You know how most people block their exes for peace of mind?
Miriam Katz, on the other hand, decided to book them, literally, on her podcast.
LA-based actor and writer Miriam Katz has launched one of the most chaotic yet oddly tender social experiments of 2025. A podcast called “Ex Appeal,” where she interviews every single person she’s ever dated, hooked up with, or even crushed on.
From a fifth-grade pizza date to a strip club encounter, Katz wants to uncover what really happened and maybe, what still lingers.
“I wanted to reconnect with my past loves to find out what they thought had happened and share my own perspective.”
“It’s like having a funeral for the relationship, one final conversation for closure.”
And yeah…she’s not exaggerating.
Katz plans to interview 10 exes a year for 10 years, which means about a hundred conversations with ghosts of her romantic past.
(Man….how many flames did she even have?)
Each one, she insists, is about “truth, healing, and curiosity,” though she admits there are moments where the sparks still fly.
“If I was once drawn to someone, I’m probably still drawn to them in some way,” she said.
Her guest list is… weird too: A sex addict, a rabbi, a stripper, a comedian, and even a lover battling cancer. The stripper, Noel told her during their episode, “I got to be in the back of this club with this beautiful woman, doing unspeakable things, and no one knew.” Meanwhile, Katz called their encounter “an awakening,” saying it pulled her out of depression and back into her body.
Yeah..I do not get it.
The emotional anchor of the show, though, was Rob, who was dying of stage IV cancer when they met. Katz recorded two episodes with him before his passing.
“I’m glad people can hear us talk about death,” she said.
“That’s why there’s so much honesty in the podcast, because I understand that we die. And I want to have these conversations before I do.”
Her ex-boyfriend, Reggie Watts, the musician and comedian, joined for Season 1, too. “I did it because it was her,” he said.
“It’s empowering to be honest, even if things were suboptimal.”
Despite the intimacy, Katz insists “Ex Appeal” isn’t about rekindling old flames. “I’m not trying to hook up with anyone,” she laughs. “But hearing and telling the truth is a really fun drug.”
Some stories are sexy, some are sad, and others are just plain strange like the man she once met on an overnight bus to Boston. She can’t even remember his name. “Maybe he’ll hear this and reach out,” she joked.
Katz hopes her listeners will learn something, too, not about her exes, but about themselves.
“I want people to feel inspired, excited, and hopeful about love,” she said. “To realize every connection, no matter how messy, meant something.”
So yes, she’s reliving every awkward, intimate, disaster she’s ever had with a microphone and zero shame.
Sure, “Ex Appeal” sounds introspective and emotionally honest on paper, but I have some thoughts.
I think there’s a fine line between self-reflection and self-exploitation.
Miriam Katz says this is about closure, healing, and understanding, but recording intimate, emotionally charged conversations for public consumption can easily slip into voyeurism disguised as vulnerability.
Real closure rarely comes when there’s a microphone between you and the person who hurt you. I mean, I can’t do it. It’ll only end up as a performance, one edited, scored, and streamed purely for clicks.
Also, do not forget the power dynamics. Not every ex will feel free to speak honestly, knowing their words could be broadcast to thousands.
Even if Katz approaches it with care, the format itself blurs ethical lines. So….are these people being revisited for healing or repackaged for content?
I agree that it’s weirdly creative and deeply human, but it’s also a symptom of something modern and sad: We’ve turned our most private experiences into public property.
I’ll be unfiltered, “Katz didn’t find closure, she found a content strategy to monetize.”
THE WHY: CATHARSIS
1.5/5 stars because turning emotional baggage into a podcast might help a few people heal, but mostly, it’s proof that nothing, not even a heartbreak, is sacred anymore.
“Look, most of us want a normal life without any drama, but life in this world is always strange, and uncertain.
I don’t need your email. I don’t want to bug you with a billion notifications. All I ask is this, if you felt something here, if this made you think, laugh, or even shake your head in disbelief, just bookmark ‘Averagebeing.com’ and come back tomorrow.
That’s it. No strings. Just you, me, and this stupid world.”
