Girls Can Tell Podcast
Because online dating had it coming. Girls Can Tell is a weekly podcast hosted by Trent Erikson, a Chicago-based broadcaster. Offering sharp, honest, observational commentary on modern dating, covering the apps and absurd human behaviors that nobody talks about quite this openly. Beyond relationship coaching, this is someone paying close attention to what's really happening out there and saying the things you're thinking, but don't dare speak. I'll bet you can't listen to just one.
Episodes
No new episode this week, but I promise I haven't disappeared. Some genuinely good stuff has been happening, and I'll tell you all about it soon. In the meantime, here's a look back at some of the best moments from the show so far.
Audio only this week, new episodes return soon on Spotify and YouTube.
No new episode this week, instead, a look back at some of the sharp, funny, and most honest moments from the last 30. New episodes return next Tuesday.
This week I’m doing something a little different. This is an episode of my other podcast, Usefulish, which is a completely different kind of show from Girls Can Tell. So consider this a little detour from our regularly scheduled programming. I hope you enjoy it.
I still have tons of old, dead conversations I've had on the app. This week I went back and reread the ones that went nowhere, some I ended on purpose, and some just sort of ended themselves. Horses, maple syrup urine disease, and a woman who compared a relationship to a newborn baby all show up.
See if you recognize yourself or someone you've talked to in any of these.
Five hundred conversations. Zero dates. Two weeks ago, I was ready to delete the app for good. Then something happened this week that made me stop and ask if I quit one week too early. I don't know how this ends yet, but here's what almost walking away taught me.
This isn't really about concerts.
It's about what people choose to put at the center of their identity, and what that secretly tells you about compatibility.
After decades in radio, playing in bands, working backstage, standing onstage, and watching live music from every possible angle, I've come to a conclusion that surprises almost everyone. It's also one of the fastest reasons I'll swip...
Two calls in, before we'd even met, she told me something about her ex-husband that should've ended things on the spot. I almost let it slide anyway. Here's why I didn't, and what I've learned about believing people the first time.
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I share a building with 500+ people and can't remember the last time a stranger there turned into anything. Not a date, not a friend, not even a regular conversation. This week I figured out why, and it's not the building, it's not the city, it's not even really about being single. It's the same reason dating apps had to exist in the first place, and once you see it, you can't stop noticing it everywhere.
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My ex contacts me every three or four months. The message is always the same formula, she has something to tell me, but she never says what it is. This episode breaks down textbook avoidant behavior, why she vanished the last time I responded warmly, why she'll never acknowledge what ended us, and the uncomfortable part about why her three-month cycle is perfectly timed to the exact moment my memory finishes editing her back into s...
Politics has become one of the biggest filters in modern dating—but I don't think politics is actually the real issue.
Over the last year, I've noticed something changing on dating apps. People aren't just telling you what they believe anymore. They're telling you who they refuse to date before you even say hello.
So when did politics stop being something we discussed and start becom...
A conversation that should have never happened made me realize something I hadn't connected before.
Dating apps and matchmaking services are trying to accomplish the same thing, but they're built on completely different incentives. One depends on engagement. The other depends on successful introductions. Once you notice that difference, it's hard to stop seeing it.
It's why so many people are giving up on the apps, and why I think ...
I did sixty episodes of this podcast without ever showing my face. Then I turned on a camera and everything changed overnight. Comments, DMs, strangers feeling like they knew me — none of it happened for fourteen months and then all of it happened at once.
This episode is about why presence does something that photos and audio never can, what it means for your dating profile, and why the thirty seconds of video you haven't po...
I've finally had it. This one's a little different.
Shirtless showdowns, pickleball pansies, Wimbledon-level tennis jags on a public court, scooter shits, absurdly loud cars, and industrial-strength playground blunts.
Tune in for a completely reasonable and measured discussion. Obviously.
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Most people on dating apps can answer a question. Almost nobody can actually play. This episode is about the difference and why it's the only thing I'm still looking for.
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She was smart, funny, attractive, and easy to talk to. Days of genuine connection that felt like something real. And then she mentioned something that changed everything. This episode is about the information people strategically withhold in early dating, the specific details that would change everything for the other person if disclosed upfront. Some of it is serious, some of it is ridiculous, and all of it is real. Things that be...
In this episode, I get uncomfortably honest about my high standards and how often they’re just an excuse. I talk about fast dismissals on the apps, the fear that no one would actually want the full version of me, and the difference between protecting your time and protecting yourself from judgement. If you’ve ever wondered if you’re picky, or just afraid to find out, this one’s for you.
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What would you do if a stranger on a dark empty street started telling you what you had for breakfast, your sister's name, your favorite color, things they have no business knowing? That feeling is a version of something happening in dating right now. Someone already has a file on you before you've said a word. They've googled you, stalked your socials, or got the full briefing from a mutual friend. They know you, while you know no...
Dating profiles are full of women who've been to 44 countries, have eight trips booked this year, mention travel in their bio four times, and have a detailed list of demands for a partner. Loyalty, presence, consistency, and someone who shows up. This episode is about that contradiction, what travel obsession says in a dating profile, what the relationship you'd be signing up for looks like, and why the person with the most stamps ...
Most people believe that jealousy indicates something is wrong with them, that secure, emotionally healthy individuals don't experience it, and the goal is to move past it entirely. This episode argues the other side. Jealousy isn't some character flaw, and dismissing it because someone convinced you that the feeling itself was the problem might be the most costly mistake you make in a relationship.
This episode explains the two ki...
We start with a listener voicemail about something she couldn't stop doing even though she could see it happening. She'd been telling herself she'd get serious about dating again once she reached a goal. Then, when she reached it, instead of dating, she just set another goal. Sound familiar? This episode explains why some of us keep moving the finish line and how to stop doing it.
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