19 episodes

Kismet is a podcast about how people met and connections are made.
Each week we capture the real memories of how friendships, rivalries, romances and adventures began. We weave stories with sounds and music to set the scene and document the separate sparks, the quickened hearts and the unintended consequences that lead to life-changing encounters.

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    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 2 Ratings

Kismet is a podcast about how people met and connections are made.
Each week we capture the real memories of how friendships, rivalries, romances and adventures began. We weave stories with sounds and music to set the scene and document the separate sparks, the quickened hearts and the unintended consequences that lead to life-changing encounters.

    #18. The Oasis - Jade and Morgos

    #18. The Oasis - Jade and Morgos

    When the Oasis was hurtled through the void and landed in Amroth, peace was at hand until the armies of Frah descended. Jade and Morgos soon found themselves defending the citizens against the Orks, and found each other beneath strategy and battle.

    • 18 min
    #17. LS Fix - James, Jamie and Alice

    #17. LS Fix - James, Jamie and Alice

    The podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno is just the latest in the long line of productions that James, Jamie and Alice have been making ever since their times at Leeds Student Television. One fateful Halloween party and one chance bus ride has intertwined their lives for 10 years and still going strong.

    • 21 min
    #16. Blotto - Bob and Molly

    #16. Blotto - Bob and Molly

    Not all boozy ideas see the light of day, but when Bob and Molly met at a rained-in bar at sxsw, it became a fruitful meeting of the minds.

    • 12 min
    #15. Chatrooms - Cyril and Gino

    #15. Chatrooms - Cyril and Gino

    Back in 2002 the everyone knew that way to find sex if you were young and gay was on the internet, specifically chatrooms, specifically Gay.com. That's what Cyril and Gino were expecting.

    • 11 min
    #14. Persistence - Olive and Jasper

    #14. Persistence - Olive and Jasper

    Olive is like a debonair southern lady, while Jasper a glad-handing attentive, working the room type. When they met, their personalities totally clashed, but with a little persistence they were soon hanging out and sharing toys.

    • 8 min
    #13. The Rome Prize - David and Suzanne

    #13. The Rome Prize - David and Suzanne

    When Suzanne met David, his "nerd coefficient" was off the charts, but after both were accepted into The Rome Prize, a romance grew from their encounters with lock-ins and walnut shells.

    • 9 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
2 Ratings

2 Ratings

sabdha_baba ,

My new favourite podcast

Kismet is a twist on the first person story genre - parallel interviews with people about how they met, stunningly edited and produced. Definitely worth checking out if you like Strangers, The Moth, Everything is Stories, Love and Radio etc

Josie the explorer ,

Love love love!!

Great stories + brilliant production. Thank you!

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