Private Equity Boyfriend is a Recession Indicator
About this episode
Liz Plank discusses dating trends, including the implications of dating private equity professionals as recession indicators, while recapping a music festival and addressing listener questions.
Liz recaps Olivia Rodrigo's history-making Daisy Chains Festival, then Nick returns to clear up the Bob allegations (IYKYK) and debate whether Liz just hard or soft launched her new boyfriend. Plus: is dating a private equity guy 2026's biggest recession indicator, and can we fix a listener's boyfriend's premature ejaculation? Your comments mean the world, please keep leaving them! -- Join the Patreon! Submit your boy problems here ! Check out Airplane Mode with Liz Plank on Substack ! -- Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts Boy Problems, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions. -- 0:00 Intro 1:37 Nick is Back (Debunking the Bob Allegations) 4:30 Daisy Chains Festival Recap 10:06 Meet TGF: Soft Launch vs. Hard Launch 14:21 Private Equity Boyfriends & Recession Indicators 28:09 Boy Problem: Can We Fix His PE? 48:41 Patreon Teaser: Body Counts with Bianca 50:13 Outro
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