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Boy Problems
by Liz Plank
Boys are hot. Problems are not. In Boy Problems, Liz Plank takes on love, masculinity, and modern life with her signature wit and fearless honesty — with Katie Couric bringing the heat behind the scenes. From dating disasters to life’s biggest questions, Liz dishes out the advice you didn’t know you needed, one hot take at a time.For partnership or collaboration inquiries, feel free to reach out at [email protected] — can’t wait to connect!
Episodes
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Should Men Come with Yelp Reviews? with Chloe Radcliffe
Are you falling in love or in love with the fantasy? This week on Boy Problems comedian Chloe Radcliffe returns to the show to talk falling for the fantasy, parasocial relationships with your ex’s ex, and why they feel hotter in New York than LA. Plus, a listener’s fantasy football dilemma raises...
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The Strongest Men I Know are Women
This week on Boy Problems, Liz is angry — and she's not apologizing for it. In the wake of the Cornell 57 case, she breaks down why women's rage is no longer remarkable, but the absence of male rage absolutely is. She recounts a wild story from a recent conference where she was asked to moderate…
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How To Find Your Person in 2026
Boy problems family, meet my boyfriend!!! This week, I'm officially introducing my Tall Green Flag to the pod because I simply cannot keep him to myself anymore. We get into our second date (spoiler alert - it involves the airport), the pink pillow he banished from my bed, and your boy problems —...
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Having a Roster Could Save Your Life with Elizabeth Chambers
Elizabeth Chambers lived the picture-perfect life: 10 years of marriage, beautiful kids, glamorous red carpets, but then the picture cracked. Her marriage to Armie Hammer ended in one of Hollywood's most disturbing scandals, and entire world weighed in. But Elizabeth didn’t just survive the...
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Are Girl Best Friends a Red Flag?
David Farrier is back on the show with two VERY special guests - the adorable, adoptable frenchie bulldog he rescued at Griffith Park (🥹) and Liz’s Tall Green Flag!! This week, we discover that David — yes, THIS David — was the mutual friend who knew them BOTH and somehow never introduced them....
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why aren’t we duct taping men more
A man got duct-taped to his airplane seat, and honestly? Feminism is healing. This week, we’re getting into that, paying tribute to the icon Gloria Steinem, and revisiting her wildest undercover stunts, funniest quotes, and her theory that patriarchy is still a prison for men, it's just “cushy.”...
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Private Equity Boyfriend is a Recession Indicator
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...
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Should Exes Be Legal?
This week on Boy Problems, Liz has some breaking news about an ex-boyfriend. Content warning for a brief discussion about SA. Liz talks through the discomfort of finding out someone you dated may have hurt another woman, and grapples with how to reckon with that as an ex. Plus, we flip the "is...
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What Can Kids Teach Us About Love with Julian Shapiro Barnum
This week, Liz sits down with Recess Therapy creator and host Julian Shapiro-Barnum — a self-proclaimed "boy problem" — to hash out the messy, unspoken rules of flirting, trust, and why so many of us struggle to date without baggage. They get into why Liz doesn't trust men (and why that's not...
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How To Have an Intellectually Stimulating Summer
If you've ever spent all of August grieving the end of summer instead of actually living it, this episode is for you. This week on Boy Problems, Liz is breaking down what she calls "end of summer syndrome" — and why we're NOT doing it this year. Liz shares the surprisingly simple, behavioral...
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The Great Wipe Debate
Happy Boy Problems Thursday! Today, Liz is doing something new -- a full grab bag episode dedicated entirely to your boy problems, and it does not disappoint. This week she's unpacking everything from a partner with genuinely alarming hygiene standards to a decade-long friendship that's giving...
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Picky Girls Get Good Husbands
This week on Boy Problems, Liz is hard launching her new boyfriend (yes, really) and she has THOUGHTS on how she found him. Counterintuitive advice, green flags, and a manifesto on why you should be pickier and whimsier this summer. Also: the great allulose incident of 2026. Do NOT Google sugar...
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Call Me Mommy with Marc Maron & David Farrier
This week on Boy Problems, you're getting a front-row seat to our live show at The Elysian. Recorded in front of a studio audience on Canada Day, Liz joins the inimitable Marc Maron and the endlessly curious David Farrier for an unfiltered conversation you do not want to miss. Together they…
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Raw Dogging ADHD with Matthew Broussard
This week on Boy Problems, Liz sits down with comedian, former engineer, and man who successfully met his wife in the DMs, Matthew Broussard. What starts as a chat about overbearing moms (and vulvas) spirals into a deep dive on ADHD, relationships, and why so many of us are walking around calling...
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Sp*rm Never Lies with Zach Noe Towers
This week on the show, Liz is joined by the human ray of sunshine Zach Noe Towers. They start the episode talking about doorbells, but quickly devolve into chaos -- getting into sperm consistency, swallowing etiquette, and red flags you can flag before getting hot and heavy. Along the way:...
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A Midol Vape Would Slap (with Rachel Wolfson)
This week, Liz sits down with Rachel — comedian, stuntwoman, and the first female cast member of Jackass — for a conversation that is somehow both deeply unhinged and deeply moving. They talk about what it actually means to choose pain, why women have been choosing pain since before it was a...
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Patreon Sneak Peek: Remember Regina George?
To celebrate 1 year of Boy Problems, I created a Patreon where I'm unpacking boy lore for close friends only. Remember Regina George? Well, there's something I didn't tell you guys about him that's pretty crucial to why it didn't work out... See you on Patreon! Submit your boy problems...
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Deinfluencing You From Having an Eating Disorder
Welcome back to an extra special episode of Boy Problems -- today, we're celebrating one whole year of the show!!! 🎂 🥳 This show wouldn't be what it is today without all of you, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. Today I'm sharing a dose of radical honesty about eating disorders — what...
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Panera Girls Will Heal the World with Andrew Muscarella
Welcome back to Boy Problems! This week, comedian, co-host of @GoodChildrenPod , and all around sweetheart Andrew Muscarella joins Liz for the slumber party of all slumber parties. They get into everything from Andrew's 4D description of his s*x dungeon experience to why Panera girls were a…
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We’re Having a Broke Hot Girl Summer
Groceries are a luxury good, going out to dinner with friends costs one trillion dollars, and Vogue is out here romanticizing cabbage like we’re not in a recession. Today on Boy Problems Liz declares: it's gonna be a Broke Girl Summer. This summer, we're lentilmaxxing, rentmaxxing, parentmaxxing,...
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Everyone's Gay, Relax! with Brandon Kyle Goodman
Welcome back to Boy Problems! This week, Liz co-hosts the podcast with her emotional support hot water bottle AND actor, writer, host of the Tell Me Something Messy podcast, and certified hottie Brandon Kyle Goodman. Together, they reminisce on the TV shows that raised them (shout out Uncle…
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Whimsymaxx Your Own Disappointment
This week on Boy Problems, Liz sits down for an emergency debrief on a raw, still stinging, gut-punch of a disappointment - and she's not waiting for the dust to settle to talk about it. Armed with an emotional support croissant and a dog-eared book of David Whyte poetry, Liz turns fresh…
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One Woman's Ick is Another Woman's Husband with Jared Freid
This week on Boy Problems, comedian Jared Freid climbs into Liz's very soft bed, tries to drink the microphone, and somehow manages to explain men better than anyone on the internet right now.Jared drops a take that's guaranteed to start fights in the group chat: men don't actually care about...
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The Feminine Urge to Understand Why
Breaking news: Liz has a boy problem. And it's a big one. No guests. No filter. Just Liz, a microphone, and a situation she absolutely cannot keep to herself anymore. This week she's going there — on the question everyone has an opinion on but nobody actually answers honestly: can men and women...
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Manifesting but Make it H*rny with Zoe Lister-Jones
This week on Boy Problems Liz sits down with writer, actor, director, singer and certified main character Zoe Lister-Jones -- and they did NOT hold back. Liz explains s*x magic manifestation (which we are fully obsessed with,) and Zoe gets vulnerable about what it feels like to embrace queerness…
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Astronaut Wives Are the Moment
Welcome back to Hopecore, your Friday dose of joy and wonder - this week's guest is the kind of hero who never asked for a cape — she just quietly held the world together while her husband went to the moon. Dr. Catherine Hansen is an ob-gyn, a mom of three — and the wife of Canadian astronaut...
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Everything We Think About Sex Is Wrong with Dr. Emily Morse
This week on Boy Problems, Liz gets in bed with Dr. Emily Morse — sex therapist, host of Sex With Emily, and the person who has been teaching us about sex and pleasure for over 20 years — and honestly? I think this conversation could end wars. Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and tell...
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NASA Girl Summer
On this week's intergalactic, out-of-this-world episode of Hopecore, we are SPACEMAXXING with the brilliant and awe-inspiring, Naia Butler-Craig*. Naia is everything that the Artemis II mission had us dreaming to be. She is an Aerospace Engineer working at NASA (yes, NASA!), and since the Artemis...
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Whimsymaxxing Changed How I Love and I'm Not Going Back
If you've been out here treating first dates like pitch meetings, mentally calculating ROI before agreeing to the meet up, or gatekeeping your calendar like a CEO - this episode is for you. This week on Boy Problems, Liz is declaring a dating revolution, and she's got 10 whimsymaxxing…
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Our Situationship With The Artemis Crew
Welcome back to a special, solo edition of Hopecore in honor of our Artemis II space besties who have been our collective breath of fresh air and are returning to planet Earth today, Friday April 10th! ✨ Christina Koch, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen didn't just make history —…
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There’s No Male Term For Mistress
Comedian, podcast host, and certified Bravo historian Rayna Greenberg joins us this week on Boy Problems to unpack the Summer House drama, weigh in on whether Liz should give a six-foot-five British firefighter a second chance (drop a Y/N in the comments🫣), and what to do when your friend wants…
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Date Like a Man with Chloe Radcliffe
This week on Boy Problems Liz is joined by comedian Chloe Radcliffe, who clocked every single thing wrong with Liz's girl apartment AND love life in under 90 seconds, and then proceeded to give the most unhinged yet accurate therapy session ever — for free. Drop a ❤️ (or a 🕳️ iykyk) if you want...
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I Had An Eating Disorder And It's Back In Style
Welcome back to Boy Problems! This week, we’re finally talking about it - the glorification of small bodies, the frequent surgeries and weight loss procedures, and the downsizing of women - literally, and figuratively. Liz shares her own personal experiences with food, eating, diet culture, and...
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Deinfluencing You From Dating A Famous Guy
We need to talk about JFK Jr. propaganda — and the hot, rich, famous guy fantasy that's ruining your love life. Boy Problems is back with a full debrief on why the Love Story Hulu show is giving women everywhere the most dangerous delusion of 2025: that a hot, powerful man is going to save you....
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This is Your Sign to Start Whimsymaxxing
Liz revolutionizes the self-help space, introducing a concept that's going to save your sanity: whimsymaxxing. When the world feels like it's on fire, sometimes the most radical thing you can do is make your life more whimsical. This isn't about toxic positivity—it's about training your brain to...
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You're Too Hot to be Chasing Men
This week, we’re back with the pod’s favorite boyfriend, Nick! Nick & Liz are here to chat all things boys - boy corners, boys who play hockey, and of course, boy problems. From an unrequited love that won't quit to our youngest boy problem antagonist yet, your favorite duo has all of the advice…
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What You’re Not Changing You’re Choosing
This week on Boy Problems, Liz is chatting with her all time favorite guests - all of you! In a raw, unfiltered conversation, she’s ready to explain where her mind has been the past few weeks - processing an unexpected breakup. From the stages of grieving, to the process of moving on, and…
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Getting The Ick Is Evolution
Welcome back to Hopecore, your Friday dose of joy, chaos, and standards so high - they built civilization. This week, Liz is joined by feminist scientist and Eve author Cat Bohannon, to unpack why getting the ick might actually be the most important evolutionary trait, how human sexuality fits…
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Situationships Should Be Tax Deductible (with David Farrier)
We’re back this week with the one and only, David Farrier. David is back with Liz to talk about only the most pressing topics - what is the worst date you will ever go on? How old is too old to still be sleeping in a twin bed? And are situationships ever going to work? Each minute is packed with...
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How To Save Your Marriage with Jordan Carlos
Boy Problems LIVE returns to unpack the week with stand-up comedian and writer Jordan Carlos. In true “sleepover during the apocalypse” fashion, Liz and Jordan get into everything from why men can't connect with each other to the "cheerleader effect" in relationships. Jordan shares the real…
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Dating in 2026 Should Be Covered By Insurance
Will you be my valentine? This week on Boy Problems, Liz is unpacking the messiness of dating in 2026, without Cupid’s help, and amidst the apocalypse. Join us for ice cream in bed, ribbon dancing through the chaos, and all of your most pressing boy problems - Valentine’s Day edition. Roses are...
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Getting Older & Hotter with Cobie Smulders
Welcome back to Boy Problems! This week, Liz is joined by actress, philanthropist, and certified scuba diver Cobie Smulders to talk showering in the dark, using horoscopes to determine compatibility, and secrets of successful long-term relationships. Cobie brings her wisdom, heart, and sense of...
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Fact Check Your Haters with Chris Appleton
This week on Boy Problems, Liz sits down with celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton (aka the man behind J.Lo and Kim Kardashian’s most iconic looks) to talk about the power of comebacks and confidence. From breakup bangs to personal branding, Chris breaks down how changing you look - at yourself,...
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Welcome to Boy Problems LIVE!
Political commentator and YouTuber @keithedwards joins Liz in bed for the very first Boy Problems Live!! Liz and Keith get into it all: their unfiltered takes on monogamy, the lore of Equinox steam rooms (IYKYK), and their dating app profiles. Plus, surprise cameos you did not see coming – a...
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The Rise of Looks-Maxxing for Men
Welcome back to Boy Problems! This week, we’re diving into the deep, dark, viral corners of male internet culture - from looks-maxing and the manosphere to the truth about every boy’s bedroom. Joined by the expert of all things boy problems, Adam Faze, Liz unpacks how insecurity and the algorithm...
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Why the First Years of Dating Are the Hardest with Anna Sitar
Welcome back to Boy Problems! This week, Liz hangs out with Anna Sitar to talk crushes, confusion & chemistry, and why dating feels way harder than it needs to be. From dating online, having crushes, and protecting your peace, they break down what’s actually worth paying attention to, and how to...
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Can A Surgeon Fix His Own Broken Heart?
Friday is officially Girl Dinner Day, and we have the perfect way to celebrate: watch as Liz heads to a stranger’s Airbnb for their very first (and last?) dinner date. Though he may be a heart-surgeon, this man’s heart is in desperate need of repair. With a recent breakup on his mind, can the…
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Women Feel Safe, Men Feel Naked
We’re ringing in 2026 in true Boy Problems style - with juicy questions, hot topics, and the truth about male vulnerability - all with the TMZ icon, Van Lathan. Liz and Van dive into the 3 pillars of male and female friendships, unpack the importance of opposite-gender connection, and explore…
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Getting My Stocking Stuffed This Christmas
This week on Boy Problems, we’re back with the greatest gift of the season: Nick! The internet’s favorite boyfriend is in bed with Liz once more, with tips on how to flirt in the gym, fact-checking that Santa is a woman (and she’s real), and a deep dive on why millennial offices were the first…
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Disturbing Male Peace in Vegas
Welcome back to Girl Dinner! This week, Liz brings her appetite, and a $20 bill to the F1 races in Sin City, to see just how Vegas men do dinner. After a series of men ask permission from their wives, scramble for excuses, and even try to negotiate their fee, one man finally agrees. There’s only...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Boys are hot. Problems are not. In Boy Problems, Liz Plank takes on love, masculinity, and modern life with her signature wit and fearless honesty — with Katie Couric bringing the heat behind the scenes. From dating disasters to life’s biggest questions, Liz dishes out the advice you didn’t know you needed, one hot take at a time.For partnership or collaboration inquiries, feel free to reach out at [email protected] — can’t wait to connect!
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Boys are hot. Problems are not. In Boy Problems, Liz Plank takes on love, masculinity, and modern life with her signature wit and fearless honesty — with Katie Couric bringing the heat behind the scenes. From dating disasters to life’s biggest questions, Liz dishes out the advice you didn’t know...
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