50 Dates in 50 States with Matthew Wurnig
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Ilana sits down with Matthew Wurnig, the creator and dater behind 50 Dates in 50 States. Matthew shares how he got the idea to do a date in every state during the pandemic, first virtually, and then IRL. We discuss what it’s like meeting and dating people from all different backgrounds, how the place you grow up can impact your dating life, and how dating culture differs from state to state. We also learn what Matthew has learned about himself and about human connection throughout his journey.
Check out Matthew’s journey on tiktok @50datesin50states and on IG @matthewwurnig.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:05.7 | Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People. |
| 0:11.4 | I am so, so excited for today's episode. |
| 0:15.0 | I just want to get right into it. |
| 0:16.6 | We are bringing on Matt Wernig, who is the founder of 50 dates, 50 states, and that's exactly |
| 0:25.2 | what Matt is doing. He is going around the country, going on a date in every state, and his |
| 0:31.0 | journey is so cool to hear about. A lot of you have been writing into us asking about what |
| 0:37.3 | dating is like in different |
| 0:38.8 | places in the country because obviously we talk about dating in New York a lot, but I can't |
| 0:44.2 | really speak to dating in other places because I haven't done that much of it. So I thought |
| 0:48.8 | Matt would be the perfect person to bring on and I just recorded the episode. I rushed to do the intro because I'm like on a |
| 0:55.8 | high from it. I was smiling so much the entire time and he is doing such a cool and unique thing |
| 1:03.2 | and meeting so many incredible people and I can't wait for you all to hear about it. So before we |
| 1:08.5 | get right in, just a reminder, make sure you are following |
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| 1:35.1 | yet a Patreon subscriber or I guess a patron, a Patreon patron, I don't know. Words are hard. |
| 1:41.9 | But make sure you check out all the things we have to offer on patreon we are |
| 1:46.0 | doing some really cool things over there like bonus episodes and my favorite thing which is |
| 1:51.7 | you can actually get your dating at profile totally revamped i will hop on a call with you over zoom |
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