Ep 5: The Ick

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02/17/21 • 51 min

Marc and Rachel have a look at the concept of "The Ick", aka that feeling of being instantly turned off. With various submissions from listeners explaining their biggest "ick" moments, Rachel and Marc discuss what gives them the ick and if they've ever done anything to give it to someone else. They round off the episode with one particular submission from a listener who ends up giving the opposite impression of how his date went than he perhaps intended.
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Ep 4: Ghosting - with Gareth Mutch

Rachel and Marc discuss the topic of ghosting with comedian and friend of the show Gareth Mutch. Gareth reveals the time he uncharacteristically became the perpetrator of a ghosting, Rachel explains the different flavours of ghosting (including 'soft ghosting' and being 'zombied'), while Marc reflects on how an encounter with a cash machine gave him a wider perspective on a girl who left him on read. They also have a good laugh at four very entertaining listener submissions on the topic - including one from a guy who Rachel thinks may have also ghosted her...
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Ep 6: Dating During Lockdown - with Jade Birkin

This week Rachel and Marc discuss dating during the pandemic. Having avoiding the topic so far, with the one year anniversary of the first lockdown fast-approaching they felt it was time to dedicate an episode to how the pandemic has affected dating.
Joined by writer Jade Birkin of JadedDating, they talk socially-distanced dates, the unexpected role sexting may play in keeping coronavirus cases down, and how the pandemic puts people in the awkward position of either forming extended households or facing an extended period of loneliness . There's also a hopeful look to the future (which now looks even more promising since the recent government announcements... roll on 21st June) and what everyone’s looking forward to in their post-COVID dating lives.
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