The Mating Grounds Podcast

Friendly conversation with a woman is not that different than flirting with her; flirting is just a subtle extension of normal conversation to gauge sexual interest. Once you have the right perspective, you can start flirting with any woman you are interested in. In this episode, Tucker, Geoff, and Carin explain how to flirt with a woman, and give lots of tips for how you can improve at flirting.

In this preview series, we go over each chapter in our upcoming book, Mate: Become the Man Women Want, explaining key takeaways and what to expect.

In Part 20 of The Mate Preview, Tucker, Nils, and Dr. Miller talk about the #1 question that they get from guys ("How do I talk to girls?" or "What do I say to her?"), and why it's not the most important thing to focus on.

Your traits and proofs (see past episodes) are fundamental to your mating success. Talking to women is just a way to reveal or signal those attractive traits and proofs.

They go over the different levels of communication and how to be a great conversationalist in this episode.

In this Q&A episode, Tucker Max, Dr. Geoffrey Miller, and Dr. Carin Perilloux talk about how it’s unusual to be best friends with an ex and that future girlfriends will be worried about this. It’s best to be upfront with why you are friends because the research says most men want to have sex with their female friends. They explain how to move forward with a new relationship while still being friends with an ex and how to talk about this with your next girlfriend.

When a woman you are sleeping with wants an exclusive long-term relationship (boyfriend), but you are not ready to give that to her, it's best to be upfront and honest about it. Tucker Max was terrible at this when he was younger, and it led to relationship disasters. In this Q&A episode, Tucker Max, Nils Parker, and Dr. Geoff Miller explain how it's totally cool not to want to commit long-term to a woman you are having sex with, but it's important to have a clear conversation with her about that. They include how to bring this up and a few conversation scripts to use.

In the first episode of the Mating Grounds Podcast, Tucker interviews best-selling author and world-famous zoologist Matt Ridley, author The Red Queen, The Origins of Virtue and The Rational Optimist. Matt's books have sold over a million copies and been translated into 30 languages.

In this episode Tucker and Matt discuss pheasant mating and "peacocking", the characteristics that women value in men, what guys need to focus on, and how guys can cultivate certain traits to become more attractive to women.