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Jeans And A Nice Top
by Ashleigh Austen & Melissa Mason
Welcome to Jeans & A Nice Top, the podcast where each week your hosts Ashleigh Austen and Melissa Mason will overanalyse the wild world of modern dating and overshare their own stories of navigating the swipe game. We've been there, done that, cried over that f***boy. Join us each week, wherever you listen. Swipe right on us! Join our Facebook group! Just search "Jeans & A Nice Top Podcast". Follow us on IG! @jeansandanicetoppod. Follow Ash on IG @ashausten_ Follow Mel on IG @melissamason_ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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S5E6: They Ghosted Me But I've Still Got Their Wallet
This week is a doozy! A listener has the following dilemma: they've been ghosted, but the guy left his wallet at their house – with $1000 bucks cash in it. They won't return texts about collecting the wallet, so does she spend it? Also on topic – lovebombing, making excuses and cutting ties. Send...
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S5E5: When All Your Friends Manifested Their Perfect Person
This week on Jeans and a Nice Top, we have a listener who is still single, but says all their friends managed to tick off their 'perfect partner' lists with the people they've ended up with. Can you really manifest a match? What does this say about widening your pool and relaxing your standards?...
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S5E4: Having The 'I Don't Want Kids' Chat With Your Parents
This week on Jeans and a Nice Top we approach procreation - and how to tell your parents you don't plan on it. Send us your own relationship drama/dating anxiety spiral/lengthy personal situationship drama via a 1-minute voice note on Instagram: @jeansandanicetop_pod You can find Mel here:...
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S5E3: What To Do When Dating Stops Being Fun
This week on Jeans and a Nice Top we answer an age-old question: what happens when dating stops being fun and starts to feel more like trudging up a mountain that is populated solely by emotionally unavailable folk? Send us your own relationship drama/dating anxiety spiral/lengthy personal...
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S5E2: I'm The Problem, It's Me
This week on Jeans and a Nice Top – what happens when YOU'RE the f***boy? We have a listener who realised just that – she's the one that runs, every time. Seriously unlucky in love or sabotaging good sh*t? Send us your own relationship drama/dating anxiety spiral/lengthy personal situationship...
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S5E1: He's Got The Same Name As My Dad
WE'RE BACK BABY! Jeans and a Nice Top is back for season five and we're switching it up, our episodes are shorter, sharper and involve YOU! This week Gloria (name changed) wants to know – can she overcome a guy having the same name as her dad? Is it a valid ick refusing to date anyone with the…
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S4E7: We Support A Chaos Era w/ The Bodzilla
The chaos era - a time when you sleep with everyone, flirt with everyone, are just a hundred percent feeling yourself and are bold enough to let everyone around you know. We often judge people when they're in full chaos-era mode, but why? What's wrong with being confident, sassy and sexy? This...
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S4E6: Conscious Singleness w/ Alex Bruce-Smith
Being consciously single sounds like a wankfest (literally and figuratively, lol). But really, it's just about enjoying your single years, instead of thinking about them as some weird relationship purgatory. This week Mel chats to Alex Bruce-Smith about redefining what being single means…
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S4E5: Overcoming Huge Heartbreak w/ Lucy Neville
This week Mel chats to Lucy Neville, everyone's favourite unofficial agony aunt, about breakups that come out of nowhere, major heartbreak and how we heal. Swipe right on us! Join our Facebook group! Just search "Jeans & A Nice Top Podcast" Follow us on IG! @jeansandanicetoppod Follow Ash on IG...
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S4E4: Figuring Out F*ckboys w/ Helen Chik
This week Mel chats to Helen Chik, author of new dating bible-slash-memoir, Sex, Swipes & Other Stories, about f*ckpeople – how to spot them, how to deal with them, and when to exit stage left from a situationship with one. Check out her book here! Swipe right on us! Join our Facebook group! Just...
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S4E3: The Fish Pic Doesn't Work
App profile curation is a THING! A bad app profile can totally see you missing out on hot dates and good chats. This week we recap our trip to Mount Isa, Ash's (former) fantasy home. Mel gets on the apps and is surprised at the talent out west, plus we discuss the best (and worst) app bios and...
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S4E2: When (And How) To Break The Two-Drink Rule
The two-drink rule: when you're on a date and feel obligated to have two beverages minimum because any less would feel awkwardly short. It's great to be kind when dating, but often our kindness veers into toxic politeness, where we stick around on a chemistry-less (or worse, red-flag-ridden) date...
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S4E1: Yes, A First Date On Valentine's Day Is A Bad Idea
Hello friends and listeners - we're back! Returning for season four on the day of love, we dissect all things Valentine's Day. From why going on a first date on Feb 14 is a terrible idea to what a good night in actually looks like, we've got thoughts, opinions and advice. Ash & Mel xx Swipe right...
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S3E15: Setting Dating New Years Resolutions
For our season finale, we're making a few resolutions - and we hope you guys do too! Going into the New Year, setting goals is top of mind for a lot of us, so we conjured up a few around dating. Need some more inspo? Gretchen Rubin's book The Happiness Project is it. You can pick it up here!…
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S3E14: Do You Want A Relationship, Or Do You Think You Need One? With Clementine Ford
This week, Mel chats to Clementine Ford about her new book, How We Love. In it, Clementine muses on love, loss, and everything between - and chats with Mel about whether we desire romantic relationships (and marriage) or think we need them in order to have a fulfilling life. Does 'The One' exist?...
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S3E13: A Trans Take On Dating With AJ Clementine
This week on the podcast we are joined by AJ Clementine. AJ is a model, digital creator and transgender advocate, who is passionate about sharing her transgender journey to help others going through a similar experience. She has recently published her first book, Girl, Transcending, Becoming the...
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S3E12: Navigating The Silly Season & Dating
If you've been to the shops lately, you would have seen the shelves stocked with tinsel and realised that yes, Christmas is knocking on our doors. To celebrate the sale of novelty biscuits and ugly earrings, this week we delve into the silly season and dating. From Christmas party hookups to…
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S3E11: Identifying Abusive Behaviours In Relationships
**TRIGGER WARNING** This episode discusses domestic abuse and violence. While we do not go into detail, it may be triggering for survivors. This week we've got a very special, and very serious episode. Mel chats to Moo Baulch, Director of Primary Prevention at Womens And Girls Emergency Centre...
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S3E10: Covid Safe Dates And Having The Vax Chat
As Sydney and soon Melbourne emerge from lockdown, IRL dates are back on the cards. But how can you stay safe while still having some fun? And how can you suss someone's stance on vaccination before meeting up? No matter where you are in the world, this chat is a relevant one. Also ***TW*** - we...
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S3E9: Age Is Just A Number (Or Is It?)
Welcome back, guys! This week, we're talking about age gaps - should we be extending those age limits on our apps, or is there a reason (a good one) that we don't date people heaps younger/older than us? We think not - and we're gonna tell you why. Swipe right on us! Join our Facebook group! Just...
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S3E8: This Is A Case For The FBI
This week, we're talking about becoming FBI agents - lol, not really, but information gathering by checking out prospective (or past) lovers' social media accounts. We all do it, and honestly if you don't go too deep it can be a good way to prep yourself for a date - especially if their app…
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S3E7: How To Make Video Dating Fun
Ah yes, video chat. A necessary evil in these unprecedented times, it's safe to safe most of us have spent a lot of time looking at ourselves on screens during the past 18 months. Between Google Hangouts meetings for work and Zoom trivia nights with mates, we are spending an increasing number of...
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S3E6: So, How Important Is Attraction At The Start?
A big part of starting a relationship with someone is attraction, but as most of us can attest, being attracted to someone runs so much deeper than just looks. When we talk about attraction, many of us immediately jump to the conclusion of sexual attraction. You know, that tear each other's…
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S3E5: Where Did My Mojo Go? With Georgia Grace
Anyone out there lost their mojo? Whether you're just not feeling yourself (and therefore not on your dating A-game) or your libido's left the building, it definitely feels like we're all out here struggling to vibe ourselves rn - figuratively and literally. We chat with certified sex coach…
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S3E4: Your Guide To Reviving A Fizzled Chat
A chat can fizzle out for a million reasons. Life gets in the way, replies get forgotten. You might be busy with work. Maybe you have the notifications turned off for dating apps. Or perhaps, you're just plain fatigued from living through a pandemic. But if you're keen to pick back up where you...
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S3E3: Is Strategic Dating The Future Of Love?
This week we're talking strategic dating, after Ash read this brilliant Guardian piece by Katie Cunningham, who chatted to Rebekah Campbell, a high-flying businesswoman who decided to use her business strategies... and apply them to dating. Can a dating strategy help you find love? Or is it a...
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S3E2: Let's Talk Periods, Sex And Dating
Ah periods, aren't they great? If you're a menstruating person, you'll know all too well the trials and tribulations of having a monthly cycle. For our second episode of the season, we are discussing all things periods and dating, including the taboo of period sex and how to navigate those…
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S3E1: When You Feel Like The Only Single Person In The World
We're back!!! Lockdown couldn't hold us down (read: we were really bored and had a lot of time on our hands). To kick off season 3, we're talking about singleness. Like, that DEEP singleness where you feel like everyone's moved on without you, you've dated the entire pool of dates, and you're…
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S2E15: Can You Ever Really Get Closure?
For our season 2 finale, we're discussing closure. We've all craved it, whether it's from a long-term relationship that went south, or a short dating stint that fizzled out of nowhere. But is what you want "closure", or something else? Swipe right on us! Join our Facebook group! Just search…
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S2E14: Sliding Successfully Into DMs with Rowdie Walden
The DM slide is an art form. It's also on the rise as a way to ask someone out, not just over for a hook up. In this week's episode, we chat with Search Engine Sex podcast host Rowdie Walden about the do's and don't's of DM slides - plus share plenty of our own nightmare failures. Follow Rowdie…
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S2E13: Dating During Covid, Lockdown Edition
Ah Covid, it truly is the gift that keeps giving, right? As most of Australia is currently in lockdown and the news cycle is pretty damn bleak (to say the least), we caught up to discuss how it affects the dating game. From having the 'will you be my intimate partner?' chat to navigating the...
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S2E12: How Long Should It Take To Get Over Someone?
Whether you were seeing someone for a couple of months or in a committed relationship for a couple of years, breakups still sting either way. But how long should you take to get over it? And why is everyone always expecting us to get back in the game straight away? Well, it's complicated, as we...
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S2E11: Confidence & Dating with Jessica Vander Leahy
This week we’re joined by Australian Papua New Guinean writer, model, presenter and all-around legend, Jessica Vander Leahy. In this episode, we chat all things body confidence, dating app advice and using fake names from Seinfeld. You can follow Jess on IG here (and we highly recommend you do!)...
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S2E10: When It's Too Good To Be True... Or Is It?
This week, Mel and Ash debate the age-old dating anxiety - are they simply too good to be true? Whether you're skeptical about their motives or feel inferior compared to their hotness/coolness/smartness (that's totally not a word), we've all been there. But are you sabotaging a good thing, or are...
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S2E9: Sex Work & Sobriety with Samantha X
This week we welcome to the podcast Samantha X. A Sydney journalist, sex worker, author and entrepreneur, she has two best-selling books and a mentorship program under her belt, dedicating much of her career to encouraging women to feel empowered. We discuss everything from the biggest...
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S2E8: What Is Emotional Cheating?
Emotional cheating is a buzz-term that's been thrown around a lot over the last few years. But what is it, and how can you tell if your partner (or you) are guilty of it? Also Ash has glandular fever (give her your health juice recs, please) and Mel talks candidly about her relationship anxiety....
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S2E7: Opinion Anxiety & If 'The One' Exists with Georgia Love
This week we have another very special guest, Georgia Love, on the podcast. You might remember Georgia from The Bachelorette, where she met her now-husband Lee Elliott. These days Georgia is a reporter and host of podcast Everyone Has An Ex, but she still cops messages from Bachie fans regularly,...
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S2E6: Let's Talk Attachment Theory
Ever wondered why you do a runner when someone shows the first sign of getting serious? Or why you find it near impossible to not assume the worst when it comes to their ex? Well, it could have a fair bit to do with your attachment style. This week Mel has been reading Attached: The New Science…
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S2E5: Long-Term Relationships and FOMO, with Maggie Zhou
Being in love, it's the dream. But what happens when you meet a great person in your teens, and build a life with them through your 20s? Writer Maggie Zhou is living it - she's been with her boyfriend for five years, and together they're navigating their early 20s and all the tumultuous stuff…
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S2E4: Dealing With First Date Nerves
For many of us, there are few things more nerve-wracking than rocking up on a first date. Even the most confident people among us get the jitters, with some finding the experience so stress-inducing they avoid it entirely. And while the prospect of sitting across from a stranger is always going…
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S2E3: When Sex Hurts, with Bridget Hustwaite
For most of us, sex is great. Like, GREAT great. But what about when f*cking isn't fun, it's just f*cking painful? For many women living with endometriosis, this is their reality - and it can make everything from long-term love to casual hook ups really difficult to navigate. This week, we chat…
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S2E2: Having A Crush When You're In A Relationship
Ah it's the age old question: Is it ever OK to have a crush on someone else when you're in a relationship? Well, as we discuss in this episode, there's levels to it. From occasionally winking at the woman who makes your coffee each morning to having a soft spot for Todd in IT, when it comes to...
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S2E1: Let's (Literally) Talk About Sex, with Flex Mami
We're back, baby! Welcome to Jeans and a Nice Top season 2, where we're kicking off by chatting to everyone's favourite critical thinker, Flex Mami. To celebrate the launch of Reflex Sex with Lovehoney, her new card game designed to get people talking about their attitudes toward sex, we went…
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S1E24: Wrapping Up Season 1!
It's the end of season 1! In this minisode, we reflect on our most sage advice this season - a miracle given we are both still trainwrecks. Thanks so much for listening and getting involved in Jeans and a Nice Top! We'll be back with season 2 in a few weeks. Swipe right on us! Join our Facebook...
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S1E23: An Extremely Convincing Case For Missionary
Ah, missionary. The vanilla sponge of the sex world... or is it? In this episode, we have a frank discussion around why swinging from the chandeliers isn't necessarily the status quo when it comes to getting down (even if it feels like everyone else on planet earth is) as well as our usual...
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S1E22: How To Cancel A Date (And Know If You've Been Cancelled On... Permanently)
This week, we're out here cancelling dates left, right and centre. Lol, not really – but hey! Life gets busy, and sometimes rainchecks are needed. We discuss how to cancel a date if you want to send the message you're still keen (just not tonight, that's pasta and Gossip Girl night), what to do…
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S1E21: How Soon Is Too Soon To Meet The Mates?
Meeting a bunch of new people can be a daunting prospect by anyone's standards, but even more so when they're your new squeeze's mates. In this week's episode, we delve into a tricky one: When should you introduce someone to your friends? And how do you navigate meeting someone else's? We have…
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S1E20: How To Do "Casual" Without Ending Up A Crying Mess For 6-12 Months
Casual relationships are pretty much the norm these days - from situationships to f*ck buddies, we're all out here not committing to each other. Sometimes, it's great! Casual dating can be really liberating and enjoyable. But it can also be hell on Earth and leave you sobbing into some Blue…
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SOLICITED ADVICE: Should You Revive Chats With Your Old App Matches?
This week we are asking the age-old question: when the pickings are slim, is it worth hitting up your old matches on the apps? Whether it's delving into your chat history to dig up a long-dead convo with someone who seemed keen or picking back up with someone you forgot to reply to six months ago...
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S1E19: Navigating The Always Awkward Ex Run-In
This week we're talking exes - again. But this time, it's about when you've moved on (or you're moving on - go you! Reading your Brene Brown and running every day!) but then you run smack-bang into your ex. The worst. How do you navigate that run in? What do you say - and do you have to say...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Jeans & A Nice Top, the podcast where each week your hosts Ashleigh Austen and Melissa Mason will overanalyse the wild world of modern dating and overshare their own stories of navigating the swipe game. We've been there, done that, cried over that f***boy.
Join us each week, wherever you listen.
Swipe right on us!
Join our Facebook group! Just search "Jeans & A Nice Top Podcast".
Follow us on IG! @jeansandanicetoppod.
Follow Ash on IG @ashausten_
Follow Mel on IG @melissamason_
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Welcome to Jeans & A Nice Top, the podcast where each week your hosts Ashleigh Austen and Melissa Mason will overanalyse the wild world of modern dating and overshare their own stories of navigating the swipe game. We've been there, done that, cried over that f***boy. Join us each week, wherever...
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