This week on The Handsome Hour, Wes, Cody, and Stony connect the dots between taxes, fake jobs, plumbers, motherhood, dating markets, and mars colonies. The episode starts with a story about a former USAID-funded nonprofit executive who went from a six-figure salary to a retail job making $19/hour, which launches the guys into a debate about fake jobs, NGO status inflation, government patronage, and whether certain parts of the economy are quietly distorting the dating market. Stony argues that ...
May 26, 2026•41 min•Ep. 13
This week on The Handsome Hour, Wes, Cody, and Stony start with Civil War ancestry, West Virginia roads, and Waka Flocka Flame's tour bus — eventually making their way to the darkest corners of dating, scams, matchmaking, extortion, and who pays rent when your girlfriend moves in. First, the fellows unpack a viral lawsuit involving a JP Morgan executive accused of turning a coworker into her "sex slave." The story is lurid, bizarre, and probably not what it first appeared to be, which opens up a...
May 20, 2026•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 12
This week on The Handsome Hour the fellows tackle the most handsome question yet: how much should you optimize yourself for dating, and when does self-improvement become neurotic performance? The episode starts with a dialogue on Stony's advanced age and a discussion about aging well, sleep, skincare, Brian Johnson's protocol, and whether drinking more water is the secret to looking younger. Wes reveals he's using peptides to cut weight and get back into peak shape, which sparks a full debate ab...
May 13, 2026•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 11
This week on The Handsome Hour, Cody tells what may be the single worst date story in podcast history. A night that starts as a normal Bumble meetup and escalates into a screaming sidewalk fight, a racist Uber driver, police involvement, and a post-date harassment spree. Wes and Stony help unpack the whole disaster in real time, debating crazy vs. malicious, whether honest feedback on dates is ever worth it, and why the most entertaining people are sometimes the most dangerous to keep around. Be...
May 13, 2026•54 min•Ep. 9
This week on The Handsome Hour, Wes, Cody, and Stony go remote and start broadcasting on shortwave radio from a decommissioned oil platform. From there, they hit the discourse: rejection texts, Venmo requests, "nice guys," bad boys, dating-app algorithm hacks, and why modern gender narratives are making everyone worse at finding love. First: a brutal post-date text exchange. A woman cancels because she wants to explore things with another guy, and the rejected man responds by requesting $250 on ...
May 07, 2026•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 10
This week on The Handsome Hour, the guys start with a movie clip about a bitter would-be matchmaking client and spiral into a full episode about dating delusion, status anxiety, insane standards, Bumble profile triage, and Star Wars prequel theology. Also, one of the hosts reveals he once dated a woman who did four years for murder. First, Wes, Cody, and Stony break down a scene from Materialists and the kind of dater who treats romance like a prestige shopping list: height, hairline, age, salar...
Apr 14, 2026•53 min•Ep. 8
This week on The Handsome Hour, the fellows cover baby fever, dog culture, dating burnout, trust tests, puzzle dates, emotional patterns, and whether you should jerk off before a first date. They kick things off with a viral clip about a woman holding a baby for the first time and suddenly wanting a huge family, which opens up a bigger conversation about why young adults are so disconnected from kids, family life, and motherhood. From there, they move into the rise of dog culture, whether people...
Mar 27, 2026•58 min•Ep. 7
On this episode of The Handsome Hour , Wes, Cody, and Stoney tackle one of the ugliest truths in modern dating: most people are at least a little delusional—about what they want, what they can realistically get, and what they should stop tolerating. The spark is a viral clip of a woman listing her “ideal man" checklist: 7-figure salary, full head of hair, tailored suits, Christian but not too Christian, no tattoos (unless it’s an Ivy League secret-society tattoo), no allergies, and preferably a ...
Mar 17, 2026•34 min•Ep. 6
This week on The Handsome Hour , the fellas talk about deep-tech matchmaking, sexual history, personality change, and the long-term cost of "having your fun." They kick things off with a dispatch from the Love Symposium — a real conference where matchmakers, founders, researchers, and rationalists are trying to solve relationship formation from first principles. From there, the conversation turns personal: single life vs. partnered life, how age changes friendships and purpose, and why being alo...
Mar 10, 2026•53 min•Ep. 5
On this episode of The Handsome Hour (Where We Do It Right), Wes, Cody, and Stony bounce from purpose and careers to dating chaos. Is your job "noble," or are you just keeping the machine running? The fellas break down honor in work, the difference between creating value vs. capturing value, and why even invisible jobs can make the world meaningfully better. Then it gets personal" beauty, environment, and why modern life makes people feel trapped in politics, status games, and performative ident...
Mar 03, 2026•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 4
On this episode of The Handsome Hour , Wes, Cody, and Stony return to the most important topics in modern dating. Attraction is real, standards are real, and pretending humans aren't just hairier apes in nice outfits is basically the entire social contract. Sh*t tests: Are they harmless vetting? Manipulative gotchas? Or just the unavoidable reality of dating rituals? Cody argues for authenticity and "good faith," Wes shrugs, and Stony introduces his "fart test" strategy. Later, the conversation ...
Feb 24, 2026•59 min•Ep. 3
This week on The Handsome Hour , Wes, Cody, and Stony give dating advice with strong opinions, questionable metaphors, and a sincere desire to help you stop sabotaging yourself. The fellas break down "radio silence" before a first date, why modern dating feel scriptless, why high-bandwidth communication beats endless texting, and the simple confirmation move that keeps you from getting ghosted. When a guy asks a woman her weight and calls her "hefty," where's the line between honesty, tact, and ...
Feb 18, 2026•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 2
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 meeti...
Jan 16, 2026•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 1
