Listen Now: The Dating Debrief

5 May 2026 · 1 min

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In short

The Dating Debrief introduces a modern dating show format focused on one person’s “through 13 first dates” journey in Los Angeles, followed by a “spill the tea” debrief to sort “the relax” and analyze what happened.

Guest backgrounds

No specific guests are named in this transcript; the host is Rachel Recchia.

Key claims

The host frames dating as a search for real romance, rejects “settling,” and suggests pursuing emotionally unavailable people leads to predictable outcomes.

Notable examples

The intro references a “love triangle” and a scenario where, after sex, one date “fell off the face of the earth,” implying avoidance and mixed intentions.

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Transcript

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0:06Welcome to The Dating Debrief, a podcast about dating in the modern age. Anyone who has found someone in LA, I'm like, how, where, what app do I have to be on to find someone? Every season will follow one single through 13 first dates. I don't like to settle.

0:23Rachel Recchia:I'd rather be alone forever than settle for less than I deserve. And after each one, we will sit down to spill the tea and sort the relax. Wait, I love the love triangle. You're like, stop, I can't help you both. Get ready for a season of gossip. After we had sex, he kind of fell off the face of the earth a little bit. Chaos. Because he just wanted to sleep with everyone else in LA. In a front row seat to real romance. I want love so badly, but I'm also so afraid of having it. and by pursuing emotionally unavailable people, I kind of know how it's going to end. I'm Rachel Recchia, and this is The Dating Debrief.

From the publisher

The Dating Debrief is the dating podcast about what happens after the date. Hosted by former Bachelor star Rachel Recchia, each season follows one single woman as she goes on 13 first dates in search of something real. But instead of hearing the dates themselves, you get the part everyone actually cares about: the post-date debrief. After every date, she sits down with Rachel to spill everything—the sparks, the red flags, the awkward moments, and the texts that never came. Along the way, a team of experts helps decode the chaos of modern dating, from swiping strategies to relationship patterns. It’s part social experiment, part girls’ night gossip, and a front-row seat to the highs, lows, and drama of trying to find love today.

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