Single Sounds

Chaotic yet capable aptly describes this week's guest who shares hilarious stories of her clumsiness while outlining what she wants in a partner. She brings her witty banter and refreshing honesty whilst revealing her biggest ick and dating red flags like odd "societies" and bedroom curtains. With early morning workouts and bougie holidays on the regular, she needs someone to keep up and find the humour when she inevitably stacks it on a regular occasion!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

·      She wants someone funny, around her height or taller, who can handle her early gym wake-ups and lavish holidays.

·      Her toxic trait is buying everything she sees advertised to her on social media, cluttering up her home.

·      She frequently falls over, dropping food or coffee, but feels no embarrassment and thinks people should find it funnier.

·      An ick for her is guys in their 30s still living like university students

BEST MOMENTS

"I recently fell over on the way to a date. And then I fell over on the date as well."

"He was like 'I don't have a bedroom door, I have a curtain instead"

"That is actually quite a good compatibility test, going through airport security with someone and how they handle that"

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date, this character contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

Katie McNamara: https://www.instagram.com/katiee.mcnamara/

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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Katie celebrates Single Sound's 2-year anniversary with a live show featuring comedians Molly Cookson and Philipp Kostelecky. They take turns answering Single Sounds' classic dating questions like who they're attracted to, what they're looking for, and sharing their worst dating stories and icks. From avoiding dates to awkward kisses, learn all about these London singles with nonstop laughs and entertaining dating mishaps.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

·      Molly is looking for her soulmate but has been disappointed in the past with other dates such as "Soulmate Daniel"

·      Philipp has some interesting bedroom habits such as he sleeps with a childhood teddy bear named Phillipp Bear and he only owns one pair of sheets and dries them with an electric blanket...

·      Molly's controversial opinion is she keeps her bread in the fridge...

·      Philipp's ick is when women's dating profiles say "make me laugh"

·      Molly hates the awkwardness of first date kissing at the end near public transport

BEST MOMENTS

There was one girl I was with, and she was just like against anything fun at all, like anything goofy or silly. We once went to the cinema together, and it was a really nice cinema, so they gave you like a glass...And she like had her drink, and she took a sip from it. And I, just as a joke, I just went, slurp slurp, as she took the sip, and she just went, stop."

"I once had a guy ask me three times on a date if he could kiss me. And every time I didn't kiss him. So you would think that he would get the hint that I didn't want to kiss him. The third time I just kissed him on the forehead."

"Like, if we're on a first date and you put the, put the phone on the table, that for me is like I hate that too. Just put it in your pocket. We're in this moment, we're in this beautiful moment together."

"Sometimes we're on a date and I'm like, you're looking for something, like, did your dog die? Something like that, just to, just to get some sort of emotional story going here."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date, either character contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

 I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

Katie McNamara: https://www.instagram.com/katiee.mcnamara/

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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Katie Mc welcomes a cheeky South Londoner looking for a serious relationship. Despite forgetting first names and living his love life like a rom-com, he's ready for some dates. An ideal match won't mind tolerating his selfish yet loveable cat. They'll be open-minded, kind and compassionate, willing to share their lottery winnings with friends and family and appreciate his domestic abilities. Plus, his best friend suggests it would be a bonus if any date applicants could also help them win their local pub quiz.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

BEST MOMENTS

"I get like that sometimes under pressure. I did a pitch the other day for my business and I said web shites instead of websites."

"I don't want a bad rep from being late on a first date anyway, so I like to get there five, ten minutes early.”

"Normally people have dreams which are kind of achievable or realistic but mine is to win the lottery, for sure."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date, this character contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

 Katie McNamara: https://www.instagram.com/katiee.mcnamara/

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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This week Katie celebrates the 2nd anniversary of Single Sounds! The Valentine's live show is on Thursday 15th and there are still male tickets available here: https://podlifeevents.com/event-details/valentines-day-live-show-singles-event

This week she interviews a 27-year-old working as a pub manager in central east London. This guest brings non-stop entertainment through her personality and stories - including men buying her clothing after a second date and her cat catching a chinchilla! She wants someone who can laugh her into bed, who can handle spiders and won't just order the cheapest larger.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date, this character contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

Katie McNamara: https://www.instagram.com/katiee.mcnamara/

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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VALENTINE'S DAY LIVE SHOW TICKETS

15th February 7pm @ The Ministry in collaboration with LUVISS

This week’s guest is looking for someone chill to spend time with. He emanates calm energy and a laid-back attitude to life. He has a tendency to breeze through disorganisation and feels lucky things have always worked out for him in the past but has decided to put himself out there a bit more – starting with coming on Single Sounds! He comes with a great perk of free coffee plus he will happily make you a roast on Sundays and show you how to improve your tea. But he might not tolerate you having a huge photo shoot on holiday…

KEY TAKEAWAYS

·      He is easygoing and wants to meet someone he can casually hang out and spend time with as more than a friend.

·      He's open-minded about dating someone taller than his 5'8 height.

·      His therapist advised him to put himself in uncomfortable situations and try new things to get out there more, leading him to be on the podcast.

·      He dreams of living a comfortable, relaxed life by the sea surrounded by close friends.

·      His biggest ick is when people take endless photos of themselves posing, like spending 10+ minutes shooting for Instagram.

·      He isn't a coffee snob despite working in the coffee industry but does prefer tea

BEST MOMENTS

"I just want to move the whole of the UK next to Australia. Just next to it, so we get the same climate."

"My dream life would be living somewhere by the sea where you can hear the ocean. That’s a dream, right? That would be really lush."

“I work in coffee, so if you like free coffee, then great."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date, this character contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety in how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

Katie McNamara: https://www.instagram.com/katiee.mcnamara/

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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VALENTINE'S DAY LIVE SHOW TICKETS

15th February 7pm @ The Ministry in collaboration with LUVISS

Katie interviews dating coach Claire Grigson on finding success and happiness in modern dating. They discuss Claire's unique style of relationship coaching, common dating problems Claire sees with clients, and how people can set themselves up for dating success in 2024. They also tackle questions from Katie's audience on whether to pay for dating apps, how to choose partners, the dreaded friend zone, and the differences between app dating vs real-life dating.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

·      Define what success in dating looks like for you specifically through self-reflection and journaling on your intentions, values and vision. This helps assess potential partners.

·      Move conversations to in-person dates quickly when using dating apps, within 2 days ideally, to avoid unrealistic expectations from excessive messaging.

·      Pay more for a dating coach, events and activities likely to expand your social network versus paying for premium dating app features, which tend to increase overwhelming options.

·      People often subconsciously choose partners that recreate dynamics with unavailable or inconsistent parents to try and rewrite the story, seeking love that feels familiar.

·      Accept and respect when someone says they just want to be friends after dating, for the sake of your emotional health, it likely won't change.

·      In-person singles events allow more accurate vibes assessment and expand your social network, despite potential initial nerves.

BEST MOMENTS

"My definition of success in dating is to make interesting connections with people that align with me."

"Be kind, like, still have a brief interaction with this person...people notice that."

"When you can allow yourself to just push out your comfort zone a little bit and do it, you'll probably find that you're like, that was actually all right."

ABOUT THE GUEST

Claire is a dating & relationship coach, who has supported hundreds of women to feel more empowered, secure & confident in their love lives. From finding joy in being single, navigating dating, and building fulfilling relationships, she empowers women to start with the most important relationship of all - the one with themselves, so they can then go on and attract their person. Using a powerful combination of coaching, nervous system regulation, subconscious work, mindset, energetics, & mentoring, Claire supports her clients to build secure relationships and step into the most empowered & confident version of themselves. 

You can connect with her on ; 

Instagram ; https://www.instagram.com/claire_grigson_coaching/

TikTok ; https://www.tiktok.com/@claire_grigson_coaching?_t=8WySEp8CKYv&_r=1

Facebook ; https://www.facebook.com/claire.grigson.coaching

Email ; [email protected]

1:1 Coaching is by application only: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWsd2AAOTXlpdNMNYaevEdFlPvM-_sr2ZCbwFGOB-__iXWWQ/viewform

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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VALENTINE'S DAY LIVE SHOW TICKETS

15th February 7pm @ The Ministry in collaboration with LUVISS

This week's guest is looking to give a nice guy a chance and someone who can keep up with her ambition. She is a very impressive person who is multilingual and could be described as Emmanuel Macon's wet dream! She also has a 100% success rate with her witty pick-up lines about the subject of her PhD. If you can handle some TV and film commentary, wear glasses and don't kiss with a lot of noise, this romantic girl next door could be your match and is looking to find her boy next door.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

BEST MOMENTS

"He suddenly like takes my foot and he just puts my toe in his mouth."

"If you ever need a little bit of a confidence boost, go find yourself a Viking man."

"You can drown in my pretty blue eyes, I guess, and I want to drown in yours."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date, this character contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

Email: [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

Katie McNamara: https://www.instagram.com/katiee.mcnamara/

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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VALENTINE'S DAY LIVE SHOW TICKETS

15th February 7pm @ The Ministry in collaboration with LUVISS

Katie interviews a fascinating and very creative 28-year-old guest in this episode. He discusses his journey figuring out his sexuality, spending 4 years living in western monasteries and meditation retreats and how he now works a 9-5 job in London while still maintaining his spiritual curiosity. Katie uncovers that whoever dates this man won't have dated anyone like him before, he is truly unique. He has plenty of self-awareness to list his toxic traits, provides a bonus voice note from his therapist and has a bizarre worst dating story involving emergency services in Peckham!

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

BEST MOMENTS

"Dating apps should have a feature where you can filter out names, like your brother and sisters' names".

"When you do a lot of meditation consecutively, you kind of start to have some strange experiences as well...And it's like existentially risky. It's risky in the most fundamental way."

"I kind of compulsively disclose things to people like desperately honest maybe?"

"As long as the person is sort of, like, spiritually curious and has some kind of humility. It's not just like, eh, it's all bullshit, you know?"

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date, this character contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

Katie McNamara: https://www.instagram.com/katiee.mcnamara/

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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VALENTINE'S DAY LIVE SHOW TICKETS

15th February 7pm hosted at The Ministry in collaboration with LUVISS

The roles are reversed as Mared Parry interviews Katie Mc in this special episode to celebrate the 100th episode of Single Sounds! They dive into Katie's specific checklist for her ideal partner, controversial opinions that may shock some, and the toxic traits she hopes romantic prospects can handle. The same rules apply as usual - if you would like to date Katie Mc just contact the podcast on Instagram, TikTok or email (bonus points if it's a voicenote).

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

BEST MOMENTS

"But for me, it's men that send voice notes..."

"I want to be able to bring you to all my social events, but I don't want to be worried about you."

"I really enjoy constructive criticism...if someone tells me my makeup looks s**t, I enjoy that."

"If you're outgoing, loyal, like to have a laugh...and want some permanent sunshine in your life, this is the lovable girl for you."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date Katie Mc contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

Host for this episode is Mared Parry - https://www.instagram.com/maredparry/

ABOUT THE FOUNDER

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

CONTACT METHOD -

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

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Katie Mc kicks off the new year with a wholesome single guy who shares his journey to self-improvement through moving out of his party house, taking up golf, and spending quality time cooking for himself and his younger sister. He also discusses his dream of moving abroad and embracing adventure with an upcoming Asia trip. Tune in for his worst dating story, involving a naked woman in an alleyway, and hear who he should date based on his charming qualities.

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

BEST MOMENTS

"She whipped her top off and was just like, come on, like, let’s go.”

Whenever I see a girl that looks like she'd be mean to me, it's just a really big attraction for me.”

"I can chat for Britain, so it’s a bit too common."

"If someone had told me, you know, when I was a little kid, that when I move out of home, I’d be butchering about three whole chickens a week, I would have never left home."

VALUABLE RESOURCES

To date, this character contact the podcast on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/

 Or via email [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

Katie McNamara - London.

I started Single Sounds to create a new fun method of dating as I felt that there is now little variety with how to meet people. I absolutely love podcasts and believe in the strong sense of self you can get from them so I thought it was perfect for a dating medium.

As I like to say this podcast is for people who have too much personality for a dating app.

Katie McNamara: https://www.instagram.com/katiee.mcnamara/

CONTACT METHOD -

Linktree - https://linktr.ee/singlesounds 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/singlesounds/ 

[email protected]

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