I'm Claire Fallon and I'm Emma Gray.

And this is Love to See It, an obsessively detailed recap podcast about reality dating

shows like The Bachelor and other pop culture that makes us laugh, cry, and curse the patriarchy.

We can't live with these shows and we can't live without them, but we can break down every

juicy moment and unpack all the weird messages these shows send us about love, sex, and dating.

Welcome to Love to See It, a podcast about Misha Goss like Netflix matchmaking shows.

I'm already quelling.

If you haven't already guessed from the Yiddish that I did shoehorn into this intro,

today's channel surfing episode of Love to See It is about the Netflix show Jewish matchmaking.

And here to discuss it with us is Friend of the Pod, Maddy Con, journalist, and author of the

forthcoming book Young and Restless, The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions. Maddy,

thanks for joining us today. Thank you so much for having me. This is a topic near and dear to

my heart. I know. I was like, who would be good to discuss Jewish things? My friend, Maddy.

That's right. That's right. My parents did racially profile you, but it's like in group, so it's okay.

She was like, how can we do this so that Claire can just take a back seat? Because no one needs to know

what Claire thinks about this show. I'm going to let you guys take the lead, but I'm really excited

to discuss because this was such a fun, such a fun docu series. Yeah. And I think, frankly,

having a mixed group is the way to talk about this show. So just to get the concept down for

anyone who hasn't watched Jewish matchmaking, it's a Netflix docu series. It follows a Jewish

matchmaker and dating coach, Alisa Benchalome, and a handful of her clients. And it is a direct

spinoff of the Netflix series Indian matchmaking, which just had its third season. And it really

follows like the exact same vibe and format. Like its predecessor, it kind of offers this glimpse

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