Love-ly: Exploring Modern Relationships
de Immigrantly Media
It’s Not Cheating, It’s ChatGPT
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What happens when cultural traditions collide with the whirlwind of modern dating?
Welcome to Love-ly, the podcast where our host Mehak (@whathemehak) explores the beautifully messy, deeply personal stories of love, identity, and connection.
From first and second-generation immigrants balancing family expectations to Gen Z navigating dating apps and “situationships,” Love-ly dives into the heart of what it means to love in today’s tech-driven world.
Every Friday, tune in for heartfelt conversations that remind us of one universal truth: no matter where you’re from or what your relationship status is, everyone has a lovely story worth telling.
Hosted by: Mehak @whathemehak on TikTok
Producer: Saadia Khan and Shei Yu | Content Writers: Mehak I Editorial Review: Saadia Khan I
Sound Designer & Editor: Lou Raskin I Love-ly Theme Music: Lou Raskin |
Other Music: Epidemic Sound | Cover art design: Josephine Chai | Executive Producer: Saadia Khan
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- It’s Not Cheating, It’s ChatGPT · 1 h 5 minChris Smith talked to his AI companion, Sol, every single day for 532 days. His girlfriend of seven years called it cheating. He's still not sure it was. This week, Mehak is…
- Maybe I Want Kids, Maybe I Don’t: The Truth About Egg Freezing and IVF · 48 minMaybe you want kids. Maybe you don’t. Maybe it changes every time you see a cute toddler in the elevator. So how much time do you actually have to figure it out? In this…
- No Foreplay, Just Comedy: Salma Hindy on Ayahuasca, Vaginismus, and Dating Younger (April 2026) · 41 min“No foreplay. We’re literally just going straight in.” That’s comedian Salma Hindy, and honestly? It’s the perfect way to kick off this week’s episode. Salma grew up as the…
- Sexually Liberated Doesn’t Mean Yes to Everything · 50 minAt 18, Kayden Kross walked into a strip club to save a pony from a meat auction. Twenty years later, she’s behind the camera, making films about the part of sex nobody can see…
- Why Is Misogyny Still So Normal? (May 2025) · 34 minContent warning: this episode includes mentions of sexual assault. In May 2025, Mehak sat down with Srijan Makkena, a psych student and content creator who’s been speaking out…
- Unlearning the Love You Were Taught to Want · 46 minHeather Orr and her partner had spent six months asking each other whether their relationship was worth fighting for. She asked if they could start therapy. He said they were…
- Botox, Boundaries, and Beauty Standards · 55 minDr. Michael Brandt has spent his career studying faces. And he still says attraction has almost nothing to do with symmetry. In this episode, Mehak sits down with Dr. Michael…
- Confidence, Chemistry And Calling Out the BS: Yasmin Elhady Returns to Love-ly (August 2025) · 41 minYasmin Elhady's back, and she’s bringing the truth bombs! In her return to Love-ly, attorney, comedian, and Muslim Matchmaker host Yasmin Elhady sits down with Mehak for a…
- When Life Changes You, Stay Open to Love · 43 minWhat happens when life changes you, but you still want to stay open to love? Mehak brings on Robin Ducharme, relationship educator, former matchmaker, and founder of Real Love…
- Have We Optimized Ourselves Out of Love? · 40 minJeffre Behm went on a first date from a dating app, drove to a mini golf course, and spent the whole night realizing neither of them actually wanted to be there. He didn't know…
- Don't Let Someone Else's Timeline Lower Your Standards · 46 minSummer's ending, everyone around you is coupling up, and suddenly "almost right" starts to feel right enough. Here's your reminder to get pickier, not less. This week, Mehak…
- The Blue Checkmark of Dating: Is Love Just Social Proof? with Alexa V. · 51 minFresh off a wholesome, "emotionally regulated" Valentine’s Day with her friends, Mehak (@whathemehak) dives into a deep conversation about why romantic love has become a…
- Parental Guilt, Digital Wellness, and Why AI Falls Short with Israa Nasir (November 2025) · 42 minIn this episode of Love-ly, Mehak sits down with psychotherapist and @well.guide founder Israa Nasir to discuss life as a third-culture kid and why she doesn’t feel…
- Maybe We Just Forgot What to Look For · 29 minThis week, no guest — just Mehak. After some health concerns forced her to slow down and put her phone down, she spent time reflecting on where she's headed — the woman she wants…
- The Professional Girlfriend: Inside OnlyFans · 44 minThis week, Mehak sits down with Gracie Canaan—comedian, writer, actress, and OnlyFans creator—to go inside the world of digital intimacy from both sides of the screen. We love to…
- Pleasure in the Age of Aesthetic Capitalism with Danielle Bezalel (December 2025) · 42 minWe're bringing back a previous conversation where Mehak sits down with sex educator and pleasure expert Danielle Bezalel—host of Sex Ed with DB. Together, they unpack the motifs…
- Two Years on the Pole, Three Years Celibate · 54 minThis week, Mehak sits down with her close friend Yana — Ukrainian artist and former midnight ballerina— to unpack the two and a half years she spent working at one of downtown…
- It's About Your Patterns, Not Their Astrology with Jessica Lanyadoo · 1 h 6 minJessica Lanyadoo was getting dressed for a solstice party when her spirit guides told her: don't wear pants, wear a skirt. That night she met the man she's now been with for 14…
- How to Make Opposites Last · 1 h 2 minAnna Gold and Tim Utting's love story began at a Halloween party in 1987: hours of conversation, one missed meeting, and a note that said: you have one more chance. He called…
- No Promposal, No Problem: Aidan Taylor on Dating Late & Owning It (April 2025) · 56 minIs it ever too late to start dating? In an earlier conversation, Mehak sits down with Aidan Taylor (host of Banterly) to unpack what it really means to be a “late bloomer” in…
