Podcasts about missed connections

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Be honest: Have you ever made a random friend at a game, completely forgot to get their details, and then launched a literal nationwide search party just to track them down?

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This Morning, this is Stella's worst nightmare, someone has been checking you out and we read it in Missed Connections, & Mitch Morse joins us & talks about being 97 Rock's new pre & post Bills game host! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X. Listen to past episodes on 97Rock. Follow the Show on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We're checking in on how our county's drug deflection program is faring. Plus, we've got ideas for last-minute outdoor summer adventures and we're also digging into the best of Portland's missed connections. Joining host Claudia Meza are Willamette Week reporter and author, Brianna Wheeler, and Norther Emily, a wilderness skills educator, writer, and the founder of Wild Solitude Guiding. Discussed in today's episode: Meet the Portland teen whose $3 ‘one in a billion' Goodwill find could soon sell for $250K [Oregonian] After Anemic Early Results, Multnomah County Updated Its Program to Divert Drug Users Into Treatment. Is It Working? [Willamette Week] Recreation.Gov /Last Minute Camping Alerts /Camping This Weekend Missed Connection Portland [Instagram] Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up ⁠here⁠. Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at ⁠portland@citycast.fm⁠, or leave us a voicemail at ⁠503-208-5448⁠. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our ⁠morning newsletter⁠ and be sure to follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at ⁠citycast.fm/advertise⁠. We're doing our annual survey to learn more about our listeners. We'd be grateful if you took the survey at ⁠citycast.fm/survey⁠—it's only 7 minutes long. You'll be doing us a big favor. Plus, anyone who takes the survey will be eligible to win a $250 Visa gift card–and City Cast Portland swag. Learn more about the sponsors of this July 15th episode: ⁠SAIF

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Grace saw a cute maintenance man, and social media helped set up her meet cute when she returned from her vacation! STORY: https://www.wdjx.com/the-internet-helps-make-a-love-connection-sparked-at-the-airport/

Those chance encounters with someone you're interested in that fail to turn into something more. It's the weird, the wild, and the desperate… it's Missed Connections!

Group Therapy flabbered our gasts because his fiance traded in her engagement ring for a cheaper one and used the leftover money to buy a Coach purse because the ring was "a gift". Didn't tell him until after. Um WHAT? We search for love at Sunergos Coffee and the gas station and play some #dudeknowledge. Plus does Kelly have these #girlflexes?

We scoured the back pages of Craigslist to find the best (or is it worst?) entries from their Missed Connections section! Whether you're a hopeless romantic or just plain hopeless, this might be the place for you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Nick Wilson and Jonathan Peterlin provide an update on the viral Reddit story of a traveler and an attractive maintenance worker at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. The conversation explores the pressure of national attention, potential movie scripts for the duo, and a heated debate over naming children after airlines. 01:00 - Airport Connection Update 03:21 - Viral Social Media Pressure 04:56 - Potential Movie Plot 06:16 - Airline Name Debate

.. What do these things have in common? Missed Connections, of course! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dan joins Jeff and Andy to go over the biggest headlines in the sports world and provide an update to the missed connection at Hopkins Airport.

This Morning, Rattlesnakes, Birds, Gators, and now Gulls this week in opening audio, someone was checking you out in Missed Connections, & it's the best little Blockbuster in Buffalo we talk to Anthony Szewczyk about his mini Blockbuster in Como Park. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X. Listen to past episodes on 97Rock. Follow the Show on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nick Wilson and Jonathan Peterlin analyze the possibility of LeBron James returning to the Cavaliers and how he would fit under coach Kenny Atkinson. They also explore the viral story of a Cleveland Airport traveler searching for a handsome maintenance worker on social media. 01:00 - LeBron Cavs Roster Flexibility 02:53 - Viral Airport Missed Connection 08:40 - Internet Dating Social Etiquette

Dan joins Jeff and Andy to share the biggest sports stories outside of the Cleveland...and maybe a few non sports stories happening in our city.

What's on Craigslist 7-6-2026 …To the Hottie on the Treadmill …Designer Shoes Marked Down by $1,000 Bucks …Stalker by Proxy for Hire …Seeking Man to Stand in My Drive and Wave Spatula at Planes

Summer can be a great time to catch up on reading. If you're looking for recommendations, the NPR Books team is out with a list of some of our staff's favorite reads of 2026 so far. In today's episode, NPR's Elissa Nadworny and Book of the Day producer Chloee Weiner discuss some of their favorite fiction and nonfiction picks from the list, including The Missed Connection by Tia Williams, The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson and In Trees: An Exploration by Robert Moor.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedaySee pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

Those chance encounters with someone you're interested in that fail to turn into something more. It's the weird, the wild, and the desperate… it's Missed Connections!

Group Therapy involved a "first world problem" with a $15000 wedding dress her fiance wants her to wear...but it was purchased for his EX-fiancee! We dissect the Taylor wedding rumors, play some Dude Knowledge and try to help singles reignite that spark in Missed Connections!

A Portland church is giving its land back to a local indigenous organization, and why consumer advocates are concerned about digital price tags hitting our grocery stores. Plus, we're sharing the most Portland missed connections we could find on the internet. Joining City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza are Willamette Week reporter and author Brianna Wheeler, and the founder of Stumptown Savings, your friendly local food economy newsletter, Bryan M. Vance. Discussed in today's episode: Four Amazon electric vans destroyed in Portland fire [OPB] After church closes, Oregon Lutherans return land to Portland Indigenous organization NAYA [OPB] Kroger is doubling down on a controversial price tag technology, including in Oregon [Oregonian] MCPDX [Instagram] Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here. Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter and be sure to follow us on Instagram. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about the sponsors of this June 25th episode: Portland Bureau of Transportation SAIF Grand Central Bakery

We're talking about "4x4" by the metalcore band Gideon in a new Tough Guy Poetry. We're also talking about Missed Connections and pitching a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater movie.Thanks for listening!www.coolparents.co

Those chance encounters with someone you're interested in that fail to turn into something more. It's the weird, the wild, and the desperate… it's Missed Connections!

We scoured the back pages of Craigslist to find the best (or is it worst?) entries from their Missed Connections section! Whether you're a hopeless romantic or just plain hopeless, this might be the place for you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Novels centering on love and sex are among the best-selling books year after year. More and more are challenging the conventions of romance as a genre — and bringing us well beyond fairy tale endings.Two novels out this summer are pushing some of the boundaries of romance writing and love stories as we know them.Haili Blassingame's “They All Fall in Love at the End” follows a young Black writer in D.C. as she explores non-monogamy while her city (and the whole world) deals with the fallout of the 2024 election.And in Tia Williams' “The Missed Connection,” a casting agent tries to find the handsome stranger who sat next to her on a flight while navigating past trauma and a shaky work-life balance.We ask these new authors about writing complex love stories.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

This Morning, They Came, They Drank and they Cleaned Up, the best food chains, you're looking for love in Missed Connections & Coach Marty joins us on the 11-Day Power Play, he'll be coaching Team 97 Rock. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X. Listen to past episodes on 97Rock. Follow the Show on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Tia Williams met us at the Kate Spade in Rockefeller Center for a special summer episode all about The Missed Connection. Set against a backdrop of beautiful bags, we unpacked the anatomy of a meet-cute, some rules of romance, and the real-life gossip behind her latest love story. When a first-class meet-cute ends without so much as a phone number, Sasha is convinced she's lost her soulmate. Her search for the man in Seat F soon spirals into an international manhunt involving chaotic coworkers, a smoldering detective, and unexpected turbulence. Get The Missed Connection at bookofthemonth.com.  Learn more about Book of the Month LIVE at bookofthemonth.com/botm-live.

Tia Williams is the best-selling author of books such as Seven Days in June and The Perfect Find, and her most recent novel, The Missed Connection, just came out on June 9. In addition to her career as an author, she also spent over 15 years as a beauty editor at magazines including Glamour, Lucky, and Essence. On this episode, Williams discusses what it was like working in print magazines during the Devil Wears Prada era, the financial decision to continue working her corporate job while writing novels, and why penning fanfic about her own life trained her to become a career author. Plus, she shares everything that went into the research process for her recent romance and detective novel. 

We're back with a deep dive on one of our favorite recent romances, Seven Days in June by Tia Williams! We talk about yearning in contemporaries, about books that have a powerful sense of place, about dual timelines, about secondary characters, about lines that stick with us years later, and about how fated mates works as a trope in a contemporary romance.Tia also has a new book out this month, The Missed Connection. Get it wherever you get your books.Listen to our Season 3 episode with Tia Williams about writers in romance and head over to talk about Seven Days in June or any of her other books on the Fated Mates Discord, accessible to our Patreon subscribers. By joining the Patreon, you meet other Fated Mates listeners and get an extra monthly episode from us. Support us and learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon.Read Seven Days in June at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books, wherever you get your books, or with your monthly subscription to Kindle Unlimited.NotesSorry, we're a Knicks podcast now, everyone. Sarah because of New York and Jen because of Villanova. Sarah did look up that Knickerbocker thing, but we never got back to it. Learn more about how those trousers became a symbol of NYC here. Sports curses are bad, just ask Red Sox fans! Spike Lee has really been through it, Jalen Brunson's interview after the game just shows you a man trying to deal with his feelings.The World Cup, we just don't know anything about that yet, but we're gonna get up to speed on that, just like all the people of the world getting up to speed on America. Also, feels important to romance that we bring you the news that the Tartan Army cleared Boston out of beer.We had Tia Williams on the podcast back in season 3 when Seven Days in June was released. Although there is not a sequel to Seven Days, Shane and Eva are secondary characters in the YA romance with Audre that came out in 2025. Find out more about Tia, and see all her books at her website.Come see Sophia Benoit in conversation with us in NYC (June 23) and Chicago (June 24) to celebrate the release of her first historical romance, The Very Definition of Love.SponsorsFrederick Smith, author of Love is a Contact Sport, available in print, ebook, audiobook from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or wherever you get your books.Little Brown & Company, publishers of Lu Chekowsky's Don't Buy What I'm Selling: On Breaking Up with Advertising and Finally Learning to Love My Whole, Fat Self, available in print, ebook, audiobook from Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo or wherever you get your books.The What in the Smut? Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts.W by Wattpad Books, publishers of Nicole Alfrine's Brain Games. Available in print and ebook from Amazon, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or wherever you get your books.The RestFor even more info about this episode, and to explore everything Fated Mates has to offer, visit: https://fatedmates.net/2026/6/16/s0838-seven-days-in-june-by-tia-williams If you wish you had six more days in a week of people talking about romance, may we suggest joining our Patreon? Aside from an additional episode every month you get access to our Discord, where other romance readers are talking about books they love (and many other things!) all the time. It's so fun! Learn more about the Patreon and go join those cool people who love romance as much as you do at patreon.com/fatedmates. Beyond your favorite podcast app, you can find us on Instagram, Threads, Blue Sky, Tumblr, and probably some other places, too, if you look hard enough. If you've never listened to our Stop Book Banning episode, there's no better time than now.

This Morning, in Albuquerque they stole the whole fence, someone was checking you out and we read about it in Missed Connections, and comedian Desi Banks joins us before heading to Helium Comedy Club. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X. Listen to past episodes on 97Rock. Follow the Show on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Those chance encounters with someone you're interested in that fail to turn into something more. It's the weird, the wild, and the desperate… it's Missed Connections!

Missed Connections left us with questions and hope for these starcrossed would-be lovers! In Group Therapy, Gabbi's BF wants to let his female realtor rent a room in his new house to help with the mortgage. Practical or red flag? Then you will not be the same after hearing these remixed jingles. FIRE.

Pinch me! I got to welcome back one of my absolute favorites, Tia Williams! We reunited to celebrate her latest novel, The Missed Connection, a steamy summer romance guaranteed to turn up the heat.Filled with chance encounters, heart, chemistry, and just the right touch of mystery, this novel delivers all the signature elements readers have come to love from Tia. We caught up about her writing process, book-to-screen adaptations, beauty products, and so much more.And if you haven't explored Tia's backlist yet, consider this your sign. Her catalog is a beach reader's dream and the perfect summer spritz - light, refreshing, and impossible to stop sipping before diving into The Missed Connection.

We scoured the back pages of Craigslist to find the best (or is it worst?) entries from their Missed Connections section! Whether you're a hopeless romantic or just plain hopeless, this might be the place for you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jenna and Savannah help viewers navigate some sticky social situations with an edition of “Social Dilemmas”. Also,  celebrating National Best Friends Day with the heartwarming story of two unlikely best friends. Plus, sitting down with actress Mariska Hargitay to discuss Multiple Myeloma Awareness and her Broadway debut. And, New York Times best-selling author Tia Williams talks her latest book “The Missed Connection”.  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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This Morning, more birding but you know who to call, someone was checking you out in Missed Connections, Comedian Rhys Darby joins us, and Devo's Gerald Casale is on! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and X. Listen to past episodes on 97Rock. Follow the Show on Apple, Spotify or Amazon MusicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a New York state of mind on Radio 831. Hosts Sanjana Basker and Tyler McCall open with a conversation about publishing cadence in romance: Why readers want to be fed constantly, what category publishing and self-pub have to do with it, and what it actually means when an author takes their time. Then Tia Williams joins to talk about her new novel, The Missed Connection, and writing New York City as a character: the specificity of neighborhoods, the weight of gentrification, and why a character's apartment is never just an apartment. Plus: Sanj and Tyler name their favorite NYC romance novels and ask for listener recs set in Chicago, L.A., etc., etc.! To share yours, leave a message at 833-831-LOVE. Tia Williams is the author of the much-anticipated The Missed Connection (out June 9th!) as well as Seven Days in June, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, and Audre & Bash Are Just Friends. Favorite NYC romances! You, Again by Kate Goldbeck from Tyler and Truly by Ruthie Knox from Sanj. Honorable mentions: One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, Love Lettering by Kate Clayborn, Joanna Shupe's Gilded Age historicals, and Promise Me Sunshine by Cara Bastone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Those chance encounters with someone you're interested in that fail to turn into something more. It's the weird, the wild, and the desperate… it's Missed Connections!

Josh is joined by a very special guest for this month's listener episode of Family Trips with the Myers Brothers...his dad, Larry Meyers! The two chat about Larry's recent cruise through Morocco, Spain, and Portugal, a stressful lost-passport situation in Porto, podcasting's shift toward video, and of course, the family's beloved Old English Sheepdog, Albert VI. They also hear some incredible listener stories, including one listener hitchhiking from the Netherlands to Paris for New Year's Eve in the late '90s, another recalling a childhood trip to Canobie Lake Park while covered in chickenpox, and a chaotic family return home from Mexico involving missed connections, separated relatives, forgotten car keys, and airline scheming. Plus, Larry reflects on coaching Josh and Seth's Little League teams, umpiring for years, and answers listener questions about Pittsburgh restaurants and Steelers food traditions. Want to submit your family trips story for our next listener episode? Or send a question in to Seth and Josh? Submit your voicemail to speakpipe.com/familytripspod! Watch more Family Trips episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlqYOfxU_jQem4_NRJPM8_wLBrEEQ17B6 ------------------------- 00:00 Introduction with Josh and Larry 01:10 Showers and Sufi 05:39 Bedtime Bites and Bugs 08:46 Morocco to Portugal Cruise 13:06 Listener Tales Hitchhikes and Chickenpox 33:38 Shingles And Aging 34:26 Mexico Trip Travel Chaos 38:25 Lost Keys And Tile Rescue 40:57 Passport Panic In Porto 46:08 Listener Q and A 56:39 Blue Jays Song And Farewell ------------------------- Support our sponsors: CashApp Download Cash App Today: https://capl.onelink.me/vFut/4aafc4yf #CashAppPod. Cash App is a financial services platform, not a bank. Banking services provided by Cash App's bank partner(s). Prepaid debit cards issued by Sutton Bank, Member FDIC. See terms and conditions at https://cash.app/legal/us/en-us/card-agreement. Direct deposit and promotions provided by Cash App, a Block, Inc. brand. Visit http://cash.app/legal/podcast for full disclosures. Yahoo Stress less with Planner from Yahoo mail ------------------------- Family Trips is produced by Rabbit Grin Productions. Theme song written and performed by Jeff Tweedy. ------------------------- About the Show: Lifelong brothers Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers ask guests to relive childhood memories, unforgettable family trips, and other disasters! New Episodes of Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers are available every Tuesday. ------------------------- Executive Producers: Rob Holysz, Jeph Porter, Natalie Holysz Creative Producer: Sam Skelton Coordinating Producer: Derek Johnson Video Editor: Josh Windisch Mix & Master: Josh Windisch Episode Artwork: Analise Jorgensen #familytrips #sethmeyers #joshmeyers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Those chance encounters with someone you're interested in that fail to turn into something more. It's the weird, the wild, and the desperate… it's Missed Connections!

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Of all the internet communities in all the world, you walked into ours. Hosts Ben and Amory pay homage to the magic of chance encounters with producer Grace Tatter. Together, they explore the ways in which the internet fuels random yet delightful meetings between strangers online, from a website where you can impersonate ChatGPT to Craigslist's beloved Missed Connections page. Show notes: YourAISlopBores.Me What Craigslist's missed connections are still good for  (The Bold Italic) Credits: This episode was produced by Kalyani Saxena. Mix and sound design by Marquis Neal. It was edited by Meg Cramer and Dave Shaw, and hosted by Ben Brock Johnson, Amory Sivertson, and Grace Tatter.

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We scoured the back pages of Craigslist to find the best (or is it worst?) entries from their Missed Connections section! Whether you're a hopeless romantic or just plain hopeless, this might be the place for you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.