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    <description>Come for the cringe, stay for the connection. Follow four modern daters as they trade the swiping, the small talk, and the fumbled first kiss for a curated virtual date with a team of fairy godmothers behind the scenes. You might have eavesdropped on a first date before, but never like this. From the producers of Where Should We Begin, This is Dating, a series of recorded first dates. If you would like to get new episodes a week or so in advance in addition to ad-free listening subscribe to This Is Dating on Apple Podcasts. Visit the This Is Dating show page on Apple Podcasts for more info.

We will be back in the fall with a whole new series of recorded first dates.  Thanks for being a part of this first season we can’t wait for you to hear who we will set up next.</description>
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We will be back in the fall with a whole new series of recorded first dates.  Thanks for being a part of this first season we can’t wait for you to hear who we will set up next.</itunes:summary>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's very easy for a date to feel like a performance. So how do you flirt without pretending to be someone you're not? This week, Khan delivers a master class in flirting virtually.</p>
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      <itunes:subtitle>It&apos;s very easy for a date to feel like a performance. So how do you flirt without pretending to be someone you&apos;re not? This week, Khan delivers a master class in flirting virtually.


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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maybe you only date one person at a time. Maybe you don’t. Whether you’re raising a family with your polycule or considering opening up your monogamous twosome, “Polysecure” author Jessica Fern talks about how to build healthy, secure relationships.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/are-open-relationships-right-for-me/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Maybe you only date one person at a time. Maybe you don’t. Whether you’re raising a family with your polycule or considering opening up your monogamous twosome, “Polysecure” author Jessica Fern talks about how to build healthy, secure relationships.


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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Loyal to the pattern. Every time I love a guy, I love them more. And when I get attached, it's harder to say goodbye.</p>
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<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/what-i-hear-is-fear-virginias-session-with-esther-perel/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <itunes:summary>This week we welcome our friends at Love Letters from PRX and The Boston Globe. Meredith Goldstein is an advice columnist and host of the podcast Love Letters. We set her up for a check-in a year later with Manny (Aziz&apos;s second date) for a chat about breaking the rules when it comes to love. For more episodes of Love Letters go to: loveletters.show


Visit thisisdatingpodcast.com for the transcript for this episode.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>This week we welcome our friends at Love Letters from PRX and The Boston Globe. Meredith Goldstein is an advice columnist and host of the podcast Love Letters. We set her up for a check-in a year later with Manny (Aziz&apos;s second date) for a chat about breaking the rules when it comes to love. For more episodes of Love Letters go to: loveletters.show


Visit thisisdatingpodcast.com for the transcript for this episode.</itunes:subtitle>
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      <title>Deep: Amanda Date 2</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Vulnerability is the closest we can get to intimacy with our clothes on. And the only way to go there is to push through the sports talk. This week, Amanda and her date try to go a little deeper.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/deep-amanda-date-2/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>Magnificent Noise</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vulnerability is the closest we can get to intimacy with our clothes on. And the only way to go there is to push through the sports talk. This week, Amanda and her date try to go a little deeper.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/deep-amanda-date-2/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <itunes:title>Deep: Amanda Date 2</itunes:title>
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      <itunes:summary>Vulnerability is the closest we can get to intimacy with our clothes on. And the only way to go there is to push through the sports talk. This week, Amanda and her date try to go a little deeper.


Visit thisisdatingpodcast.com for the transcript for this episode.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>Vulnerability is the closest we can get to intimacy with our clothes on. And the only way to go there is to push through the sports talk. This week, Amanda and her date try to go a little deeper.


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      <description><![CDATA[<p>There is no dearth of relationship quizzes out there that will help you determine how you attach. But does how you were loved as a child shape how you love as an adult? Is this all bullshit? And if not, can your attachment style be changed? Eleanor takes these questions out for a spin with a few people who have thought a lot about how we attach.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/attachment-styles-do-they-matter/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <author>Magnificent Noise</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no dearth of relationship quizzes out there that will help you determine how you attach. But does how you were loved as a child shape how you love as an adult? Is this all bullshit? And if not, can your attachment style be changed? Eleanor takes these questions out for a spin with a few people who have thought a lot about how we attach.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/attachment-styles-do-they-matter/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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Visit thisisdatingpodcast.com for the transcript for this episode.</itunes:summary>
      <itunes:subtitle>There is no dearth of relationship quizzes out there that will help you determine how you attach. But does how you were loved as a child shape how you love as an adult? Is this all bullshit? And if not, can your attachment style be changed? Eleanor takes these questions out for a spin with a few people who have thought a lot about how we attach.


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      <description><![CDATA[<p>Available shouldn't mean unsexy, right? Sadly, it does for many of us. This week, Virginia questions what really turns her on.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/hot-available-guy-virginia-date-2/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Available shouldn't mean unsexy, right? Sadly, it does for many of us. This week, Virginia questions what really turns her on.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/hot-available-guy-virginia-date-2/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Available shouldn&apos;t mean unsexy, right? Sadly, it does for many of us. This week, Virginia questions what really turns her on.


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<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/four-strangers-talk-about-love/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before we ever set them up on dates, we sat them down all together. Listen in as Amanda, Aziz, Khan and Virginia talk through their expectations on love, relationships and this podcast.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/four-strangers-talk-about-love/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
<p>Learn about your ad choices: <a href="https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices">dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices</a></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Before we ever set them up on dates, we sat them down all together. Listen in as Amanda, Aziz, Khan and Virginia talk through their expectations on love, relationships and this podcast.


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      <description><![CDATA[<p>It's hard to priorize dating when your first dates never lead to second ones. This week, Amanda rethinks the time she's willing to invest in her dating life.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/intimidating-amanda-date-1/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <author>Magnificent Noise</author>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's hard to priorize dating when your first dates never lead to second ones. This week, Amanda rethinks the time she's willing to invest in her dating life.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/intimidating-amanda-date-1/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
<p>Learn about your ad choices: <a href="https://dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices">dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices</a></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <itunes:summary>It&apos;s hard to priorize dating when your first dates never lead to second ones. This week, Amanda rethinks the time she&apos;s willing to invest in her dating life.


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      <itunes:subtitle>It&apos;s hard to priorize dating when your first dates never lead to second ones. This week, Amanda rethinks the time she&apos;s willing to invest in her dating life.


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      <title>Death of Desirability?</title>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>There are conversations you replay over in your mind weeks or months after you've heard them. The lastest Aziz and Manny date brought up something for Jesse that made her want to go a little deeper.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/death-of-desirability/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are conversations you replay over in your mind weeks or months after you've heard them. The lastest Aziz and Manny date brought up something for Jesse that made her want to go a little deeper.</p>
<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/death-of-desirability/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <itunes:subtitle>There are conversations you replay over in your mind weeks or months after you&apos;ve heard them. The lastest Aziz and Manny date brought up something for Jesse that made her want to go a little deeper.


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<p>Visit <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/" target="_blank">thisisdatingpodcast.com</a> for the <a href="https://www.thisisdatingpodcast.com/attached-aziz-date-2/#transcript" target="_blank">transcript</a> for this episode.</p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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