Modern Dating Episodes

Modern Daring changes in your 50s, here's where you can come for answers.
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Dec. 2, 2025

Buried in the Pile: Why Dating Apps Make Everyone Disposable

This week, we're getting deep into why good people can’t focus on one person, and how choice overload means you’re always one swipe away from being replaced. It's not something you're going to want to miss.
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Nov. 18, 2025

The Perception Gap: Why You Never Feel Like You Belong

How do you see yourself, and how do others see you? One summer, everything changed for me on the outside. On the inside? Not so much. This episode explores why we never really feel like we fit, even when the world says we do. If you’ve ever felt like you’re faking it, this one’s for you.
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Nov. 4, 2025

The Best of GCT (So Far)

A quick detour before the next full episode drops. These are the moments listeners keep messaging me about. The parts where I apparently said something honest enough that it stuck. If you’re new, this is a good place to start. If you’ve been here since the beginning, thanks for staying.
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Oct. 27, 2025

The Dating App Vetting Process and Why 98% of You Won't Make It Past Texting

My dating app screening process filters out 98% of matches before the first date, and has a 100% success rate with those who make it through. I'll take you from swipes to relationships, how I protect my time and why being picky at 50 is so important. 15 minutes on the reality of dating when you know what you want.
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Aug. 4, 2025

19 Are You Secure or Just Checked Out?

You’re not ghosting, chasing, or spiraling because someone didn’t text back in three hours. So, what the hell is wrong with you? Well, you just might be securely attached! In the final part of our attachment style series, we’re describing what secure attachment actually looks like, how it’s built, and why it makes dating easier and a little less thrilling when you’re used to things being crazy. If you wonder whether you’re healthy or detached, we'll help you differentiate between the two.
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July 28, 2025

18 Are You Passionate, or a Nut Job?

Obsessively checking your phone? Losing your mind over every “k”? This is quite possibly anxious attachment. In part two of our series, we get into the chasers, and explain where this wiring comes from. We tell you how it wrecks relationships and the ways to break the cycle. Whether you are the anxious one or in a relationship with someone who is, we'll breakdown how to best handle it.
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July 21, 2025

17 Why it Feels Like a Love/Hate Relationship

You say you need space. They say they're just "really busy." But what if what you're calling independence is actually avoidant attachment? In this episode, Trent kicks off a multi-part series breaking down the psychology behind how we disconnect in relationships. Backed by psychological research, this first episode gets deep into the dismissive avoidant style. He explains where it comes from, how it plays out in modern dating, and why so many of you keep choosing these emotionally unavailable pe...
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May 6, 2025

6 They Liked You Into a Bad Mood

This episode we find out why you aren't funny, discuss the NERVE of some people liking you and ruining your day, and explain proper driving etiquette. Also, we get into a listener email highlighting the importance of locking your glove box. Got something to say? Leave a voicemail anytime at www.girlscantellpodcast.com Just click the microphone button in the lower right-hand corner. New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website or wherever you already listen to podcasts. Check out dai...
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April 29, 2025

1 BBC Strikes Again

Have you ever received a text message meant for someone else that revealed something they would never want you to know? It probably wasn't as revealing as the one I received! I have a personal story about a text I received from my girlfriend that wasn't meant for me. It revealed more in one sentence than had she written a novel and the gross lies she's used to cover it up. But that's what liars do. Got something to say? Leave a voicemail anytime at www.girlscantellpodcast.com Click the ...