• Episode twenty - Georgia-Lee & Craig (couples special with Jen)
    Aug 6 2024

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    In the final episode of our first season, I am joined by Jen... our interviewee from last week... and my better half.
    We talk about how we met through the making of Playing With Matches.
    We also hear from Georgia-Lee & Craig, our first couple interview, who met through online dating and now live together with their baby boy, Albert.

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    51 mins
  • Episode nineteen - Jen
    Jul 30 2024

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    A very special episode today...
    Certainly for me - and I hope for you too.
    Today is all about Jen (my own partner who I met through creating Playing With Matches).
    We talk about her online dating experiences pre-me - and I nod and smile politely.
    Enjoy.

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    34 mins
  • Episode eighteen - Gemma & Lou-Lou (Lobster tales)
    Jul 23 2024

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    A change of script this week as our lockdown interviews are coming to a close...

    Gemma and Lou-Lou have written, directed and performed a play called 'Lobster.'
    It's all about online dating from a female perspective – so it ties in perfectly with Playing With Matches.

    Here we chat about all things Lobster and the shift in human communication from IRL to online – with all its pros and cons.

    Gemma & Lou-Lou links:
    recording of Lobster at Underbelly Edinburgh 2019

    About "Lobster"


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    43 mins
  • Episode seventeen - Danielle
    Jul 16 2024

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    This week we have a brand new episode recorded just last week.
    Danielle is a musician and yoga instructor from Wales.
    She has lots of stories and a great sense of humour.
    Enjoy.


    Danielle's song 'Girl From Tinder'

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    29 mins
  • episode sixteen - Kate T
    Jul 9 2024

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    Kate likes to call men 'cowboy' but she won't tolerate your 'rapey' messages or your fetishization of Chinese women. Quite right too.

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    20 mins
  • Episode fifteen - Amira
    Jul 2 2024

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    Amira (not her real name) is six feet tall, but doesn't care how tall her dates are.
    She comes from a religious family where talk of sex is taboo, but has moved to the UK and found her own sexual freedom.
    She dates men and women and couples and laughs a lot.
    Enjoy.

    Thank you to Denise Banks & Joanna Suchomska for conducting the interview.

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    21 mins
  • Episode fourteen - Manisha
    Jun 25 2024

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    Manisha loves Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
    Me neither, but we find out together.
    She's strictly liberal and has a No-Tory policy based on past experiences.
    She says she's sarcastic and expects you to take it on the chin.
    There's talk about all sorts of things, including the difference between dating "white boys" and "brown boys."

    Thank you to Ele Berrie for her help editing this episode.
    Thank you to Denise Banks & Joanna Suchomska for conducting the interview.

    Get in touch with the show:
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    34 mins
  • Episode thirteen - Tara
    Jun 18 2024

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    Tara has had so much drama dating online, that her friends call her Bridget.
    She thinks she is catnip to catfish.
    Dating online during lockdown made her long for the days when people met for the first time IRL.
    She's been stung by Bumble, but she's not out for the count yet.
    Enjoy.

    Thank you to Ele Berrie for her help editing this episode.
    Thank you to Denise Banks & Joanna Suchomska for conducting the interview.

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    playingwithmatchespodcast@gmail.com

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    33 mins