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This Escalated Quickly
A wildly unfiltered comedy podcast where everyday chaos becomes entertainment. From ridiculous life stories and internet drama to awkward moments, bad decisions, and laugh-out-loud debates, nothing is off limits. Grab your headphones and prepare to laugh harder than you should. Nothing explicit
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Plus-One, Minus Boundaries: The Wedding I Brought a Stranger and It Turned Into a Soap Opera
Liv tells a self-inflicted disaster that feels like every people-pleaser’s nightmare: to dodge the awkward ‘single’ spotlight she improvises a plus-one — a…
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Catfish in Sneakers: When My Friend Crashed My Date
This episode is a chaotic, laugh-out-loud confession about the time I upgraded my dating profile with my friend’s photos to get more matches — and then tried…
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The Accidental Accent: How a Fake Voice Took Over My Life
Liv confesses how a ridiculous impulse — adopting a flirtatious, made-up accent for a first date — snowballed into a full-blown identity problem. This episode…
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The Accidental Yoga Instructor: How My Date Turned Me Into a Studio Disaster
I told a date I was ‘so into yoga’ to seem cool, and three days later I was standing in front of thirty people, a speaker blaring ambient nonsense, and a…
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The Bluetooth Betrayal: My Car Outed Me On a First Date
I planned a low-key drive-and-dinner first date: good playlist, minimal small talk, maximum charm. Then my car decided it had an opinion. Midway through a…
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Reply-All and Regret: How One Accidental Email Turned Me Into Office Lore
Liv confesses the kind of digital faceplant everyone knows but won’t admit: a snarky DM about a coworker that was supposed to stay in her private chat…
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The Slow-Burn Situationship: How 'Playing It Cool' Turned Into a Soap Opera
Liv confesses a millennial dating tactic gone wildly wrong: the classic 'play it cool' strategy where she deliberately delays replies to a promising match…
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The Ex Scavenger Hunt
Liv tells the true story of how a simple plan to return an ex's boxes turned into an over-the-top, passive-aggressive scavenger hunt: cryptic notes in library…
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The Roommate Interview Date: When a First Date Felt Like a Rental Application
Liv recounts a gloriously awkward first date that was less romance and more rental screening. What starts as casual coffee rapidly devolves into a rapid-fire…
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I Sent My Roast Group Chat to My Mom (And Now She Has Receipts)
I thought I was slick: a private group chat where my friends and I mercilessly roasted bad dates, exes, and each other's life choices. Spoiler — I was not…
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The Great Plant Heist: How I 'Borrowed' a Neighbor's Rare Plant to Impress a Date
Liv tells a gloriously petty, painfully relatable story about trying to impress a date with a bougie aesthetic—by secretly borrowing a neighbor’s rare…
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The Rented Plus-One Who Hijacked My Ex's Wedding
I was going to my ex's wedding and, in peak 'move-on' energy, I rented a plus-one from an online gig site. What I expected: a charming arm candy who would sip…
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The Fake Fiancé at the Office Holiday Party
Liv tells the full, sweaty-palmed story of the night she said yes to pretending to be a coworker’s fiancé at the office holiday party — and immediately…
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Added to the Wrong Group Chat (And Became Their Dating Coach)
This episode is a messy, laugh-out-loud monologue about the time Liv was accidentally added to her ex's family group chat and, for reasons she still can't…
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So — when are you two moving in?
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All, Regret Always
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I Put On an Accent for a Date and Then Had to Keep the Act
Liv tells the ridiculous, painfully relatable story of the night she thought a fake accent would be the funniest confidence hack on a first date — and how that…
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Garage Sale Confessions: When the Stuff Sold My Secrets
Liv narrates a wild, unfiltered monologue about hosting a moving/decluttering sale that becomes an accidental public roast. She planned a low-effort weekend…
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The 'Delete From My Phone' Dare That Blew Up My Life
I turn a dumb group chat dare into a full-blown disaster in this solo episode where oversharing meets modern chaos. After a booze-fueled bet to ‘delete…
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He Was My Dog Walker — And My Worst Date
Liv narrates a ten-minute, laugh-out-loud monologue about the time she unknowingly dated her own dog walker. She sets the scene with matchmaking app small…
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I handed my group chat the aux cord
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The Breakup Scavenger Hunt That Turned Into a Public Spectacle
I thought ending a relationship could be theatrical, harmless, and closure-y, so I wrote a scavenger hunt breakup: clues at places we'd been, a playlist of…
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The Playlist That Ruined Our Road Trip
I thought a collaborative playlist was the perfect low-effort way to prep for a friends’ weekend — everyone adds a few jams, ride vibes secured. Instead, one…
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My Emergency Contact Is Now Coaching My Date
Liv admits she made a boring-seeming safety decision — she put her best friend down as her emergency contact — and then narrates the beautiful disaster that…
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Rent-a-Friend, Return Policy Not Included
Liv answers a sketchy side-hustle ad promising easy cash and winds up as a rented plus-one at a glossy influencer launch party. She plans to smile, sip, and…
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Plus-One? More Like Minus-Sanity: The Date Who Took Me to His Ex's Wedding
Liv revisits the most gloriously awful plus-one gig of her life: a ‘casual dinner’ that morphed into being dragged to her date’s ex’s wedding. Expect cringe…
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Autocorrect Betrayal: The Text That Betrayed Me
Liv walks listeners through a painfully funny monologue about the time autocorrect turned a petty text into full-blown social demolition. Starting with a…
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Five Stars for Fumbling: The Time I Yelp-Reviewed My Dates (And Got Reviewed Back)
What starts as a private coping mechanism—giving terrible dates a star rating, Pros/Cons, and a sarcastic one-liner—quickly spirals when one date screenshots…
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The Phony Panic Button: My Fake 'Mom' Call to Bail on Dates (And How It Imploded)
Liv confesses to building the ultimate dating escape hatch: a staged 'emergency contact' (a.k.a. my fake 'mom' call) that would swoop in and rescue her from…
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I Made a Fake 'Ex' Profile to See Who Swiped Right
Liv confesses a ridiculous experiment: she built a throwback, not-really-her-ex dating profile to test what the dating pool actually responds to. This episode…
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I Flaunted My Worst Self to Weed Out the Worst Dates
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Dating Resume: I Treated My Love Life Like a Resume
Liv confesses to an experiment that is equal parts petty and brilliant: when dating apps started feeling like job boards, she leaned in and made a real resume…
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The Secret Office Game That Exploded My Work Chats
I confess to starting a ridiculous, totally unserious office game where a few coworkers and I ranked petty categories—’most likely to steal your lunch,’ ‘best…
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Silent Retreat, Loud Secrets
Liv thought a silent retreat would be the perfect escape from texting drama, situationships, and the worst first-date energy. Instead she accidentally brings a…
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Group Chat Takeover: My Dating Life on Shuffle
What happens when you outsource your dating life to the people who send the most savage memes? Liv gives her friends full control for seven days: they pick her…
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Left on Read IRL
Liv confesses to a rookie ghosting move—ignoring a dating-app match for weeks—then literally running into them at a coffee shop. This ten-minute monologue…
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Plus-One Roulette: I Took a Swipe to a Wedding and It Escalated
I needed a plus-one, Tinder gave me a clown, and chaos followed. In this solo confession Liv tells the true(ish) story of matching with someone the night…
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Return to Sender: The Gift I Returned That Started a Group-Chat War
Liv confesses to returning a thoughtful (but hideous) gift from a friend-wedding combo and narrates how that single decision detonated into a full-blown…
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The Roommate Audition
Liv recounts the time she outsourced the chaos of cohabitation by staging a full-on roommate audition. This episode is a laugh-out-loud monologue that traces…
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I Took a BuzzFeed Quiz and Lived the Result for a Weekend
Liv confesses she completed a ridiculous personality quiz and then committed: for one weekend she fully embodied the result — from changing her dating bios and…
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Draft Day Disaster: I Let My Unsent Texts Run My Life
Liv admits she’s been hoarding unsent text drafts like emotional souvenirs — then decides to free them for a week and document the fallout. What begins as a…
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I Made the Worst Dating Profile on Purpose (and Matched With a Gem)
Liv confesses to a chaotic, hilarious experiment: she created the most obnoxiously awful dating profile she could imagine — think cringe bios, absurd hobbies…
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Two Livs, One Group Chat: I Made an Alternate Me and It Broke Our Chats
Liv admits she pulled the ultimate chaotic experiment: she created an alternate persona of herself inside her group chat to be sweeter, bolder, and messier —…
This Escalated QuicklyDating, a Competitive Sport
Liv kicks off with a ridiculous claim: petty is cardio. She then dives into a hilariously specific confession about turning minor annoyances into full-blown…
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Sorry Not Sorry: My Greatest Hits of Terrible Apologies
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Stream-Date Roulette: I Let My Watchlist Pick My Dates
What happens when your streaming history gets more say in your love life than your ex’s passive-aggressive texts? In this ridiculous solo episode Liv explains…
This Escalated QuicklyBreakup in GIFs: The One Where I Ended a Situationship With Only Reaction Memes
Liv opens with a ridiculous claim: she ended a situationship using only reaction GIFs. In this 10-minute monologue she walks listeners through the genesis (why…
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Menu for Disaster: Reviewing an Ex Like a Five-Star Restaurant
Liv Carter frames a recent breakup as a brutally honest restaurant review: star ratings for effort, a “would recommend” section, and menu-style descriptions…
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Weird Flex Confessions
Liv kicks off a loud, unfiltered monologue about the tiny and terrible things we brag about when we're trying to be impressive — the weird flexes. Equal parts…
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Wrong Recipient, Right Chaos
Ever sent a message meant for your best friend to the person it was about? Hi, same. In this monologue episode Liv confesses to a series of increasingly…
This Escalated QuicklyRent-a-Plus-One?
What would you do if you could skip every awkward "Why are you still single?" conversation at your next family gathering? In today's episode, Liv dives into…
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Red Flag
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This Escalated QuicklyEmoji Interpreter: Decode My Crush's Messages
Liv turns detective in a chaos-fueled monologue: she admits she paid a friend to translate her crush's emoji history and then reads the results loud, proud…
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The Ghosting Graduation
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The 5-Second Reply Challenge
Ever saved a text for later and then never did anything about it? Liv turns that guilty habit into a ridiculous social experiment: she opens ten archived…
This Escalated QuicklyAutocorrect Ate My Situationship
What happens when you outsource your emotional labor to a little gray bar? In this ridiculous monologue Liv confesses she let autocorrect and predictive text…
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I Ghosted a Situationship With Mood Music
Liv confesses to an all-too-relatable modern breakup tactic: she used mood playlists, subtle song drops, and desperate throwbacks to communicate everything she…
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My Most Cringe 'We Were Just Friends' Messages
Liv unearths a fossilized group chat labeled 'we're just friends' and turns archaeological findings into a ten-minute monologue: a ridiculous opening claim…
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Old-School Dating: I Tried Courting Like My Grandma for 24 Hours
Liv decides to spend a day dating exactly like her grandma would: handwritten note instead of a text, bringing flowers, actually asking about family, and the…
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Swipe Right, Mom: I Let My Mom Run My Dating App for a Week
I turned my dating life over to my mom for a week as a joke, social experiment, and low-key act of self-sabotage — and then spent seven days watching her…