"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Poly Relationships (w/ Zoe Lister-Jones)
Why Won't You Date Me? with Nicole Byer
Headgum & Nicole Byer
4.9 • 16K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Actress/writer/director Zoe Lister-Jones (Slip) shares her experience opening and closing her "don't ask don't tell" poly relationship, what she's learned after exiting a 17-year marriage, and delves into the empowering nature of "dating to fuck". Nicole really wants to crash the cool teen party down her block.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Why won't you date me? |
| 0:09.6 | Why won't you date me? |
| 0:11.4 | Why won't you date me? |
| 0:13.3 | Please tell me why. |
| 0:17.8 | Oh, baby, welcome to another episode of Why won't you date me? |
| 0:26.4 | The podcast or me, Nicole Fire, is exploring the thematic idea of love. |
| 0:32.4 | I was trying to figure out why I'm still single, but listen, it's been five years, six years, |
| 0:37.3 | don't know, don't have an answer, so we'll talk about love. |
| 0:40.9 | My guest today is an actress, writer, director, and producer, who you know from Whitney and |
| 0:46.0 | the New Girl. |
| 0:47.0 | Now she's making TV history as the first woman to write, direct, and star in every episode |
| 0:50.3 | of a television series with her upcoming show, Slip! |
| 0:54.0 | It's Zoe! |
| 0:55.0 | Blister! |
| 0:56.0 | Jo! |
| 0:57.0 | That's a fun thing. |
| 1:02.0 | That you're the very first woman to do that? |
| 1:06.1 | I think that's what they told me. |
| 1:09.5 | That's what they told me! |
| 1:12.0 | I think so. |
| 1:13.8 | There are obviously so many women who have come before me and done incredible things |
| 1:19.5 | on television, but I think it's the directing every episode of a season that hasn't been |
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