Best Before Date - modern dating exploration

This time on Best Before Date, someone that might sound familiar because you've seen him in Snowpiercer, Spaceforce, Superman and Lois and many other shows that start with the letter "S"! Akeem is a stand up comedian and actor from Montreal, currently based out of Vancouver. He joins to talk about hating dating and wanting to just skip to being boyfriend/girlfriend, being the annoying boyfriend, and how cheating is kinda okay. Listen/share/participate! Send us your favorite moment! Tune in next week for the second part!

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Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

IN THIS EPISODE:

- Not a movie star yet (0:26)

- System for remembering people (3:06)

- How to get nudes (5:09)

- Voice notes (8:01)

- Astrological signs (9:04)

- Weird date (12:24)

- Destiny and dating  (13:53)

- Cutest dating proposal (15:24)

- Unexpected breakup (16:23)

- Want a girlfriend (18:41)

- Vancouver lawnmowers (21:03)

- Immigrants in Canada (21:36)

- Dating as a comic (23:30)

- Dating artists (25:00)

- Arguments over nothing (28:04)

- Spending money on dates (32:16)

- Being used on dates (37:55)

- PawnshopYVR (38:56)

- Sleeping and dating (42:32)

- Red flag (43:26)

- Annoying boyfriend (44:13)

- Cheating (45:14)

- 80-20 rule (48:28)

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This week on Best Before Date, it's the second part of the chat with hilarious Vancouver comic and self proclaimed freak in the bed, Providence Ndizeye. In this episode, they talk about building self confidence, being ESL and the intricacies of erections and orgasms.

Follow Providence on his IG here or search his tag @afriicanchild

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Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

IN THIS EPISODE:

- A form of therapy (0:57)

- Tough year (1:43)

- Psychedelics (3:18)

- Sex on acid (5:18)

- Going soft (7:14)

- Sex is like flappy bird (7:56)

- Finishing quick (8:45)

- Crying during sex (10:35)

- Sneezing makes you cum (11:11)

- Cheating (13:00)

- Never stop being kids (14:33)

- Get married (16:05)

- Vancouver people (16:34)

- Being broke (17:18)

- Building confidence (18:41)

- Birds of a feather flock together (20:03)

- Providence's type (20:33)

- Al wants mixed kids (21:32)

- Being ESL (22:10)

- People that don't travel (22:53)

- Dating with marriage in mind (24:29)

- Too comfortable alone (26:09)

- Getting high (28:43)

- YT/IG/TW @afriicanchild (31:03)

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New Episodes every Tuesday at 9pm PST! 

This week on Best Before Date, hilarious Vancouver comic and self proclaimed freak in the bed, Providence Ndizeye joins the pod! They talk dealing with self-doubt, flushing out fake people, setting too high a standard, getting complacent, and using bluntness to your advantage in dating. The episode also covers cheating, being objectified, and eating ass. We've got a full two episode worth of material, so tune in next week for part 2! (sorry for another two-parter! xoxo)

Follow Providence on his IG here or search his tag @afriicanchild

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Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

IN THIS EPISODE:

- Self sabotage (1:10)

- Creativity (5:19)

- Anxiety before a show (6:29)

- Losing weight (9:31)

- Canada (10:58)

- Vancouver (11:36)

- Housing in Vancouver (13:34)

- Never had a girlfriend (14:57)

- Everybody cheats (15:55)

- Liked for who we are (18:04)

- Positivity (21:42)

- Self love (23:42)

- Learning (25:27)

- First set (27:19)

- Cheating (28:30)

- Accept partner cheating (31:40)

- Being blunt and eating ass (34:32)

- With great power (36:12)

- The right one (38:12)

- Ignoring red flags (40:43)

- Conflict resolution (41:45)

- Getting back with exes (42:35)

- Committing (43:41)

- Too high a goal (45:15)

- Complacent (49:42)

- Rebuilding trust with yourself (51:42)

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This week on Best Before Date, would you date someone who's funny or makes you cum? One of Vancouver funniest comics - Rachel Schaefer joins in to talk about why not to date a comic (which further ruins any hope AL had to some day have a normal relationship). They talk about fun incidents they had living in old Vancouver buildings, Al's gigs as a sexy butler, and the weird encounters you have as a female comedian. 

You can find Rachel on Instagram here.

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Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

IN THIS EPISODE:

- Noise complaint (0:53)

- Confronting the neighbor (5:22)

- Plumber stories (8:12)

- Big pandemic achievement (12:57)

- Bring it back to dating (14:19)

- Living with your partner (16:07)

- Helping his future girlfriend (17:46)

- Hacky jokes (21:17)

- Newly single (22:16) 

- Dating a comic (23:36)

- Schedule is important (27:08)

- Drawn to nice people (29:20)

- Dating outside of your circle (31:30)

- Someone who's funny or good at sex (33:20)

- Working bachelorettes (35:27)

- Sexual proposition (39:36)

- Crying at a bachelorette (41:15)

- Post breakup break (43:33)

- Long term relationships (45:36)

- Seeing multiple people (47:11)

- Shouldn't be dating (52:44)

- Stand up feeds on personal life (54:18)

- Reset with a hookup (57:30)

- Tricked into a relationship (58:44)

- Honesty in relationships (1:01:30)

- Creeps don't message me (1:05:05)

- Stand up experience for women (1:07:12)

- Dating a comic (1:09:47)

- Approached at shows (1:11:31)

- AL bringing dates to shows (1:20:05)

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New Episodes every Tuesday at 9pm PST! 

This week on Best Before Date, second half of the chat with Arash. As always the later part of the episodes gets more heated and personal! AL goes over his approach to dating, while Arash talks about priorities and why he won't date elementary school teachers. This part covers it all! From troubles finding therapists to the sacrifices they'd go through for the right person (not much lol).

Please listen, follow, share XOXO (invite your friends to listen!)

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Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

IN THIS EPISODE:

- More preferences (0:57)

- Women in men-dominated fields (4:28)

- Dating teachers (6:29)

- Bartenders (7:15)

- Sober? (8:42)

- Therapy (9:19)

- Finding a therapist (11:35)

- Hot bartenders (15:13)

- More professions (16:06)

- Dating comics (18:15)

- Complimentary skills (20:53)

- The focus (23:09)

- Approach (23:57)

- Sacrifice for relationship (25:16)

- Waiting on solid footing (28:12)

- Priorities (30:17)

- Podcast events (32:36)

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New Episodes every Tuesday at 9pm PST! 

This week on Best Before Date, Arash Narchi joins AL for a chat about long term relationships (for Arash long-term is over 6 months which we discuss in detail), how to meeting women, and the right approach to online dating be it on Tinder, Bumble, or Hinge. He is a Vancouver based comic, producer at Twins Comedy and an all around great person. Through out the episode they discuss some dating preferences and run a hypothetical scenario straight our of depths of a dating subreddit (did AL run out of ideas, idk maybe). 

Please listen, follow, share XOXO (invite your friends to listen!)

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Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

IN THIS EPISODE:

- Real name (1:00)

- Stand up (3:05)

- PR issues (4:17)

- No long term relationships (7:19)

- I want to find a relationship (8:50)

- Why last one failed (11:22)

- Saw the breakup coming (13:32)

- BIG ADVICE (15:28)

- Immigrant family (16:39)

- Halfies and mix cultures (19:22)

- Dating a comic? (20:32)

- Reconnecting with hookups (21:52)

- Getting better at dating (24:59)

- Clueless to signals (27:28)

- Approaching apps with science (28:44)

- Learning from mistakes (32:16)

- Preferences (34:51)

- Hypothetical (36:23)

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New Episodes every Tuesday at 9pm PST! 

This week on Best Before Date, the hilarious Randee Neumeyer is here! She's an amazing Vancouver based comic and a great guest. Randee and AL chat about having a strong personality (being a dick), wanting to date someone hot, and the push for self improvement. They cover some non-negotiables, discuss weird DMs, and reflect on being "too independent".

Check out Randee's comedy album Bad Baby!

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Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

IN THIS EPISODE:

- Fun by myself (0:48)

- Dates (1:56)

- Type (3:49)

- Approached on the streets (4:40)

- Dating someone hot (6:15)

- A Channing Tatum (8:15)

- Weird DMs (9:03)

- Online dating apps (10:33)

- Go to dates (11:37)

- Started dating (13:01)

- Not a toucher (15:03)

- Hot date w/ a Keanu looking guy (16:11)

- Paying for something you can do (19:12)

- Reason for dating (21:49)

- Pick the body or the face (23:07)

- Non negotiables (25:16)

- Body image (26:53)

- Sex during gigs (28:23)

- Al's type (29:38)

- Favorite body part (31:25)

- More of Al's type (33:15)

- People who travel (36:02)

- Shared interests (38:15)

- Older women (39:33)

- Get a partner (41:43)

- Push for self improvement (43:32)

- Stand up (46:00)

- Second language (47:54)

- Diet (49:51)

- Too independent (52:51)

- Pets (55:12)

- Domesticating animals (59:19)

- We're all in a cage (1:01:50)

- Slide into DMs (1:02:30)

- Randee's type (1:03:10)

- Is Al insecure about anything? (1:04:17)

- Annoying (1:05:50)

- Men deserve it (1:07:00)

- Righteous (1:10:05)

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New Episodes every Tuesday at 9pm PST! 

This week on Best Before Date, part two of the chat with Megan - Vancouver based comic, producer, and anarchist. In this part, they go over bad habits, the approach to dating, growing up in less-than-ideal environments. Listen to find out when is the best time to have children, what's the best porn, and how to be a better person overall. (That last one is a lie, also sorry for another two-parter.)

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Check out the things we discussed timestamped below!

IN THIS EPISODE:

- Weird sex (0:50)

- Hot doctor (2:18)

- Changed the approach (5:46)

- Just stay friends (8:30)

- Back to it (9:35)

- Drunk in love (11:02)

- Taking it slow (13:33)

- 3 date rule (15:06)

- Be nice (16:26)

- Diluting the excitement (18:28)

- Getting lost in relationships (20:14)

- Age appropriate pornography (23:18)

- Porn and sex ed (25:00)

- Bad habits (30:02)

- Drugs (34:38)

- Family (35:56)

- Having a choice (39:13)

- Best time for kids (42:07)

- Talk about trauma (43:46)

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New Episodes every Tuesday at 9pm PST! 

This week on Best Before Date, Megan Milton - a Vancouver based comic, producer, and anarchist, joins AL for a chat. They talk about her first few relationships, her experience as a sex unicorn, and how being a fuckboy helped her. Megan opens up about her abusive relationship with her ex, the role of therapy and her trust issues when it comes to dating women. Luckily for all, she can laugh about these now. Heavy topics approached with lighthearted humor. Please listen, follow, share XOXO (invite your friends to listen!)

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IN THIS EPISODE:

- Starting stand up (1:56)

- Who to blame for bombing (5:25)

- Dating (6:55)

- Bringing up hobbies on dates (8:55)

- No girlfriend level shit (10:30)

- Abusive relationship (12:42)

- Casualty of break ups (16:17)

- OCD (18:53)

- Basically arranged marriage (21:14)

- First relationship (22:44)

- Bi (27:18)

- Sex unicorn (28:55)

- Dating women (35:40)

- Rules for casual stuff (37:19)

- Breaking up (40:17)

- Therapy (42:36)

- Learning what is normal (44:44)

- Finding people to sleep with (46:44)

- Open to relationships (49:20)

Send AL a dating question or comment about this episode to his Instagram

New Episodes every Tuesday at 9pm PST! 

This week on Best Before Date, Powys aka P Crook - a local Vancouver based Hip Hop artist joins for a chat about the challenges of dating in "Flakecouver". Al and Powys talk about dating the broke artist way, being possessive of your art, fear of commitment, and the best place to meet women. Powys opens up about his work on overcoming codependence and shares about his favorite place in Vancouver - Funky Winker Beans. 

Do you think guys overthink dating? Listen and find out for yourself!

Please listen, follow, share XOXO (invite your friends to listen!)

Be sure to rate Best Before Date 5-stars on Apple Podcasts. Leave a funny/dirty comment and there's a chance I'll read it on-air.

IN THIS EPISODE:

- Hip hop and stand up (2:35)

- Inspiration from dating (4:52)

- Relationship with sex (6:08)

- Types of sex (8:01)

- Tinder profile review (11:14)

- Consistency (15:01)

- Bumble (17:24)

- Switching to Instagram (20:22)

- Dating fuck ups (21:55)

- Tinder plus and quitting porn (24:08)

- Flakecouver (26:22)

- Clubs are terrible for dating (27:40)

- Funky Winker Beans (29:11)

- The streets (30:48)

- Why not get into a relationship (31:54)

- Groupies (33:25)

- Shitting where you eat (37:04)

- Possessive of your art (38:05)

- Broke artist dating (42:32)

- Codependence (44:55)

- Abstaining (46:34)

- Coach dating (50:40)

- Help yourself first (54:30)

- Fear of commitment (55:55)

- Vancouver dating sucks (59:00)

- Cool addiction (1:04:00)

- Finding out about codependence (1:07:13)

You can find P Crook's album here

Send AL a dating question or comment about this episode to his Instagram

New Episodes every Tuesday at 9pm PST!