Fading Friendships, Complex Chats and Other Obvious Problems

Complex chat groups, fading friendships and kids or no kids: episode 4 dives into the parenting debate no one asked for but everyone has an opinion on.

Not everyone should be allowed to have kids. That’s the hot take that kicks off episode 4, and it doesn’t take long for the discussion to spark into something more personal. Kevin, Michela, and Thalassa unpack what it means to choose parenting, reject it, or question if you’re cut out for it at all. Between talks of surrogacy, career-first life plans, and biological clocks that refuse to tick, this episode hits a vulnerable nerve.

Is it immature to not want kids? Is it selfish to have them? And what do you do when your mom brings it up at brunch when you’re 21 and just trying to live? The trio brings real talk to the mic, with enough side tangents (Disney Channel intros, astrology debates, espresso martinis) to keep things dangerously relatable.

Later in the show, the team answers a listener confession about Groningen life: is it more of a party city or a student city? Opinions vary, but everyone agrees that the playlists at Kokomo are on repeat. They also discuss why friendships fade after intro week, how group chats are more complex than friend groups, and why waving back at someone who wasn’t waving at you should be considered a universal trauma.

This week’s Challenge of the Week puts Michela on the spot: ask strangers for advice about painfully obvious problems. You know it’s going to be awkward. And yes, it’ll be filmed.

Produced by Toon Vlietstra, with photography by Tabata, this episode reminds us that student life is rarely polished but always entertaining.

Listen to the full episode on Spotify or YouTube. Or don’t. We’re not your parents.