Almost Adulting with Violet Benson

Violet Benson built a massive following as the "Daddy Issues" meme queen on Instagram, and she brought that same blunt, no-filter energy to this podcast. The show mixes solo episodes where Violet shares her own dating disasters and personal growth moments with interview episodes featuring guests like Jay Shetty and Dr. Emily Morse. The result is a show that swings between laugh-out-loud funny and surprisingly insightful. Violet's approach is what she calls "tough love with sass" -- she's not going to tell you what you want to hear, but she'll make you laugh while telling you what you need to hear. Her recurring segments include "Finding My Husband," where she documents her own dating journey in real time, and "Benson Book Club," where she discusses self-help books she's actually reading. New episodes drop weekly on Thursdays and range from 25 minutes to over an hour depending on the topic. At 357 episodes and a 4.7-star rating from nearly 4,000 reviews, the show has serious staying power. She also does monthly zodiac episodes with relationship advice broken down by sign, which adds a fun, lighthearted element to the mix. Violet is particularly good at naming the exact thoughts running through your head at 2 AM after a bad date and making you feel less alone about them. The show works best for women who appreciate directness and humor about the parts of your twenties that nobody warns you about -- the loneliness, the career panic, the weird grief of outgrowing friendships.