Solo-ish

A podcast from The Washington Post about the joys and conundrums of being single – everything from dating to traveling to making a life on your own. Host Lisa Bonos takes on these topics and more in conversations with experts – and sometimes friends – about being unmarried, but far from alone. [This podcast is no longer releasing new episodes.]

Latest Episodes:

Bar-hopping with a professional wingman Feb 18, 2016

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Thomas Edwards gives tips to Lisa Bonos and two colleagues -- Veronica Toney and Lavanya Ramanathan -- on how to approach strangers in a bar, show interest and eventually exchange digits.

How to rebound from an awful first date Feb 04, 2016

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Bad first dates usually don't result in a second try. But this couple -- Ashraf Bouajina and Max Ashwill -- managed to turn things around. Hear all about why Ashraf gave Max a second chance.

Matchmaker, make me a match Jan 20, 2016

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What does it take for a blind date to lead to love? Shared values or a similar outlook on life need to be there, say Christina Antoniades, who sets couples up for The Washington Post's Date Lab, Paul Carrick Brunson, a professional matchmaker.

Love in the office Jan 06, 2016

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Lisa Bonos chats with a Washington Post couple who met in the newsroom 20 years ago and are still together. And work advice columnist Karla Miller gives some tips to those considering an office romance.

Putting a ring -- or a dog tag -- on it Dec 23, 2015

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Lisa Bonos chats with novelist J. Courtney Sullivan about the single woman who sold Americans on the idea that a diamond is forever; Jon Mervis discusses what it's like to sell engagement rings; and we meet a couple who got engaged without a ring.

She's a foodie. He's a fast-food nut. Dec 10, 2015

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When you have opposite tastes in food, where do you go on dates? Lisa Bonos chats with Adam Chandler and Emily Saladino about their fast-food romance.

How my parents got together Nov 24, 2015

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Lisa Bonos thought she knew all about how her parents met and got together in the 1970s. Decades later, she gets the full story.

"There was nobody to talk to. Nobody." Nov 12, 2015

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Can an extrovert handle nine weeks of solitude? Lisa Bonos chats with Philippa Hughes about why she went to Italy to work on a book. Plus, comments from Fenton Johnson and the role of solitude in a writer's life.

The cooking date Oct 28, 2015

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When's the right time to invite a new love interest over for dinner?

Putting your fertility on ice Oct 14, 2015

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Who decides to freeze their eggs – and why? Lisa Bonos asks a colleague and a fertility doctor, who’ve both frozen eggs, about the experience.