wilson book cover by Calvin Baker and Nick Colomb

Fiction · A mystery thriller

The Motive: Wilson

By Calvin Baker and Nick Colomb

A murder closed the case. One missing round opened it again.

The first book in the Wilson universe explores family, power, memory, and the motives hidden beneath a town’s public account. Step into the story through its people, places, and evidence.

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Channing & Vanessa.

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Channing Oaks holding a studio microphone during a Who Let Us Adult? recording.

Who Let Us Adult? co-host

Channing Oaks

Vanessa smiling in the Who Let Us Adult? recording space beside a studio microphone.

Who Let Us Adult? co-host

Vanessa