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Hey guys, it's Alana and welcome back to another episode of Seeing Other People.

Together, we're navigating modern dating alongside experts and real-life daters who are sharing their stories.

Don't have a date for tonight? No problem. Come learn, laugh, and maybe even cry along with us as we navigate the dating scene together. All right, you guys, welcome back. I'm so excited. This episode today, this guest is, I feel like over a year in the making. We tried to do this last year, right? We didn't. Yes. I think it's better that we're doing it now. It's way better we're doing it now. I'm so excited. Welcome Emily

Benani to seeing other people. Hi. I'm so excited to be here. I'm so excited to have you. I feel like we just had such a good like 15 minute conversation before pressing record. And the whole time I was like, I wish recording was pressed. I wish we had mics. I wish we were recording this. But we got to keep some stuff to ourselves. Yes. There's always got to be a little behind the scenes action,

but this is going to be such stuff to ourselves. Yes. There's always

got to be a little behind the scenes action. But this is going to be such a good episode. If you guys don't know, Emily, you have to go and follow her right now. Where can they find you? At Banana Bonani on Instagram and TikTok. You are probably one of the funniest people that now I can say that I've met. Oh, that's really nice.

What?

That's crazy.

No, I'm not even kidding.

I'm not even kidding because you're funny. that now I can say that I've met. Oh, that's really nice.

What?

That's crazy.

No, I'm not even kidding.

I'm not even kidding because you're funny in a way where everything you say, I'm just like,

she's saying what I'm thinking, but making it sound so much better.

Interesting.

Or like, holy shit, that's the way to articulate this thing that I've thought my entire life. It's very impressive. Thank you. What made you start doing content? I've always, like, I studied art my whole life. So I studied sculpture in college. I studied, like, always. Yeah, that was not the best move. But, you know, I'm really stubborn. And I was like, I want to be able to make whatever I want to make.

But I studied, like, photography in high school, like was a major there. Like, I've always been, I did competitive dance, like, a lot of dance moms. And so I've always been, like, very creative and, like, a performer. But I was very focused on, like, the behind the scenes after college. So I worked on like set design and like would like in film and TV for music festivals.

I would do like art direction for them. So and I always really loved that. But like I was the second Instagram story launched. Like I'll never forget it. I started making like funny Instagram stories like or just like over the top Instagram stories and like putting a lot of effort into Instagram stories.

And like nobody was following it.

No.

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