happy 2026 eeepp & happy first episode of 2026! First and foremost we are very very very sorry for disappearing (we share some context into this in the episode hehe)

this week’s episode is (unfortunately) a little different.. leo is currently in India, having the best time of her life AS SHE SHOULD (don’t worry, she still makes a cameo 💌), so I will be on the mic solo and today I wanted to talk about the viral question at the moment.. “is 2026 the new 2016”. at first, it feels like harmless internet nostalgia… but is that really what’s going on?

in this episode, I dive into:

what 2016 actually represented culturally (and personally)
the psychology of nostalgia and why our brains cling to the past during uncertainty
pre-pandemic innocence, digital exhaustion, and algorithm fatigue
how age, generation, and life stage shape the version of 2016 we miss
why our memories are rosier than reality & and why that’s okay

I hope you enjoy this episode hehe and we can’t wait to be back together on the mic for our usual wednesday uploads! xx

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is 2026 the new 2016? ⭐

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