The Assignment with Audie Cornish
Sep 4, 2026 · 37 min · 13 segments
The internet is full of dating horror stories and think pieces the death of traditional romance. It’s a concept built for virality. But is the moral panic real? Audie and Ari turn to relationship…
Karley SciortinoGuest
Audie CornishHost
Ari ShapiroHost
And then the media... is turning up these stories that they've been doing for the last two, three years, that Gen Z doesn't have the same amount of sex as past generations.
I'm going to play for you a clip from a person who goes by Chloe Bo, explaining in a nutshell why they are off the market.
I've dated enough men on the spectrum of good guy to doesn't give a shit to know that they have nothing I want or need.
And it's at the point where I can't even imagine myself on a date with a man because the thought of asking him how his day was makes me cringe.
Like number one, I don't care.
And number two, if you tell me it was bad, I'm going to assume you deserved it.
Like that's where my head's at.
That's where
But I think it's not just her because I feel like every time I look at The Atlantic or New York Magazine or The New Yorker, there
is some
But I kind of think people have been complaining about dating to their friends forever.
And now one difference, of course, is that people can complain about dating to the public on these social media platforms, but has the experience of dating actually meaningfully changed in 2026, and how? That's the question I want to try to answer today.
And then the media... is turning up these stories that they've been doing for the last two, three years, that Gen Z doesn't have the same amount of sex as past generations.
I'm going to play for you a clip from a person who goes by Chloe Bo, explaining in a nutshell why they are off the market.
I've dated enough men on the spectrum of good guy to doesn't give a shit to know that they have nothing I want or need.
And it's at the point where I can't even imagine myself on a date with a man because the thought of asking him how his day was makes me cringe.
Like number one, I don't care.
And number two, if you tell me it was bad, I'm going to assume you deserved it.
Like that's where my head's at.
That's where
But I think it's not just her because I feel like every time I look at The Atlantic or New York Magazine or The New Yorker, there
is some
But I kind of think people have been complaining about dating to their friends forever.
And now one difference, of course, is that people can complain about dating to the public on these social media platforms, but has the experience of dating actually meaningfully changed in 2026, and how? That's the question I want to try to answer today.
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