Somehow, Putin, Kropotkin, the She-Hulk, and the orchid goddess have sneaked into this episode. How? Probably because Jessica is filling out her Tinder and Okcupid profiles – and is trying to hint to the guys what she would appreciate and what she won’t tolerate. It’s difficult to do it both clearly and nicely, so she needs all possible help!

And the hosts Lena and Elena share their own stories. Elena is dumped by a girl because she doesn't separate garbage. Lena walks through the Pushkin Museum among the paintings of Chagall to meet a sophisticated cadet. Elena plays in a flag football team but feels lonely. Lena is ghosting a redheaded Assyrian god. Elena takes a break from her PlayStation to discuss Kafka with her wife.

And in this episode we didn’t play it safe: in our stories we are giggling at racists, touching on anarchism, and the Soviet Union, and asking a trans-person uncomfortable questions to understand what it's like to feel like a woman.

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Meet our team:

• Host and storyteller Lena Volkova, the co-founder of podcast studio Hatch up. That's me!

• Host Elena, the co-founder of Visible Sports that helps people connect with healthy lifestyle anywhere in the world

• Brett Hoven, English teacher and narrator

• Producer and editor Sasha Volkova

• Composer Ksenia Kazantseva. She created our incredible jingle!

• Illustrator Antonia Lev. She made the cover for the podcast

• Sound Supervisor Mikhail Vasilev (MV7)