Vault: He Fumbled His "Love Lost & Found"

Summary

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The Bert Show – Vault: He Fumbled His "Love Lost & Found"

Date: January 9, 2026
Host: Pionaire Podcasting
Bert Show Cast: Bert, Kristin, Abby, Cassie, Tommy, Co-host Sheila, Host Darren, and Friends

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Episode Overview

In this installment of "Love Lost & Found," the Bert Show team follows Darren in his quest to reconnect with Miranda, a mysterious woman he met (and unfortunately let slip away) during a night out at East Andrews. The episode highlights missed romantic connections, the power of community crowdsourcing, and what happens when two people try to bridge the gap between a fateful first meeting and the possibility of new beginnings.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

What is "Love Lost & Found"? (01:53)

• Concept Explained:
  • Listeners call in after a serendipitous encounter with someone they connected with but failed to exchange contact info.
  • The Bert Show puts out all the clues and relies on their audience to help track down the person.
  • Bert: “We put out the APB, like, everything that this person looks like, all the information that you've ever had on the person from that amazing destiny conversation. And then we put it out there and try to get the Bert Show community to help us.” (02:23)

Darren's Story: The Fumble (02:56 - 04:34)

• The Meeting:
  • Darren saw Miranda at East Andrews during Easter weekend and struck up a conversation.
  • Discovered she had a boyfriend from another state, so he backed off.
• Clues from Darren:
  • Blonde, athletic, about 5'5", works for a talent/modeling agency, may be connected to University of Georgia.
  • Didn't get her number and regretted it afterward.

Listener Sleuthing & First Leads (04:50 - 05:52)

• Audience Participation:
  • Calls came in from possible connections — one listener’s daughter worked at a modeling agency with a Miranda fitting Darren’s description.
  • Agency named “About Faces,” located across from Lenox in Atlanta.
  • Another listener mentions Miranda was a UGA roommate and model.

Bringing the Two Together: Making Contact (06:06 - 08:39)

• Contact Attempt:
  • Bert Show managed to track down Miranda and bring her on the line with Darren.
  • Tension and nerves as Darren hopes she remembers him.
  • Notable Moment:
    • Miranda: “I am so sorry, I do not [remember you].” (07:45)
    • Darren: “Yeah, it's okay.” (09:39)

Establishing the Connection (08:41 - 10:41)

• Describing the Night:
  • Both recount the night: group of friends, black derby hat, hanging out by the patio.
  • Shared confusion due to a blur of activity (and drinks).
• Physical Descriptions:
  • Darren: 5'11", dark hair, wore a white shirt.
  • Miranda: recalls a long day and missing the shuttle for Derby Day.
• Humor and Good-Natured Ribbing:
  • Hosts and commentators tease Darren about his forgettable impression and the perils of drunken introductions.

The Second Chance: Will They Go Out? (10:58 - 12:48)

• On a Potential Date:
  • Miranda is single and open to meeting Darren.
  • Miranda: “Of course [I'd go out with Darren]. He sounds really sweet.” (08:39)
• Arranging the Next Steps:
  • Show offers to exchange numbers off-air.
  • The team requests a follow-up if the date happens.

Closure, Teasing, and Takeaways (12:19 - 13:21)

• Closure—Or a New Beginning:
  • Darren’s quest is (hopefully) fulfilled: whether with a date or at least peace of mind.
  • Banter about how Darren’s friends will undoubtedly tease him for not being remembered — but the tables could turn if the date works out.
  • Co-host Sheila: “He can look at his friends. It's like, dude, guess who I'm about to have a date with.” (13:15)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Bert (on the show’s mission):
  “We put out the APB...all the information that you've ever had...and try to get the Bert Show community to help us.” (02:23)
• Darren (on realizing the missed connection):
  "I went up to talk to her, had a good conversation... and then we got more in-depth and found out she had a boyfriend... So I'm not gonna try to... ask for a number or hit on her anymore after that." (02:56)
• Miranda (on not remembering Darren):
  “I am so sorry. I do not.” (07:45)
• Co-host Sheila (on the power dynamic):
  "If you can get her, I'll probably hit... but, you know, no big deal... I'll call her when I'm drunk. She wants to take care of me. I'll go over there, but she can buy her own food." (06:43)
• Miranda (on going out):
  “Of course. He sounds really sweet.” (08:39)
• Co-host Sheila (regarding closure):
  "Now, if you're a guy, I can just hear if I'm Darren, all my friends giving me so much crap for the next 48 hours..." (13:05)
• Light-Hearted Banter:
  Repeated jabs at Darren’s memory and style with lines like:
  “Did you have. Miranda, did you have a boyfriend that lived out of state?” (09:41)
  “If you met any men with hair on their head and you were even slightly attracted to them, that was Darren.” (10:04)

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Important Timestamps

• 01:53 – What is “Love Lost & Found”?\
• 02:56 – Darren recounts how he met Miranda; initial clues.
• 04:50 – Listeners call in with leads.
• 06:06 – Update 24 hours later; connecting with Miranda.
• 07:45 – Miranda doesn’t remember Darren.
• 08:39 – Miranda agrees to go out with Darren.
• 09:41–10:41 – Both try to piece the memory together; humorous confusion.
• 12:19 – Miranda and Darren exchange info off-air.
• 13:05 – Banter about Darren’s friends and the fallout.

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Tone & Style

• Warm, playful, occasionally self-deprecating.
• Blends suspense from the “Will they, won’t they?” premise with humor.
• Cast and callers are genuine, supportive, and not afraid to poke fun at each other’s expense.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode is a feel-good, real-life romantic caper sprinkled with lighthearted ribbing. Darren's vulnerability and the show's collaborative spirit create a charming narrative about chance, memory, and the awkward, hopeful thrill of finding love just a little belatedly. Even if “the one” doesn't remember you, as The Bert Show proves, there are always second chances when fate—and a community—get involved.

Transcript

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[Host Darren]

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[Bert]

Normally it's two people who are out and about around town. They meet each other by some destination, destiny circumstance. They have a great connection. But for some sort of failed destiny connection, they don't get the number. So they go on their separate ways for some reason or another don't get the contact information and then the next day they're kicking themselves going God, that could have been the one. That was the one. I knew it. I met her she was the one. We had such great chemistry, but I didn't.

[Friend Commentator]

Dream girl.

[Bert]

She's dream girl, but I didn't get the number. What am I going to do? So instead of fretting about it, you call us at the bird show. So we put out the apb, like, everything that this person looks like, all the information that you've ever had on the person from that amazing destiny conversation. And then we put it out there and try to get the Burt show community to help us.

[Host Darren]

So just to get you caught up, Darren calls us yesterday. He had two different chances to get Miranda's phone number and doesn't do it. But he comes on and gives us a general description of who he's looking for, and we start the search.

[Darren]

Actually, about a month and a half ago, it was during, like, Easter weekend, and we were hanging out with a group of friends, went up to East Andrews and saw her, like, from, you know, the other side of the bar and was like, you know, that's one of those girls I gotta go talk to. So I went up to talk to her, had a good conversation, and then we got more in depth and found out she had a boyfriend. So, you know, right there threw up a flag. So I'm not gonna try to, you know, ask for a number or hit on her anymore after that. We just kept talking and things like that.

[Host Darren]

And then what did you learn with her in that first conversation that we might be able to use as clues?

[Darren]

She had a boyfriend, but he was from a different state.

[Host Darren]

Okay, what's her name?

[Darren]

Her name is Miranda. I remembered her name. This is all from the first time I met her, though. Still.

[Friend Commentator]

What does she look like?

[Darren]

She had blonde hair, kind of short, athletic, which was something I was into, too. So that was great.

[Host Darren]

All right, I'm right.

[Bert]

She was short and athletic, or her haircut looked short and athletic.

[Darren]

She had longer hair, like maybe past her shoulders. Blonde. And she was, like, shorter and athletic, not really tall.

[Host Darren]

Okay, so she's athletic and kind of like five, five, five, six.

[Darren]

Yeah, probably around there. Five, five, I would say.

[Host Darren]

All right, blonde. We know that she has a boyfriend that was living in a different state.

[Darren]

At the time, that she works for a talent scout, model agency or something like that.

[Bert]

What about. Where is she from? Did you get that?

[Darren]

No, I don't. I don't. Don't have that where she lives. No, she was there with a couple friends, and I think that one of them went to Georgia.

[Host Darren]

Okay, so that was Darren giving us just a little description of. Now we know her name was Miranda. So the phone lines start lighting up a little bit, and people are starting to figure out, I think I know Miranda. And specifically, we get this one call that people puts us on a pretty good path to find her.

[Miranda]

My daughter works with a modeling agency, and there's a girl that works there whose name is Miranda, who fits that description, who used to have a boyfriend out of state. And she used to talk about him all the time. I haven't seen her in a while, so I didn't know that they were not together anymore. But as soon as I heard that she worked at a talent agency, I'm like, oh, my God, that's Miranda.

[Bert]

Wow.

[Host Darren]

Can you tell us what the name of the talent agency is?

[Miranda]

It's about faces.

[Host Darren]

About faces. And that's here in Atlanta?

[Miranda]

Yeah, it's across the street from Lenox.

[Host Darren]

Okay.

[Miranda]

And I have her cell phone number on my cell phone.

[Co-host Sheila]

You don't have your cell phone with you?

[Miranda]

I don't have my cell phone with me, but when I get to. After I drop my daughter off to school and get to my next location, I can call home and get the number off of my phone. Someone's there, so I can get the number.

[Host Darren]

Sheila thinks she's a pretty good lead, too. Hey, Sheila.

[Miranda]

My daughter goes, well, went to the University of Georgia, and her roommate was named Miranda, and she fits the description, and they both do some modeling.

[Darren]

And I don't know if it's the.

[Miranda]

Right one, but it could be.

[Host Darren]

Okay, so that's where we left things yesterday. We thought we'd be able to get in touch with Miranda yesterday, but we just ran out of time, so. Took us 24 hours. So we tried tracking her down over those last 24 hours. Hey, Darren. How are you?

[Darren]

Pretty good. How are you?

[Host Darren]

Good, man. How you feeling about things?

[Darren]

I'm feeling pretty good. I mean, if she's gonna come on then. And it'll work out, I'd be great.

[Host Darren]

Because yesterday you said, like, you pointed to this girl, to your friends and said, you know what? That's like my perfect girl right there.

[Darren]

Yeah. I mean, I gotta. I mean, yeah, I think maybe he had.

[Bert]

Hello? I gotta be a little bit cooler now that she's listening.

[Miranda]

Yeah.

[Darren]

No, no, no. I mean, like. I mean, I talked to her for a little bit and I got a vibe that. Yeah, that's definitely it.

[Friend Commentator]

But he used Dream Girl on the air yesterday. Then his friends got to him. So he comes hanging out, he's like.

[Bert]

Yeah, you know what?

[Friend Commentator]

Like, if you can get her, I'LL probably hit.

[Co-host Sheila]

But, I mean, no big deal. But, you know, I mean, you know, whatever. I don't care either way.

[Friend Commentator]

I'll call her when I'm drunk. She wants to take care of me. I'll go over there, but she can buy her own food.

[Host Darren]

So. It took us 24 hours, but we think we got in touch with her, man.

[Darren]

All right.

[Host Darren]

All right. Now, we don't know at this point if, you know, she remembers who you are. We don't know if she still has a boyfriend because you were pretty hammered. And you're just going on the words of your friends right now.

[Darren]

Yeah. So it's good to figure that out.

[Host Darren]

So one way or another, at least you're gonna have closure. Either she's gonna be interested or.

[Darren]

That's all I was asking for.

[Host Darren]

All right, let's get Miranda on. Cause we did find her yesterday. Good morning, Miranda.

[Miranda]

Good morning.

[Host Darren]

How are you?

[Miranda]

I'm wonderful. How are you?

[Host Darren]

Good. Darren, is there anything that you could ask this Miranda to make sure 100% that this is the girl that we're looking for?

[Darren]

Well, if she even remembers running into me, even the first time, or even talking with me.

[Miranda]

I am so sorry. I do not.

[Host Darren]

You do not remember?

[Co-host Sheila]

Okay.

[Miranda]

Oh, please don't hate me. I'm so sorry.

[Darren]

So he's not.

[Friend Commentator]

He's not your dream guy?

[Miranda]

He might be, perhaps.

[Co-host Sheila]

Well, and she was dating somebody at the time, so I think it's fair. That's okay. That she, you know, doesn't have this, you know, impression of Darren necessarily because she was dating someone then. Miranda, are you in a relationship now?

[Miranda]

No.

[Co-host Sheila]

Okay.

[Bert]

Did you wear that black hat on derby day?

[Miranda]

I did.

[Co-host Sheila]

Okay.

[Host Darren]

And you. Do you remember meeting any of Darren's friends at East Andrews?

[Miranda]

I don't. We had a. It was a long day Saturday, so.

[Darren]

She was in the same boat I was probably.

[Miranda]

I'm so sorry.

[Darren]

No, that's all right.

[Co-host Sheila]

Well, Miranda, obviously you made an impression on Darren because he's, you know, made these efforts to track you down. So, I mean, would you be interested in going out with Darren?

[Miranda]

Of course. He sounds really sweet.

[Host Darren]

Hey, Darren, is there anything that you could bring up about the. You know. Because you said you had a long conversation with her the first time you met her. Well, yeah.

[Darren]

I mean, it was about 15 minutes. It was. I mean, I don't know what state she was in the first time I met her, because obviously it was the first time. But it was a. We were downstairs, a group, about five or six of us, and we Were just standing by the back door by the patio, just hanging out, talking. She was with a group of her friends. And I mean, I don't really know how to explain. We were just kind of going through conversations and I called her out. I was like, you know, why are you out here? You probably have a boyfriend or something like that. She's like, yeah, I do. He's. He lives out of state, though. And I was like, oh, okay. But I don't know how to really bring anything else up, I guess.

[Miranda]

What do you look like?

[Darren]

About five' 11? Taller. I got hair on my head.

[Miranda]

What color?

[Darren]

It's dark. How was that? I had a white shirt on. On Saturday? Yeah. I don't know.

[Miranda]

I'm so sorry.

[Darren]

Yeah, it's okay.

[Host Darren]

Did you have. Miranda, did you have a boyfriend that lived out of state?

[Miranda]

Well, out of town? Yes.

[Darren]

Maybe he was out of town Easter weekend.

[Friend Commentator]

Think hard, Miranda. Do you recall meeting anyone at all.

[Host Darren]

With hair on their head?

[Friend Commentator]

Hair on their head?

[Christy]

Of course.

[Host Darren]

Okay, if you met any men with hair on their head and you were even slightly attracted to them, that was Darren.

[Miranda]

Okay, good.

[Christy]

Wonderful.

[Darren]

That's hard to say at EastEnders. There's a lot of good looking people out there.

[Co-host Sheila]

Now, Darren, refresh my cause. I know we replayed our original conversation yesterday, but what was it again you said to your friends about Miranda? What was that? Something about her being the perfect girl or dream girl. What was that again?

[Darren]

Well, I mean, it's just kind of a figure speech. You know, sometimes people ask you like, hey, you know, what's your type? Or, you know, really the question, like, what's your type? And I was like, oh, well, my type was, you know, Miranda, the girl I ran into at East India. Just joke with my buddies. We pretty much hang around all together regularly. So, you know, they always bust on me about that too. And then it was even worse when one of my friends got in a conversation with her and then was informed me the next day that I had ran into her. I don't know how enticed Katie was, but he said that she tried to talk to me or say, hey, do you remember me? And I just kind of kept walking right by.

[Host Darren]

The good news here today, Darren, is that your friends aren't gonna give you any crap at all that she didn't remember you at all. I'm sure they're gonna be very, very cool about that.

[Miranda]

I feel so bad. I'm sorry.

[Darren]

No, don't feel bad. I mean, I feel bad because I was a jackass, I guess. Twice well, the second time, Miranda, he.

[Host Darren]

Said he was so hammered at East Andrews, I didn't barely even remember seeing yet. So one of his roommates kind of had to tell him what was going on.

[Miranda]

Oh, wow, that's bad.

[Darren]

Yeah, I just remember a big black hat and somewhere throughout the night. So.

[Miranda]

Yeah, yeah, we were supposed to go to Derby Day and we missed the.

[Host Darren]

Shuttle, so you were pretty hammered, too.

[Christy]

That's great.

[Host Darren]

So maybe in the world of destiny, she was supposed to miss that shuttle.

[Co-host Sheila]

That's right.

[Host Darren]

And meet Darren. And they were supposed to be at East Andrews at the same time because.

[Co-host Sheila]

Darren would have never known that she was single now had she not ended up in her derby hat there.

[Miranda]

Exactly.

[Host Darren]

All right, Miranda, how do you want us to handle this? Do you want us to get his phone number and give it to you and you could call him if you want?

[Miranda]

Yeah, that'd be fine.

[Co-host Sheila]

Okay, cool.

[Bert]

If you guys do end up going out, will you call us and give us an update?

[Miranda]

Of course.

[Darren]

Sure.

[Co-host Sheila]

I have this weird idea that maybe they may hang out at East Andrews.

[Host Darren]

I don't know. All right, Miranda, we'll let you go. Okay.

[Miranda]

All right, thank you.

[Host Darren]

I'm gonna put you on hold, actually, and we'll give you his phone number. Okay?

[Christy]

Okay.

[Host Darren]

All right, Darren. Well, at least you got a little closure on that, you know, and you make it.

[Co-host Sheila]

You know, this may work out.

[Bert]

You have a closure. It's a door opening, Bert. Door.

[Christy]

Yeah.

[Co-host Sheila]

Get a date with her and everything. Get to. Get to know her.

[Darren]

That'd be good.

[Host Darren]

Okay. You're gonna call her?

[Darren]

I don't have her number.

[Host Darren]

Well, she'll call you. Yes. We'll find out over the next 24 hours if she's really interested in going out with you or. That was exactly.

[Darren]

And that's all I wanted to do, is there was even any interest, but obviously she doesn't remember who I am. But if she's still interested, then, you know, that'll work out.

[Host Darren]

We saw pictures of her yesterday. She is.

[Friend Commentator]

Is that the same girl? Did she go to uga? Is that the same girl?

[Host Darren]

Yeah, blonde. Saw the pictures of her yesterday online.

[Friend Commentator]

Yeah, she's a hottie. You better be pretty good looking.

[Host Darren]

All right, man, hold on a second. Okay.

[Co-host Sheila]

All right, good luck.

[Darren]

Thank you.

[Host Darren]

Ouch. Now, if you're. Because if you're a guy, I can just hear if I'm Darren. All my friends giving me so much crap for the next 48 hours, you.

[Co-host Sheila]

Know, he can look at his friends. It's like, dude, guess who I'M about to have a date with.

[Bert]

Yeah.

[Host Darren]

She goes out with him, then he gets hand back in the relationship.

[Co-host Sheila]

Yeah.

[Host Darren]

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