12 episodes

Welcome to Conversations With Friends and Strangers! Join Maggie & Noam as they take a closer look at the complicated relationships in the Hulu series, Conversations With Friends. They'll meet some of the cast and crew, chat with experts, and share their own kind of sexy, kind of uncomfortable, but relatable stories about the messy relationships we find ourselves in.

Written and produced by Maggie Boles and Noam Gad Weiser.

From Straw Hut Media.

Conversations With Friends & Strangers Straw Hut Media

    • TV & Film
    • 4.9 • 11 Ratings

Welcome to Conversations With Friends and Strangers! Join Maggie & Noam as they take a closer look at the complicated relationships in the Hulu series, Conversations With Friends. They'll meet some of the cast and crew, chat with experts, and share their own kind of sexy, kind of uncomfortable, but relatable stories about the messy relationships we find ourselves in.

Written and produced by Maggie Boles and Noam Gad Weiser.

From Straw Hut Media.

    1. We dropped the ****ing but kept the poetry.

    1. We dropped the ****ing but kept the poetry.

    Producer Jeanie Igoe tells us about casting the four main roles. Then we try to answer the age-old question: can you stay friends with your ex? Maggie shares the story of her attempt with help from friend and collaborator Michael Amico. Comedian and actor Laci Mosley talks about staying friends before and after sex. And we learn about girl love and poetry with Sappho scholar Marguerite Johnson.
    Michael Amico's The Evening Nudes
    https://www.instagram.com/the_evening_nudes
    Michael Amico Photography
    https://instagram.com/michaelamicophoto
    Laci Mosley - actor and comedian
    https://www.instagram.com/divalaci
    Marguerite Johnson’s book, Sappho
    https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/sappho-9781472538673

    • 38 min
    2: Do you often kiss girls at parties?

    2: Do you often kiss girls at parties?

    Stories about secret romances are first kisses. Science writer Sheril Kirshenbaum gives us some insight into what makes a first kiss good. Then, a tragic Parisian love story lives mostly in the porte cochere, and secret three way makeout sessions create drama at boarding school. Last, we talk Sally Rooney with Mark O’Halloran, the writer of episodes 2, 3, and 9.
    Sheril Kirshenbaum’s book, The Science of Kissing
    https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/sheril-kirshenbaum/the-science-of-kissing/9780446575133/

    • 30 min
    3: It’s just a physical thing. I feel great. Thank you.

    3: It’s just a physical thing. I feel great. Thank you.

    This episode is all about sex: sex as a learning experience, sex as communication, sex as art. Noam shares the story of a relationship that first communicated primarily through sex. Writer Mark O’Halloran and Intimacy Coordinator Ita O’Brien talk about creating and choreographing the sexiest scenes in Conversations With Friends. And we hear stories about a slumber party surprise, not hot public sex at Burning Man, and the fear of god after losing your virginity.
    Rachel Bell
    http://rachelbell.info/
    Michelle Murphy
    https://www.michellemurphytalks.com/ 
    https://www.instagram.com/meeshoffleash/ 
    Nir Benita
    https://instagram.com/nirbenita

    • 31 min
    4: Frances, I want you so much.

    4: Frances, I want you so much.

    What happens when a crush becomes more than just a crush? Producer Jeanie Igoe tells us all about filming in Croatia and the sublime experience that is Sallay Garnett’s voice. Actor Tadgh Murphy describes the wisdom that comes with age and encourages everyone to have an affair.
    And science writer Sheril Kirshenbaum comes back to teach us about nature’s ultimate litmus test, the kiss, and helps us figure out what happens to our bodies when we kiss someone we like.
    Sheril Kirshenbaum’s book, The Science of Kissing
    https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/sheril-kirshenbaum/the-science-of-kissing/9780446575133/

    • 27 min
    5: Not if they loved me too.

    5: Not if they loved me too.

    The question on everyone’s mind: Is it possible to be in love with more than one person at the same time? Sex therapist and best-selling author Dr. Ian Kerner and Kinsey Institute research fellow and podcast host Dr. Justin Lehmiller share their expertise when it comes to the complications of loving more than one person at a time. Dr. C. Sue Carter teaches us what we have in common with prairie voles. And Maggie shares a story about the time she was in love with two people and still wound up being the jealous maniac.
    Dr. C. Sue Carter
    https://kinseyinstitute.org/about/profiles/cscarter.php
    Dr. Ian Kerner
    https://www.iankerner.com/
    Dr. Ian Kerner’s best-selling book, She Comes First
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/0060538260/
    Dr. Justin Lehmiller
    https://www.sexandpsychology.com
    https://open.spotify.com/show/6DCIGjOUaenoKdY71N7NqI

    • 28 min
    6: I’m just not very emotional.

    6: I’m just not very emotional.

    Director Leann Welham talks us through the episode. Sex therapist Dr. Martha Kauppi tells us about the different ways we process and protect ourselves from difficult feelings. Maggie and Noam make the mistake of searching through our personal emails for the word ‘feelings.’ And stories about the minefields in dating when your ability to feel sexual attraction is dependent on a strong foundation of intimacy, moving across country for love, and realizing you’re much more emotional than you thought.
    Martha Kauppi
    https://www.instituteforrelationalintimacy.com/
    Daysmel’s music projects
    https://fractureband.bandcamp.com/album/silent-spring
    https://theradiumdial.bandcamp.com/
    Andrea Guzzeta’s podcast Podvant Garde
    https://open.spotify.com/show/4Nq7kXBRJcLhEZK1yUWa3r
    https://www.instagram.com/andreaguzzetta/
    Michael and Matt
    https://www.instagram.com/michaelandmatt/
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc674znCShhfbB60_-cg6aQ

    • 26 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
11 Ratings

11 Ratings

Realrhiannon ,

Informative and fun

Love the balance between stories, experts, hosts and behind-the-scenes secrets. Best theme song ever ❤️

ryantillotson ,

👍

Frickin good!

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