Hi, this is Larry Mantel.

Join me in our Film Week critics March 3rd

of the Orpheum Theater in downtown LA

for our annual Film Week Academy Awards Preview.

Tickets available now at LAAS.com slash events.

Hi, I'm Megan Motel, a producer on the LAa studio show How to LA.

For the past few weeks I've been working on a special series

exploring how people are dealing with feelings of loneliness. According to the

Surgeon General, we're dealing with an epidemic of isolation, and people in Los Angeles

may be lonelier than most.

Through this series, I've been exploring the depths of these feelings for people in all walks of life.

And also digging into how folks are easing these feelings by creating connections and communities

around the city. In this next episode, we're going to have a little fun. My colleague and I went speed dating.

And though we did not find any romantic connections, we did find a fun community. Take a listen.

Thank you.

Thank you all for coming.

Just a quick show of hands.

Whose first time is this speed dating?

That was a lot of hands.

So that should make you feel pretty good that we all feel slightly awkward.

The good thing about your all being here is you all have the same intention which is meeting somebody.

By simply showing up it's way better and a lot harder than just swiping right or swiping left or whatever.

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