The Friend Zone

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk AI…relationships?

Transcribed - Published: 29 May 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we’re joined by Dr. Lauren Seale-Sarkipato (Dustin’s cousin!) to talk about the horrific history of racism in the field of Dermatology.

Transcribed - Published: 21 May 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk low maintenance friendships. Is the "low maintenance friend" just code for the lazy, neglectful friend?

Transcribed - Published: 14 May 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 7 May 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk aging, evolving and preparing for our next steps.

Transcribed - Published: 30 April 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk the month’s Hot Topics.

Transcribed - Published: 23 April 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk overconsumption, excess and viral TikTok products.

Transcribed - Published: 16 April 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 9 April 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk Main Character Syndrome.

Transcribed - Published: 2 April 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk the month’s Hot Topics.

Transcribed - Published: 26 March 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we’re joined by Jade of All Jades and Xavier D’Leau of the Jade & XD Podcast to discuss the woes of Adulting.

Transcribed - Published: 19 March 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 12 March 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk Fatphobia.

Transcribed - Published: 5 March 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk Hot Topics.

Transcribed - Published: 26 February 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk about the challenging “rug pull” moments of life and whether or not we assign deeper meaning to them.

Transcribed - Published: 19 February 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, it's a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 12 February 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk a little tech, a little music and a lot of TV.

Transcribed - Published: 5 February 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we’re attending Bible Study. The Sortie of Schechem.

Transcribed - Published: 29 January 2025

This week on #TheFriendZone, we share our energy forecast for 2025 and whether or not our Government’s recent stunts shifted our view of the year.

Transcribed - Published: 22 January 2025

We're baaaaack! We're easing into a New Year of #TheFriendZone with a shoot the shit episode.

Transcribed - Published: 15 January 2025

Surprise! It's a bonus episode of The Friend Zone! We asked you to share your favorite moments of the year and we put it all together to make a "Best of The Friend Zone 2024" episode for the holidays.

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s our last episode of the year! Half of the episode is a shoot the shit and the other half is a 2024 Wrap-Up. We’ll miss you <3 Happy Holidays!

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 4 December 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, Assanté gets in his gamer bag.

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we take a deeper look into Elon Musk and the changes happening over on Twitter/X.

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk mental health, community and practical resistance strategies under a Trump Presidency.

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s our last Crime Zone episode of the season. After a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, Denise Huskins and Aaron Quinn are accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears. American Nightmare.

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a Crime Zone x Bible Study mashup. Cutting Up - The Levite and the Concubine. Judges 19-21.

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2024

It’s officially Spooky Season!! This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a Crime Zone episode. We walk through the chilling story of Mark & Donnah Winger of Springfield, Illinois.

Transcribed - Published: 16 October 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 9 October 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we’re updated on the rapidly evolving state of Artificial Intelligence.

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we step into our Bible Studies. The Story of Ruth And Boaz.

Transcribed - Published: 25 September 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we discuss collective restlessness and the belief systems of Nihilism and Absurdism.

Transcribed - Published: 18 September 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 11 September 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we step into Reddit’s AITA (Am I The Asshole) forum.

Transcribed - Published: 4 September 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we discuss the month’s Hot Topics.

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk wearing shorts to a job interview and whether or not there’s a time and a place to conform to societal norms. And…cucumbers?

Transcribed - Published: 21 August 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 14 August 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we unpack some of our current fears. Big and small.

Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we're joined by Model, Musician, DJ and founder of the Stardust party series - Shaun Ross.

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we discuss the good, the bad and the Kamala Harris.

Transcribed - Published: 25 July 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 17 July 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we discuss the future of AI and Music.

Transcribed - Published: 26 June 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk about Col. Edward Thomas Ryan and a family secret he exposed in his obituary.

Transcribed - Published: 20 June 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we engage in a mid-year mental health check-in.

Transcribed - Published: 12 June 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, it’s a shoot the shit episode. No Hot Button. No segments. Just whatever wants to come up. Brace yourself.

Transcribed - Published: 5 June 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk about our relationship to working and making money.

Transcribed - Published: 29 May 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we cover the month’s Hot Topics.

Transcribed - Published: 22 May 2024

This week on #TheFriendZone, we talk about the experience of growing up Black and Autistic. We’re joined by Natasha Nelson of Supernova Momma and Kanika Negist of FroBabies.

Transcribed - Published: 15 May 2024