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Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

S12E19: Hacking Human Connection w/ Vanessa Van Edwards

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Relationships, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Social Sciences, Science

4.7910 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

We're about to crack the code as we chat with Vanessa Van Edwards about the science of people and how to optimize your behavior, interactions, and interpersonal intelligence as it pertains to dating. We discuss why PQ is just as essential as EQ & IQ, how to decode body language and facial expressions, and ways to connect instantly with people within the first 5 minutes of meeting. Follow @vvanedwards and learn more about Vanessa at https://www.scienceofpeople.com/ and also check out her book Captivate. Follow us @dateablepodcast. Check out our website for more content, virtual live show dates, and merch. Join the Sounding Board at https://www.dateablepodcast.com/soundingboard Thank you to our partners for this episode: Kensington’s newest title UNDERCOVER DUKE by Sabrina Jeffries. You can find UNDERCOVER DUKE wherever books are sold or visit kensingtonbooks.com Z-Man Games: Check out Love Letter for $11.99 at Target, your local game store, or directly through Z-Man’s webstore. Rothy's: Check out all the amazing shoes, bags, and masks available right now at Rothys.com/Dateable Cover art Photography Credit: Larry Wong #lwongphoto Dateable is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at frolic.media/podcasts WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Want to remove distractions from your dates? Download Brick and get 10% off at https://www.getbrick.app/DATEABLE Our Sponsors: * Avocado Green Mattress: Check out their mattress and furniture sale: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/DATEABLE * Get Rain of Shadows and Endings wherever books are sold or at Kensington Publishing https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Quince: Get free shipping and 365 day returns at https://quince.com/dateable * Ruggable: Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code DATEABLE at https://ruggable.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0

The dateable podcast is an insider's look into modern dating that the

0:04.8

Huffington Post calls one of the top 10 podcasts about love and sex. On each

0:09.5

episode we'll talk to real daters about everything from sex parties to sex droughts, date fails to diaper

0:15.3

fetishes, and first moves to first loves.

0:17.8

I'm your host, U.S.U.

0:19.4

Former dating coach turned dating sociologist.

0:22.0

You also hear from my co-host and producer Julie Craft Chick

0:25.2

as we explore this crazy dateable world.

0:28.1

Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of

0:35.0

Datable, a show all about modern dating, where we eagerly dig

0:40.1

into the wise of people's behavior.

0:42.8

And this episode in particular is really digging

0:46.2

into the wise of people's behavior

0:48.3

and how you can make that connection

0:50.8

through hacking people's behavior and understanding why people do the things

0:56.2

they do and why people say what they say. I love it. Our guest today is Vanessa Van

1:02.3

Edwards who is someone that you ate I've wanted for a very long time and she's like the ultimate like her whole her whole like existence and company and books and everything she's put out is all about the science and I'm holding it up. This is how long we've been trying to get her on the

1:23.2

podcast. I have the paperback copy, not even the Kindle. So it's the science of

1:29.5

succeeding with people and all the stuff that we're going to talk about on this whole

1:34.2

episode the intro the episode all of it like I love this stuff because it gives you

1:39.0

kind of like those inner working psychie that like people are studying that the average person may be totally oblivious to and knowledge is power and this type of stuff like helps in all facets of life. It's not just dating.

1:52.4

And I have a confession. I'm so glad we had her on the show before I went to this wedding over the weekend.

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