Dating Intentionally: From 150 Dates to Marriage
Seeing Other People
Ilana Dunn
4.5 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
After going on 150 dates with 60+ people in 10 months, Talia Koren didn’t expect to meet her husband when she did, especially because he wasn’t her type, didn’t give instant sparks, and entered her life while she was still dating other people.
In this episode, Talia shares how dating intentionally and treating dating like a research experiment helped her move on from a six-year relationship, stop chasing chemistry, and recognize what actually matters in a long-term partner.
From the first message on Hinge, to the third-date click, to defining the relationship and moving in together, this conversation breaks down what healthy dating actually looks like in real life, not just in theory.
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| 0:00.0 | Talia Koren, welcome back to seeing other people. |
| 0:06.2 | I'm so excited to be here and in person. |
| 0:08.6 | It feels so right. |
| 0:10.8 | Seeing you, being next to you, hanging out with you. |
| 0:14.1 | It's so funny because so many people, you know, had COVID, went back to office and |
| 0:18.8 | like met their people. |
| 0:19.8 | And I feel like we're still siloed living in different parts of the country. |
| 0:24.6 | But there's this whole community and getting to, over time, like, meet other dating |
| 0:29.2 | podcasters in person that I've talked to for years. |
| 0:31.9 | It's so special. |
| 0:32.8 | So special for sure. |
| 0:34.6 | I have so much to catch up with you on. |
| 0:37.3 | Since you were last on the podcast, |
| 0:39.2 | you got married. Yeah. Congratulations. And I want to hear so much about your story from going on |
| 0:47.1 | a ton of dates, everything you learned from dating intentionally and really approaching dating |
| 0:52.5 | like a research experiment to then meeting |
| 0:55.8 | your now husband Johnny, figuring out, you know, what felt different, why him, and then going |
| 1:00.8 | through those stages. How do you get from meeting somebody to actually getting married, you know, |
| 1:05.2 | having the conversations about moving in, getting engaged, how that felt. There's so much to talk |
| 1:10.2 | about and there's so much in your |
| 1:11.2 | story that I feel like people will really relate to. So I'm excited to get into it. But before we do, |
| 1:18.2 | I kind of want to hear expectations versus reality. Yeah. Being married. What has been different than |
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