Love and Hospitality on a Political Day

February 20th We’re not a political show. But we’re political people. And so for President’s Day, with Ben returning from Portland and Jacqueline holed up at home writing away, we’re sharing two clips from past episodes, with a bit more of J’s mooning. First, Floyd and Barkha Cardoz of Paowalla restaurant and our recent Power…

Honing Romantic Intuition with Iris Higgins

July 18th Does “love at first sight” exist? If we break it down to bits and pieces, “love at first sight” is a combination of sexual attraction (hormones), curiosity and the elusive “intuition”, right? It can be our best friend… or our fiercest enemy. It can guide us to real, lasting, life-changing love… or to…

Violence Against Women with the Living Lotus Project

July 11th Towards the end of our 15th episode, Jacqueline shared how a man who had been messaging her online responded to her polite refusal of a date with, “When you give head, do you spit or swallow?” And then, “Please god, hear my pray, I hope this woman gets brutally raped and treated like…

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…

Anxiety with Author/Editor Kat Kinsman!

OCTOBER 12TH, 2015 Kat Kinsman is the Editor of Tasting Table and the author of the upcoming book – Hi, Anxiety – that’s coming out in April. She shares her own history with overcoming anxiety as a New York food writer, and hosts Jacqueline and Ben chime in with how anxiety has affected their dating…

I’m a Woman. I have sex. And I don’t apologize for it.

Every now and then, one of us will take a few minutes of the show to “get up on a soapbox”, going off for a little bit on something we really care about. The following is a lightly trimmed transcript from our show on 9/21, “Chef Sluts: Who Comes Out on Top”, where I spoke…