10 episodes

We have funny, diverse, candid, inspiring and informative conversations about love and love lives. Hosted by Francesca Hogi with the coolest guest co-hosts around, like the incredible Saskia Nelson.

We are fun, vulnerable, sex-positive, self-love advocates.

Like “is an internationally recognized dating coach, writer and speaker who you might have seen talking love on The Today Show multiple times” legit. (We see you, Francesca Hogi!)

When Saskia isn’t running her international (UK + US) and award-winning company, Hey Saturday, she’s living her best life in London with her boyfriend of 10 years.

When Francesca isn’t buying a new houseplant (seriously - she has a problem), she’s coaching extraordinary people to live the extraordinary lives they dream of from her home base in Los Angeles.

We hope you love our podcast as much as we do! We’ve put our hearts into it and we hope you can feel the love. xoxo

Stay in touch: IG + Twitter:
@romanticalpod
@dearfranny
@saskia_nelson

Slide into our DM's! Or email us: romanticalpod@gmail.com

Romantical Podcast Francesca Hogi & Saskia Nelson

    • Society & Culture
    • 4.8 • 34 Ratings

We have funny, diverse, candid, inspiring and informative conversations about love and love lives. Hosted by Francesca Hogi with the coolest guest co-hosts around, like the incredible Saskia Nelson.

We are fun, vulnerable, sex-positive, self-love advocates.

Like “is an internationally recognized dating coach, writer and speaker who you might have seen talking love on The Today Show multiple times” legit. (We see you, Francesca Hogi!)

When Saskia isn’t running her international (UK + US) and award-winning company, Hey Saturday, she’s living her best life in London with her boyfriend of 10 years.

When Francesca isn’t buying a new houseplant (seriously - she has a problem), she’s coaching extraordinary people to live the extraordinary lives they dream of from her home base in Los Angeles.

We hope you love our podcast as much as we do! We’ve put our hearts into it and we hope you can feel the love. xoxo

Stay in touch: IG + Twitter:
@romanticalpod
@dearfranny
@saskia_nelson

Slide into our DM's! Or email us: romanticalpod@gmail.com

    The Dating Is An Adventure Episode with Corinne Kaplan

    The Dating Is An Adventure Episode with Corinne Kaplan

    Would you date completely inappropriate partners just for the story of it all? It's an art our guest this week has perfected, and she has the laugh out loud stories to prove it! Corinne Kaplan - podcast host (@ATFixins), two-time Survivor contestant and prolific dater is filter-free, and on the show this week sharing her dating disasters, her extremely ineffective dating criteria, and loving yourself enough to be single! 
    Francesca (@dearfranny) flies solo this week and laughs non-stop with her hilarious and 1-of-a-kind friend Corinne. They discuss couples on social media, Valentine's Day, friends with benefits and Corinne’s adventure-based approach to dating.
    Plus:@theslumflower, What A Time To Be Alone by Chidera Eggerue, How To Be Alone by Lane Moore, Tinder Live, You Are Enough by Mandy Hale, Theranos scammer Elizabeth Holmes, Meghan Markle's new accent, Dating 101 at Boston College, @thomasrhettakins, and more!
    Connect with Corinne:
    Instagram:
    @corinsanity
    @ATFixins
    Twitter:
    @corinsanity
    @ATFixins
    Connect with Corinne's alpaca, Tupaca Shakur:
    Instagram:
    @tupaca_the_alpaca
    We’d love to hear from you!
    romanticalpod@gmail.com!
    Instagram: @romanticalpod
    Twitter: @romanticalpod
    Francesca Hogi
    Instagram: @dearfranny
    Twitter: @dearfranny
    Saskia Nelson
    Instagram: @saskia_nelson
    Twitter: @saskia_nelson
    About us! 
    We are fun, vulnerable, sex-positive, self-love advocates. We’re dating experts, which sounds like a made-up thing, but actually we’re legit. Like “started the world’s first dating photography agency and invented a new genre of photography” legit. (We’re looking at you, Saskia Nelson!)
    Like “is an internationally recognized dating coach, writer and speaker who you might have seen talking love on The Today Show multiple times” legit. (We see you, Francesca Hogi!)
    When Saskia isn’t running her international (UK + US) and award-winning company, Hey Saturday, she’s living her best life in London with her boyfriend of 10 years.
    When Francesca isn’t buying a new houseplant (seriously - she has a problem), she’s coaching extraordinary people to live the extraordinary lives they dream of from her home base in Los Angeles.
    We hope you love our podcast as much as we do! We’ve put our hearts into it and we hope you can feel the love. xoxo

    • 1 hr 15 min
    The Future of Love with Amy Van Doran

    The Future of Love with Amy Van Doran

    What is romance going to look like in the future? How can we get to a better place where deep connections are made more easily? In this episode, Francesca and Saskia have a fascinating conversation with matchmaker and style icon Amy Van Doran.
    Amy takes a break from interviewing the coolest singles in NYC to chat with us about the state of modern dating, being part of the solution of our modern love crisis, who anti-vaxxers should (and shouldn't) date, and the future of love. She breaks down why dating is so hard right now, how to be your own matchmaker and more!
    More about Amy:
    Amy Van Doran has interviewed over 10,000 humans one at a time in person about their love lives. She is the a professional matchmaker and CEO of the Modern Love Club an art gallery and matchmaking agency in the East Village. She's been profiled in Vogue, VICE and far too many other publications to list here! 
    Connect with Amy:
    www.modernloveclub.com (Single people! Sign up here to get in Amy’s rolodex.)
    IG: @amyvandoran
    IG: @modernloveclub
    If you’re in NYC, Amy’s art gallery is open to the public weekends from 12 noon to 7pm - 156 1st Avenue New York, NY.
    We’d love to hear from you!
    romanticalpod@gmail.com!
    Instagram: @romanticalpod
    Twitter: @romanticalpod
    Francesca Hogi
    Instagram: @dearfranny
    Twitter: @dearfranny
    Saskia Nelson
    Instagram: @saskia_nelson
    Twitter: @saskia_nelson
    About us! 
    We are fun, vulnerable, sex-positive, self-love advocates. We’re dating experts, which sounds like a made-up thing, but actually we’re legit. Like “started the world’s first dating photography agency and invented a new genre of photography” legit. (We’re looking at you, Saskia Nelson!)
    Like “is an internationally recognized dating coach, writer and speaker who you might have seen talking love on The Today Show multiple times” legit. (We see you, Francesca Hogi!)
    When Saskia isn’t running her international (UK + US) and award-winning company, Hey Saturday, she’s living her best life in London with her boyfriend of 10 years.
    When Francesca isn’t buying a new houseplant (seriously - she has a problem), she’s coaching extraordinary people to live the extraordinary lives they dream of from her home base in Los Angeles.
    We hope you love our podcast as much as we do! We’ve put our hearts into it and we hope you can feel the love. xoxo

    • 50 min
    The Sluttiness Episode with Sluts & Scholars' Nicoletta and Simone

    The Sluttiness Episode with Sluts & Scholars' Nicoletta and Simone

    As you might guess, this week's episode is heavy on the adult content - consider yourself warned! 
    What's your definition of a slut? After this episode with Nicoletta and Simone, the co-hosts of Sluts & Scholars podcast (@slutsandscholars), you might have a different one. Romantical co-hosts Francesca Hogi (@dearfranny) and Saskia Nelson (@saskia_nelson) talk all things sluttiness and pleasure with these extra special guests!
    This week's discussion about the definition of sex, anal sex, sexual communication with your partner, the anatomy of the clitoris, pegging, omnisexualism, Jessica Drake's Wicked Guide to Anal Sex, and MORE is both hilarious and informative. 
    Plus:
    Saskia shares her excitement over London's BFI Flare LGBT Film Festival and Francesca reflects on Michelle and Barack Obama's relationship after reading Michelle Obama's memoir, Becoming. 
    About our guests:
    Nicoletta and Simone strive to f*ck (sometimes literally) the paradigm that you can't be openly sexual AND a fully professional competent human. Nicoletta Heidegger is a licensed MFT and sexologist and Simone is an actor-turned-law-student who really likes to talk about sex. Together, they chat with folks from across sexuality, kink and professional spectrums about desire, pleasure, shame, stigma and (of course) bodily functions.
    In this episode:
    Sluts & Scholars
    Podcast: https://slutsscholars.libsyn.com/
    Instagram: @slutsandscholars
    Twitter: @slutsscholars
    Books mentioned in this episode:
    Becoming by Michelle Obama
    Becoming Cliterate by Laurie Mintz
    Prime: Adventures and Advice on Sex, Love, and the Sensual Years by Pepper Schwartz
    Naked at Our Age: Talking Out Loud About Senior Sex by Joan Price
    Untrue: Why Nearly Everything We Believe About Women, Lust, and Infidelity Is Wrong and How the New Science Can Set Us Free by Wednesday Martin
    www.romanticalpodcast.com
    Instagram: @romanticalpod
    Twitter: @romanticalpod
    Francesca Hogi
    Instagram: @dearfranny
    Twitter: @dearfranny
    Saskia Nelson
    Instagram: @saskia_nelson
    Twitter: @saskia_nelson
    Francesca Hogi is an internationally recognized dating and life coach based in Los Angeles. She’s the least successful contestant in the history of the CBS reality TV show Survivor, an adjunct coach at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and is like a cat lady, but with plants.
    Saskia Nelson is the award-winning creative genius behind Hey Saturday, the world’s first dating photography agency. After years of online dating, she met her boyfriend of 10 years online and decided to combine her passion for creativity with her expertise in dating to create the new genre of online dating photography.

    • 57 min
    The Sex Scene Episode

    The Sex Scene Episode

    What happens when you have an affair with a psychopath, fall in love with "peak Brad Pitt D", or con your way into running a small town? You get some of the hottest sex scenes ever, as ranked by co-hosts Francesca Hogi (@dearfranny) and Saskia Nelson (@saskia_nelson).
    Plus: The transatlantic ladies discuss Be More Pirate, Scandal, How To Get Away With Murder, whether they prefer voyeurism or exhibitionism, their mutual obsession with Timothy Olyphant, If Beale Street Could Talk, Burning Man and more! 
    Francesca Hogi is an internationally recognized dating and life coach based in Los Angeles. She’s the least successful contestant in the history of the CBS reality TV show Survivor, an adjunct coach at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and is like a cat lady, but with plants.
    Saskia Nelson is the award-winning creative genius behind Hey Saturday, the world’s first dating photography agency. After years of online dating, she met her boyfriend of 10 years online and decided to combine her passion for creativity with her expertise in dating to create the new genre of online dating photography.
    www.romanticalpodcast.com
    Instagram: @romanticalpod
    Twitter: @romanticalpod

    Francesca Hogi
    Instagram: @dearfranny
    Twitter: @dearfranny
    Saskia Nelson
    Instagram: @saskia_nelson
    Twitter: @saskia_nelson
    We’d love to hear from you! Please email us at romanticalpod@gmail.com!

     

    • 1 hr
    The Ethical Pickup Artistry Episode with Hayley Quinn

    The Ethical Pickup Artistry Episode with Hayley Quinn

    Saskia (@saskia_nelson) and Francesca (@dearfranny) are joined by extra special guest dating guru Hayley Quinn (@HayleyQuinnx) to discuss how you can be both a pickup artist and also a really great human. Plus: London’s Selfie Factory, navigating vanity in social media, Instagram "perfection" and more! 
    Hayley Quinn is a London-based dating expert and coach, who has helped 100,000’s of men and women re-think their love lives. Her TedTalk has over 1 million views, her YouTube channel is about to hit 100,000 subscribers, and she has appeared on The Apprentice, Celebs Go Dating, 4Music and Sky News as a dating expert.

    Check out Hayley's TedX talk: https://youtu.be/jmUayKnHWWM
    Check out Hayley's Instagram: @hayleyquinnx
    Check out Hayley's website: https://hayleyquinn.com/
    Francesca Hogi is an internationally recognized dating and life coach based in Los Angeles. She’s the least successful contestant in the history of the CBS reality TV show Survivor, an adjunct coach at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and is like a cat lady, but with plants.
    Saskia Nelson is the award-winning creative genius behind Hey Saturday, the world’s first dating photography agency. After years of online dating, she met her boyfriend of 10 years online and decided to combine her passion for creativity with her expertise in dating to create the new genre of online dating photography. 

    www.romanticalpodcast.com
    Instagram: @romanticalpod
    Twitter: @romanticalpod

    Francesca Hogi
    Instagram: @dearfranny
    Twitter: @dearfranny
    Saskia Nelson
    Instagram: @saskia_nelson
    Twitter: @saskia_nelson
    We’d love to hear from you! Please email us at romanticalpod@gmail.com!

    • 56 min
    The Love Advice Episode with Demetrius Figueroa

    The Love Advice Episode with Demetrius Figueroa

    Saskia (@saskia_nelson) and Francesca (@dearfranny) are joined by extra special guest Demetrius Figueroa (@demetriussays) of A Mighty Love podcast (@AMightyLovePod) and blog to dish out the best dating and love advice in response to listener questions. 
     
    Francesca Hogi is an internationally recognized dating and life coach based in Los Angeles. She’s the least successful contestant in the history of the CBS reality TV show Survivor, an adjunct coach at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and is like a cat lady, but with plants.
    Saskia Nelson is the award-winning creative genius behind Hey Saturday, the world’s first dating photography agency. After years of online dating, she met her boyfriend of 10 years online and decided to combine her passion for creativity with her expertise in dating to create the new genre of online dating photography.
    **OUR GUEST!!**
    Demetrius Figueroa is the writer, editor, and founder of the A Mighty Love. Demetrius has spent 10+ years dating in New York, both online and offline, building experience to offer people with straight-forward advice dating, sex, and relationship advice. He’s seen it all, and that knowledge helps him to give objective, honest advice.
    His advice has been featured on: All Things Considered, Bustle, Elite Daily, Thought Catalog, DragonFruit, The Guidance Girl, Online Dating University, ToiTime, Digital Romance, First Date Purgatory, and Date Daily.

    Check out Demetrius' podcast:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a-mighty-love-dating-and-relationship-advice/id879937378?mt=2
     
    Check out Demetrius' website:https://amightylove.com/
     
    www.romanticalpodcast.com
    Instagram: @romanticalpod
    Twitter: @romanticalpod

    Francesca Hogi
    Instagram: @dearfranny
    Twitter: @dearfranny
    Saskia Nelson
    Instagram: @saskia_nelson
    Twitter: @saskia_nelson
    We’d love to hear from you! Please email us at romanticalpod@gmail.com!

    • 1 hr 19 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
34 Ratings

34 Ratings

Flowerpower75 ,

Best way to navigate this dating jungle

Love Francesca and Saskia’s hilarious observations and guidance on how to navigate “All relationships “

cht0711 ,

Constant cutting it

I loved the Dear Franny podcast so listening to this one was an easy transition. I like the topics and the dialogue but the constant cutting in and talking over each other makes it a really hard listen. When one is making a good point and then the other cuts them off before they can complete the thought it’s sooooo disappointing. I hope both ladies can find a better rhythm and flow so that I can tune in if there is another season.

Zita Jones ,

I love this show!

Francesca and Saskia are hilarious and this show is so much fun. Francesca is a guru and I’m loving all the laughter and wisdom.

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