BLIND DATES
Episode 1: Tent Sex | Season 2 of In the Dark
Episode 2: I Just Unbuttoned My Pants | Shine app
Episode 3: #BlockBlockBlockBlockBlock | Ask Polly
Episode 4: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic? | Affirmation Pod
Episode 5: That Butterfly Is Intimacy | Do You Like My Little Lie?
Episode 6: Frickin’ Robert Frost | The Mask You Live In
Episode 7: Two Virgins Who Can’t Drive | Robyn
Episode 8: I Too Have Loved A Tank of Toxic Sludge | Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown
Episode 9: Affirmation Masturbation | “A Little Life” by Hanya Yanagihara
Episode 10: The Relationship Dump | Ada Limon (poet)
Episode 11: There Are Whole States I Can’t Go Back To (With Olivia Gatwood) | The Red Parts by Maggie Nelson
Episode 12: Quit This Shit Girl | "The Daily," the NYT's daily podcast hosted by Michael Barbaro.
Episode 13: I’m Not Listening to the Words He’s Saying | WaPo article "What Do We Owe Her Now" Elizabeth Bruenig
Episode 14: It Will Never Make Sense | Haruki Murakami
Episode 15: Let Me Be Great | Mindful Relationship Habits by J Scott and Barrie Davenport (book)
Episode 16: I Don’t Want Your Wishy-Washy Tepid Bullshit | Bubble baths
Episode 17: The Word of the Day Is Sustainability | General self care?
Episode 18: Peanut Butter in Bed | Personality test: Enneagram
Episode 19: I Wanna Be Happy For You But I’m Insanely Jealous | Seen On Radio, Season Three: Men
Episode 20: Surprise Boner! | App: Co-Star (astrology)
Episode 21: To Know You And Love You So Simply | Gratitude/Sierra's practice of lighting four candles.
Episode 22: Ghosts Can’t Text | Jeopardy (Available on Hulu and Netflix)
Episode 23: Shame Can’t Live in the Dark…I Mean Light | @bunnymichael on Instagram
Episode 24: Fa La La La Block | Nathan for You, Season 4 Ep #7
Episode 25: In What Way Has This Been Great For You | Suggestion; celebrate PRIDE!
Episode 26: Tiny Little Boner in Your Heart | TV Show: RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars Season 4
Episode 28: I Don’t Trust You But Here Is My Heart | @CheapOldHouses on Instagram
Episode 29: Overextending Yourself Isn’t Love | Podcast: "Sleeping at Last"
Episode 30: How to Not Take Someone Else’s Relationship Personally | Back with the Ex
Episode 31: You Don’t Have To Be Friends With Your Exes | "Journey to the Heart" by Melody Beattie
Episode 32: An Emotionally Unavailable Kitchen Sponge of a Human | Secular Meditation:32 practices for Cultivating Inner Peace, Compassion and Joy by Rick Heller
Episode 33: Back in My Day, You Just Poked A Man With A Stick | Affirmitors affirmation cards
Episode 34: Boy Bye (Pay Us $1000) | Yoga With Adriene
Episode 35: Fluent In The Language Of “Well, He Did It Because…” | @notesfromyourtherapist on instagram
Episode 36: Hippie Woo Woo Bullshit Self Love Bla Bla Bla #Instagram Fucking Whatever | @_personals_ on instagram (doesn’t seem to exist any more)
Episode 37: In Which Sam Attempts to Quote Wayne Gretzky | Screen time limitations @breakthetwitch
Episode 38: Totally Not About Butt Stuff | Podcast: "Invisibilia"
Episode 39: This Is Your Heart On Heartbreak | "The Body Is Not An Apology" by Sonya Renee Taylor
Episode 40: Frolicking With a Peasant Boy Named Ralph | TV Show; The Other Two
Episode 41: Sam’s Nightmare, Sierra’s Wet Dream | Suggestion; go outside!
Episode 42: When All Your Hard Work Just Doesn’t Work | "Daring Greatly" by Brene Brown
Episode 43: Everybody’s Dumpable | "Opening Up; A guide to creating and sustaining open relationships" by Tristan Taormino
Episode 44: Boom Boom Boom AHHhhAahhhaaa | "This American Life", episode 674; get a spine
Episode 45: Dear Ex, I Hope You’re In Therapy | True Lemon
Episode 46: Weird Sexual Encounters of the Third Kind | "Cold" (true crime podcast)
Episode 47: A Bit of a Pickle - Netflix: "The Call to Courage"
Episode 48: The Brain is a Bonkers Place - Podcast: "The Two Princes"
Episode 49: Emotional Connection is My Drug of Choice - You Need a Budget
Episode 50: Romantic Convicts | Suggestion: taking classes
Episode 51: You Know What To Do | Aaptiv
Episode 52: He Is Not Worth Erasing Yourself Everyday For a Year | The Luminaries
Episode 53: Making His Life Perfect & Mine a Living Hell! | Listen to Lizzo
Episode 54: Live Anniversary Show! | "Under the Skin" by Brene Brown and Russell Brand
Episode 55: Destigmatize the Sex Rut | Pixel Eyewear
Episode 56: Come On Voldemort, Let's Go To The Beach | "Where the Crawdads Sing" by Delia Owens
Episode 57: You May Never Know If They Cheated On You | Pachinko by Min Jee Lee
Episode 58: The FBI Has Seen All Angles Of My Naked Body | Schitt's Creek
Episode 59: I Wasn’t Being Uncommunicative; I Was In Vietnam for 7 Weeks and Didn’t Have Service | "The Ezra Klien Show; I build a world with fantasy master NK Jemisin"
Episode 60: Drunk Texting “I Miss You” on a T9 Phone | Suggestion; Pole dancing!
Episode 61: Choke Me Daddy | "Stardew Valley"
Episode 62: Do You Like Me or Like Like Me? | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Episode 63: Cani Getadate | Lifetime movie club
Episode 64: It’s Okay To Want More | "The Dead and the Living" by Sharon Olds
Episode 65: A New Nipple Hair | "Mindhunter" on Netflix
Episode 66: Can You Really Stay Friends With An Ex? | "Mindful Movement" with Sara Raymond
Episode 67: Ghost Boy | "The Romanovs 1613-1918" by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Episode 68: I Want To Be Like Wet Clay (Live from Austin) | "For the Love of Men: A new vision for mindful masculinity" by Elizabeth Plank
Episode 69: Life Is Too Short to be in a Mess Like This | "Unbelievable"
Episode 70: Your Happiness Lies Ahead of You | "How To Survive today" by Tonya Ingram
Episode 71: Divorce is Just Part of Life | Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking
Episode 72: I’m Unhappy, Bye! | Clue period tracking app
Episode 73: You Deserve Someone Who Wants You | The Princess Switch on Netflix
Episode 74: The Diet Coke of Dating | The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Assault by Wendy Maltz
Episode 75: What Does Trust Look Like? | Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-involved Parents by Lindsay GIbson
Episode 76: AH! There’s a Robot in my Bed! | ‘Sex Explained’ on Netflix
Episode 77: Not All People Are For Me | ‘Alienated, Alone And Angry: What The Digital Revolution Really Did To Us’ by Joseph Bernstein
Episode 78: You Are Not Asking For Too Much | Big Cats and Lydia Liza’s album 'Oh Boy'
Episode 79: It’s Ok To Breakup With A Friend | Dolly Parton's America
Episode 80: Boundaries First | Budget Bytes
Episode 81: A Multifaceted Person Who Routinely Messes Up (Live in Brooklyn) | "Cheer" on Netflix
Episode 82: Trauma Bonding | The Holistic Psychologist
Episode 83: Being Young Sucks, I Don’t Know Anything | "Whats Good, Man?"
Episode 84: Awkward Isn’t Real | Red Flags game
Episode 85: You’re Doing This For You | "We were feminists once" by Andi Zeisler
Episode 86: Their Love Is Not Going To Fix Your Life (Live from Oklahoma) | @LisaOlivera on instagram
Episode 87: A Messy-Hearted Adult Baby | "The Broken Earth" trilogy by NK Jemsin
Episode 88: I Started Dating the Abundance of the Universe | "A Practical Wedding: Creative Ideas for a Beautiful, Affordable, and Stress-Free Celebration"
Episode 89: @Sam’s_Muscles | "Staying in with Emily and Kumail"
Episode 90: Emotional Labor | @stayfhomekins on instagram
Episode 91: Just Wake Up | "Affirmation pod"
Episode 92: Thanks, But No Thanks | "How to be an Anti-Racist" by Ibram X Kendi
Episode 93: The Rom Com Outcome | "Gaslighter" and "Juliana Calm Down" by The Chicks
Episode 94: Relationships Are Hard Enough Already | "Pheobe Reads a Mystery"
Episode 95: There Are No Rules | "Ask a Queer chick" by Lindsay King Miller
Episode 96: White Supremacy and Being Antiracist | Brene Brown and Ibram X Kendi on "how to be anti racist"
Episode 97: Your Boyfriend Probably Has Debt | "The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson" on Netflix
Episode 98: You Are Whole, Even As You Become | Graphic Novel Trilogy: "March" by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
Episode 99: We’ll Never Love Anyone Perfectly | Better Help
Episode 100: And You Can Cook With It! | "Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep-- Love"
Episode 101: Faith In My Feelings | The Future Earth: A Radical Vision for What's Possible in the Age of Warming
Episode 102: 2-Year Anniversary Live Show! | The Chicks - Gaslighter
Episode 103: All Relationships Are Risks | "Disclosure" on Netflix
Episode 104: A Weak Broth | Cookbook and Netflix Show "Salt Fat Acid Heat" by Samin Nosrat
Episode 105: We Have Time to Become More of Ourselves | 'You're Wrong About'
Episode 106: Thomas the Train Wreck | Library App 'Libby'
Episode 107: Choosing The Unknown | "The Colour of Law" by Richard Rothstein
Episode 108: People Fall Out Of Love All The Time | "The Umbrella Academy" on Netflix
Episode 109: Intimacy Isn’t Necessarily Compatibility | Drunk elephant TLC sukari facial
Episode 110: Don’t Abandon Yourself | Camp Gladiator
Episode 111: A Long-Term Waste Of Time | "Alone" on Netflix
Episode 112: You’re Worth More Than Crumbs | @TheConsciousKid on instagram
Episode 113: Navigating The Nuance | Suggestion: REGISTER TO VOTE Y'ALL
Episode 114: You’re Doing The Right Thing | "The Pattern" (personality app)
Episode 115: Who Does This Serve? | Movie: "The Lodge"
Episode 116: Accountability To The Self | "The keep going song" by the Bengsons
Episode 117: Does This Feel Good? | "Six Seasons: a new way with vegetables" by Joshua McFadden and Martha Holmberg
Episode 118: JBU Middle School | "The Social Dilema" on Netflix
Episode 119: We’re All Still Learning | No scroll saturdays (take time off your screens!)
Episode 120: The Boring Love Story | "The Last Honey Hunter"
Episode 121: Blocker’s Remorse | Happiest Season
Episode 122: A Real Man Would Just Die In His Sleep | "The Queens Gambit" on Netflix
Episode 123: Is The Juice Worth the Squeeze? | "Blooming Again" by Big Cats and Lydia Liza
Episode 124: We’re Allowed to Change Our Minds | "Something was Wrong"
Episode 125: Recognizing the Complexity | "Unlocking Us" by Brene Brown
Episode 126: You Didn’t Betray Yourself | "Surviving Death" on Netflix
Episode 127: Receive Their Love! | "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
Episode 128: There Is No Normal | Big Cats - "A Movie About The End of the World, Set in 90s Las Vegas"
Episode 129: The First Pancake Always Sucks | Reply All's "The Test Kitchen"
Episode 130: Intimacy Is Like Exercise | Brene Brown's podcast, Unlocking Us, episode interviewing John and Julie Gottman
Episode 131: Wrestling? Baseball? What’s the Difference? | Dance Church
Episode 132: All In or All Out | Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
Episode 133: Sam the Time Travelin’ Man | Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Episode 134: You Don’t Need Anything Else | I May Destroy You
Episode 135: You’re Having Two Different Conversations | Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Episode 136: Hundreds of Small Decisions | Making plans
Episode 137: 90% of Human Interaction Hurts | NPR book's concierge
Episode 138: How Do You Block Someone On Linkedin? | Sonya Renee Taylor
Episode 139: The Sierra Sear | The Complete Enneagram: 27 Paths to Greater Self-Knowledge by Beatrice Chestnut
Episode 140: Everyone Is Annoying | Pickleball
Episode 141: Having a Big Feeling | In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Episode 142: You Can’t Date Half a Person | Truer Crime with Celisia Stanton
Episode 143: Uncomfortable Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Unsafe | Shadow and Bone on Netflix
Episode 144: Noted, and Ignored | Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre
Episode 145: He’s Just a Dude | The All or Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work
Episode 146: Sam and Sierra Are Fighting | Dirty John on Netflix
Episode 147: All Relationships Are Weird All The Time | Sam's appearance on BEHAVE Podcast
Episode 148: A Swimming Pool of Success | JP Saxe: Dangerous Levels of Introspection, or maybe 25 in Barcelona or maybe just Julia Michaels in general?
Episode 149: Not a World For Naive Idealists | The National LGBTQ+ Women’s Community Survey
Episode 150: JBU Turns Three! | How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Episode 151: Trying to Solve an Unsolvable Equation | Kevin Can F**k Himself on AMC
Episode 152: We’re All Uniquely F’d Up | 350.org
Episode 153: Sam’s Not Here to Talk About Genitals | Calm app
Episode 154: Attraction is Subjective | Alok Vaid-Menon on The Man Enough Podcast
Episode 155: Real World Compatibility | Flyaway by Kathleen Jennings
Episode 156: It Doesn’t Have to Make Sense to Be True | Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Episode 157: Aging Into PBS’ Target Audience | Downton Abbey
Episode 158: We’re All Just Sloppy | Ted Lasso
Episode 159: No Brakes on the Love Train | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Episode 160: Cool Bro, Good Luck with Your Parents | The Layers Lair: A GBBO Appreciation Podcast
Episode 161: There’s No Healthy Conflict On TV | New season of Invisibilia
Episode 162: Clarity Makes the Heart Grow Stronger | Educated by Tara Westover
Episode 163: Returning to the Goo State | His House on Netflix
Episode 164: How Are You Cherishing Yourself? | XO HigherSelf Podcast
Episode 165: Feelings Happen | Hiring Revolution: A Guide to Disrupt Racism + Sexism in Hiring
Emotional Maturity + Healing Parental Wounds - An Interview with Dr. Lindsay C. Gibson | The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker
Episode 166: Normal is Just a Setting on a Washing Machine | Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents
Episode 167: Let's Destigmatize "Experimenting" | Midnight Mass on Netflix
Body Positive Dating + Relationships - An Interview with Virgie Tovar | Crime Scene Kitchen
Episode 168: You Are Infinitely Capable | Your local food shelf!
Episode 169: Humans Are Faulty | Sisters In Hate by Seyward Darby
Online Dating & Interracial Relationships: An Interview with Melissa Lozada-Olivia | Objects of Desire by Claire Sestanovich and Any Shape You Take by Indigo De Souza
Episode 170: You Deserve to be Caretooketh | After the Breakup: A Self-Love Journal by Lindsey Dortch Brock
Episode 171: Traditions Are Just Patterns | Single All the Way on Netflix
Navigating Grief & Cultivating Joy in Partnerships: An Interview with Alyesha Wise and Matthew Cuban-Hernandez | Street Poets Inc
Episode 172: Is It Us, or Is It Capitalism? | The Business of Being Born
Episode 173: A Band-Aid for a Wound of Insecurity | Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Polyamory & Non-Monogamy: An Interview with Evita Lavitaloca Sawyers | Polysecure: Attachment, Trauma and Consensual Nonmonogamy
Episode 174: Our Tiny Little Brains! | Finding Quantum Quest
Episode 175: There's Something Better Out There | Wordle
Desire and Communication: An Interview with Sex Therapist Casey Tanner | Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
Episode 176: Prioritize Your Peace | My Octopus Teacher
Episode 177: The Introspective Elevator | The Grace of Kings by Ken Liu
Accessing Your Higher Self: An Interview with Bunny Michael | Being Ram Dass
Episode 178: A Blanket Statement You Can Unpack In Therapy Later | Special Books by Special Kids
Relationship Patterns and Working with Friends: An Interview with Trina Olson and Alfonso Wenker | Scene on Radio and It’s Been a Minute