May 23rd There’s something to be said about being single in your thirties. There’s the rush of not knowing who you’re gonna kiss next, and the freedom to do whatever the hell you want whenever the hell you want to do it. But looking for your counterpoint on the earth can be exhausting and annoying,…
Author: Jacqueline Raposo
13 Knishes by Kim Dower: Coming of Age in Poetry
BLOG POST: Guest Kim Dower shares some of her stunning food poetry.
First Impressions and Kim Dower!
MAY 12TH Today’s show marks the second in our series, “Our Bodies, Our Selves“, where we explore the connection between what we want from life, and how to get it in the bodies we live in. What kinds of impressions do we want to make on a date, and what’s most important about how a…
Building Better Bartender Bodies with Marcia Polas & Ba’Sik’s Russell Dillon!
May 9th Some jobs are just more physical than others. Actors, dancers, chefs and bartenders beat the shit outta our bodies doing what we love. But we don’t have to. Today’s show is the first in our OUR BODIES, OURSELVES series, where we explore how our bodies can help or harm our work and how…
Screw the Clichés: Here’s What Single Gals Need To Know Before Going to an Ex’s Wedding
BLOG POST! Going to an ex’s wedding? We’ve got you, girrrl.
Going to An Ex’s Wedding and Officiate Daniel Neiden
MAY 2ND Going to an Ex’s Wedding: Sweet and supportive or scary and just plain weird?! On today’s show, we share our craziest weddingscapades, then dig into the deep stuff: When you’re going to an ex’s wedding, what do you want to happen, and what should be prepared for in case it happens without your instigation? Hopefully,…
Being Friends with an Ex and the Men of Jarry Mag!
April 25th Can you really be friends with an ex? What challenges arise when romance shifts to platonic affection? And if you’re fighting hard to keep the friendship going, are you truly over the loss of the mate? On this week’s show, Jacqueline discusses the intricacies of being friends with an ex with her guest co-host, Jonathan…
10 Reasons Why Being Single is Awesome!
BLOG POST! Ben and Jax share why being single is AWESOME in celebration of the end of our 2nd season!
Celebrating Singledom and Shari Bayer!
APRIL 4TH We’ve spent a lot of time on this show talking about how hard dating is in your thirties and, according to Shari Bayer, it doesn’t get a whole lot easier once you’ve slipped into your fourth decade. But as we celebrate the final show of our second season, we’re lightening it up a bit…
Food and Books and Ladies, Oh My!
MARCH 28TH Food is sexy. Books are sexy. So a fair about food and books? Super sexy. Food is sexy. Books are sexy. So a fair about food and books? Super sexy. On this week’s show, Jacqueline and Ben go old-school Love Bites, reconnecting on their past month of insanity with Jacqueline’s dating conundrums (break-offs and…
Breaking Our Silences and Building Relationships
BLOG POST! What advice do Allie Cashel and Eric Lupinacci of SUFFERING THE SILENCE have to share?
Ladies Who Lyme: Illness and Relationships
MARCH 21 Dating is hard enough, and we all bring baggage into new relationships. For some, baggage comes in the form of an illness that leaves you with little power over how your body moves in the world. On today’s show, Jacqueline and Ben are joined by Allie Cashel and Erica Lupinacci, the co-founders…
The “This Is Why You’re Single” ladies and Co-Host Chef Daniel Holzman!
MARCH 14TH Pondering why you’re single? Well, you could peruse the Self Help section of Barnes and Noble (if you can find one still standing), spending your hard-earned dough on stacks of weepy books about how you’ve gotta Get Out There, Girl! or why life is really better without a spouse. Or you could laugh it off. Which…
The Handsome Actors Show!
MARCH 7TH On today’s show, Jacqueline grills Ben and their guests, Jonathan Wiener and Joel Reuben Ganz, about the challenges of being a professional actor in your thirties, and the strain it puts on all sorts of relationships. How do you commit when you’ll cross the country for months for a good gig? How do the…
Baggage and Young Love with Chef Thiago Silva
February 29th What is baggage, and how responsible are we for losing it before we start a new relationship? On today’s show, we explore the experiences that stay with us from one dating relationship to another, and how we can move on from it. Should we wait until we’re fully ready to immerse ourselves in…
Romance in the Public Sphere with Leiti Hsu
Nowadays, working in the food world does not equal a private life. Chefs are no longer chained to their stoves, critics have lost their anonymity, and writers can’t hide behind their computer screens. Instead, we all charge our Instagram posts and Twitter feeds with salacious words and images, paired with hashtags that will get us even more exposure. But how does this affect dating and finding love?
Online Dating by the Numbers and Andre Mack!
February 15, 2015 What happens when you send out almost 40 online dating messages in one week? Oftentimes, nothing. On today’s show, Jacqueline and Ben share their insights, lessons learned, and greatest takeaways from critically looking at online dating correspondence. Then they’re joined be Andre Mack, owner of Mouton Noir Wines and former sommelier at…
More Unrequited Love with Lisa Phillips
BLOG POST! Author Lisa Phillips share more of the wisdom she gleamed while writing UNREQUITED.
Forever Love and Sex Stains!
February 8, 2015 It’s our VERY FIRST VALENTINE’S DAY SHOW! And in celebration, we’re getting cozy in the studio… just the two of us. First, we tackled some super serious questions that experts (pulled together by theNew York Times) suggest every couple face before a potential walk down the aisle. What do they tell us…
Our Playlist and Menu for Heartache and Heartbreak
BLOG POST! What do we want to listen to and eat in hoards when we’re down?
Unrequited Love with Author Lisa A. Phillips
FEBRUARY 1ST, 2015 We’ve all experienced some sort of unrequited love; pining over someone who doesn’t quite realize the romantic possibilities we can so clearly see. But what happens when affection turns into obsession? When our desires have so much control over us that we can’t see the world clearly? On today’s show, we talk…
Jacqueline Speaks: All the Feelings
BLOG POST! Jacqueline speaks on “ALL THE FEELINGS”.
“Why We Didn’t Work”
BLOG POST! What we learned about WHY WE DIDN’T WORK
Boring 1st Dates and Pastry Chef Paulette!
JANUARY 25TH 2016 After subsequent shows on embracing our imperfections, facing our relationship patterns and moving boldly into the future with that knowledge at hand, it’s time for the team to apply what we’ve learned to our dating lives. So in our first segment, we catch up on our recent dating scenes, and discuss a…
“Why We Didn’t Work” with Diana Gasperoni
JANUARY 18TH, 2016 When you were in your last relationship, were you always honest with your feelings? Did you relay them openly to your partner? What about while breaking up? Has the story about why you broke up changed with some and hindsight, and could you be more honest with that ex now than maybe…
“Why Didn’t We Work?” with Vienna Pharaon
JANUARY 11TH, 2016 “Breaking up is hard to do,” goes the old Neil Sedaka song. But when you’ve got a radio show about establishing new and long-lasting relationships, sometimes you’ve got to push past any lingering “what ifs?” and get to the root of the issue. So on today’s show, Ben presents a list of…
IT’S NOT YOU! with Author Sara Eckel
JANUARY 4TH, 2016 For our first show of the new year and to kick off our second season (!), we’re recapping what we learned about dating in 2015 and setting dating goals for the upcoming year. Then we’re joined by It’s Not You author Sara Eckel, whose book dispels 27 myths single women have thrust…
Dating Cliches with Antony Raymond and Andrew McLeod
DECEMBER 14TH, 2015 We welcome back Antony Raymond of Elsinore County and Andrew McLeod of Union Beer – the guests on our two unaired pilots – for our last show of 2015! In a festive and celebratory mode, we talk what we’re drinking and eating this week, and then break down some dating cliches to…
Erin Fairbanks Talks Really Hard Relationships
DECEMBER 7TH, 2015 We’re all for crazy love. The kind that kisses and consumes you. The kind the flames quickly and dies, and the kind that burns on embers indefinitely. There is no right kind of way to love (well, stalking and dangerous stuff aside, of course). Loving is loving, and we wanna hear stories…
The Makers of the Film “Offline Dating”
NOVEMBER 30TH, 2015 Sometimes you have sex, sometimes you don’t. Sex can be one thing in your twenties, another in your thirties, and a new thing entirely depending on the person you’re having sex with. So what does sex mean to our hosts right now, today? Jacqueline and Ben share what having (or not having)…
