This week we interview Charlotte Ballet's Allesanda James, the REAL LIFE Sugar Plum fairy about life as a ballerina. Alex discusses how she became a professional ballerina, backstage secrets, balancing motherhood and marriage with a demanding career, and how she manages eating and body image while living in a tutu. 

State of the Date was recorded live at the Fillmore Underground on 11/30. 

Our panelists were: Amanda Bradford, Aerin Spruill, Jonathan Winn, Brendan Cook, Jesse Soloff, and Michelle Boudin.

Special thanks to the entire staff at the Fillmore Underground, RuRu's Tacos & Tequila, Channel 96.1, and our producer Richard Brooke for making this possible.

This week, Christina Weber from Underground Unattached and Your Love Accomplice Podcast joins us to discuss how to actually meet the love of your life in person, instead of using dating apps. We also discuss, how to talk to strangers, the best first date spots, and the real difference between men and women in relationship. 

Our boyfriends, Brad and Phil, join us for the first time EVER!

- What do we do that drives them crazy?

- Brad's incredible advice if you're SO tired of being single

- What did our first dating app messages say to each other?

- When they were most nervous in our relationship

- What should actual dating dealbreakers be?

- What do men and women just NOT understand about each other?

- We play The Newlywed Game

This week we interview Hannah Kay Herdlinger, founder of Thread Talk. Hannah Kay talks to us about her experience with domestic violence, leaving her an abusive partner, and how she had to take her life down to rock bottom in order to build it back with the support of her friends and family. She also discusses working for powerful women like Sheryl Sandberg, Ariana Huffington, and Hillary Clinton and the best piece of advice she's learned from them. We also discuss the #ispypurple challenge for domestic violence awareness. 

- How to feel okay with being alone

- Our non-scientific theory on how to make dating apps work for you

- What we're reading and listening to

- Going to the bathroom in front of your significant other

- The difference between an anxiety disorder and anxious moments

- Techniques to help you feel calm

- How to find a therapist, and what to do if you start seeing someone and realize it's not a good fit

- How to help a family member or friend who's dealing with anxiety

- How to deal with timeline pressure from friends and family

- Five topics all couples should be comfortable talking about

- 6 guys youll end up dating when youve been single for too long

- How to make it not awkward when you break up with someone

- Cuffing season

- Tinstagraming

- Hanging out versus date night when you live together

- 7 habits of couples who stay in love

- The idea of freezing your eggs has been in the news a lot lately. Is it a realistic option? What do you need to know about it?

- You found out you have HPV. Now what?

- If you're in your 20s or 30s it can feel like your biological clock rules all. Should this really be the case?