The Department: a podcast about trends. - ︎︎︎Episode 41: Hotline Special: Online Dating Stories Ft., Pre-Date Google Stalking, Painful First Dates, OKStupid, Couchsurfing + Microdestinations

︎︎︎Episode 41: Hotline Special: Online Dating Stories Ft., Pre-Date Google Stalking, Painful First Dates, OKStupid, Couchsurfing + Microdestinations

05/11/21 • 74 min

The Department: a podcast about trends.

Today we have a very special episode. We are going to share all of our recent hotline calls from all of you!

Today we have a very special episode. We are going to share all of our recent hotline calls from all of you!

Previous Episode

The Ethan Hawke Effect: the Gen X Slacker Archetype and the subconscious conditioning of accepting substandard relationships.

Nostalgia collides with our dating series as we discuss why cool girls have been making allowances for such lousy behavior from dudes since the aughts. We call it the Ethan Hawke Effect. Get ready for a stroll down slacker heartthrob memory lane!

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Next Episode

Episode 42: The Value of Our Values (part I)

The pandemic re-centered what "value" means to us, as we also began to demand more "values" from the companies selling to us. In this episode, we break down the ways in which our feelings about the value of items are changing. Also: a wild Grub Hub dating story.