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Mar 2024
42m 5s

Workplace Situationships

Demoted Productions
About this episode

Natalie and Ross discover that office “romance” is very much alive and maybe a bit out of control. They share listener stories of outrageous hookup confessions, investigate workplace relationship statistics, and give their takes on best practices for pursuing love at work. You may need to take a cold shower after hearing the stories of debauchery in this episode.

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