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 vision board it into a romantic future.

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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.

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 power of the Girl Dinner heal his heart, and remind him that pumpkin soup, meditation, and soundbaths are all he needs to survive?

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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.

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 what men can learn from the vulnerability of women.

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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.

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, and best dating apps. Tune in for this holiday special on everyone’s wish list, and drop your best gym-flirting tips and tricks in the comments!

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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.

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 one problem - how do you cook dinner without a kitchen or groceries? Tune in for chaos, chemistry, and companionship: served hot.

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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.

This week on Boy Problems, we’re joined by the hilarious, hopeful, and awe-inspiring Ilana Glazer. Liz and Ilana sit down to talk all things apocalypse - if it’s really happening, how we can survive it, and how joyful activism can get us ahead. And of course, the two attempt to answer your most pressing boy problems. Is there proper sperm-donation etiquette? Are burritos technically a sandwich? And do good friends really make great lovers?

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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.

He’s been called a “Progressive Mind in a MAGA Body”, and a “Gateway Drug to the Left”. We call him Hasan Piker - a world-renowned streamer with an intimate knowledge of all things men. Hasan and Liz tackle only the essential questions: How can men actually please women? Can anyone draw female anatomy from memory? And can everybody queef on command? Tune in for peer-reviewed facts and field-tested tips, and let us know in the comments - would Hasan pass your boyfriend test?

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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.

You're officially invited to Girl Dinner! We’re kicking off this new, exclusive series with the one and only Malcolm Todd - the world’s most wholesome rockstar. With a $20 bill, a hotel kitchen, and a dream, Malcolm attempts to serve up a five star dinner for Liz, as he makes a pot of pasta for the very first time. Get ready to laugh, cry, and work up an appetite during this very saucy dinner date with one very lucky guy.

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