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Ep. 75 When a Match Means Big Change: Erik and Stephanie's Synchrony Story
Erik and Stephanie met over a Synchrony call and felt an immediate connection, but that didn't mean that the road to forever would be smooth. Now, months into their new marriage, Megan and Steven sit with them to hear...
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Ep. 74 Behind the Scenes at Synchrony: An Update
In this unconventional episode, Megan catches you up on what's been going on at Synchrony: the great, the exciting, and the challenging. She and Steven will be back soon with more conversational episodes.
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Ep. 73 Are You Missing Dating Opportunities for This?
If you're excluding dating partners based on this criteria, you may be keeping yourself from great opportunities and putting words in the mouth of God. In this episode, Megan and Steven discuss one of the ways that...
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Ep. 72 How We Match, Part 2: Everything We Know About Compatibility
What are the most important things that inform who is "compatible" with you? This week, Megan and Steven continue their deep dive into the matching process and discuss how the data we gather during the consultation...
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Ep. 71 How We Match, Part 1
We've been hand-selecting potential partners for Apostolic singles for over two years now, but how does it actually work? Is the matching process driven by an algorithm, or by AI? How do we know what to match on in...
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Ep. 70 Is 'Cringe' A Dealbreaker?
Modern dating is rife with 'cringe' interactions that can leave a potential dating partner with a negative perception. But are we making a mountain out of a molehill and leaving good people on 'read' for no reason? In...
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Ep. 69 Fertility
Trigger warning: this is a direct conversation about human anatomy, infertility, and gender-specific challenges to conceiving biological children. Discussions around fertility and age drive so much of who we select as...
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Ep. 68 We Matched Them, They're Married!
Megan and Steven are thrilled to introduce you to the newly-minted Mr. and Mrs. Orten, one of our first Synchrony couples! In this episode, we sit down with them the day before they said 'I do' to reminisce about...
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Ep. 67 When One Friend Gets Married
Singleness is hard, but great friendships can make it easier. But what happens when one friend moves past their single season, and you're still in yours? In this episode, Megan and Steven discuss the challenges and...
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Ep. 66 When Dating Makes You Angry
If the dating game has left you feeling angry, you're not alone--we're pretty upset about the state of things in our dating culture, too. In this not-so-feel-good episode, Megan and Steven grapple with their own...
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Ep. 65 Is Marriage Worth It, At This Point?
We're matchmakers, so you might think that we think marriage is for everyone. That's not the case. In this episode, Megan and Steven dive into the value proposition of marriage and why, for some, it may not be worth...
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Ep. 64 Marriage Won't Fix This
There are issues in our lives that we expect to vanish the moment we say "I do," but do they actually go away? Will marriage be the thing that makes you the person you want to be, or is it something else? In this...
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