Stay ConnectedDating advice, real stories, and honest conversations about modern relationships. Seeing Other People with Ilana Dunn covers everything from first dates and situationships to long-term love, with expert guests, anonymous confessions, and unfiltered takes three times a week.
Whether you’re swiping, healing, or somewhere in between…this is your show.
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I’m joined by Brianna Apple, a 23 year old Tiktoker navigating the NYC dating scene. We discuss the nuances of why she’s dating for fun and not for love right now, and how she navigates getting to know people without being misleading about her intentions. She shares why she has her heart guarded, her biggest dating pet peeves, and hilarious dating fails. We discuss red flags we give off, the best and worst parts of dating in your 20s, and more.
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UNFILTERED: I’m joined by a 40 year old woman who shares the story of how she developed a relationship with an old friend after he became her white knight during her divorce. We hear how they went from being friends (and roommates) to partners, and how their relationship went from happy and healthy to toxic, manipulative, and emotionally abusive. She shares red flags she missed, why she didn’t end it even though she was unhappy, and how they finally parted ways. We hear what has helped her get through the breakup and what she learned from the situation.
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I’m joined by Sabrina Bendory, Author of “You’re Overthinking It” and “10 Things Every Woman Needs to Know About Men.” Sabrina shares insight into what men really want, red flags that you should never ignore, and how we can stop overthinking. We discuss how to stop obsessing over someone early on, whether or not you should date multiple people at a time, mistakes we made in our dating lives, and whether or not men marry the woman in front of them when they’re ready.
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UNFILTERED: I’m joined by Laurina Sachetti, host of Funny Girl Podcast to talk about her experience embracing her sexuality. We learned what led her to become pansexual (and what that means), what signs she saw and may have ignored, and how she began to experiment dating people of different genders and sexual orientations. Laurina shares how the queer community has embraced her, how she navigates telling someone she’s queer when on a date, and what differences she’s noticed between dating men and dating other genders.
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I’m joined by Orly Israel, founder of Orly’s Listening Table, to discuss all things listening and communication. We hear about why he started Orly’s listening table, what he’s learned from it, and the impact it’s had. We discuss how to practice being a better listener, when should you just listen vs offer advice, what to do when you disagree with someone who is venting to you, tips for spicing up communication in your daily lives, the craziest stories he’s heard while doing Orly’s listening table, and more.
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UNFILTERED: I’m joined by Julia Mazur, host of Pretty Much Done and former Tinder employee, to discuss her journey leaving a toxic relationship, learning to love herself, what she’s learned from her recent breakup, how she overcame the societal / internal pressure to get married and start a family, and more. We hear how her she ended her previous relationship on good terms, what it was like working at Tinder, and more.
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Erica Shea (previously on the episode “Do You Really Find Love When You Least Expect It?” is back to update us on what happened with the guy she met…when she least expected it. We hear why it didn’t work out, how things ended, how her healing process has been, and what she’s learned from the breakup. We chat about RSB, AKA “Recent Single Behavior,” and if Erica still believes you find love when you least expect it, even after getting her heart broken. We answer listener questions about reaching back out to exes, how to flirt, making the first move, and more.
Check my episode on Erica’s podcast “Oversharing with Erica Shea”
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UNFILTERED: I'm joined by Kyla who shares her experiences dating people from all around the world during her solo travels. We hear what led her to start traveling on her own, how she went about meeting people, the differences in her dating experiences abroad vs in America, what she learned from dating in different countries, and more.
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I’m joined by Hilary Weinstein, LCSW, founder of HLW therapy to discuss what she has learned while going through the most difficult time of her life. Hilary opens up about getting engaged as her mother’s four year battle with ovarian cancer was coming to a devastating end. We discuss the lack of transparency on social media, how we compare ourselves and our lives to others based on what we see online, and how everyone’s high highs are on display while the low lows are kept behind closed doors. We chat about our fears surrounding being more transparent online, our individual struggles with social media, her advice to anyone going through a similar situation, and more.
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UNFILTERED: I'm joined by a woman who tells the story of meeting a man from Bumble, developing a relationship with him, and then learning that he's a member of a Nationalist organization. We hear how he told her this, what her reaction was, and why she decided to continue seeing him. She shares the internal struggle she faced because of this, her experience going to his Nationalist chapter Christmas party, whether or not she told her friends, why she continued to date him despite his beliefs, and what happened when she finally called it quits.
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