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Handsome Hour

Handsome Hour

By: Stony Grunow Cody Zervas Wes Myers
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 Three deranged tech founders discuss dating and society.© 2026 Stony Grunow, Cody Zervas, Wes Myers Social Sciences
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  • Episode 1 - We've Lost the Magic

    Episode 1 - We've Lost the Magic
    Jan 16 2026

    In this debut episode of The Handsome Hour, Wes, Stony, and Cody riff on why modern dating feels broken, jumping from matchmakers cold-messaging people on LinkedIn to the stigma and selection effects of “needing” help. Cody lays out his “vertical vs. horizontal preferences” framework (status traits vs. idiosyncratic fit), argues that most people misread their own dating-market value, and makes the case that NYC turns romance into an extractive spreadsheet game that drains the magic out of meeting someone. They also get unexpectedly philosophical about marriage as a “technology” that used to work because commitment was real and escape was harder, with some memorable detours into misophonia, putting your “worst foot forward” as a filtering strategy, and a closing tangent on jealousy and cuckoo birds that tees up an even weirder episode two.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
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