Rick & Haily

The Age Gap Effect

Comedy EN ↓ 7 episodes

What does love really look like when there’s a 35 year age gap? Haily (35) and Rick (70) met at a charity poker tournament on May 4th, 2025. One year later they’re living in Los Angeles, raising a five year old, and hosting a podcast about everything age gap couples think about but never say out loud. The Age Gap Effect is real love, real laughs, and real conversations about the looks from strangers, the family drama, the hard stuff like grief and mortality, and the moments that make all of it completely worth it. Funny, honest, and totally unfiltered — because someone had to say it. New episo...

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Episode 7: "Ask The Gap: After Dark" Season 1 Finale 09.06.2026 39:18

Send us Fan Mail You thought Episode 6 was unfiltered. You haven't seen anything yet. In our Season 1 finale Haily and Rick answer the questions you REALLY wanted to ask — the spicy ones, the personal ones, the ones that made us say "oh we're really doing this." PDA, falling in love, couples tattoos, and a surprise couples quiz that goes exactly as well as you'd expect. Th...

Episode 6: “Ask The Gap” 02.06.2026 29:33

Send us Fan Mail You asked. We answered. This week Haily and Rick open up the floor to their listeners for the very first Ask The Gap episode. From family reactions and generational differences to future plans, the big move to LA, and what success really looks like for The Age Gap Effect — nothing is off limits. Almost. Fair warning: Episode 7 is coming next week, and the questions get significant...

Episode 5: "New City, New Life" 26.05.2026 35:08

Send us Fan Mail Starting over is hard. Starting over with a kid, a new city, and a podcast is a whole different level. This week Haily and Rick talk about leaving Las Vegas after 10 years, retiring from a 15 year career, and landing in Los Angeles with no roadmap and a lot of optimism. The compound dream that started it all, the hard weeks of finding their footing, and what a regular day actually...

Episode 4: “Family, Am I Right?” 19.05.2026 32:13

Send us Fan Mail The people who actually know Haily and Rick? They get it. They see them together and the age gap just stops being the thing. But not everyone has taken the time to actually look. This week Haily and Rick talk about the full picture of their family — the friends who came around, the ones who are still getting there, and the community of age gap couples who found them once they star...

Episode 3: “The Math” 12.05.2026 19:49

Send us Fan Mail Every age gap couple has done it. Alone, in the dark, at some point — you’ve done the math. The ages, the timelines, the years. And then you closed that tab and went and made a snack and pretended you weren’t just spiraling. This week Haily and Rick open the tab. Out loud. Together. They talk about the moment age finally came up between them, the dark humor that gets them through...

Episode 2: “The Look” 05.05.2026 24:27

Send us Fan Mail You know The Look. The elevator scan. The double take. The smile that’s trying to be nice but the eyes are doing something completely different. If you’ve ever been in an age gap relationship you know exactly what we’re talking about. This week Haily and Rick break down the many varieties of The Look, share their best public moments — including a school secretary who had no filter...

Episode 1: “How It Started” 04.05.2026 36:37

Send us Fan Mail What happens when you meet the right person at a charity poker tournament and they just happen to be 35 years older than you? You stop overthinking it and you say yes. In our very first episode, Haily and Rick introduce themselves, tell the story of how they met, and share what it’s really like to be in a relationship with a 35 year age gap. From the secret wingman operation Rick...