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NOVEMBER 2022 UPDATE:

Because of the recent form of crazy on Twitter {yes, Elon Musk, we’re looking at you), #BlerdDating is currently NOT planning on continuing on Twitter. Check this space for updates on our specials and where to find us.

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#BlerdDating is the world’s first Twitter comedy storytelling chat.  Yes, *those* Twitter-stories. And because they’re from a Blerd POV, they’re smart and funny and weird. Most of them are about dating/relationship issues. And some, about life. Some are deeply personal. We call ’em “confessions” cause, well…

Some of our storytellers have had tv deals, are film directors, comedians, journalists, cosplayers and novelists.

And some are just people with a compelling story to tell.

Add our guest line-up and it’s like the coolest storytelling podcast you’ve ever heard. That you also get to be a part of. Interacting with everyone. Celebs included. We interview some of the dopest directors, screenwriters, comedians, novelists, actors, activists and brainiacs working today about their work and beyond.

People like Reggie Hudlin, Lena Waithe, Gina Prince Blythewood, Sheila E., Janelle James, Michelle Buteau, Tarana Burke, Boots Riley, Beverly Johnson, and the list goes on, have been on the show.

And yes, we’re totally inclusive so everyone’s invited.

Since launching in January 2017, we’ve garnered over 450 million Twitter impressions, have an average episode reach of 350,000 and trend regularly. When we first started five years ago, we were a weekly, then a monthly experience. Now, we pop up from time to time.

Created, produced and co-moderated by Leesa Dean and inspired, in part, by The Moth,  MST3K, her compulsive need to write stories and her crappy dating life.

Featuring regular hosts, Nicole Franklin, Hollie Harper (co-moderator), Okema T. Moore, Jovhannah Tisdale, Abiola Abrams.

For business/media inquiries*, contact Leesa at @chilltowntv.

Check the Look Who’s Been on #BlerdDating! page to see when we next pop up. To join the chat, type #BlerdDating into your Twitter search bar and you’re good to go. To comment in the chat, include the #BlerdDating hashtag in your response.

*Please do not write to us asking for dating advice. If we knew the answers, we literally would not be having this chat. #FACTS

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Every episode we live-tweet an original comedic Twitter story (we call them “confessions”) about the ups and downs of dating/relationships/life from a Blerd POV. Then we talk about it. And sometimes celeb guests are interviewed and also join in the mix.

Yes, the confessions are wild. No, they’re not X-rated. But we do go there.

To join the chat, type #BlerdDating into the search bar on your Twitter page. REMEMBER TO INCLUDE THE HASHTAG #BlerdDating in EVERY TWEET SO YOUR TWEETS SHOW UP IN THE CHAT.

Now that we’re no longer a monthly, check this page to see when we’ll be up again. Or follow either the #BlerdDating hashtag or @chilltowntv on Twitter for the latest.

NEXT CHAT: TBD

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Nah Bitch, Not Today is our first BlerdDating comicbook. This one’s a fumetti (aka photo comicbook).

Based on an original concept by Leesa Dean and inspired, in part, by an American Candy sketch by Hollie Harper, it was written by Leesa and Hollie, directed and art directed by Leesa with photos by Daryl Tillman.

Shot in Brooklyn, it features American Candy actors/comedians (including Hollie) plus Ruperto Vanderpool (you might have seen him open for Tracy Morgan) and Patrice O’Neal producer (and noted comic), Von Decarlo.

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