Playing With Matches

Send a text 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. Get in touch with the show: playingwithmatchespod...

Send a text 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. Get in touch with the show: playingwithmatchespodcast@gmail.com Playing With Matches Video trailer Playing With Matches Facebook Page

Send a text 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 a...

Send a text 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' Get in touch with the show: playingwithmatchespodcast@gmail.com Playing With Matches Video trailer Playing With Matches Facebook Page

Send a text Kate likes to call men 'cowboy' but she won't tolerate your 'rapey' messages or your fetishization of Chinese women. Quite right too. Get in touch with the show: playingwithmatchespodcast@gmail.com Playing With Matches Video trailer Playing With Matches Facebook Page

Send a text 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. Get in touch with the show: playingwit...

Send a text 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 he...

Send a text 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 & Joan...

Send a text Ally is bisexual, polyamorous, mixed race, has ADHD and doesn't like Tories. She is also incredibly smart. She knows who she is, what she wants and is tired of explaining it all to you. Divisive and entertaining... it's a good one. Enjoy. Get in touch with the show: playingwithmatchespodcast@gmail.com Playing With Matches Video trailer Playing With Matches Facebook Page

Send a text Patricia is from Romania and moved to the UK for her studies. She's lived in Manchester and London but doesn't date British men because they make too many jokes about Dracula when they find out where she's from. She once went on a date with a man, only to find out she was actually attending his engagement party. She cycled 60 kilometres for another date... and she never...

Send a text Lorna was brought up in the middle of nowhere... The Kent countryside to be more precise. She moved to Brighton to study and for the 'gay scene.' She says that, as a person with a disability, online dating has opened up a whole new world for her. She's a comedian, a musician and has many enlightening stories to tell. Enjoy. Get in touch with the show: playingwithmatchesp...

Send a text Bee is smart and funny... And yet every man assumes she wants to see pictures of their penis in 8 different states. She is looking for a gentleman, but most men are just looking to 'bonk.' This is a great episode and Bee is brilliant. Enjoy. Get in touch with the show: playingwithmatchespodcast@gmail.com Playing With Matches Video trailer

Send a text Ingrid is incredible... eloquent and erudite  (I've since found out she is a voice-over artist). She tells us some great stories. Like all our incredible women, though, Ingrid has had her fair share of numpty dates. She talks about dick pics, ghosting, catfishing and all the usual nonsense that women have to put up with dating online... but she does so with a witty confidence that...

Send a text Jane has spent much of her working life as a floor trader…. As in stocks and shares, not carpets and tiles. She talks about the difficulty of dating someone who earns less money than you. She doesn’t suffer fools gladly, or those who have lied on their profile. She is also a self-confessed snob… which she apparently gets from her mother.  She also calls out one particular dating app as...

Send a text So today we meet Vanina - a French woman who lives in the UK and has had more than her fair share of communication breakdowns. Funny and charming, as all our guests have been, Vanina has some great stories and some important points to make. Enjoy. Many thanks to Joanna Suchomska for connecting with Vanina and making this interview possible and to Ele Berrie for her editing skills. Get...

Send a text Today it's the turn of Amanda. She has had quite the life... Married twice, to men who left her wanting more. Amanda has embraced the world of online dating  - with mixed results. Some hilarious stories and some real horrors too. She is resilient, funny and open to new experiences. Thanks to Joanna Suchomska for connecting with Amanda and making this interview possible. Get in tou...

Send a text This week we hear from Sarah. She has some wonderful stories to tell and does so with great humour. We hear about men with some unusual fetishes and one with a Hitler obsession. She has an adventurous and curious attitude towards dating, which is refreshing and often hilarious. Enjoy. Thanks to Joanna Suchomska for connecting with Sarah and making this interview possible. Get in touch...

Send a text A slight change to the script this week... We have comedian & activist Kate Smurthwaite as our guest. Many thanks to Joanna Suchomska for connecting with Kate and securing this interview. The conversation took place over Zoom during the UK lockdown of 2021. Kate has been using online dating for quite some time (her own words) and talks about navigating apps as a polyamorous woman....

Send a text Welcome to episode two of Playing With Matches... The podcast where women talk about their online dating experiences. This week we meet Kat. She has been online dating for over 20 years and has had her ups and downs.  She discusses the changing face of dating online during that time and opens up about what the experience is like as a disabled black woman. She is funny and empowering wi...

Send a text Welcome to episode one of Playing With Matches... The podcast where women talk about their online dating experiences. Here we meet Maggie, one of our most positive stories. During the lockdown she had a group of men that she was communicating with daily. She made many friends and, in her own words, has found the experience life-changing and she has turned the negativity of the breakdow...

Send a text Introducing a brand new podcast... Playing With Matches, where women talk about their online dating experiences. Just before episode one drops, Mark brings you up to date with the how and why of it all. Playing With Matches... Every Tuesday from March 26th. Trailer link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNwkTM1ndjk

Send a text Playing With Matches... The podcast where women talk about their online dating experience. Episode 1 arrives 26th March 2024. Video trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNwkTM1ndjk Music:  "Eleganza" by Lucas Pittman, licensed through Adobe Stock.