Speaker 1: How do you smell that? Oh? I think so? Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: what is it?
Speaker 2: I think it's the It's the smell of love in the.
Speaker 3: Air everywhere I look around. What an incredible smell. Well, hello,
Speaker 3: are you all my beautiful We're here to get down
Speaker 3: to the business of love and it is an urgent business.
Speaker 2: Yes it is.
Speaker 4: This is date my Aurlia first, where our gorgeous a
Speaker 4: La plays matchmaker for our start dater and three lucky
Speaker 4: contestants looking for some grand motherly aperuval. I'm your host,
Speaker 4: vico Ord, joined by our lovely.
Speaker 2: Yo that going with us Mobyan moebian Vi.
Speaker 4: Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work right away, Dad,
Speaker 4: okay if Talita to meet our sweetheart.
Speaker 1: Main dater, oh v I cannot wait.
Speaker 4: Honestly saying because I have been reading her bio and
Speaker 4: it's quite quite lovely.
Speaker 2: I am so glad we're here today.
Speaker 4: Alida, this week's main dater, told us that she makes
Speaker 4: candles inspired by her own grandmother's WHOA one.
Speaker 2: Of them smells like an old white lady at church.
Speaker 1: We know what that smells like?
Speaker 4: Yeah, nice and sweet, sweet with a little bit of
Speaker 4: you know, wood, a little bit.
Speaker 1: Of pew wood.
Speaker 3: You know a little a little bit of ancient smells.
Speaker 3: N yes, I know them. I was there, Yeah, still here.
Speaker 2: And the other smells like a grandma's hug at a mouse.
Speaker 3: Well, never been to a mosque, but it must be
Speaker 3: the same as the church.
Speaker 1: Similar.
Speaker 4: Yes, real ead that our episodes are full of cozy cafesitos.
Speaker 4: And for today's episode, we are meeting a cafesito experts.
Speaker 2: Who and we're gonna help her find love.
Speaker 4: We're gonna slow it down over here because she seems
Speaker 4: to be real busy around town community building and runs
Speaker 4: her own pop up coffee company called Saffron Cowboy.
Speaker 2: So are you ready to meet Hannah.
Speaker 3: I'm so ready for the Saffront and the Cowboy.
Speaker 1: Oh yes, Bringer.
Speaker 2: Come on in, Hannah, join us. Hello, Hello, Hi everybody.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Hannah, tell us a little bit about who you are.
Speaker 4: Give us your age, your sign, what sparks joy, what
Speaker 4: makes you take anything?
Speaker 2: Just lay it on us. We want to know it all.
Speaker 5: Yeah. So I'm thirty three, I'm a Libra and my
Speaker 5: rise in my moon are Scorpio. So I don't play games. Oh,
Speaker 5: I have a really sweet dog named Amara. That's about
Speaker 5: three years old. She's a corky cattle dog. And I
Speaker 5: have a mobile coffee company like that you guys discussed.
Speaker 5: I started it in my yard here in LA and
Speaker 5: then I was working full time. About a year ago
Speaker 5: I got laid off, so I was like, you know what,
Speaker 5: I'm going to take this more seriously, and so that's
Speaker 5: what I do now for a living and it's been
Speaker 5: really life changing.
Speaker 3: Well, the good thing about all that information is that Guffycito,
Speaker 3: along with our Guffecito, is gonna be a hell of
Speaker 3: a day.
Speaker 1: Are you ready?
Speaker 5: Let's do it?
Speaker 1: So what are you looking for, my love?
Speaker 5: I just want people that are deeply kind and kind
Speaker 5: of really live by that and how they move. I'm
Speaker 5: typically into people who are artists or into social justice
Speaker 5: because that's where I typically meet people doing the things
Speaker 5: that I love to do, and somebody usually with our
Speaker 5: spiritual practice, they don't have to be religious. But I
Speaker 5: think self work is extremely important when it comes to intimacy.
Speaker 4: Speaking of self work, when's the last time you dated
Speaker 4: somebody and what have you learned from that experience and
Speaker 4: what are the things that you are looking for that
Speaker 4: really align with the previous relationship or previous relationships and
Speaker 4: one of the things that now you've raised awareness around
Speaker 4: that you are going to be more conscientious moving forward
Speaker 4: of like oh if I noticed this, I don't want
Speaker 4: to repeat that, or like whatever pattern I want to break.
Speaker 5: Yeah. I think the thing that came up recently from
Speaker 5: somebody I was dating about a month ago, was around
Speaker 5: boundary work that I lack in. I describe it as
Speaker 5: I feel like there was a door in my bedroom
Speaker 5: that I just covered up with a dresser and I
Speaker 5: convinced myself that there was a wall. And this person
Speaker 5: was like, hey, there's a door in your bedroom, and
Speaker 5: I was like, no, there's not a door. And now
Speaker 5: I've opened the door and I'm just seeing all this
Speaker 5: like clutter of things that I self to work on
Speaker 5: when it comes to boundaries. I think I led a
Speaker 5: lot of things slide because I grew up being uncomfortable.
Speaker 5: I'm biracial, so you know, I'm like white with my
Speaker 5: mom and then I'm Middle Eastern at my dad's and
Speaker 5: I can't fully be queer in either space. So I
Speaker 5: think recently, yeah, I know when people are rude or mean,
Speaker 5: but I don't know how to advocate when I feel uncomfortable,
Speaker 5: and so since being in that dynamic, I've been reading
Speaker 5: all these boundary books, I've been like confronting. I've confronted
Speaker 5: like fifteen people in the last month. You know, I
Speaker 5: think when you confront people, you actually deepen the connection.
Speaker 5: And I'm really interested in that in my life. And
Speaker 5: so whether it's neighbors. I'm really close to my neighbors,
Speaker 5: like they drop off fapoosa to me and I give
Speaker 5: them coffee, and like we're deeply connected. But there are
Speaker 5: things that are annoying, Right, So how do I communicate that,
Speaker 5: whether it's neighbors or in work or business or intimacy.
Speaker 5: So that's a really thing that I'm grateful for.
Speaker 4: That's fucking beautiful. How does someone woo you? What are
Speaker 4: the things that are like, oh, I see you, thank
Speaker 4: you for making a bit for connection.
Speaker 1: That's what I want.
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I mean I love thoughtfulness. So whenever I'm
Speaker 5: vending and people flirted with me by like getting me
Speaker 5: coffee from a trip, that is super sweet. Right, there
Speaker 5: are these like things that you know that I'm into,
Speaker 5: or a toy for my dog, or you bring dinner
Speaker 5: you know that I'm tired or something like that. And
Speaker 5: I think quality time. I think going and doing activities together.
Speaker 4: What are some activities that you enjoy doing accompanied I.
Speaker 5: Love comedy shows, I love going to the theater. I
Speaker 5: love figuring out new hikes. I car camp a good amount.
Speaker 5: So I just went to New Mexico with my dog.
Speaker 1: Oh nice.
Speaker 5: I really like to swim, so I love finding rivers
Speaker 5: and lakes, So those are like fun activities for me.
Speaker 4: Hell was Yeah, you mentioned something earlier about spirituality. How
Speaker 4: does that affect the way in which you seek connection
Speaker 4: from other folks.
Speaker 5: My parents split when I was four, so I grew
Speaker 5: up really Christian at my mom's house and very Muslim
Speaker 5: at my dad's. And then in about high school, Islam
Speaker 5: really landed for me. So I identify as Muslim, and
Speaker 5: I think religion and a connection with a higher entity
Speaker 5: is literally pivotal to my essence. I truly don't know
Speaker 5: who I would be without that. I think that's given
Speaker 5: me a really big sense of dedication and service to community.
Speaker 5: I think that's why I'm really interested in it. Growing
Speaker 5: up in the Mosque was very about community and about
Speaker 5: deep connection with people that aren't your blood family, and
Speaker 5: I find that really special. It makes me feel like
Speaker 5: somebody has my back, and I really I think you
Speaker 5: have to have that confidence to move in the world
Speaker 5: or like as send to self actualization.
Speaker 4: Within the queer spectrum, where do you sort of feel
Speaker 4: a land at and marrying that with your religious practice.
Speaker 5: Growing up, I didn't really have a language around queerness,
Speaker 5: you know, in the nineties, so I just didn't have
Speaker 5: examples of that. I think as I've gotten older, my
Speaker 5: dad is pretty homophobic, so I had to set a boundary.
Speaker 5: If I don't communicate with you, that is not okay
Speaker 5: to me, just like fundamentally. But my mom is super supportive,
Speaker 5: and it's been a process. My mom would call my
Speaker 5: partners my friends, and I had to be like, you know,
Speaker 5: you need to stop saying that, like that's actually not true.
Speaker 5: And to see her come so far has been so wonderful.
Speaker 5: It's been really cool to see my family on the
Speaker 5: journey with me. I think you can't really do this
Speaker 5: in isolation, and then I think it's so in the
Speaker 5: fabric of my business. My business is homage to myself
Speaker 5: and my family, so it's just very a part of
Speaker 5: everything that I do is letting people, especially queer people
Speaker 5: of color, know that like as a business, as a
Speaker 5: person like I am walking alongside you, and then there's
Speaker 5: a huge niche in Middle eastertain people that follow my company,
Speaker 5: and I think that's really special, especially queer Middle Eastern
Speaker 5: people in LA because we've been so underrepresented because the
Speaker 5: sentences seems us as white. So that's how I would
Speaker 5: answer that.
Speaker 2: That's beautiful, Thank you so much.
Speaker 3: Many things need to change in our society, but we
Speaker 3: are taking it one day at a time. You did
Speaker 3: mention that the candles that you make were inspired by
Speaker 3: your grandmothers. Tell me a little bit about that, and
Speaker 3: they are still around.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Yeah, they're both still around. I just really wanted
Speaker 5: something that made me feel like a kid and made
Speaker 5: me feel really good. And I think scent and scent
Speaker 5: of my grandma's are really that for me. And then
Speaker 5: I wanted to share that, right, which is why I
Speaker 5: made them for mass consumption. I wanted other people to
Speaker 5: feel that feeling. And I think, also from a representation piece,
Speaker 5: so many Middle Eastern people that have gotten the one
Speaker 5: that smell like BB that's my Middle Eastern grandma. It
Speaker 5: smells like their grandma. And I think, you know, smelling
Speaker 5: home can bring up so much, especially like good memories
Speaker 5: of being a kid, and I think that's really important.
Speaker 3: And with your grandmothers, how has the process of telling
Speaker 3: them about your love life has been?
Speaker 1: Were they accepting from minute one?
Speaker 5: My Middle Eastern grandma lives in Iraq and I haven't
Speaker 5: been to Iraq, so she's never met anybody but Jojo
Speaker 5: Joanne and Tennessee met my long term partner, ex partner,
Speaker 5: and she loved her. She started asking her to fix
Speaker 5: stuff around the house.
Speaker 1: Yes, how adorable is that? Yeah?
Speaker 5: But then you know when we had one on one time,
Speaker 5: she just felt really really connected to her, which was
Speaker 5: really special.
Speaker 2: I love that that long term partner. How long did
Speaker 2: that relationship last?
Speaker 5: That was active for about five and a half years
Speaker 5: and then we tried to figure that out for probably
Speaker 5: up to seven.
Speaker 2: Wow, and when did that end?
Speaker 5: That ended right at the beginning kind of of COVID.
Speaker 2: Wow, that's what's up? So hell's yeah, we're looking for
Speaker 2: a long term dynamic. If you could pick like.
Speaker 4: One thing that Awaita Liliana should be looking for in
Speaker 4: these contestants, what would that be?
Speaker 5: Someone stable?
Speaker 2: Someone stable? Someone stable?
Speaker 1: Is that body and mind?
Speaker 5: It it all.
Speaker 1: Incredible?
Speaker 4: Well, thank you so much, Hannah. I think it's about
Speaker 4: that time where Awlita will use all of the tools
Speaker 4: in her belt to find a kind, a funny, a thoughtful,
Speaker 4: a plus communicator. So I can't wait to meet these
Speaker 4: contestants and see how they do with the games you've
Speaker 4: made up for them.
Speaker 2: So we're gonna send you into hiding for a little
Speaker 2: bit as we bring in the contestants.
Speaker 1: We'll be back after the break.
Speaker 2: Welcome back today, Maya Wani the first.
Speaker 4: Hello, Hello, Hello, we have here Christianna, Lucy and Ella.
Speaker 4: And I hear we have two Leo contestants today and
Speaker 4: one Gemini. This could be a little Leo showdown or
Speaker 4: the fight.
Speaker 2: Of the fire signs versus the air signs.
Speaker 1: And all decided by a water sign.
Speaker 2: That's true, Leanna. Over here is the Pisces. First up,
Speaker 2: we have Christiana.
Speaker 5: Hi, guys, I'm Christiana.
Speaker 6: I thanks for having me.
Speaker 4: This Leo is La born and raised, works in production
Speaker 4: and is looking for someone who is honest and socially aware.
Speaker 4: I also hear that you want to get some things
Speaker 4: done before the world ends, and in terms of love,
Speaker 4: you are looking for what Hollywood promised you.
Speaker 1: Maybe today will.
Speaker 6: Be that day.
Speaker 4: Maybe Next we have Ella, who works in the podcast industry.
Speaker 7: Hello, welcome, Hey, it's really nice to meet all. Thanks
Speaker 7: for having me.
Speaker 4: Loves queer cinema and doing things with their hands.
Speaker 2: It's not like that. I that if I'm talking like
Speaker 2: knitting and the you know.
Speaker 1: Craps and crabs. Sue. Sure.
Speaker 4: Sure, Ella is looking for something slow, not an immediate
Speaker 4: uhul situation. I get that, I understand. Welcome Ella. And
Speaker 4: finally we have Lucy h.
Speaker 8: Nice to meet you, guys.
Speaker 4: Lucy is a copy editor, loves acapella and is looking
Speaker 4: for someone with their shit together professionally and emotionally.
Speaker 3: And has a little allergy here and there that we
Speaker 3: would love to hear about.
Speaker 4: Oh, well, we'll get to we'll get to that.
Speaker 2: To that at some point. Fantastic.
Speaker 4: Well, thank you so much for joining us today to
Speaker 4: break the ice with you three.
Speaker 2: We're going to start with a classic game we love
Speaker 2: to play, and that would be the would you rather?
Speaker 4: Leanna will give you a question and you would answer
Speaker 4: which one of those would you rather do?
Speaker 2: Leanna take it away. What's the first one?
Speaker 3: Now here we go listen up? Would you rather be
Speaker 3: a handsome cowboy at sunset, or a care free sea
Speaker 3: captain in the open water.
Speaker 2: Christianna, Yes, easy, cowboy on sunset?
Speaker 6: What am I doing in the ocean?
Speaker 7: I can't swim that well.
Speaker 5: I think I have too much.
Speaker 7: Hair for a hat.
Speaker 2: That's all right, though, I'm.
Speaker 6: Gonna be a cowboy with it.
Speaker 1: Yes, that's hot. That's hot, Come man, Lucy, tell us
Speaker 1: about it.
Speaker 8: I once went to see a spiritual healer person who
Speaker 8: told me that in a past life I was a pirate.
Speaker 8: Tell me more so, I'm gonna have to with speaking captain.
Speaker 8: I feel like that's like in my.
Speaker 2: Soul somewhere, not it, Ella, What would you rather?
Speaker 7: I'm with Christianna. I don't want to be in the ocean,
Speaker 7: so handsome cowboy for me.
Speaker 1: I'll take a cowboy or two.
Speaker 2: Oh well you got two here. We're split half and half.
Speaker 4: My goodness, gracious, all right, now it's my turn to
Speaker 4: ask what would you rather?
Speaker 2: Would you rather swim through cold brew latte foam or
Speaker 2: wrestle in jello? Cristiana? What do you think?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 8: I see you.
Speaker 2: You have a little smirk. You were like you got
Speaker 2: a whole moment processing that.
Speaker 1: Then they're done dead.
Speaker 6: I envisioned it too, and I was like, man, Jello,
Speaker 6: yeah half of it, I'm eating the other half.
Speaker 4: You know, I am right there with you, Cristiana. I
Speaker 4: love our wrestle moment as well. Uh, Lucy, what would
Speaker 4: you rather?
Speaker 8: I'm gonna have to say jello wrestling. Yes, it's something
Speaker 8: I've I've always wanted to try.
Speaker 2: Ella, what would you rather?
Speaker 7: Definitely wrestle and jell. That sounds fun.
Speaker 4: Hell'sia, Hell's yeah, it's a full blown jello wrestling team.
Speaker 2: Over here. I'm into it.
Speaker 3: Okay, here we have another one now, our main dater
Speaker 3: loves a little woo energy. Yes, So would you rather
Speaker 3: make potions or read minds?
Speaker 1: Ellen?
Speaker 9: I would love to read minds, but I feel like
Speaker 9: I'm going to get in trouble with that one, So
Speaker 9: I'm going to say potionsm.
Speaker 2: I'll see you, I see you making potions.
Speaker 8: Lucy, I'm also going to say making potions. I just
Speaker 8: feel like being able to read minds would probably send
Speaker 8: me into a mental breakdown.
Speaker 4: Really quickly understood, understood, Christiana.
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts?
Speaker 7: Oh, I'm a bit of a masochist.
Speaker 6: I'm reading minds.
Speaker 1: I love that. I love that.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'd use it for good though, I'd only use
Speaker 6: it for good, you know, I tune out the bad
Speaker 6: stuff and be like it's none of my business.
Speaker 7: Would you have control over it?
Speaker 8: Like?
Speaker 9: Could you decide if you wanted to read people's minds
Speaker 9: or just kind of be like blooding that's the control.
Speaker 4: You're just like bloody lighting over the street. It out.
Speaker 5: I'm putting in music or something. I don't know, but
Speaker 5: I want that power. Need it?
Speaker 2: Okay, last one, last one?
Speaker 4: Would you rather have to have a serious conversation with
Speaker 4: someone who spits when they talk? Or have lunch with
Speaker 4: someone who insists on bringing their pet gecko to the restaurant.
Speaker 4: Everyone's reactions, y'all to this question is impeccable.
Speaker 2: Everyone was like, hello, what you want?
Speaker 1: What you rather? Yeah?
Speaker 7: No, I want to meet a gecko? So hell yeah,
Speaker 7: get out for lunch?
Speaker 2: Actually, yes, Christiana, what do you think?
Speaker 5: Do I even like geckos? Like I have to I
Speaker 5: can ask myself that the whole time.
Speaker 6: But if somebody's talking to me while they're spitting, I'm
Speaker 6: leaving the restaurant, like.
Speaker 5: Send me the check.
Speaker 7: That's so pretty? Why am I soaking legs? This is
Speaker 7: so weird.
Speaker 5: I'm just not a big fan of either one.
Speaker 2: Lucy, what do you think?
Speaker 8: Definitely the Gecko. I'm gonna say like, the more the merrier. Yes,
Speaker 8: I can't control my like facial reactions to things a
Speaker 8: lot of the time. So if someone's spitting on me, like,
Speaker 8: I'm just gonna look horrified and I'm probably gonna hurt.
Speaker 3: Their feelings, that's good.
Speaker 1: That's good.
Speaker 2: Bunch them out.
Speaker 1: Yeah, aino, man, spit all those germs.
Speaker 3: No violence over here, but doon't get out of here.
Speaker 1: Don't worry.
Speaker 4: If we use a chanklaw on you, It'll be a
Speaker 4: gentle chank clap. It's gonna be it's gonna be. Okay,
Speaker 4: it's time to play another game before I will eat.
Speaker 4: That will send one of our lovely contestants home.
Speaker 2: So here's the thing.
Speaker 4: Our main data makes sweet potions of tea and coffee
Speaker 4: all around La. So in honor of our main dater,
Speaker 4: we're gonna play a little game called truth or drink. Cristiana,
Speaker 4: Lucy and Ella, I'll give you a second to go
Speaker 4: grab your favorite coffee, tea, tequila.
Speaker 2: Maybe I'll ask you.
Speaker 4: All a question and if you can't answer it, you
Speaker 4: drink all right, So if you answer, you go for it,
Speaker 4: but if you don't want to answer it, you take
Speaker 4: a little sippy SIPs.
Speaker 3: Yes, totally okay, Now truth or drink. Why shouldn't someone
Speaker 3: date you, Christiana?
Speaker 1: Take it away.
Speaker 6: I'm an only child, but not like in a selfish way.
Speaker 7: I'm just like an only child.
Speaker 5: Like take that as you will.
Speaker 2: I'm an only child, noted.
Speaker 1: How about you, Lucy.
Speaker 8: I have a lot of self confidence. I really like
Speaker 8: myself and that's not for everybody. I would say, like
Speaker 8: that can be construed as a toxic trait by some people.
Speaker 2: So that would be it.
Speaker 1: Ella.
Speaker 9: I would say one of my fatal flaws is that
Speaker 9: I will confidently walk in the wrong direction and doesn't
Speaker 9: really matter if I.
Speaker 7: Know where I'm going or not. But most of the
Speaker 7: time I will pick a direction and just start walking,
Speaker 7: so don't follow me anywhere.
Speaker 2: That is a hilarious thing, and I.
Speaker 7: Walk with it confidence that like makes people follow me
Speaker 7: to I.
Speaker 4: Have learned to be more assertive in my walk because
Speaker 4: of that. So yeah, no, incredible.
Speaker 2: So here's one.
Speaker 4: It's a little easier since we started a little you know, Harsher,
Speaker 4: who was your high school crush and would you hook
Speaker 4: up with them today, Lucy, I see you smiling, truth
Speaker 4: or drink.
Speaker 8: My high school crush was Alicia Keys, and no question,
Speaker 8: I absolutely.
Speaker 4: Bless Oh my gosh, noted, Christiana, do you have anything
Speaker 4: to say about that?
Speaker 2: Because I saw your reacting one I thought.
Speaker 8: You were like went to high school with Alicia Keys.
Speaker 6: I was then crushed too, know what you.
Speaker 1: I was really jealous. I was like, girl, what why
Speaker 1: are you here?
Speaker 8: But I did I did hate her one time, and
Speaker 8: I did. I was like thirteen, I didn't know how
Speaker 8: to shoot my shot.
Speaker 6: She looked at me and I fell down the stairs
Speaker 6: and she asked if I was okay, and I just yeah, yes, I'm.
Speaker 4: Saying, Cristiana, what is your crush from high school?
Speaker 6: Zina was like my first crush for sure, if we're
Speaker 6: talking like TV whatever fantasy. But then I had a
Speaker 6: teacher high school teacher is so inappropriate, but like her
Speaker 6: name was Maria. I don't remember her last name, but yeah,
Speaker 6: that was like my high school crush, and like I'm.
Speaker 8: Pretty sure half the school knew.
Speaker 6: But like, oh, here comes to Crisiana with flowers from
Speaker 6: Maria again, like I.
Speaker 7: Just found them.
Speaker 2: I don't know, but you were, yeah, you were shooting
Speaker 2: your shot.
Speaker 7: I had no shame.
Speaker 8: I had absolutely no shame.
Speaker 2: I love that, Ella. What was your high school crush?
Speaker 9: Also probably on the younger side, but like I was
Speaker 9: obsessed with she Go growing up, and so if I
Speaker 9: ever got to meet she going to real life, that
Speaker 9: would be it for me.
Speaker 2: Incredible, incredible, incredible, explained, Oh she go. Do you want
Speaker 2: to go for an Ella?
Speaker 9: She has like the sexy counterpart two campossible and like
Speaker 9: kind of her like super villain.
Speaker 2: Counterpart excellent, excellent.
Speaker 1: Truth or drink?
Speaker 3: This one is pretty juicy. So be you ready to
Speaker 3: be very honest if you had a crush on another
Speaker 3: one of the contestants.
Speaker 1: Who would it be? Who has the guts to go first? Huh?
Speaker 3: All right, I'll pick then, Lucy.
Speaker 8: I'm often attracted to tall people, and since that's one
Speaker 8: of the only things that I know about the other contestants,
Speaker 8: I'm gonna have to go with Christiana.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love it. How about you? Ella?
Speaker 9: I think I would also go Christiana. Just I'm attracted
Speaker 9: to like big personalities, so.
Speaker 1: I cannot wait to hear Christiana tiebreaker. Now I want
Speaker 1: to three go.
Speaker 2: How's your leo? How's your leo doing? With all this
Speaker 2: beautiful attention you got.
Speaker 6: Growing on, I don't care, guys, come on too much.
Speaker 1: Christiana is shaking.
Speaker 6: There's so many spots you could all hang out.
Speaker 8: I think all three of us should go.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, yes, I'm just getting interesting.
Speaker 6: All right.
Speaker 2: We've learned a lot, Thank you so very much.
Speaker 4: Sadly, it's time for one of these duties to hit
Speaker 4: the road.
Speaker 2: Get a little chi, a little pumpang and in the back.
Speaker 4: You know, yes, so Alida, who are you gonna send
Speaker 4: the packing?
Speaker 3: Okay, each of you is amazing and beautiful that there's
Speaker 3: got to be one person that will leave us right
Speaker 3: now and uh, nothing personal.
Speaker 5: But.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have to say goodbye to Ella.
Speaker 4: Ella truly, thank you so much for your energy, for
Speaker 4: coming all the way over here and playing with us.
Speaker 2: We're sorry to see you go.
Speaker 7: Thank you for having me.
Speaker 1: Bye, my left. We'll be back after the break.
Speaker 8: Welcome back.
Speaker 1: Today.
Speaker 2: Maya only the first, so it is time to.
Speaker 4: Get more intimate with our remaining two contestants.
Speaker 2: Bump bump bum.
Speaker 4: So we're gonna send Aaliita off on some one on
Speaker 4: one speed dates for some cafesito with these last two cuties.
Speaker 4: So shall we get you with that one on one Liana? Okay,
Speaker 4: let's do this now, Lucy, you are now on a
Speaker 4: one on one date with Alia.
Speaker 2: Take it away, you see, let's do this.
Speaker 1: What kind of people do you usually date?
Speaker 8: I often find myself dating people who are super creative.
Speaker 8: I think creativity is such an attractive quality. I like
Speaker 8: to date people who are also very confident. I feel
Speaker 8: like I've done a lot of work on myself to
Speaker 8: get to this place where I'm super confident. I think
Speaker 8: that's a really attractive quality. And someone else I want
Speaker 8: to have that in common with someone. People who are
Speaker 8: like ambitious know what they want.
Speaker 3: Yeah, very nice. And what is it that you're looking
Speaker 3: for in your dating life?
Speaker 1: Now?
Speaker 8: I have my shit together, and I'm looking for someone
Speaker 8: who can compliment that and can be a beautiful addition
Speaker 8: to my life.
Speaker 1: So you have your shit together? What does that mean?
Speaker 1: How do you have your shit together?
Speaker 8: I have a stable income that was not always a case,
Speaker 8: and I'm proud of that, and I am able to
Speaker 8: do all the things that I love and also maintain
Speaker 8: a stable income. I consider myself someone who like works
Speaker 8: to live as opposed to lives to work. So like
Speaker 8: I prioritize my joy and I do the stuff that
Speaker 8: I love and I'm lucky to have a job that
Speaker 8: lets me do that, and I live in a house
Speaker 8: that I really love. I mean, I'm a renter because
Speaker 8: it's Los Angeles, but I love the space that I
Speaker 8: live in. And yeah, I just feel like I kind
Speaker 8: of like I checked a lot of the boxes that
Speaker 8: I wanted to have checked.
Speaker 3: So there's one little thing that I saw in your
Speaker 3: bio that I really would like, like, what is that
Speaker 3: about your allergy?
Speaker 1: How did that come about?
Speaker 8: Straight for the jugular? Okay, yeah, yeah, So I am
Speaker 8: allergic to semen. I found out when I was first
Speaker 8: sexually active as like a I think senior in high
Speaker 8: school and was like in a long serious relationship with someone,
Speaker 8: so we had unprotected sex and I was like, this
Speaker 8: is not how that's supposed to feel. And luckily I'm
Speaker 8: very close with my mom, so I talked to her
Speaker 8: about it and I saw like seven different doctors and
Speaker 8: finally one of them was like, oh, yeah, I think
Speaker 8: we've seen this before. This is an allergy.
Speaker 3: So wow, I had never heard that before. That's incredible
Speaker 3: that they could be such an allergy.
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I feel like I am a medical
Speaker 8: marvel a little bit. I'm like chemically gay, like I
Speaker 8: really just don't. I think I'm bisexual, but in practice,
Speaker 8: like there's there's fewer options for me.
Speaker 1: I love it. I love it.
Speaker 3: So what else do we need to know about you
Speaker 3: in regards to the person that is to be in
Speaker 3: your life from now on.
Speaker 8: I have a little dog who I like to bring
Speaker 8: with me pretty much everywhere, So I'm looking for somebody
Speaker 8: who's gonna be cool with him, maybe even somebody that
Speaker 8: has a buddy for him. Even if it's a gecko,
Speaker 8: he gets along with everyone.
Speaker 1: So are you ready for a serious relationship?
Speaker 8: I am Yeah. I take a long time between relationships
Speaker 8: to like heal and get to know myself again. And
Speaker 8: I've now been single for long enough that I feel like,
Speaker 8: let's do this. I'm ready.
Speaker 1: How long has this been that I've been single? Uh?
Speaker 8: You know, it depends who you ask, but to me,
Speaker 8: it feels like about two years.
Speaker 4: So sorry to interrupt, but Awilita here is a busy woman.
Speaker 2: So we're gonna move on to our next speed date.
Speaker 2: Thank you so much, Lucy Christiana.
Speaker 4: We will have you now have a one on one
Speaker 4: speed date with Awilita. Here, it'll just be you and her.
Speaker 2: Liliana take it away.
Speaker 1: I'm taking it away.
Speaker 5: Let's do this.
Speaker 1: I just want to talk about your dating life. Are
Speaker 1: you in the apps?
Speaker 8: No?
Speaker 5: Absolutely not.
Speaker 1: So how do you get your dates happening?
Speaker 6: I'm tend to go outside a lot, not a lot,
Speaker 6: but I go outside.
Speaker 1: Where do you go nightclubs?
Speaker 6: No, I'm like a supermarket, walk around in the city.
Speaker 6: There's a new lesbian bar on Sunset. I'll hang out
Speaker 6: there sometimes.
Speaker 3: So when was the last time of your serious relationship
Speaker 3: and how long was it?
Speaker 6: Maybe four years ago?
Speaker 7: It was like a year.
Speaker 1: And since then you've just dated here and there.
Speaker 6: What's I'm a long distance, casual, low commitment girlfriend.
Speaker 7: That's a Poe Barbie.
Speaker 6: Kind of just get to the situationships and then it's
Speaker 6: like till the next one.
Speaker 5: I guess.
Speaker 3: Are you looking for a serious relationship? Would you like
Speaker 3: to be committed?
Speaker 7: I could be yeah, yeah.
Speaker 6: I definitely. I know what commitment takes. I just haven't
Speaker 6: found that in someone or somebody hasn't found that in
Speaker 6: me either, So I'm always open to it, just haven't
Speaker 6: gone there yet.
Speaker 1: So how does commitment look like?
Speaker 8: To you, We'll just be honest.
Speaker 6: I mean, yeah, if you can't be honest with me,
Speaker 6: then what in a relationship for you know, to quote Kendrick,
Speaker 6: I'd much rather you trust me than to love me
Speaker 6: like and I vice versa. Trust me. I want to
Speaker 6: trust the person that I'm with. And that's really what
Speaker 6: commitment is. I don't have to worry about you, you
Speaker 6: don't have to worry about me in the sense of
Speaker 6: stepping outside of our commitment.
Speaker 3: I guess you know that's a very good answer. And
Speaker 3: someone who likes to restole, of course, Oh.
Speaker 5: That's you know, that's number one.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, thank you to our two remaining contestants, you've
Speaker 3: survived the firs.
Speaker 2: I'm trying something new here.
Speaker 8: I'm so sorry.
Speaker 4: All right, So little did y'all know that our main
Speaker 4: dater has been listening this whole time. A Wanita might
Speaker 4: have an idea of who she likes. But let's see
Speaker 4: if we have a unanimous decision. So to both of
Speaker 4: you muses, we're gonna ask you for a quick exit
Speaker 4: and we'll bring back our main contestant. All right, Hannah,
Speaker 4: Now that we have a little bit more time to
Speaker 4: chat to these beautiful humans, I will lead that wants
Speaker 4: to know what do you think?
Speaker 5: Ooh, yeah, I think Lucy is more in alignment with
Speaker 5: me fundamentally, and Christiana is fun. But you know, they
Speaker 5: seem a little young and that's okay, But I don't
Speaker 5: know if that's in alignment.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm there with you.
Speaker 4: From the things that Lucy has answered in the way
Speaker 4: that she's expressed herself, I feel that it aligns with
Speaker 4: where you're at as well. Fantastic. All right, So Hannah,
Speaker 4: I will lead the and I are going to.
Speaker 2: Talk for a moment.
Speaker 4: I will lead the How are you feeling about our
Speaker 4: contestants and Hannah's thoughts?
Speaker 3: Well, of course, it's so true that one of them
Speaker 3: is more Hannah's style, how they think, how they think
Speaker 3: their life is headed towards, while with Christiana we have
Speaker 3: a lot more fun, a little more openness, a little
Speaker 3: more risk taking. While on the other side, Hannah and Lucy,
Speaker 3: I think we'd make a beautiful couple.
Speaker 4: I am one in your decision. Let's bring in our
Speaker 4: contestants and share the verdict.
Speaker 2: Welcome back, Hello, come hello, A decision has been made.
Speaker 2: The jury has a verdict. Wily does take it away?
Speaker 1: Well, listen.
Speaker 3: It was amazing getting to know each of you.
Speaker 1: You are amazing people.
Speaker 3: You have your shit together, Like Lucy says, everything is
Speaker 3: going according to plan, but there's got to be a
Speaker 3: little more of what our main dater wants and needs
Speaker 3: and has talked to us about. And for that reason,
Speaker 3: and based on all of your answers, we have decided.
Speaker 3: Well you have well, I got your input. Also the
Speaker 3: one person who will be dating our main dater, ew.
Speaker 4: Lucy, Lucy, you are going on.
Speaker 2: On a virtual date with our main dator in a
Speaker 2: little bit.
Speaker 1: But in the.
Speaker 4: Meantime, Christiana, I'm being legit. Let's hang out, so cool,
Speaker 4: let's chill, dude. I think that you're Leo and my
Speaker 4: Libra pals here for it.
Speaker 5: I'm so excited. I'm bombed, you know.
Speaker 2: Yes, dude, I'm on.
Speaker 4: Bye, Lucy, love it, love it well. Thank you so much,
Speaker 4: Lucy for being with us. Are you ready to meet
Speaker 4: our main dator?
Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely, amazing.
Speaker 2: Well, let's bring on Hannah, Hannah, come on in.
Speaker 1: To meet you.
Speaker 5: Nice to meet you. I'm Hannah. This is Amara.
Speaker 8: Hi dog, Oh my gosh, my little doughter.
Speaker 5: This is Bobby.
Speaker 1: Hi, Bobby, wasn't far either.
Speaker 2: Incredible.
Speaker 8: I'm not allowed to leave the room, so he's here. Yeah,
Speaker 8: Oh I love it.
Speaker 1: I love it.
Speaker 2: I love it. First impressions, What are I mean? I
Speaker 2: love that. Everybody was immediately like, here's my dog.
Speaker 1: I know right away.
Speaker 2: Incredible good times.
Speaker 1: How about it, Lucy?
Speaker 8: You have a really lovely, beautiful open face and a
Speaker 8: really cool space behind you and a really cute dog.
Speaker 8: So that's great.
Speaker 5: Yes, I mean, the thing that I loved about you
Speaker 5: was that you are so grounded. I think that sounds
Speaker 5: so nice to me and funny. The semn thing made
Speaker 5: me die. I was like, oh, like, yeah, you're chemically gay, dude. Yeah,
Speaker 5: I was like actually crying.
Speaker 9: I love it.
Speaker 5: Really funny.
Speaker 8: You know, it was traumatizing when I was seventeen, and
Speaker 8: now it's an amazing conversation starter. It's a great joke.
Speaker 4: So well, then I'm gonna go ahead and let you
Speaker 4: all have a little virtual date.
Speaker 1: Have fun, beauties.
Speaker 3: I love your smiles, so enjoy your company, enjoy your
Speaker 3: time together.
Speaker 5: That was really fun.
Speaker 8: Yeah, we're just working the whole time. That's so fun.
Speaker 5: I felt awkward, so there was times that I would
Speaker 5: just go to the kitchen to give you guys privacy.
Speaker 5: It's because I didn't want to be a surveillance person,
Speaker 5: but I did hear most of it.
Speaker 8: Okay, great, dude, Have you ever done anything like this? No? No,
Speaker 8: I mean it definitely not. How do you feel?
Speaker 5: Oh, I thought it was so funny. I thought it
Speaker 5: was like so silly and funny.
Speaker 8: No.
Speaker 5: I did a friend send it to me. I was like,
Speaker 5: you should do this, and I was like, I don't
Speaker 5: know if I want to do this, But then I
Speaker 5: was like, it's kind of funny.
Speaker 8: It's so funny. Well, and it's also like low pressure
Speaker 8: because like we're just on zoom, We're just jacking, you know.
Speaker 8: I feel like it wasn't like like taking into an
Speaker 8: actual speed dating event because I just think it would
Speaker 8: be so awkward.
Speaker 5: Oh I, and I think the people that go are weird.
Speaker 8: That's what I'm always worried about, which is not fair.
Speaker 8: But I think there's I know, I have so many
Speaker 8: questions about you.
Speaker 5: Oh god, yeah, yeah, please please ask me.
Speaker 7: I don't know.
Speaker 8: So, Okay, so you run a coffee company. Yes.
Speaker 5: So I used to work in diversity and inclusion, like
Speaker 5: in corporate America for the last decade and then our
Speaker 5: entire department got laid off. I ended up working at
Speaker 5: Lyft Corporate and I had this coffee company that I
Speaker 5: started in my yard. I was like, oh, I just
Speaker 5: want a like elevated lemonade stand, but for adults. I
Speaker 5: live on a cul de sac. All my neighbors I'm
Speaker 5: really close to all my neighbors would bring out all
Speaker 5: the chairs and we would just turn the entire cul
Speaker 5: de sac into like a coffee shop. And then it
Speaker 5: just grew every weekend and people were like, can I
Speaker 5: tattoo in your yard? Can I barber? Can I do whatever?
Speaker 5: And then I threw this huge block party. There was
Speaker 5: like four hundred people that came in my street. My
Speaker 5: friends were like, oh, you should take this seriously. So
Speaker 5: when I got laid off, a friend sent me this
Speaker 5: Woman of Color Entrepreneur program through Calca to La. So
Speaker 5: I did that and that changed kind of like the
Speaker 5: game of like, oh, I think this is like that
Speaker 5: I want to do full time. So I stopped applying
Speaker 5: for jobs and like this is how I pay rent
Speaker 5: and wow, Yeah, it's been like crazy and so much
Speaker 5: learning but really addicting. That is so cool and like
Speaker 5: the whole thing is like homage to like my side,
Speaker 5: my rageol. My mom's white, my dad's Middle Eastern, so
Speaker 5: it's called Saffron cowboys. Saffron's the Middle Eastern.
Speaker 8: And I've definitely heard of that.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's why comedy.
Speaker 8: Oh my gosh cool, I like any like queer community
Speaker 8: building is like not something that I get a chance
Speaker 8: to do myself, but it's something I'm so passionate about
Speaker 8: and like excited.
Speaker 5: That's totally just so cool. Well, you should sell flowers
Speaker 5: at a vending event.
Speaker 8: I work in marketing for a flower brand, so I
Speaker 8: don't get to like actually have the product as much,
Speaker 8: although I like I know how to do floral arranging
Speaker 8: and cell flowers. But if you ever need a copywriter
Speaker 8: or like any help with brand stuff, that's like my
Speaker 8: kind of bread and butter.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 8: I used to work for Tomboyax. I don't know if
Speaker 8: you're familiar with them. They're like a queer underwear brand.
Speaker 8: Oh I do know them, Yeah, yeah, so I used
Speaker 8: to used to work in marketing for them. So, like,
Speaker 8: marketing for queer stuff is.
Speaker 1: Like cool, I want to do.
Speaker 5: Oh it's so nice meeting you.
Speaker 8: Likewise, this was so fun.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was so fun. It was so silly.
Speaker 8: I'm so glad I got to meet you.
Speaker 5: Yes, okay, well I'll talk to you soon. I'll see
Speaker 5: you soon.
Speaker 8: Yeah, definitely, Okay, Bye, Luis, Bye, fantastic.
Speaker 4: Well, I am definitely ready for a fancy beverage.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much.
Speaker 4: For you know, always knowing best and keeping us on
Speaker 4: our toes. Date My aUI the First is a production
Speaker 4: from w V Sound and iHeartMedia's Michael Dura podcast network.
Speaker 4: Hosted by me Or, this is joined by the fabulous
Speaker 4: Leenna Montenegro. Date My Aladi the First is produced by
Speaker 4: Leo Clem, Nico Raguel, and Sophie Spencer Zavos. Our executive
Speaker 4: producers are Wilmer Valderrama, Leo Clem, and Nico Raguel at
Speaker 4: w V Sound. This episode was edited by Sean Tracy
Speaker 4: and Nico Raguel. This episode features original music by Gabe
Speaker 4: Lopez and Alvaro Morello. Special things to our hopeful romantics
Speaker 4: this week Hannah and Christiana, Lucy and Ella. Additional thanks
Speaker 4: to Salt and Line Media. For more podcasts from iHeart
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Speaker 2: See you next week.
Speaker 4: And in the meantime, don't do anything Awanita wouldn't do.
Speaker 1: Just do it better besit us