Episode 1285: Chelsea Smith on Dating, Marriage and What Actually Makes Love Last
The RELEVANT Podcast
RELEVANT Magazine
4.6 • 2.9K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2026
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This week, we sit down with Chelsea Smith to talk about dating wisely, building a resilient marriage and navigating seasons when love feels harder than usual. She shares practical advice for singles, couples and anyone wondering if what they’re experiencing is normal.
In RELEVANT Buzz, we unpack the rise of political independents among Gen Z and millennials, Brandon Lake’s Good Morning America moment and why Christian hip-hop is showing up at Rolling Loud.
Plus, the crew debates whether it’s easier to bowl a perfect game or hit a hole-in-one for a million dollars, discusses illegal monkeys in St. Louis and breaks down Gen Z’s newest solution to burnout: a “retirement home” in Malaysia.
Highlights:
06:30 – Million-dollar question: perfect bowling game or hole-in-one?
16:05 – RELEVANT Buzz
16:15 – Christian hip-hop at Rolling Loud
18:10 – Brandon Lake on Good Morning America (and the Maury joke)
20:45 – Gallup: Gen Z and millennials are going independent
31:40 – Chelsea Smith on dating
33:55 – What every healthy marriage needs
35:30 – Advice for couples in hard seasons
37:55 – Our new partnership with 316 Financial + Reset Series
42:25 – Slices
42:45 – St. Louis offers amnesty for illegal monkey owners
47:05 – A Gen Z “retirement home” opens in Malaysia
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| 0:00.0 | It's episode 1285, and it's the relevant podcast here in Orlando. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm your host Cameron Strang and joining me from Loverland, Virginia. |
| 0:13.1 | It's Jesse Carey. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello, hello. |
| 0:14.8 | From Nashville, our managing editor, downtown Emily Brown. |
| 0:18.0 | Hey, y'all. |
| 0:18.8 | And Derek's not joining us today because he forgot we |
| 0:21.3 | recorded on this day. He thought we recorded on a different day. So there you go. In his defense, |
| 0:26.7 | we did have a different holiday schedule. So I got to, I got to defend Derek on that. Yeah. |
| 0:31.2 | Real quick during the holidays. Can I mention something real quick? I know. Please. |
| 0:34.4 | You mentioned this is the holiday schedule. People are still kind of getting back into the rhythm of life. |
| 0:42.4 | And, you know, one thing is, you know, we're doing a lot of recreational things. |
| 0:48.2 | And my family went bowling the other day. |
| 0:50.7 | And I was thinking about bowling. |
| 0:52.8 | Can we go somewhere real quick? |
| 0:54.3 | I have a question. It's full on mid-January. Why are you still doing holiday activities? |
| 1:00.0 | Just bear with me. They, they didn't start school back till like Monday, right? Or, you know, |
| 1:06.2 | either way, we're finding stuff to do. And I was thinking about bowling, right? Every once in a while when you go bowling, how often do you guys go bowling? I feel like the average American may be like two or three times a year. Wow, that is a high average. I was going to say once every five years. Two times a decade? Well, I don't know. Yeah, once every five years. Same. more bowling-centric. I just live in a more bowling-centric community. I feel like every once in a while, I'll find myself in a situation. People were like, yeah, we're going bowling. Or I ended up at like a bowling party. Or, you know, there's nothing to do. And you all go bowling, you know? My son's friend in seventh grade had a bowling party, yes. |
| 1:47.9 | I one time went on a date and late after dinner there was like bowling, |
| 1:53.4 | so we spontaneously went bowling. |
| 1:55.4 | But like, yeah, twice in the last 10 years. |
| 1:58.3 | We really miss it out because bowlingeyes have come a long way. |
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