This week our guest (Female, Bisexual, 23, Morningside Heights, Manhattan) is a girl genius! At the age of 23 she is getting her PhD in Chemistry at Columbia University. She talks about her experience coming out, school/life balance, dealing with a bad ex, bumping into the people you want to see least in nyc, and so much more!

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This week our guest (Male, Straight, 26, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn) is still looking for that special someone. After having a pretty stable dating life, our guest talks about how he navigated quarantine dating, how boys transition between college and real life, generation gap dating, not having a type, and so much more!

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This week our guest (Female, Straight, 25, Washington Heights, Manhattan) is an absolute powerhouse. At the age of 25, this native New Yorker has already graduated from law school and runs a successful fitness Instagram. We talk about how she got blocked on Bumble, her first worst date experience, who should split the bill, dating within your ethnicity, her best Meet Cute story, and so much more.

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WELCOME BACK! SEASON 2 BABY!!!!

This week our guest (Male, Straight, 27, Crown Heights, Brooklyn) talks so candidly about his experiences dating. Although the pandemic has put a damper on a lot of love lives- this man needed the reset. After constantly being in relationships, our guest sits down and talks to me about his new move to NYC, dating before and after his transition, expanding his friend circle, and so much more.

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I open the final episode of S1 Cocktail Hour talking a little bit about the state of current events. I am so excited that my final guest is the amazing Twanna Hines. Twanna is a writer, speaker, sexual health educator, and so much more. We talk about fetishization, how to navigate dating apps, implicit biases we may harbor while dating, and so much more! You can find Twanna Hines @funkybrownchick

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Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective.

Jonah Feingold is a native NY'er who is a filmmaker and now the co-host of Hinge's Dating Sucks Podcast. He is currently working on a rom-com called Dating in New York and is hosting his new podcast with his "ex"! We talk about how to become a dating expert, the Hinge algorithm, dating in NYC vs. LA, hosting his podcast with someone he has dated, his new movie, and more. You can find Jonah on ig @jonahfeingold and his podcast @datingsuckspodcast.

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Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective.

This weeks guest is social media icon Serena F**king Kerrigan! Serena and I talk about being native NY'ers, how she became the Queen of Confidence, her new dating show Let's F**king Date, how to explode on social media, why you should be dating during quarantine, and SO much more! You can find SFK on ig @serenakerrigan and her show @letsfuckingdate

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Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective.

I'm so excited to have my first double interview in Drinks First history! Harrison Forman (28 from New Jersey) and Brandon Berman (25 from Long Island) are the masterminds behind Updating Show. Updating is a live show (now on zoom for the time being) where a literal blind date happens in front of an audience. We talk about how they match people up, what they've learned from the show, how they like to date, and much more. You can find Updating on ig @updatingshow and Harrison @htforman and Brandon @bermmy16.

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Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective.

This weeks guest is a real life millionaire matchmaker in NYC who co-owns the exclusive dating service The Bevy! Nikki Lewis and her partner Greta have been matchmaking in NYC for an elite group of people for nearly a decade. They are Goop's relationship experts, and have been featured in Forbes, Guest of a Guest, and more. we talk about dating in real life vs. apps, what her clients ask for, their extensive screening process for admittance into The Bevy, and so much more! You can find Nikki and The Bevy on instagram @wearethebevy and @somethingnikki and www.the-bevy.com

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Cocktail Hour is a collection of episodes in which I interview seasoned vets of the NYC dating scene for a different perspective.

It could not be more fitting that I met Isaac Hindin-Miller on TikTok considering that it is all I've been doing since quarantine started (follow me @ariananathani @drinksfirst). Isaac is a 35 year-old journalist, DJ, fashion designer, and social media influencer from New Zealand and currently resides in NYC. We talk about nightlife, difference between women in their 20s and 30s, going viral on TikTok, how social media has effected dating, and SO much more. You can find him on ig and TikTok @Isaaclikes_ and @Ilikeyou. I cannot stress how great he is- I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did!

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