Guy Friends Podcast

The Guy Friends Podcast (produced by Kate Dries, recorded by Lauren Chooljian) features Aaron Horton and Josh Nalven as they try to answer your questions about dating, romance, relationships, sex, and the vagaries of human interaction. If you’re not a straight cismale, then we (may) have the answers you’re searching for. If you have a question for the Guy Friends, hit up our Ask, send us an email at guyfriendspodcast at gmail dot com, or leave us a voicemail at: (773) 234-BROS Don't have Tumblr? Losing our posts in your feed? Like us on Facebook, or follow us on Twitter! Follow @TheGuyFriends !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");

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Difficulties 😓

Hey Friends,

Unfortunately, we've run into some problems with Soundcloud, which we've used as our hosting service since the beginning. Our account is no longer active, so the embedded players that we've been using on guyfriendspodcast.com and Facebook no longer work. iTunes is also out of commission, as it’s powered by Soundcloud via RSS.

We're working on getting everything up and running again with a different hosting service, but until then we'll be on sort of a hiatus.

You may have some questions, so let's just get this out of the way: Josh and Aaron both went as Santa Claus for Halloween. Lauren went as Ms. Frizzle, and Kate went as Kylie Jenner’s lips. We'll be back soon. We'd be crazy to leave you.

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This episode is a doozy!

The Guy Friends get an email from a married listener who wants to give his wife of 12 years the lesbian experimentation she's always wanted. Think that's heavy? It's nothing compared to...

THE TOOTHBRUSH LONG CON. Has a listener become ensnared in a web of sex, deceit, and Oral-B Pro-Flex™ toothbrushes? Her guy *claims* that the extra toothbrush in the bathroom is all for her. But where did it come from? What angle is he playing? Is that... LIPSTICK on the handle?! Tune in for the craziest caper the Guy Friends have ever encountered.

RL Grime Hey Ma (RL Grime Remix) - Cam'ron Ft. Juelz Santana Rlgrime – Hey-ma-rl-grime-remix-camron CC BY 3.0

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Pack up the U-HAUL and break out your sneakers — it's a whole episode about sharing space.

A listener was granted Late Sleeping Rights by a dude she's boinking. But do Late Sleeping Rights also confer Showering Privileges under the Articles of Copulation? Is it fair and reasonable to commandeer a towel in homo absentia, or does permission to do so need to be written and notarized? Justice Ginsburg weighs in.

This begs the greater philosophical question before humankind: when do you move in together?

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Day 57: Supplies are running low, morale's even lower. You've been alternating thumbs to keep up, but you're not sure how long you'll last before the Swipe Madness takes you. Suddenly, out of nowhere, a familiar face pops up among the sea of Mikes and Brandons: it's a dude you're cool with IRL. Is this... salvation? Or the broken writhing of a dying madwoman?

And your dating profile: is it bad?

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You know what's cooler than a million dollars? Dating advice.

Remember the early days of Facebook? Remember the poke? Remember creeping on people's posts to figure out whether they were fucking? The Guy Friends wade into the varied and tribal nature of modern messaging platforms. Is the Facebook message still the laughable domain of the drunk and the thirsty, and should we avoid it when asking each other out? Give us your BBM PIN to find out!

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The Guy Friends are all back in the same city! Now you can ship items on our Amazon Wishlist to the same address for added convenience.

Our first question is a rare one from a ~straight male~ struggling with commitment issues — he can't get an older woman to settle down for him. Is she stringing him along? Is there some way he can wrangle this into  satisfactory situation for everyone?

And a listener is disappointed that her dude isn't making the most of himself. Can she nudge him into putting down the bong and picking up a book? Or even just a novella? The Guy Friends spark up a blunt... and honest discourse of this all-too-common mindset affecting young people these days.

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Woe! 'Tis the last episode produc'd by our own Lauren Chooljian. Will the Guy Friends finally discover her embezzling? Nope!

Is there a good way to bestow a ~teachable moment~ unto a whiny, self-involved dude you're seeing? When someone suffers from inertia and poor perspective, is it worth your time to hold up a mirror? We're all just hurtling through space on a doomed rock, but the Guy Friends give their two cents all the same.

And weddings — we all hate them. But what's the best way to hide your scorn? Should you obscure your face with an Eyes Wide Shut mask, or just a simple wedding veil of your own? Tune in for this summer's hottest hate fashions.

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The Guy Friends are back from vacation, and ready to get sand in your couch!

Just how much personal hygiene is necessary between sex partners? It's a conundrum as old as antiquity, when a Roman dude could bone as many as V people within a tick of the sundial. Is a full shower necessary? And how *long* of a shower? What if it was just second-and-a-half base, yesterday? The Guy Friends supply yet another patented rubric.

And few areas of the human experience have generated as many memes as the intersection of human height and online dating. "I'm 5 ft, 9 in., JUST SAYIN!!" But what are we really *saying* here, Madison? And when a man neglects to provide any height at all — what does that say? The Guy Friends unpack these statements.

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Our hiatus continues as our fearless leader enjoys the sand and surf in nicer climes. We’ll be back with new, vitamin D-enriched episodes soon. In the meantime, send along your questions, comments, and sunscreens to guyfriendspodcast at gmail dot com, or leave us a voicemail at (773) 234-BROS!

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APRIL FOOLS! We have a brand new ep, and the jokes on you — our advice is questionable.

In this week's episode, a listener struggles with the... ethics? Technicalities? Standard operating procedures? Of sleeping with a dude who still lives with his ex on the tails of a recent break-up.

And meeting via Skype before an actual first date — is it reasonable for someone to ask to see you before pad see ew?

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How do you continue to get dates with someone? A listener is always falling short of the ~coveted fourth date~ with dudes she likes, and gets asked out by dudes she doesn't. What's the secret passphrase that obligates a man to see you again? Somehow the Guy Friends have never answered this in their three years of podcasting — we appreciate your patience. And a listener's boyf feels weird about letting her take him out on slightly fancier dates because he earns much less. Despite her pleas to fance-it-up only occasionally & on her own dime, he can't allow her to upgrade him. What's a girl gotta do to go out on the town? Jennifer Lopez feat. Ja Rule - I'm Real [Remix] / Rear View [Alex Dicconson's Quick Mash] Alex Dicconson http://soundcloud.com/alexdicconson/jennifer-lopez-feat-ja-rule-im-real-remix-rear-view-alex-dicconsons-quick-mash CC BY 3.0

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A listener was seeing a dude for literal *months* — exchanging gifts, meeting friends, having a blast — until one day he goes silent immediately before some big plans. What transpires after boggles the mind. Can the Guy Friends decode the mystery of this hyper-ghost? And actual trigger warning: a listener describes her run-in with careless BDSM on a Tinder date. La Roux - In For The Kill (Broadway Slim Remix) PicksterOne https://soundcloud.com/picksterone/la-roux-in-for-the-kill CC BY 3.0

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Huge news, everyone — The Guy Friends Podcast just turned three years old! Our gross motor skills are rapidly improving, and we're now able to understand and engage in full conversations. Party streamers emoji! In our first question, a listener wonders whether a dude lied to her to get out of sex. Would a dude go so far as to claim to have an STD to avoid the nasty? And a dude on a second date bombards a listener with a deluge of wishy-washy, not-quite-ready-for-XYZ disclaimers. What were this guy's motivations (or lack thereof)? Tinashe (feat. Schoolboy Q) - 2 on [Solo Suspex Remix] SOLO SUSPEX https://soundcloud.com/solosuspex/tinashe-feat-schoolboy-q-2-on-solo-suspex-remix CC BY 3.0

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Were you on the edges of your respective seats? After the horrors of the dreaded Set II, we were too

The Guy Friends tackle the remaining 12 questions of the 36 questions posed by the NYT's infamous "To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This" article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html

Tune in for the climactic climax, featuring a hashtag rare thirty-six seconds-long It's Never Too Kate!

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The Guy Friends are back to tackle a recent article that made quite a stir across the Infonet. Is it possible to fall deeply, madly, & truly in love with a stranger by answering 36 questions and staring at someone for a bit? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/modern-love-to-fall-in-love-with-anyone-do-this.html Join the Guy Friends as they take a look at this study and its questions across two episodes. You can even follow along: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/fashion/no-37-big-wedding-or-small.html WAIT, before we start — you're not into destination weddings, are you? Hues Corporation - Rock the Boat (Javier Estrada Bootleg) djjavierestrada https://soundcloud.com/djjavierestrada/hues-corporation-rock-the-boat CC BY 3.0

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Happy New Year! In celebration of the Earth’s birthday, we made it a brand new episode. You’re welcome! A listener was recently exposed to a new term by some guy friends of her own: “cohabbing,” v. gerund, “to spend quality time with a partner one lives with.” This has her wondering: just how accepting are dudes of their bros spending QT with their live-in QTs? And yet another QT is in the early stages of dating a man who is slightly younger than she is — by a whopping two years! In her mind she feels that age ain’t nothing but a number, but in her *heart* she feels that this dude is too immature. Just how OK is it to fret over such a slim gap?

The Weeknd ft. Drake & TLC - "Gone" [DJ 2o1 rmx]

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The Guy Friends are back to celebrate that fateful time, ages ago, when a single question provided #content for eight miraculous episodes... A listener is seeing a new dude, and she can tell he's into her — so into her, he wants to collaborate with her on a ~creative exploit~. She's concerned that it may be a poor decision in both areas. Is it reasonable that she's hesitant to Rodger her Hammerstein? And a listener started to get to know a group of friends — one of whom she went on a date with. The date was a flop, but she wants to continue bro-ing down with the whole crew. There seems to still be a little tension there — what's the best way to handle it? Mister Luke O'Hearn Spice Girls - Wannabe (Mister Luke's "Dem Spice Grrlz Doe" Edit) https://soundcloud.com/mister-luke-ohearn/spice-girls-wannabe-mister CC BY 3.0