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Dec 2024
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Saying 'I Love You' Too Soon (w/ Sam San...

Headgum & Nicole Byer
About this episode

Journalist Sam Sanders (NPR, Vibe Check) joins Nicole to discuss saying "I love you" during random hookups, the best way to handle breakups when someone has to move out, and how a hookup turned into a relationship. Sam shares the story of his secret gay age-gap romance and the time he dated a drug dealer. Meanwhile, Nicole recounts the time she whacked a man with her tiddy and gives her review of Joker: Folie à Deux.


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