Dating choices, chemistry, and a slower path toward something steadier.
Sandy Wiener centers this conversation on how people make choices in dating, with Logan Urie bringing a perspective grounded in the science of decision-making.

Practical love skills for dating after 40.
Last First Date Radio is a long-running relationship show built around expert interviews and solo coaching segments. Sandy Wiener focuses on love after 40, with episodes that connect dating behavior to boundaries, communication, and recovery from painful relationships.
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Last First Date Radio approaches dating after 40 as a mix of emotional literacy, practical communication, and self-respect. Sandy Wiener frames romantic life as something that can be learned, repaired, and chosen more consciously. The show is built around expert conversations and focused solo segments. It does not treat attraction as simple. Episodes look at why unavailable people can feel magnetic, how uncertainty can masquerade as chemistry, and why attention that feels scarce may trigger the reward system. The advice is direct. A date is not just a resume exchange, and a good story can show values more convincingly than a list of traits. Sandy also spends time on the harder parts of relationship life. Recent episodes address narcissistic abuse, breakup recovery, gray divorce, emotional unavailability, and the exhaustion of loving without losing oneself. These topics are handled with an explanatory, coaching-oriented style rather than sensationalism. The show often returns to boundaries. It asks what happens when one partner becomes the caregiver, when high-performing men struggle in love, or when old patterns make distance feel like desire. Guest episodes bring in people such as Mike Elliott, Alina Kastner, Dr. Dana McNeil, Brooke Braylove, Cole Zesiger, and Tonya Lester. Their conversations widen the frame while staying grounded in dating and relationship behavior. The Sundays with Sandy segments are more like concise lessons, often organized around a few reasons, patterns, or shifts. The pacing is accessible and reassuring. Still, the show is not airy. It is for people willing to look at their own role in connection, not only the flaws of the people they date. Its strongest moments come when emotional concepts become practical choices: tell a truer story, stop chasing aloofness, build a fulfilling life before dating again, or notice when love has become self-erasure. For midlife daters who want warmth without fantasy, it offers a steady vocabulary for making healthier choices.
Made for: People over 40 navigating dating, breakup recovery, divorce, emotional availability, or healthier long-term partnership. It especially suits listeners who want supportive coaching with concrete language for patterns in love.
What sets it apart: The show combines midlife dating advice with emotionally specific coaching on attraction, boundaries, recovery, and self-protection. Its guest interviews and Sundays with Sandy segments keep the guidance practical while staying centered on healthy connection.
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Dating choices, chemistry, and a slower path toward something steadier.
Sandy Wiener centers this conversation on how people make choices in dating, with Logan Urie bringing a perspective grounded in the science of decision-making.





Sandy Weiner hosts behavioral scientist and dating coach Logan Ury in an encore episode about her book 'How to Not Die Alone.' Ury applies decision-making science to dating, arguing that dating is a skill, not just luck.
This episode features Tarah and E.J.
Sandy Wiener hosts a solo episode explaining why storytelling matters in dating for people over 40.
Last First Date Radio host Sandy Wiener interviews relational leadership mentor Mike Elliott about why high-performing men can achieve material success while remaining emotionally unavailable in love.
This episode explains five reasons why storytelling is crucial in dating, emphasizing how sharing personal stories reveals values, fosters emotional connection, and helps individuals authentically express themselves.
Sandy Wiener interviews Vienna-based psychotherapist Alina Kastner about narcissistic abuse, including the shift from love-bombing to devaluation, gaslighting, isolation, and post-traumatic stress.
This episode explores the psychological reasons why aloof people are often perceived as more attractive in dating and relationships, focusing on concepts like scarcity and projection.
This episode explores the rise in gray divorce among couples over 50, discussing factors like COVID-19 impacts, increased longevity, financial independence of women, and changing relationship expectations.
Last First Date Radio episode 701 features Sandy Wiener interviewing Matt Boggs about polarity, masculine and feminine energy, and attraction.
Last First Date Radio host Sandy Wiener interviews Amelia Nagy about why successful women may struggle in relationships when they overfunction, avoid asking for help, or evaluate partners by achievement-based standards.
Last First Date Radio episode 699 features Sandy Wiener interviewing relationship coach Monica Tanner about replacing common dating and relationship advice with communication skills.
Matthew Raabsmith disclosed a long-hidden pornography and sexual addiction to his wife Joanna about three years into their marriage, after she heard an anonymous speaker in her MFT class on 'Shame and Guilt'.
Kat, a dentist, and Sean, a financial advisor, tell Sandy Wiener how they went from a 10-minute smoothie date on Match to engagement, including four months of living together.
This episode features Brooke Bralove discussing how to become more emotionally available in dating, drawing from personal experiences with therapy and offering expert advice for attracting the right partner.
This episode features breakup and relationship coach Cole Zesiger discussing how to heal from a breakup, rebuild a fulfilling life, and successfully date again, with a focus on self-sufficiency and finding meaning beyond relationships.
This episode explores how to maintain personal identity and avoid becoming a caregiver in relationships, drawing from the host's own experience of losing herself in marriage.
This episode features relationship coach Daniel Ratner discussing how to identify and protect yourself from emotional vampires (like narcissists) who drain empathic people, using concepts like the 'keepers' acronym for healthy relationships.