328: Influencer Insights, Reality TV Obsessions, and Wedding Plans with Hayden Cohen

Conversations with Cam

Cameron Oaks Rogers

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4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Hayden Cohen (@hayderz), a fellow content creator and influencer, for a fun and candid conversation about our experiences in the social media world, our favorite TV shows, and a Friday yap sesh. Hayden shares his journey from influencer management to becoming a content creator himself, known for his hilarious parody videos of other influencers. We dive into the challenges and strategies of creating content for social media, discussing the delicate balance between authenticity and curation, and our experiences with brand collaboration. We of course also discuss reality TV, Hayden’s love for Bravo, all things pop culture, and his current wedding planning journey.

Key Takeaway / Points:

How Hayden and I first connected
The transition from influencer management to content creation
Challenges and strategies in social media content creation
Balancing authenticity and curation in influencer content
The importance of creative freedom in brand collaborations
Our favorite reality TV shows and why they’re important forms of escapism
Hayden's engagement and wedding planning process
Thoughts on being a "bridezilla" and planning bachelorette parties
Current pop culture topics and celebrity drama

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a Dear Media production.
0:05.8	Come on in, take a seat, more a drink, pass one to me, conversations with care, talk to life, come join the fair, throw away your hesitations. I'm a filter conversations.
0:22.3	If you've got, it'll end.
0:24.5	Here's conversations with care.
0:29.5	I, like, didn't really prepare.
0:31.3	I love that.
0:32.1	Those are my favorite episodes where we just like, yeah.
0:33.9	Well, usually I have, like, cards.
0:36.6	Yeah, yeah.
0:37.0	And it just didn't happen. No.
0:38.9	So my phone is out today. It's a Friday. I did think about notes. Yeah. I know, but this is very much like, just a Friday. Yeah. I just want to chit-chat. First thing, Friday, it's Life of a Showgirl day. we're just going to roll with it.
0:51.1	Let's do it.
0:51.7	Okay, but for people who don't know you,
0:54.1	I do want to talk about our, like, origin story.
0:57.6	Yeah.
0:58.1	Because I was thinking about this last night in the shower. As one does. Well, last night I was show, you know, had your show play. Like, in the shower, of course, my speaker got, like, soaking wet. I was great. I broke my phone. Yeah. The new iPhone 17, the Velvet Caviar Club. I know. Literally. I fucking wish.
1:13.2	I know, right.
1:13.9	But then I was thinking, great, I broke my phone. Yeah. The new iPhone 17, the Velvet Caviar Club. I know.
1:11.6	Literally, I fucking wish. I know, right. But then I was thinking about it. I was like, okay, the last time I saw you, was that at the one hotel? Yeah. In L.A. when I was pregnant. Yes. And we were talking about how I really wanted the Haley Bieber smoothie. Yes. And your then boyfriend, you weren't engaged yet.
1:28.6	Yeah, my boyfriend. We weren't engaged yet.
1:29.3	Was like, oh, we've been getting it.
1:30.4	You were like, oh, he's been getting it for me. I really wanted the Haley Bieber smoothie. And your then boyfriend, you weren't engaged yet.
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