
After losing her husband of 36 years, Delaware County resident Kate Kleinert was targeted on Facebook by a romance scammer posing as a United Nations doctor working overseas. What began with a simple friend request...


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Dating to Win is a real-talk podcast about modern dating, relationships, and self-awareness in today’s world. Hosted by Matthew Russo, the show explores why dating feels harder than ever—and what actually works in 2025.This isn’t surface-level advice or recycled dating clichés. Each episode dives into the emotional patterns, habits, and mindset shifts that shape how we connect, commit, and protect ourselves in relationships. Topics include emotional availability, commitment issues, dating after divorce, situationships, rejection, confidence, masculinity, and what women actually notice about men—often when they’re not in the room.Dating to Win is for men (and women) who want clarity, not confusion. Growth, not games. Honest conversations about love, attraction, self-respect, and why so many people sabotage relationships without realizing it.If you’ve ever wondered:Why dating feels exhaustingWhy good connections fall apartWhy people pull away when things get seriousOr how to show
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Signup to Generate a PitchDating to Win is a real-talk podcast about modern dating, relationships, and self-awareness in today’s world. Hosted by Matthew Russo, the show explores why dating feels harder than ever, and what actually works in 2025.This isn’t surface-level advice or recycled dating clichés.
Dating to Win is hosted by Matt Russo. The show has published 81 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "How I Was Targeted by a Romance Scammer After Losing My Husband | Kate Kleinert" (19 October 2026, 118 minutes), "Dating Apps Don't Want You to Find Love, But This One Does?" (19 October 2026, 43 minutes), and "Can Democrats and Republicans Date? When Politics Gets Personal" (27 September 2026, 11 minutes).
Dating to Win publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 81 episodes.
Booking probability for Dating to Win is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Dating to Win requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Dating to Win's contact route on record: verified email.
Matt Russo hosts Dating to Win, a society podcast with 81 episodes published.
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After losing her husband of 36 years, Delaware County resident Kate Kleinert was targeted on Facebook by a romance scammer posing as a United Nations doctor working overseas. What began with a simple friend request...

Are dating apps helping you find love, or keeping you single, swiping, and paying? Matt Russo sits down with Franz Thiessen, founder of Seen, a new dating app designed to encourage meaningful connections instead of...

Can Democrats and Republicans date successfully, or have political differences become a dealbreaker? In this episode of Dating to Win, Matt Russo explores what happens when dating, political beliefs, and personal values...

What women actually want in a man may have less to do with saying the perfect thing and more to do with how he shows up when a relationship gets difficult. On this episode of Dating to Win, Matt Russo talks with author...

Can intelligence and education protect someone from a romance scam? Dr. Jonathan Farley is a Harvard-educated mathematician who earned his doctorate from Oxford. Yet despite approaching love analytically, asking...

In this powerful Dating to Win interview, Lang shares how a six-month romance scam turned into a devastating cryptocurrency scam that cost her approximately $1.6 million. Lang is educated, successful, articulate, and...

Most people think romance scams are just fake dating profiles and stolen photos. Erin West explains why many modern romance scams are much bigger than that. In this Dating to Win interview, Matt Russo sits down with...
<p>Dating over 50 can get complicated fast — especially when you have to ask: Is this love, or is someone after my assets?</p> <p>In this episode of Dating to Win, Matt Russo tries something different.</p> <p>Since...

<p>Personality is everything in dating because looks may get attention, but personality creates chemistry, connection, comfort, and real attraction.</p> <p>In this episode of Dating to Win, Matt Russo talks about why...
<p>In this episode of Dating to Win, Jennifer shares the powerful and disturbing story of how a romance scam destroyed her life.</p> <p>What began as what she believed was a real online relationship slowly turned into...
<p>You have friends but still feel alone? Here’s why so many people feel lonely even when they are surrounded by people, texts, followers, dating apps, family, and social media.</p> <p>We live in one of the most...

<p>Before you give up on your marriage, ask yourself one honest question: is it really dead, or is it just stuck?</p> <p>In this episode of Dating to Win, Matt Russo talks about how some marriages may not be completely...

<p>Dating scammers are not just asking for money — they are building emotional access first.</p> <p>In this powerful Dating to Win interview, romance scam survivor and advocate Beth Hyland shares her story and explains...

<p>Tired of your situationship and not getting clarity?</p> <p>In this episode of Dating to Win, we break down the 5 signs you're stuck in a situationship, why they won’t commit, and what you need to do to finally break...
<p>Dating in 2026 is broken — and these real questions reveal exactly why modern relationships feel confusing, inconsistent, and frustrating.</p> <p>If you’ve been dealing with ghosting, situationships, emotional...

<p>I lost half a million dollars to an online dating scam… and it started with a simple connection on Tinder.</p> <p>In this episode of Dating to Win, I sit down with Sue, who shares her real story of being targeted...

<p>Romance scams and online dating scams are rising at an alarming rate, especially for people over 50, and millions of dollars are being lost every year.</p> <p>In this episode of Dating to Win, we break down how...
<p>Most relationships don’t end with a breakup… they end quietly.</p> <p>In this episode, we break down the real signs your relationship is already over — even if everything seems fine on the surface. If you’ve been...
<p>Emotionally unavailable? Here’s what’s actually happening in your dating life — and why so many people today struggle to build real, meaningful relationships.</p> <p>In this episode of Dating to Win, we break down...
<p>Do zodiac signs really predict relationships, compatibility, and dating success? Or are we giving astrology too much power in modern dating?</p> <p>In this episode of Dating to Win, we break down the truth about...
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