Good morning. Hi Megan. Hi Cindy. Thank you so much for answering your phone

on the simple morning on a Sunday. No problem. It all started eight months ago.

It all started eight months ago back in December of 2015.

This was before Radiotopia, before the wave of sponsorships, before I could pay an editor.

I'm in my closet in Kittery, Maine, living a double life between my radio job and making this show.

And I'm feeling millennials growing pains.

I can tell you the things that I think would be really awesome for you to help out with

with millennials. But then Cindy, a sophomore in college cold emails me, offering to help with millennial, and I take her offer.

I where are you from?

I am from Southern California and then as you know now I'm going to school in New Hampshire.

Yeah, you sound so excited.

And then, Laura, a senior at the same college and also one of Cindy's friends,

reaches out and asked to help millennial.

I hadn't posted anything asking for help, but I feel like this is a gift from the startup gods.

It's been really hard for me to respond to all these emails. We could envision being on the show. So I think that's where I would have you help.

I would love to be able to like teach you how to look for really great compelling stories within these emails and then that sounds awesome.

In two weeks I find myself unexpectedly with my first set of interns.

I want to make sure that is a totally a two-way street and whatever you want to get out of this experience is suitable for you as well.

Whatever you want to get out of this experience is my way of saying something other than money because I can't afford to pay my interns. You're listening to millennial, a podcast about coming of age and maneuvering your

20s. When you're asking people to work for you, is it okay not to pay them?

Even if they want to work for free? I used to be one of those interns,

you should let each night,

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