Ghosts of Boyfriends Past

That's right, it's a best-of. We fancied a holiday and by-gum are we going to have one. So in place of a regularly scheduled show we thought we would treat you to our 2020 Australian Podcast Awards submission which only got us nominated so it must be pretty good! Enjoy this succulent X-mas treat and we'll be back on the straight and narrow next week! Enjoy! Whilst you kick back and enjoy this litt...

Nadia made a career out of writing about her sex life… but then she realized she might just be playing a role that hid her true self. SUMMARY: Coming out at any age is hard, but having the realization at 36 after you’ve spent your career writing about all your heterosexual sexcapades is a whole other ballgame. EPISODE NOTES: Nadia Bokody is a YouTuber, sex-positive journalist and media commentator...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Dear Reader, how important is celebrating an anniversary to you? Do you celebrate every minor milestone in your relationship, on one set day every year, or do you not even bother to celebrate? Let us know how you celebrate anniv...

This episode she brings three tales of woe from the seventh circle of hell aka the world of dating. Get ready for the Bin Men Parade. Jessica Kate Ryan is a Brisbane-based actor and performer. She's the co-host of podcasting juggernaut Murder In The Land of Oz and lover of all things true crime (and cats). Jess loves chatting dating drama... in fact, she's had so many upsets she's got a name for a...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Some brow-furrowing questions have been sent in for this week's minisode which catch a sleepy Liz and Tom slightly off-guard; just how DO you build trust in a relationship? We also explore the potential merits to finance-free fi...

Gold Coast singer-songwriter Rae Leigh is passionate about connecting through the power of stories. As an acclaimed artist with over 87K streams to her music on Spotify and Apple Music, as well as receiving radio support from the likes of ABC Brisbane, ABC Gold Coast, 98.9 Best Country and 107.3 Juice Radio, Rae is an active collaborator having worked with songwriters both in Australia and Nashvil...

It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Our terrific little Reader elves have certainly been busy, more than matching our call to arms for any dating stories that revolve around Multi-Level Marketing. We've had Readers recruited for self-help and Readers recruited for health and...

Tilly knew traditional dating didn’t really suit her but wasn’t really sure what else there was out there. This is the story of how she discovered a dating method that suited her, and how much visibility and representation matters. Tilly is a Brisbane local and enthusiastic audience member. She practices consensual non-monogomy and relationship anarchy, and her nesting partner is her wonky cat Bru...

It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. There is a whiplash warning for today's minisode Dear Reader; a roller coaster of emotions from the stories shared with Liz and Tom. We have an answer to our unconventional how-did-you-meet call out, a woman is forced to get sleuthing on th...

Ryan tells us about a time he feels like he crossed a line in trying to alleviate his own relationship anxiety. When his boyfriend broke up with him suddenly, Ryan was in shock. But when they began spending five days a week together again, Ryan thought things were back on track. But then he drove past the bathhouse and saw a familiar scooter out front. Ryan has a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Theatr...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. What do you do if you meet the love of your life BUT you just can't get along with their friends? We explore this tricky topic on today's episode; plus we try and improve online dating profiles and encourage a Reader to only get...

Ferris Bueller’s famous quote rings particularly true with this story about how lack of tech knowledge led to Steve missing out on what’s important. Steve Dee is a tall bald man from Sydney, Australia who can't seem to stop making games, and is President of Tin*Star Games. He has won several awards and nominations for his game designs (including four Ennies) and has worked as a designer, writer, c...

It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. This list, this list! Quiet creepy... Some genius decided to ask robots to come up with chat-up lines. Dear Reader, we will leave it in your hands as to whether our inevitable overlords are crushing it in the romance department. Though to b...

Faith dreamed of a happy, white picket fence and thought she had struck gold with her high school sweetheart. What began as a friends-to-lovers story slowly turned into an empty house and what she now realises was emotional abuse that she still battles to work through to this day. This is a tale of two kids who had to grow up too fast and a lesson in how NOT to communicate. Faith is an accountant...

It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. We all remember the innocent days of youth when we would receive a party bag of sweets and goodies after attending a birthday party, but does that idea carry over to adulthood and post-sex? Today's minisode is also chock full of short and s...

Tully thought he found “The One” quite early in life. But what started out in a whirlwind of grand gestures and overt declarations of love slowly turned into a heartbreaking prison of miscommunication, leaving Tully feeling trapped and his ex desperately trying to fix what was broken. Tully is a musician, teacher, and reformed hopeless romantic. This is his second time on Ghosts, the first being T...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. Alright, everyone, annoying couple habits are on the table today and we want to hear yours! Dob in a friend if you so wish. We don't care, we only want to hear what grinds your gears about other couples. We also unpack a hefty q...

This episode is for you if you’ve ever wondered if you actually want a relationship or not.  Simone Milasas is an innovative business leader, author, and a leading Facilitator with Access Consciousness®️, a set of life-changing techniques and tools currently facilitated in more than 175 countries. A lady who knows how to be a woman, Simone joyfully sees the prospect of possibility and future...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. Some alarming dating stories abound on this weeks' episode of Ghosts of Boyfriends Past! Knives and wanting to punch things, how charming. Also, we feel strongly for some poor parents fr...

You really find out who your partner is when the cops come knocking on the door. Happily coupled up Johanna (from s01e09 of Ghosts: Johanna and the Attempted Threesome https://play.acast.com/s/ghosts-of-boyfriends-past/johannaandtheattemptedthreesome ) returns to the podcast to tell a tale of a time she really found out what her relationship was made of. It involves a housemate that was a bit too...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. A mishap with a sex toy opens the show this week and the intruige level doesn't drop much from there! Liz and Tom hear tell of a desperate Christmas package, a Reader describes their hau...

When your partner is an expert at changing the goalposts it’s impossible to win.  After a whirlwind romance, Sarah thought she’d found the love of her life. But far from a fairytale, what it became was a dangerous dance of ever-changing expectations and a partner who could never relinquish control. Sarah talks about how difficult it is to realise something is wrong from the inside of a toxic...

Liz and Tom don their relationship counselor caps and do their best to help out friends of the show in their pursuit of love and happiness. With next to no qualifications. You're back for more Reader, and this week's minisode is a Questions-themed ep! On today's episode, Liz and Tom delve through the murky realms of flirting, and we discuss what are some good questions to ask during a relationship...

Do you ever get the feeling someone else is calling the shots in your life? Fan favourite and friend of the podcast Scott is back to chat about a time where things just kept going wrong, one after the other, in his dating life and he began to suspect there were larger forces at play. Scott Driscoll is a Brisbane-based performer who works with groups such as Act React and Impro Mafia. You can liste...

Time to have your insanity read back to you Readers. It's minisode time and we've found the best/most horrific dating stories from you the listeners, and online to make you feel better about your own dating lives. As quickly and Liz and Tom find a bit of optimism in regards to speed-dating a Reader gives us reason to think otherwise this week. We enjoy and endure some more short and awkward break-...