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Sonder Characters
Living at the cross border between Baby-Boomers and Gen-Z, two millennials questioning life over a weekly podcast.
Every Tuesday, co-hosts Ana and Andreea will be discussing relationships, money, current social media trends and intriguing concepts. Beside honest exchanges and personal views, expect data, research studies and excerpts from the court of public opinion. Join the conversation on socials @sondercharacters (TikTok, Instagram)
In this episode of Sonder Characters, your co-hosts and friends, Andreea and Ana are discussing what makes us beautiful .Tune in to find out the correlation between beauty and attractiveness, where the concept of beauty started and what influences our perception of it.
Let’s discuss the famous sayings and the meaning behind them: what does it actually mean when we say beauty is in the eye of the beholder? And can we really not judge a book by its cover? Listen to what science has to say and the power of female beauty on the male brain.
Spoiler alert: Ana gets disappointed and Andreea gets philosophical.
In this short episode of Sonder Characters, your co-hosts and friends, Ana and Andreea, are celebrating Valentine’s Day. Stay tuned to uncover facts about love, chocolate and traditions. What started this holiday? How is it celebrated across the globe and why do we love/ hate it? Who is Dragobete, what is the deal with Cupid, and can we still wear our hearts on our sleeves? PS: In case you run out of inspiration for your love card this year- hear out some suggestions. (Success not promised! Sarcasm is.)
Happy Valentine’s day from the Sonder Characters team.
In this episode of Sonder Characters, your co-hosts and friends, Ana and Andreea, are exploring the ups and downs of friendships. Let’s find out together how many connections we can hold at one time, what psychology has to say about the types of friends we have and what impact those close social connections can have on our health.
Stay tuned as your co-hosts reminisce about the beginning of their friendship, discuss when is the right time to lose a friend and how no one turns faster into an FBI agent than a BFF who is on a mission ;). Many laughs involved.
In this episode of Sonder Characters, your co-hosts and friends, Andreea and Ana are spilling the tea on their own mistakes, regrets and momentary lapses of judgment.
Let’s find out together how regrets are born, why sorry seems to be the hardest word for some whilst for others is as simple as saying “hello”.
How long does it take for our brain to notice a mistake, how are they perceived and what is on Andreea’s list of things we are no longer apologizing for in 2023?
Let’s see which country apologizes the most and share some of the finest mistakes in history.
Hello and welcome to Season 2 of Sonder Characters- where your co-hosts and friends, Ana and Andreea navigate the world of being heartbroken...and they do it happily.
Join us on a journey of mending broken hearts by understanding what heartbreak does to our brain (spoiler alert: it’s not good). Is there a way to skip to the good part? Let’s find out together what stages of heartbreak we must go through, if staying toxic can actually help us, and the country with the most heartbroken hearts.
Stay tuned to find out what can hold Ana back from getting a message delivered, why Andreea needed a Paracetamol and what data says about choices: Better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all?
In the last episode of this season, your co-hosts and new friends, Ana and Andreea are showing you behind the scenes of creating Sonder Characters- get to know us by listening to an exclusive interview with each other; how & why we started being “Sonder”, personal lessons from creating a podcast from scratch as friends and going through a full season, and lastly, pretend to be experts at what we do best: thinking about life.
Stick with us to find out what superpowers we would like to have, why Andreea wouldn’t get close to a swan, and how Ana learnt about acts of kindness.
In this December Special, your co-hosts and new friends, Ana and Andreea, are talking about being jolly.
Let’s discover what science says about happiness, what are the little things - and the big ones that really contribute to our own: from hot showers and cooking chicken to perfection to using acts of kindness and pro-social behavior, let’s explore what we can do to increase our levels of happiness. We’ll also share with you at what time Andreea is the happiest in an airport, what other factors contribute to our general sense of joy, and why we tend to focus on negatives.
In this December Special, your co-hosts and new friends, Ana and Andreea, are entering the season's cheer with a condensed format of Sonder Characters. And to get right into it, we are looking at what success is.
Stick with us to find out what are the things that Ana used to be successful at but is no longer, why Andreea has been snaked by her therapist and what achieving our goals does to our brains. In a short and laugh-filled episode, we’ll share what we learned about Oprah, what is the most successful country in the world and we’ll share a tip or two on how to get off from a treadmill that you may be on- not in the gym, but in your own life.
In this episode, your co-hosts and new friends, Ana and Andreea, are entering a dangerous territory: A Man’s world. What are the most googled facts about men?
Buckle up as we are trying to unpick some of the hot questions: Why are men so complicated? Why are they attracted to women and what do they have in common with babies? Let’s talk: Peter Pan Syndrome and men as creatures from Mars.
Expect data, giggles, and breaking male gender stereotypes through research and science. In a light-hearted conversation, let’s find out how much time and effort do men really put into getting ready for a date and what’s their deal breakers. We hope you’ll be as surprised as we are.
In this episode, your co-hosts and new friends, Ana and Andreea, are starting the alphabet from the letter L - The L word, but not how you would imagine it;
Stick with us to find out whether we are in love, lust or just confused. Should we even believe in love at first sight?
Having love on the brain can do a lot to us- but how do we experience it as a new couple, during a longer term relationship or as bilinguals?
Data and embarrassing stories guaranteed!
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.”In this episode, your co-hosts and new friends, Ana and Andreea, are getting ready to become millionaires. Join us to uncover the required mindset and the secrets to getting your first million. Can compound interest help us retire with a millionaire status? Why do most lottery winners end up bankrupt? And does the “little man” still have a chance to get ahead? Let’s talk Dave Ramsey's "Baby Steps Millionaire".
In this episode, your co-hosts and new friends, Ana and Andreea, are reflecting on a viral wellness trend: “Becoming That Girl”. Tune in to find out how this was perceived by different generations and whether it evolved over time. Let's contemplate on the idea of trends: specifically, the fine line between improvement and toxic positivity. Through research and data, we’ll find out the link between following a trend, habit implementation and increased life expectancy.Who decides what the next trend is and how did we end up with skincare that has our name on it?
In this episode, your co-hosts and new friends, Ana and Andreea, are trying to answer a burning question: who should pay on the first date? Tune in to unlock the influence of emotional intelligence & the many rules of early dating stages.Let’s find out together why having chivalrous expectations from men can work against women in heterosexual dating, why Andreea is calling BS on herself and why Ana’s relationship is going downhill. Can the data convince us tobe intimate on a first date in order to secure that long term relationship?
For the second episode, we’ve struck some chords. Expect to discover how our beliefs about money are born, why Ana is giving Andreea a million pounds, and how our brain tricks us into spending money. Through data, we are going to put a price on our happiness and try to find out how much money we need to be happy.
In this episode, during an entertaining conversation about cats, strengths of passports and paying mortgages, we are going to find out through data whether the concept of freedom is correlated with happiness.
Welcome to Sonder Characters. What better way to start this series than questioning the reasons behind the creation of Sonder Characters? Launching a new episode every Tuesday, stay tuned for more.