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Welcome to a new season of Dating While Gray! Laura is back with a fresh collection of experiences, conversations and reflections on romance and relationships after 50. We’ll hear about couples whose partnership revealed a new side over the course of the pandemic (for better or worse), and we’ll enjoy words of wisdom from millennial sages! All that and more coming soon to your podcast feed – stay tuned for all the upcoming episodes.

Pants On Fire

Whether it’s criminals disguised as ardent online suitors or players who mix love bombing and gaslighting, deceptive people can damage our trust and sense of stability … not to mention our finances. So when it comes to the search for romance, can we keep the faith while circumventing the deceivers?

Laura’s Podcast Pick – Uncoupled: Thank U, Next

Just in time for the breakup season, aka Turkey Drop, Laura shares an encore episode from WUNC’s podcast Embodied. Host Anita Rao is joined by “Love Letters” advice columnist Meredith Goldstein and Slate advice columnist Stacia Brown. They dish out advice on topics including navigating social media after a romance ends, and what to do with physical reminders. (Ask Laura, who burned her wedding dress after splitting, for her hot take on this.)

The Parent Trap

Adult children of single parents … are they a source of emotional support and strength, or a disruptive influence in finding a “happily ever after”? We explore with guests including the millennial daughter of our ever-so-curious host.

An illustration of a computer browser on a porn site part-way through watching a video labeled: "Unlocked With Paid Subscription" featuring two femme-presenting people in lingerie on a bed. On the right hand side are tabs that say "Nude Cams"; "Erotic Literature"; "Live Chat"; and "Home Movies." The cursor is selected on "Live Chat." At the bottom of the illustration is the episode title: "SEXXXED."

SeXXXed: Porn For All

Anita questions whether her inner feminist will ever let her come around to enjoying porn without shame.

Illustration of a femme-presenting person with medium-length wavy brown hair in lingerie and high heels looking at a laptop perched on a stool with speech bubbles coming out of it featuring symbols on gender and emojis for a peach, eggplant and sweat. Behind her is a mirror with the phrase "Am I normal?" written on it. Next to the mirror is a large teddy bear and a laundry basket. At the top of this image is the episode title: "Pleasured."

Pleasured: The Sex Talk That Wasn't

Anita realizes she never got 'the sex talk' growing up. And even if she had, it probably wouldn't have gone like this.

An illustration of a masculine-presenting person sitting on a toilet with their pants rolled down and above their head is a thought bubble with an illustration of the human brain. Above them is the text "Pooped." The background of the illustration features images of a variety of bacteria.

Pooped: The Second Brain Inside Us

Anita has a gut feeling none of us know as much as we should about the connection between our intestinal health and how our minds work.

Burned: The Stress Threshold

Anita is a workaholic. Being overworked stresses Anita out. Too much stress leads to poor health. Don't be like Anita.

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Mothered: Raising Kids Radically

Anita is thinking more and more about entering the club of motherhood. But first, she'd appreciate a reality check on things we don't often talk about — like child care and health concerns around pregnancy and labor.

Othered: The Only One In The Room

Anita loves podcasts, especially ones that make space for intimate, unexpected conversations.

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