Season 5 Episode 3: An insider's look into the pickup community

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Social Sciences, Sexuality, Science, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Relationships

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Confidence & Social Intelligence Coach DJ Fuji talks about the origins of the “pickup artist" subculture and the stark difference in its media portrayal. We get a look into this community, the surprising individuals who seek it out, and the new strategies he now teaches. WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Want to remove distractions from your dates? Download Brick and get 10% off at https://www.getbrick.app/DATEABLE Our Sponsors: * Avocado Green Mattress: Check out their mattress and furniture sale: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/DATEABLE * Get Rain of Shadows and Endings wherever books are sold or at Kensington Publishing https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Quince: Get free shipping and 365 day returns at https://quince.com/dateable * Ruggable: Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code DATEABLE at https://ruggable.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The datable podcast features real stories from real people of how they make modern
0:08.6	dating work or not. I'm your host U.A. former dating coach turned dating insider if you will. On each
0:16.4	episode you'll hear commentary from my producer Julie Kraft chick and other surprise
0:21.0	co-hosts. This episode of Datable is brought to you by 500 Brunches.
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0:31.0	brunch.
0:32.0	You answer a quick questionnaire about your interests and
0:34.3	how you spend your time and then they'll match you in small groups of 6 to 8 at a brunch
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0:47.0	Dateable.
0:48.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Datable, a show all about modern
0:57.2	dating. And when it comes to modern dating we're always looking for tips and
1:01.7	advice to see how other people have done it to see what
1:05.7	creates the most successful dating outcomes and what better way to do that than to talk to someone who's been there,
1:14.6	who's been on the coaching side of dating.
1:17.4	We have DJ.
1:18.8	Hi, DJ.
1:20.3	Hi, guys, how are you?
1:21.3	Oh, good. So, DJ, I know you were part of the pickup community before how did you get into that?
1:28.1	Sure, well I got on it's so the whole obviously nowadays with the way the industry is
1:35.6	it's not something that you know that's kind of our background
1:39.2	that's not something that we identify with right now but I realize for a lot of you
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