Send us a Text Message.I talked to Laurie Gerber, who's a relationship expert for people over 50 and has worked with some of the biggest companies in the world doing love coaching and currently developing The Handel Method® and focusing on LOVE coaching. we talked about what it's like to date in your 50s and beyond, how dating apps might feel like a struggle for people who never used them and used to date very differently, and what it means to focus on love, relationships, and how to be honest in that process.learn more about Laurie hereSupport the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Zaahirah, who is the founder of Hati, a new dating app that is trying to reinvent the way we connect online by creating a way for more intentional dating. we talked about why she decided to punish and ban people who ghost on the app after several times, why phone calls are a good way to asses a match, and her story that lead to being a founder of a dating app.datewithhati.comSupport the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Joy Farrow and Laura Frombach about their new book - Street Smart Safety for Women. about their unique backgrounds as a retired Deputy Sheriff and a former army technologist contributed to how they met each other online 15 years ago. we talked about the best safety tips for online dating, how to deal with situations that might go wrong, best practices for keeping yourself safe and healthy, and a lot more!check out their book here: www.streetsmartsafety.orghttps://www.instagram.com/streetsmartsafetycophttps://www.instagram.com/streetsmartsafety/Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Gabi about how his art group (ArtUp Nation and the Beuys Club) view the online dating world (aka - the flesh market) and his experience with it, why most dating apps are actually the same today, and what the difference they try to provide, how does branding for dating apps affect our choice of it if at all, do dating apps want our wellbeing or is it all just about making money?  and much more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Lizette about what it's like to start using online dating for the first time ever after being in a relationship for 8 years, how to feel confident in knowing what you want (or what you don't), best dating apps to use currently and what it's like dating in Berlin. We also discussed PowerPoint presentations from very confused dates, attraction types, and many other things!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Guy Blaise (from Episode 101) about his new book “Love like a man” and what led him to write a new book specifically for men. we also talked about body positivity, marriage & divorce in the states, dating people with grown-up kids and the challenges that bring, why men should mind how they pee, wild dating adventure in North Carolina,  about his book “Negrophobia” and how it’s like being a foreign black man in the US especially when it comes to dating and much more!you can find Guy's books hereSupport the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I Talked to Greg (again) all the way from down under about how he hunt down tinder scammers and also - which app is the hookup app nowadays? Does that actually exist? dating with people who than disappear, how I got stood up by a date twice, when dates are just without any chemistry, dates that refused to have sex with a condom, how the lockdowns affected the dating scene in Melbourne and more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Talked to Rachael who's an Irish living in berlin about her experience dating here, the peter pan syndrome that's so common in berlin, how dating is in Ireland and how religion affects our dating culture,  why people invent arbitrary terms for their dating life, a date that accidentally (or not) could not hold his pee, how to deal with people who don't seem to know what they are doing in bed,  how to set expectations for your dates, and much much more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Lulu Johnson about her new book about her berlin dating stories and her experience with online dating that led to writing the book. we talked about peter penning and how to be more mindful when you're trying to find a relationship online, going on a date with a mysterious man and discovering he's still in jail, toxic relationships, and how to read signs and red flags and much more!Find Lulu's book here: linktr.ee/datinginberlinSupport the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Nicole about using tinder in Germany and in the US and what are the dating culture differences, also about: a very weird catfishing experience, faking big age differences, body positivity when it comes to height weight, and everything else, a bathroom break during a date that took an awkward turn, a giant with a pile of 3 mattresses and way more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.During Podfest (@podfest_berlin) 2022 i hijacked the corridor and asked passer-by guests about their online dating experiences: How reading a book while walking makes a big cultural difference, the accidental tinder mismatch, how Tattoos for free can be a gateway to a great relationship @homoswipiens, a Berliner catfish, the attention-seeking trap, how to avoid the assumption that leads to bad dates @lovingagainst, retrospectives on awkward dates and a journey of bad dates told by Podfest own @brookswashere16Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked with Kate (host of About Face Podcast, burlesque dancer, and Narrative Therapist),  about her Dating experience in Berlin, San Fransisco and what crazy, creepy, and weird dates she's been on. We also talked about dating and sex addiction, her overcoming alcohol addiction and being married to an addict, how to develop a good gut instinct for safety before going on first dates, and much more!Thank you for Podfest 2022 for hosting us!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Shirin about their experience on tinder as a nonbinary and nonmonogamous person, navigating through the chaos of dating apps and deciphering what means what.We also talked about the cultural differences between dating in Berlin to India, a date at a club that went wrong, an unexpected reaction from a hook-up, and much more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Aurilia about dating as a traditional Jew in Hamburg, using Jswipe and other apps like Tinder and Bumble, integrating as a french swiss in Germany and dating german men, ppl who look you up on Instagram after a match, going to a Jswipe party in new york, uncommunicative dates,  catfish attempts, dating while keeping kosher and how non-Jews react to keeping kosher and other Jewish things and much more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Simona about relationship and dating mindsets in Lithuania and why she moved away, how she had an adventurous date with a soldier in the middle of nowhere, how spontaneous ppl are notoriously hard to date, why the men/women binary dating behavior narratives are more about people and character than gender, a guy that tried to move to her place on a third date and much much more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Adélaïde told me about her assault / stealthing experience that happened with a man she met online, her journey to try to prosecute him according to the law that is supposed to help her, and the problems with the organizations and entities that were supposed to assist women who've been through an assault in Berlin. We also talked about feeling safe on dates, identifying red flags, and more.Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Aspen and Nicole, who hosts a podcast about dating German men called The dating abroadcast, about dating in Germany. we spoke about Nicole's systematic approach to dating apps, dating in the south of Germany, using hinge and tinder and what's the difference, cultural difference between Americans and Germans,  dating ppl while they're on drugs, rock climbing and mountain biking fanatics, meeting a date in the woods at night during a thunderstorm, what men tell aspen after sex, our favorite muppets, discovering your date's family are WWII nazis and much MUCH more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Simone about her online dating experience involving a guy who hates cold pizzas and will not let it go, a guy who was really determined to lecture her about having kids on the tram, guys who see themselves as alpha males and why that's toxic, incels, why we let more things slide for people we find "hot" and where these definitions come from, going with a date to a strip club, toxic self-shame and how to deal with it, threesome proposals, STIs and way more!Simone tells us all about her dating life on stage as well as in her blog 99tinderstories.comSupport the Show.

Send us a Text Message.Alexander and I talked for the second time after recording the last episode with him (E98) to catch up on how the online dating life in Greece is coping with the pandemic life. we also talked about STI's, consent, understanding your partner's body language, what changed with his online dating preferences, and much more!Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message.I talked to Alexandra (@alexborntobewild) - who hosts a podcast about consent - about why we should be more contentful in our dating life (and generally) and how does that come into play, asking for consent before kissing someone, how she go catfished, how she Krav Maga’d a guy who violated her consent and assaulted her during a date, unsolicited dick pics and how to deal with them legally, consent in everyday life in non-dating situations and more!check out her podcast here: conversationsonconsent.comSupport the Show.