Boy Problems

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.

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June 2 · 58 min
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, and taking advantage of the fact that making out is totally free. This is your sign to skip the girls trip that would put you in debt, romanticize your apartment, and declare your own Broke Girl Summer. Our Boy Problems family wouldn’t be the same without you, and keeps growing thanks to your reviews! Keep commenting, subscribing, and sharing with a friend or two - it makes all the difference.🩷 Submit your boy problems ⁠⁠here⁠⁠ and get your own ⁠Boy Problems merch here⁠! Check out⁠⁠ Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠⁠ on Substack!
May 26 · 1 hr 22 min
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 Phil), expose Cinderella as a trauma survivor, and they also coin the official vibe of the season: Broke Girl Summer — because ketchup slices are real, tomatoes are $4, and enjoying your rent feels better than a beach vacation. Our Boy Problems family wouldn’t be the same without you, and keeps growing thanks to your reviews! Keep commenting, subscribing, and sharing with a friend or two - it makes all the difference.🩷 Submit your boy problems ⁠here⁠ and get your own Boy Problems merch here! Check out⁠ Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠ on Substack! Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts⁠ Boy Problems⁠, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions.
May 19 · 49 min
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 rejection into a completely unhinged (and deeply necessary) guide for how to feel the thing without letting it hold you back. Feeling disappointed is not a sign you did something wrong. It's a receipt for your courage. This episode is for anyone in their 48-hour window right now. Do not make your life smaller. We love you. Submit your boy problems ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Check out⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠! Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Boy Problems⁠⁠⁠⁠, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions.
May 12 · 1 hr 26 min
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 dating. 🤯 And honestly, it tracks. in this episode that will be hotly debated - men don't care about dating. And honestly, it makes sense. Liz and Jared unpack why millennials are the least confident generation alive, why men avoid friendship breakups (and self-work,) how we’ve weaponized the ick, and why we only leave unhinged comments on our worst day. You can pre-order Jared's book, Walking Red Flag: Dating Advice from your Favorite Guy Friend here!Our Boy Problems family wouldn’t be the same without you, and keeps growing thanks to your reviews! Keep commenting, subscribing, and sharing with a friend or two - it makes all the difference. 🩷 Submit your boy problems ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Check out⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack⁠⁠⁠⁠! Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Boy Problems⁠⁠⁠⁠, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions.
May 5 · 1 hr 3 min
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 really be friends? And the follow-up that hits different: how do you know when your "friend" is actually an opp? What are the signs? What does it feel like when you finally clock it — and what do you do when the person you thought was in your corner has been running a completely different play this whole time? This week's episode is messy, it's a little embarrassing, and it's so relatable it might make you want to pick up your phone and have a conversation you've been avoiding... And if someone in your life needs to hear this — you already know who — send it to them. Oh — and it literally costs nothing to be kind. Just a reminder. From all of us. Submit your boy problems ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Check out⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack⁠⁠⁠! Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Boy Problems⁠⁠⁠⁠, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions.
April 28 · 52 min
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 as an adult. They get into the relationships that wrecked them and why having your whole identity cracked open in your 30s is somehow the most devastating AND freeing thing that can happen to you. If this episode helped you, send it to a friend. Leave a review. It genuinely makes my whole day. 🫶 Submit your boy problems ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Check out⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack⁠⁠! Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Boy Problems⁠⁠⁠⁠, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions.
April 24 · 28 min
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 Jeremy Hansen, mission specialist on the legendary Artemis II crew. In this episode, we talk about the emotional weight that astronaut families carry so quietly. The anxiety that hums in the background for years. The moment the rocket lifts off and all you can think is just go. The 40 minutes of complete silence when they disappear behind the moon, and what it means to hold someone else's dream without losing your own. This conversation would not have been possible without all of you! Your comments truly make my week ❤️ Please share this episode with a friend and make sure to subscribe to officially join the family! Check out⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack⁠⁠! Submit your ⁠boy problems ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Boy Problems⁠⁠⁠⁠, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions.
April 21 · 1 hr 21 min
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 your hot barista about this episode😉 Submit your boy problems ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Check out⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack⁠! Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Boy Problems⁠⁠⁠⁠, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions.
April 17 · 44 min
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 II crew's safe landing, she's working on getting us to Mars. Liz and Naia are chatting al things space, our universe, faith, and what really happens in the afterlife (hint: we don't really know). You won't want to miss this astronomically exciting episode! *Please note, everything Naia shares in the episode is her opinion, and not representative of NASA as an organization, or workplace. Check out⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Airplane Mode with Liz Plank⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Substack⁠! Submit your boy problems ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠! Liz Plank is an award-winning journalist, filmmaker, international bestselling author, and producer of several critically acclaimed digital series at Vox Media and NBC News. She currently hosts⁠⁠⁠⁠ Boy Problems⁠⁠⁠⁠, a podcast that tackles love, masculinity, dating disasters, and life’s biggest questions.

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