About this episode

The episode explores the mental checklists we have for partners and how they change when we fall in love.

Series premiere. Joel Kim Booster sits down with comedians and real-life best friends Alyssa Limperis, Evan Williams, and Kel Cripe to take apart the mental “checklist” of qualities we swear we need in a partner — and what happens to that list the second you actually fall for someone. They get into dating red flags, the code words couples use to defuse a fight, and how the relationships we grew up watching shaped what we think love is supposed to be. Plus, a listener question from a newly single party boy looking for a man who’s got his life together but still knows how to misbehave. Send in your own listener questions by emailing us at intimacycoordinatorpod@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at ‪(213) 379-9851‬‪. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Evan Williams: @itsevanwilliams · viral “Credit Card Fraud Dept.” characters; album It’s All Embarrassing Alyssa Limperis: @alyssalimp · What We Do in the Shadows, Hacks, Dexter: Original Sin; special No Bad Days (Peacock) Kel Cripe…

People in this episode

Host: Joel Kim Booster

Guests: Alyssa Limperis, Evan Williams, Kel Cripe

Topics covered

• dating
• relationships
• checklists
• red flags
• comedy
• listener questions

Keywords

• partner checklist
• dating red flags
• relationships
• comedy podcast
• listener questions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SmartLess Media, Babe Motel

Books & works: Loot Season 3, Fire Island, Psychosexual, What We Do in the Shadows, Hacks, Dexter: Original Sin, No Bad Days, SCRAM!

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