BONUS: Don't Date Brandon: A Cautionary Tale Of Dating A Sociopath

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Dana Bowling

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4 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this extra special episode of Daily Dose of Dana, join Amber and Athena as they courageously open up about their terrifying encounters with Brandon—a charismatic sociopath who hid his true nature behind charm and manipulation. In this raw conversation, they expose the emotional abuse, deceit, and lasting trauma that affected not only their lives but their children’s as well. Together, they reveal: - How subtle red flags escalated into full-blown danger - The heartbreaking failures of the legal system to protect victims - The life-changing power of women uniting to expose the truth and support one another This isn’t just a story of survival—it’s a powerful call to action. By sharing their experiences, Amber and Athena highlight the urgent need for awareness, education, and community in recognizing and escaping toxic relationships. If you’ve ever questioned the signs, doubted the system, or needed hope—this conversation is for you. Make sure to watch DONT DATE BRANDON on Paramount Plus now!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show, Amber and Athena.
0:04.4	I am so excited you guys are here.
0:06.5	Thank you for being here.
0:08.1	Thanks for having us.
0:09.6	Okay, so my audience, if you guys did your homework, you will have recognized these beauties, I mean literal beauties from the docu series that just started, I think last week.
0:22.2	We'll get into the details called Don't Date Brandon on Paramount Plus.
0:26.0	But they are from so many people in my audience already celebrities because you guys have been binging their podcast, X Wives Undercover, which how long have you guys been doing that podcast now?
0:38.8	Five years?
0:39.9	Five years.
0:40.4	Whoa.
0:42.1	First two seasons.
0:43.7	Well, the first two seasons are Amber and my story.
0:47.7	And then the following seasons are multiple other women's stories.
0:53.4	But not all about Brandon then or all about Brandon. The first two seasons are all about Brandon. There's probably like, what, how many episodes do you think? Amber, 50, at least? 50-ish. Yeah, 50. I'm expanding. So I was within five years and she was within five years, plus years so we have over a decade of story to
1:11.7	tell so it's like a lot of in between so for me it was like 14 years of torture of like having
1:17.5	yeah to go through it all you know so it's a lot and the cool thing though right is that this
1:23.3	docu series came out the same exact weekend that we started the podcast five years ago.
1:28.7	Yeah. So it kind of came full circle. Oh my gosh. So literally happy Halloween. Welcome to our
1:34.5	shit show is basically your title of your book. Sarmodo. Okay. This is one of, I hate to say it,
1:41.2	but these kinds of stories are my favorite. Because, I mean, it could have gotten really bad.
1:47.5	There could have been, you know, God forbid, a murder or anything that, you know, could have
1:51.5	happened had he not been stopped because it was elevating towards the end of his story.
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