
100 episodes

Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman Cloud10 and iHeartPodcasts
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4.7 • 248 Ratings
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Official Love Expert of The Drew Barrymore Show, LA Times advice columnist, Washington Post Date Lab contributor, and certified dating coach Damona Hoffman is your personal love guru in this long-running series. If you’ve seen her on TV you know this is NOT your momma’s love advice. This show is for you if: you’re single and ready to mingle, you need to DTR with your FWB, or you’re craving connection in a digitally-driven world. 2022 Winner of The Best Podcast of the Year at The Black Podcasting Awards, #1 ranked love and relationship podcast by Cosmopolitan Magazine and a Top 10 Pick by HuffPost in the love category.
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Language of Love & DM Dating
Joy Ofodu, host of Dating Unsettled, shares her IG love story and her top tips for how you can use Instagram to find your match. The Dating Dish this week: How to Fall in Love When You Don’t Speak the Same Language. The Dear Damona question is: Is there an appropriate time to talk about exclusivity?
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Dear Damona: Rubbish Texter & Dating Racism
In this special all Dear Damona episode, Damona is answering your questions to prep you for Short King Spring and Hot Girl Summer! Questions include: How can I feel successful enough to feel comfortable dating? My match is a bad texter. Is that a bad sign? How do I know when to stop looking for my match? Should I ever meet my match for the first time in a group setting? How do I open myself up to dating outside of my race? I want to explore my sexuality. How do I attract the right attention on dating apps?
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Multiamory & Short King Spring
The hosts of the Multiamory podcast, Jase, Emily, and Dedeker, give insights on boundaries, micro-scripts for tough conversations, non-traditional relationships and other juicy tidbits from their new book Multiamory: Essential Tools For Modern Relationships. The Dating Dish this week: Why has height become such a significant factor in dating? The Dear Damona question is: How can I help my brother get back on the dating scene after divorce?
Follow them on Instagram @multiamory_podcast and grab a copy of their new book, Multiamory: Essential Tools For Modern Relationships, by visiting Multiamory.com/book
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Chaotic Singles Party & The Silent Treatment
Cassidy Davis, the founder of Chaotic Singles Party, shares the inspiration behind her wildly popular singles parties and breaks down how to meet your match IRL. The Dating Dish this week: What would happen if you embraced the awkward silence on dates? The Dear Damona question is: I matched a guy who is perfect on paper. Why don’t I feel anything?
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Jewish Matchmaking & 5 Date Challenge
Aleeza Ben Shalom, expert of the new Netflix series Jewish Matchmaking, shares her top matchmaking tips, some secrets from the show and a 5 date challenge that’s going to blow your mind. The Dating Dish this week: Is modern dating really worse than dating before? Or do we just keep saying it is? The Dear Damona question is: Am I too set in my ways to meet and keep a match?
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Empathic Listening & Single Male Loneliness
Blaine Anderson, men’s dating coach, breaks down the fascinating findings from her Single Male Loneliness study and shares her tips for upleveling your textationship. The Dating Dish this week is: How Drew Barrymore gave us all a master class on empathic listening. The Dear Damona question is: I swipe left on profiles that mention the importance of chemistry. Am I making a mistake?
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Customer Reviews
Thank you
For the hood work Damona - level headed and sound advice in what can be a crazy dating world!
Super helpful dating advice!!
Love Damona! Her advice is helpful, fun, and it works! Doing good on the dating apps because I followed her advice & expanded my preferences.
Thank you Damona! 😘
Love it, but
Love the podcast, the content, the host, but I really wish she would get rid of the smooches. It gives off creepy vibes and sets my misophonia on fire. Not enough to stop me from listening because I can just skip over that part, but the times that I’m not able to reach my phone fast enough to skip it’s like nails on chalkboard.