Hanif Abdurraqib

Couples Therapy

Naomi and Andy

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Summary

Hanif Abdurraqib is a poet, essayist, and cultural critic from Columbus, Ohio. And buddy, he's also a fantastic and empathetic guest who we have a blast talking to! That's right, MacArthur Fellowship recipient and the author of poetry collections like The Crown Ain't Worth Much and A Fortune for Your Disaster as well as essay collections like They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us and books like Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes To A Tribe Called Quest, is on the pod today, and folks, class is in session! Hanif talks about dating in the Columbus punk scene, being "the mural guy", musical obsessions and romance, long-distance dating soundscapes and of course, why High Fidelity sucks! (And SO MUCH MORE!) PLUS, obvi, we answer YOUR advice questions! If you'd like to ask your own advice questions, call 323-524-7839 and leave a VM or just DM us on IG or Twitter!

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0:00.0	I'm coming in.
0:00.7	It's that time of year.
0:02.0	Irresistible hot cross bun season.
0:03.6	And we've got loads of them.
0:04.9	From richly fruited to chocolate and salted caramel and even apple crumble ones.
0:08.7	All £1.50 for co-op members.
0:10.5	Now that's a proper tasty Easter.
0:12.2	Co-op.
0:12.6	Owned by you, right by you.
0:14.6	Non-members £2.20th of April.
0:16.5	Subjecture availability prices may vary. Group food stores only a one-pound joining fee.
0:24.7	Open your hearts, loosen your butts.
0:26.5	It's time for couples therapy.
0:31.2	Yeah, this podcast is Andy and Naomi's where they can both live to hang with all their homies.
0:33.5	Talking excellent vacationing with brunches and cuddling
0:35.8	to messy situationships and conscious and coupling. From Netflix, hookups to single them with some hulu tech sex regrets so feeling on your new jubu.
0:43.3	They gonna talk about it.
0:44.4	Yeah, you are in body.
0:45.5	Needing therapy, I guarantee, baby, we got it.
0:47.7	It's couple therapy.
0:52.8	Hello, everyone, and welcome to couples therapy.
0:57.0	My name is Andy.
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