256. How To Make First Dates More Fun ft. Miriam Katz
Finding Mr. Height: The Podcast
Ali Jackson
3.9 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Did you ever think that improv could apply to dating? Repeat guest Miriam Katz is back this week, a fun, hands-on conversation about how to feel lighter, more confident, and more authentic on dates…using improv! They talk about tone and enthusiasm, how to practice presence in low-pressure everyday moments, and why “being good” is not the goal if you’re trying to connect like a real human. Ali flips the usual script and lets Miriam run a few playful prompts to demonstrate how loosening up and staying curious can pull you out of performance mode and into actual connection - especially when nerves start to spike. This interactive episode features tools you can use before dates, interviews, and any situation that triggers self-consciousness. And ps: FMH The Pod is now on Youtube so you can see these exercises in action!
But first, we hear from Tony and Katy in Dating Diaries as Tony navigates an energy shift with someone new and Katie shares a promising update ahead of a fourth (!) date.
Where to find Miriam: On Instagram @theexappealpodcast, on TikTok @exappeal, at www.miriamkatz.com.
Timestamps: Miriam joins us at around minute 22.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, look, the tulips came up. |
| 0:01.8 | Oh, look. |
| 0:02.5 | The tulips came up. |
| 0:03.9 | I mean, gorgeous. |
| 0:04.9 | I think, actually, I'm so glad that came up because being, you're never going to be good unless you're down to be bad. |
| 0:25.8 | Hello, and welcome to another episode of Finding Mr. Haight the podcast. I'm your host Ally Jackson and I am bringing you my positive and practical approach to dating relationships |
| 0:30.0 | and a whole lot else about life based on my personal experience, the things that I've been |
| 0:34.5 | through and worked through and I'm bringing to you. |
| 0:39.4 | I am so excited about today's episode. |
| 0:42.2 | First, we have an update from Katie and Tony, |
| 0:43.7 | our dating diaries participants. |
| 0:45.7 | Quick note about that. |
| 0:48.7 | We accidentally called Tony's guy that he was talking about last time. |
| 0:50.3 | Tyson, we called him Tyler in this episode. |
| 0:52.6 | So sorry about that. |
| 0:53.5 | We realized after we recorded. |
| 0:55.4 | But you'll hear about updates on Tyson, Tyler. And also, very exciting update from Katie. |
| 1:04.0 | She has a new Iron in the Fire that we had not heard about last time we spoke. So we've got |
| 1:08.7 | their updates coming in for you. And then I am talking with |
| 1:12.4 | Miriam Katz, who has been on the pod recently. She was on the pod talking about her new podcast |
| 1:18.1 | X appeal, which is just wrapped its first season where she's talking to her goal is to talk to |
| 1:24.2 | every single person she's ever dated for this podcast. And by dated, she means has |
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