Dates & Mates with Damona Hoffman

Julie Spira, Cyberdatingexpert.com, gives tips on how to amp up romance and get your dating strategy straight for peak dating season. Headlines include Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez, dating trends for 2017, and new rules for single guys. BlackPeopleMeet.com shares dating questions plus a holiday giveaway from Splendies. Visit BlackPeopleMeet.com  Enter the Splendies giveaway by tweeting Dates & Mates Giveaway @DamonaHoffman. Tag @splendies and #datesandmatesholiday by 12/27/17 at 11:59 p.m. to enter the giveaway. A winner will be announced on the 12/28 show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Francesca Hogi, matchmaker, dating expert, and former Survivor contestant shares her advice on dating during the holidays. Plus, headlines including Dakota Johnson's type, a new OKCupid feature, and the effects of spanking children on their love lives. Plus questions from listeners including what happens when you fall for a married man and should a guy shave his chest for you after three dates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

American Horror Story star, Naomi Grossman tells how she healed from a traumatic breakup. Headlines include AI and VR dating, the Hater dating app, sex drive of Japanese women and Jennifer Lawrence's love life. Plus questions from listeners including handling romantic feelings for a BFF and hooking up on Tinder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doctor Aesha, The Black Love Matchmaker, highlights the struggle for single Black women and discusses how love can cross a cultural divide. Headlines include will Meghan Markle be the first Black Royal, the sexiest accent, domestic violence in young relationships, and a Tinder trick. Plus listener questions including what to do when your boyfriends daughter calls you mama and how to handle a long distance relationship that's fading.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matchmaker Jessica Fass co-hosts to share her tips on surviving the holiday season single and bringing your new love home for the holidays. Questions from listeners include: how to get a guys attention, managing a jealous boyfriend and can you forgive a cheater. Damona gives a diatribe about the recent wave of "man-hating." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deanna Lorraine, top dating coach for men, discusses attraction secrets and headlines including cuffing season, a new interactive Buzzfeed dating series, and the kissing hormone. Plus, Textpert App questions including how to handle a hot professor and getting ghosted. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wooist.com dating coach for men, Patrick Wu joins as guest co-host. Topics include: sex ed in schools, Selena Gomez, Grindr, Catfish and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our annual special Halloween episode features terrifying, shocking, and surprising tales of first dates gone wrong. Plus a new revelation about dating app safety, a TV series on modern love, and the Cardi B and Offset Boomerang Breakup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett McGinn, dating coach discusses millennial dating trends and how to get over an ex. Questions from Textpert App users and listeners include: a boyfriend's flirty text messages with a work buddy and coming out when your mom doesn't approve. Plus, Damona's Diatribe about the Harvey Weinstein allegations and a guide about sexual consent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristina Wong, creator of the hit webseries, How Not to Pick Up Asian Chicks, joins to dish out the dating advice. Headlines include how Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard almost split up, Tindstagramming, and AR Dating. Plus, listener questions like, what do you do if your boyfriend won't take his dating profile down and is a year too long to wait to meet the parents. More on Kristina at KristinaWong.coms5pfp3g8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices