Podcast
Intimacy Coordinator
Hosted by SmartLess Media · EN
Joel Kim Booster is your personal intimacy coordinator in his new series celebrating dating, love, sex, marriage, and especially messy situationships. On each episode of Intimacy Coordinator, Joel makes it comfortable for his panel of guests to share the messy, surprising stories, experiences and advice that come when people try to connect. From the euphoric highs to the cringeworthy lows, Joel wants to hear about the whole spectrum of experiences with love— from the people that put butterflies in your stomach to the moments that send blood to your privates. No matter what you can bet it will be intimate.
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Big Girl Wednesday (w/ Langston Kerman, Roz Hernandez, and Jenny Zigrino)
3d ago00:56:32Tap to summarizeThis week, Joel and guests—Langston Kerman, Roz Hernandez, and Jenny Zigrino—come in hot with the topic of first loves, and messy but real feelings they come with. They get into hooking up on the road—from offering to fly someone out just to get ghosted, to surprise homemade lube—the cities that want them the most, Big Girl Wednesday, and the many shades of polyamory. Send in your own listener questions by emailing us at intimacycoordinatorpod@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (213) 379-9851. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Langston Kerman: @langstonkerman · Netflix special Bad Poetry; The Boys; podcast My Momma Told Me Roz Hernandez: @rozhernandez · host of Ghosted! (Exactly Right); Living for the Dead (Hulu) Jenny Zigrino: @jennyzigrino · Fifty Shades of Black; Bad Santa 2 Produced by Brian Baldinger and Anne Harris. Associate Producers are Maddie McCann and Katherine Calligori. Editor is Jacob Vaus. Executive Producers are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Robert Cohen, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →The Psychic Mediates (w/ Steph Tolev, Jefferson McDonald, and Peter Antoniou)
1w ago00:51:49Tap to summarizeComedian Steph Tolev and musician-comedian Jefferson McDonald join Joel just four days after getting engaged — and they're still mid-argument when they sit down. To help sort out what's really going on, Peter Antoniou (AGT Season 16 semifinalist, Pretty Psychic Tour) comes in to read the room, call out old patterns, and dig into what makes this relationship different from all the others. They dive into coffee runs, angry dads, wedding party drama, and a very public proposal. Send in your own listener questions by emailing us at intimacycoordinatorpod@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (213) 379-9851. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Peter Antoniou: @peterantoniou · psychic comedian; America’s Got Talent; touring show Pretty Psychic Steph Tolev: @stephtolev · Netflix special Filth Queen; Tires (Netflix) Jefferson McDonald: @jeffersonmcdonald4real · actor, comedian & musician Produced by Brian Baldinger and Anne Harris. Associate Producers are Maddie McCann and Katherine Calligori. Editor is Jacob Vaus. Executive Producers are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Robert Cohen, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Kink (w/ Margaret Cho, Zach Noe Towers, and Gregg Araki)
2w ago00:55:32Tap to summarizeJoel Kim Booster opens with a theory about Gen Z’s relationship to porn and doesn’t let up from there. Margaret Cho, Zach Noe Towers, and Gregg Araki join him to talk sexual muses, the etiquette of dating someone with the wrong politics, and a real conversation Joel had at a party about reverse racial dating discrimination. Along the way: Margaret’s Percy Jackson era, Zach’s queer-Asian solidarity bit, and Gregg previewing his new erotic thriller I Want Your Sex, out in theaters this month with Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, and Charli XCX, and Margaret Cho. LISTENER SUBMISSIONS: Got a relationship question or a text exchange you’re spiraling over? Leave a voicemail at (213) 379-9851 or email intimacycoordinatorpod@gmail.com — we might feature it on an upcoming episode. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Margaret Cho: @margaret_cho · Choligarchy tour; filming a new stand-up special Zach Noe Towers: @zachnoetowers · special TWINK DEATH; podcast Good Sod Gregg Araki: director of I Want Your Sex (in theaters July 31) Produced by Brian Baldinger and Anne Harris. Associate Producers are Maddie McCann and Katherine Calligori. Editor is Jacob Vaus. Executive Producers are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Robert Cohen, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Bi-erasure (w/ Travon Free, Ian Fidance, and Kat Bird)
3w ago00:48:43Tap to summarizeJoel sits down with an all-bisexual panel — Trayvon Free, Ian Fidance, and Kat Bird — to dig into the stereotypes that follow bisexual people around (too greedy, secretly gay, just experimenting), the specific stigma bisexual men face versus bisexual women, and what it felt like to come out on their own timelines. The conversation covers dating across the gender spectrum, getting fetishized, getting razzed by other comics, and not quite fitting neatly into gay or straight spaces. Send in your own listener questions by emailing us at intimacycoordinatorpod@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (213) 379-9851. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Ian Fidance: @ianimal69 · special Wild, Happy & Free; podcast Bein’ Ian with Jordan Kat Bird: @katbirdcomedy · LA stand-up; podcast @katbirdpod; opener for Bobby Lee & Andrew Santino Produced by Brian Baldinger and Anne Harris. Associate Producers are Maddie McCann and Katherine Calligori. Editor is Jacob Vaus. Executive Producers are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Robert Cohen, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Sharing Culture (w/ Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers)
Jul 1300:56:09Tap to summarizeThis week Joel Kim Booster gets his two Las Culturistas sisters on the mic to talk about the pop culture you share with someone new. Joel makes it comfortable for Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers to get honest about the shows, movies, and games that double as relationship litmus tests — Fire Island as a first-date screener, decade-long TV trade, and the eternal Mad Men blind spot. Produced by Brian Baldinger and Anne Harris. Associate Producers are Maddie McCann and Katherine Calligori. Editor is Jacob Vaus. Executive Producers are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Robert Cohen, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Bowen Yang: @fayedunaway · Wicked: For Good; Titanique; Las Culturistas podcast Matt Rogers: @mattrogerstho · Las Culturistas podcast; Have You Heard of Christmas?; Palm Royale Season 2 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Did Your Family Mess You Up? (w/ Usama Siddiquee, Rachel Wolfson, and Felicia Folkes)
Jul 600:58:14Tap to summarizeJoel Kim Booster is joined by comedians Usama Siddiquee (Funny AF with Kevin Hart runner-up, Usama Bin Laughing), Rachel Wolfson (Jackass, Rachel Interrupted), and Felicia Folkes (Funny AF with Kevin Hart top-ten finalist) to unpack how their families shaped — and warped — their approach to sex, love, and dating. They swap the worst relationship advice their parents ever gave them (location-sharing paranoia, "never let your man know where you are," marry-by-23 ultimatums), debate whether waiting to sleep together actually matters, and get into how cultural upbringing colors everything from jealousy to attraction. Send in your own listener questions by emailing us at intimacycoordinatorpod@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (213) 379-9851. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Usama Siddiquee: @usamastandsup · Kevin Hart’s Funny AF (Netflix); Inventing Anna Rachel Wolfson: @rachelwolfson · Jackass Forever; Jackass: Best and Last (2026) Felicia Folkes: @felfatale · stand-up comedian, writer & actor; seen on Comedy Central Produced by Brian Baldinger and Anne Harris. Associate Producers are Maddie McCann and Katherine Calligori. Editor is Jacob Vaus. Executive Producers are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Robert Cohen, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Types (w/ Symone, Adam Shankman, and Guy Branum)
Jun 2900:54:51Tap to summarizeJoel Kim Booster, Symone, Adam Shankman, and Guy Branum get into their types — and the harder problem of being someone else's. Guy explains why being attracted to him counts as a kink. Symone breaks down getting collected like Infinity Stones by men who only date Drag Race winners. Adam, talks about the gap between how he feels at work and how he feels everywhere else. Plus the katanas on every Chicago hookup's wall, Guy's lifelong pull toward redheads, and the exact movie that made each of them culturally gay. Send in your own listener questions by emailing us at intimacycoordinatorpod@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (213) 379-9851. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Symone: @the_symone · winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race S13; Stop! That! Train! Adam Shankman: @adamshankman · director of Stop! That! Train! (in theaters) Guy Branum: @guybranum · Bros; Platonic (Apple TV+) Produced by Brian Baldinger and Anne Harris. Associate Producers are Maddie McCann and Katherine Calligori. Edited by Jacob Vaus. Executive Producers are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Robert Cohen, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Partner Checklists (w/ Evan Williams, Alyssa Limperis, and Kel Cripe)
Jun 2200:49:17Tap to summarizeSeries premiere. Joel Kim Booster sits down with comedians and real-life best friends Alyssa Limperis, Evan Williams, and Kel Cripe to take apart the mental “checklist” of qualities we swear we need in a partner — and what happens to that list the second you actually fall for someone. They get into dating red flags, the code words couples use to defuse a fight, and how the relationships we grew up watching shaped what we think love is supposed to be. Plus, a listener question from a newly single party boy looking for a man who’s got his life together but still knows how to misbehave. Send in your own listener questions by emailing us at intimacycoordinatorpod@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at (213) 379-9851. Subscribe to SmartLess Media on YouTube for full episodes, and follow @intimacycoordinatorshow on Instagram and TikTok for clips. Joel Kim Booster: @ihatejoelkim · Loot Season 3 (Apple TV+), Fire Island (Hulu), Psychosexual (Netflix) Evan Williams: @itsevanwilliams · viral “Credit Card Fraud Dept.” characters; album It’s All Embarrassing Alyssa Limperis: @alyssalimp · What We Do in the Shadows, Hacks, Dexter: Original Sin; special No Bad Days (Peacock) Kel Cripe: @kelcripe · creator of the viral “SCRAM!” video; sketch trio Babe Motel Produced by Brian Baldinger and Anne Harris. Associate Producers are Maddie McCann and Katherine Calligori. Editor is Jacob Vaus. Executive Producers are Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Robert Cohen, Richard Korson and Bernie Kaminski. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Transcribe →Intimacy Coordinator Trailer
Jun 2200:01:46Tap to summarizeBad Dates is now Intimacy Coordinator! With love and respect for the show in all its forms, Joel is taking the show in bold new directions with a new format that allows him to explore even more great stories of love, sex and relationships with all of your favorite guests and tons of new ones! We hope you enjoy. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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Joel Has A Special Announcement
Jun 1500:00:39Tap to summarizeSomething new is coming soon and Joel is (almost!) ready to talk about it. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for video clips. Merch available at SiriusXMStore.com/BadDates. Joel Kim Booster: Scrubs Season 10, Psychosexual, Fire Island, Loot Season 3 Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Intimacy Coordinator ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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