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Happy New Year! You've probably taken some time to ask yourself what you want to accomplish or change in 2022. Great! This episode, we're giving you some tips and tricks to help you achieve your goals and stay on track this year, all in a fun way! Joining Maria is Charly Lester! Charly Lester is one of the world's leading dating industry experts. She is a serial entrepreneur, who currently runs a successful marketing consultancy business for dating apps and tech start-ups. Charly co-founded ‘Lumen‘ – the dating app for over 50s – the fastest growing dating app in the world in 2019. Charly is the former Dating Editor for the Guardian, and Global Head of Dating for Time Out. She has appeared on BBC Newsnight representing the online dating industry, and in 2015 she was an expert advisor to Lord Sugar in the final of The Apprentice. Charly is a regular guest on Radio 4's Woman's Hour. Buy the Rebel Badge Book! US & Canada Books - Amazon https://amzn.to/3qPNrcVUK & Europe - www.rebelbadgestore.com Join the Rebel Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/579616703393446Get Maria's goal planning guide for 2022 here: https://agapematch.wufoo.com/forms/z164bjal0egdssi/ Find Charly on Twitter Find Charly on Instagram Follow Maria on Instagram to find out when the Matchmaker Hotline will be open to talk! http://instagram.com/matchmakermaria Follow Agape Match on Instagram at http://instagram.com/agapematchFollow the podcast on Instagram at http://instagram.com/askamatchmaker

In episode 3 I speak with Charly Lester one of the world's leading dating industry experts. Her first business, The Dating Awards, is an international set of industry awards for online dating and matchmaking companies. Charly co-founded ‘Lumen‘, the dating app for over 50s and the fastest growing dating app in the world in 2019. She is the former Dating Editor for the Guardian and has appeared on BBC Newsnight. In 2015 she was an expert advisor to Lord Sugar in the final of The Apprentice.

What can we do to protect ourselves from the physical and emotional risks in online dating? And what are the keys to handling the stress, anxiety, and burnout online dating can create? In this interview with brilliant online dating innovator, fearless adventurer and humanitarian Charly Lester, we'll explore how you can better protect and care for yourself in your online dating life. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the Deeper Dating Podcast Community today:deeperdatingpodcast.com

Grab your bikini and slap on the factor 1 because we're back to dissect everything that's happening in the Love Island villa. Now that week 1 is wrapped up Harriet is joined by dating expert Charly Lester to discuss how diverse this year cast really is. And, after 18-months of pandemic related blue balls, have we all forgotten how to date?Your host is Harriet Minter -@harrietminter and this weeks guest is Charly Lester - @CharlyLester See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Charly Lester first entered the dating industry when her blog “30 Dates” went viral. She was hired by The Guardian and Time Out Magazine, where she was The Global Head of Dating. Then Charly launched The Dating Awards, and the European Dating Awards, which she ran in the US and UK until 2018 when she co-founded Lumen, a dating app for people in their 50s. Lumen received a 3.5m investment from Andrey Andreev – the dating titan behind dating apps like Badoo, Bumble. Then Lumen, Bumble, and Chappy were bought for $3 billion by the Blackstone Group at the end of 2019. Charly Lester is a nationally recognized dating industry expert, and her journey and dating stories are epic!Charly Lester has worked with several companies within the dating space.  She was Agony Aunt for eHarmony, and her dating advice appears on national television, radio, and magazines. She also was a guest judge on The Apprentice. Charly is a sought-after advisor for start-ups. She teaches business classes at the Guardian and is the author of two books – The Female Entrepreneur and Modern Marketing for Start-Ups.  Charly advocates for female entrepreneurship and the Co-Founder of ‘A League of Her Own' – an online training platform for entrepreneurs. Charly was named one of the 5 ‘Women of The Future” in entrepreneurship. She was profiled by Forbes the same year. In 2020 Charly was listed in the Women in Tech 100. After just four months with Lumen, she led the business to number 24 in the Start-Ups 100 List, and she was recently awarded a Stevie Award for entrepreneurship. Kerry Brett and Charly Lester cover a lot of ground around online dating. Topics include:How a Facebook post lead to Charly creating a blog “30 Dates” and how that catapulted her to start a dating app.What Charly's experience as the dating editor for The Guardian and Global Head of Dating for the Magazine Time Out taught her about dating.What Charly learned about online dating when she created the Dating Awards in the UK and US as well as the European Dating Awards.The struggles people have in the age 50 group with online dating.Why people in their 50's is the fastest group onboarding on dating apps.The biggest changes and shifts in the dating world during the pandemic.Charly is also a dating expert for RealMe, so she shared the state and security of online dating.Why people would feel more safe and secure if they used a company like RealMe and did background check before the date.Charly shares her best dating tips.Charly also discusses the top mistakes women make when online dating. To find out more about Charly Lester go to https://charlylester.com, follow on Twitter or on Instagram @charly.lester

Egyptian-American writer and activist Mona Eltahawy believes women should start actively defying and disrupting the patriarchy now - with force if necessary. Mona explains why she wrote her new book ‘The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls’ with enough 'rage to fuel a rocket.' Tech entrepreneur, Tabitha Goldstaub who chairs the UK's AI Council and Carly Kind, director of the Ada Lovelace Institute, discuss concerns that because Artificial Intelligence algorithms are created from the data we give it, biases in society will be replicated and even amplified by it in the future. TV presenter Jan Leeming and dating expert Charly Lester share tips and advice on how to go about dating in your late 60’s. Scarlett Moffatt, famous for Gogglebox and winning I'm A Celebrity, has just become an ambassador for the Samaritans. She talks about how reality television has affected her mental health, and exchanges experiences with Montana Brown who appeared on Love Island. The last time the European Space Agency recruited for their Class of 2009, only 16% of applications came from women. One of the women chosen, Samantha Cristoforetti, talks about the ESA's latest recruitment drive and what skills are needed to make it in space. Iranian artist Mentrix talks about her new single and video '99 Names of God', a well-known Muslim chant, traditionally sung by men during Ramadan. Mentrix explains the ideas behind the accompanying video which has generated a lot of criticism, with some people describing it as offensive, disrespectful and sinful. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Paula McFarlane Editor: Kirsty Starkey

Last year the avant-garde Iranian artist Mentrix released the critically acclaimed album My Enemy, My Love. The tracks Walk and Nature had accompanying cinematic videos, that explored themes of womanhood, solidarity and spirituality, against the backdrop of the horizons of the Iranian desert. Mentrix has now released the single and video 99 Names of God - a well-known Muslim chant, traditionally sung by men during Ramadan, giving it a poetic and feminine context and challenging traditions that forbid women to unveil, dance and sing. The accompanying video is visually striking, but has generated a lot of criticism, with some people describing it as offensive, disrespectful and sinful. Mentrix joins Anita to explain the ideas behind it. This week the domestic abuse charity, Refuge launched a Tech Safety site to help women recognise signs of tech abuse. They say smartphones, tablets, laptops and other electronic devices provide abusers with a means to monitor, contact and stalk vulnerable women and girls, meaning even innocuous devices including games consoles and children’s connected toys can be control and isolate victims. Ruth Davison, CEO of Refuge explains how. Aisha Gill, Professor of Criminology at Roehampton University, expert on violence against women & children in Black and minoritised communities joins her. A listener emailed us, wanting to know how she should go about dating in her late 60’s. So we discuss advice and tips for entering the dating world in older age, and post-lockdown, with dating expert Charly Lester and TV presenter Jan Leeming. Sam Roddick’s mother Anita founded the Body Shop chain in the 1970's, and her father Gordon joined what soon became a multi-million pound business. But the Roddicks famously gave away most of the money they made to causes they believed in, and they raised awareness too - in particular in the 1990’s highlighting the indigenous peoples of Brazil, whose land and way of life was under threat and who were fighting back. Anita Roddick died in 2007, and three years ago, having had her own successful career in business, Sam decided to take on her parents' legacy. She is now reviving their work with indigenous peoples, and in a new project called Choose Earth is focusing funds on female community leaders in the Amazon and elsewhere in Brazil.

In this episode, Natalie Lue, writer for the website, Baggage Reclaim, one of the most-read dating and relationship websites in the UK, leads a conversation on the future of dating. She is joined by Paul Carrick Brunson, co-host of Married at First Sight UK and Celebs Go Dating; Monica Anderson, associate director of research at the Pew Research Center and Charly Lester, founding chief executive of The Dating Awards. Together they discuss the impact Covid-19 has had and continues to have on the dating landscape, as current relationships are redefined and dating is forced to become predominantly virtual; examine the cultural evolution around online dating - how the once frowned upon approach to meeting people has now become the norm; and delve into the influence of swipe culture, how it has caused people to treat each other like “commodities rather than humans,” and whether personalities are forgotten in favour of looks…  

An urgent inquiry to investigate how alleged systemic racism in the NHS manifests itself in maternity care was launched this week. Anita is joined by Sandra Igwe, co-chair of the inquiry and who set up The Motherhood Group to support Black mothers after her experiences of giving birth, and Dr Karen Joash, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Imperial College and spokesperson for race equality at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Girls sit at home waiting for 'Mr Right, a nostalgic fantasy invented by their parents. There has to be a better way." The words of Mary Oliver who with her friend Heather Jenner set up the UK's first ever Marriage Bureau in 1939. The book she wrote nearly 80 years ago has just been republished and the story has caught the imagination of Hollywood producers. So who was Mary Oliver and how relevant is her advice today? Film director Richard Kurti who rediscovered Mary Oliver and dating expert Charly Lester discuss. As many as one in six young people now experience mental health problems ranging from depression to self harm and anorexia. The situation’s got worse over the last year of lockdowns and school closures leading some doctors to warn that the problems we’re seeing now are just the “tip of the iceberg”. Yesterday Emma spoke to the Children’s Minister Vicky Ford about young people facing mental health issues and where they can go for help. We were inundated with emails from concerned parents who have not been able to access the help they need. One mother, Lucy, shares her story with us. You may be familiar with the novels of Thomas Hardy- he’s known for his realist novels, often with tragic characters struggling against their passions, fate or the circumstances in which they find themselves. Although many feature strong female characters written with real sympathy – Hardy writes them from the point of view of an omniscient, all-seeing narrator. But over the coming year, Radio 4 is dramatizing some of the novels purely through the eyes of the prominent female characters. Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles will be first – this Sunday at 2pm. Later titles include Jude the Obscure, The Woodlanders, The Hand of Ethelberta and Two on a Tower. Katie Hims dramatized Tess of the D’Urbervilles and she joins Anita Rani to talk about writing the story from a female perspective. Presenter: Anita Rani Producer: Kirsty Starkey Interviewed Guest: Sandra Igwe Interviewed Guest: Dr Karen Joash Interviewed Guest: Richard Kurti Interviewed Guest: Charley Lester Interviewed Guest: Katie Hims

To kick off the new year, we’re not only talking about how to achieve your love and relationship goals, but your goals in every aspect of your life this week! Joining Maria is Charly Lester!  Charly Lester is one of the world’s leading dating industry experts.  She is a serial entrepreneur, who currently runs a successful marketing consultancy business for dating apps and tech start-ups. Charly co-founded ‘Lumen‘ – the dating app for over 50s – the fastest growing dating app in the world in 2019.  Charly is the former Dating Editor for the Guardian, and Global Head of Dating for Time Out.  She has appeared on BBC Newsnight representing the online dating industry, and in 2015 she was an expert advisor to Lord Sugar in the final of The Apprentice.  Charly is a regular guest on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. Find Charly on Twitter  Find Charly on Instagram  To learn how Maria can help you find love in 2021, go to: https://linktr.ee/agapematch Follow Maria on Instagram Follow Maria on TikTok Have a question for Maria? Visit http://askamatchmaker.com Enroll in Agape Match’s Group Coaching Intensive: https://agapematch.com/events To learn more about how Maria and how her team can help you find love, visit agapematch.com    

We continue our look at the 20 most influential moments of the last 20 years with the rise of the smartphone and social media with dating expert Charly Lester

To mark VJ Day 75 we’ll be speaking to two sisters, Patricia and Jean Owtram whose father was a prisoner of war in the Far East. At the time both sisters were serving their country. They are the last two living sisters to have signed the official secrets act in WW2. Patricia received a Legion of Honour for her interception of enigma code for Bletchley park as a WREN tapping into German shipping radio while Jean was a code & cipher officer in Egypt and Italy supporting secret agents and partisans fighting the Nazis. Now aged 97 & 94 they have collaborated on a book, Codebreaking Sisters, Our Secret War. They acknowledge that the war changed their lives “instead of just marrying, I went to university and then journalism before being a BBC TV producer” remembers Pat. And Jean says: “Girls from our class were destined to live a very narrow existence, focused on husband and children. The war gave us broader horizons and bigger adventures. I believe we have both been more useful to the world because of it.” How can you choose a planet-friendly sandwich? And how bad is it for an apple to travel from the other side of the world to get to your fruit bowl? Professor Sarah Bridle is part astrophysicist, part food-enthusiast, who wanted to know the environmental cost of her lunch. Much of the data was complex – so she’s simplified it in her book Food and Climate Change: Without the Hot Air which includes the greenhouse gases created by growing, harvesting, transporting and cooking what we eat, as well as the food itself. She’d like to see labelling of air-freighted foods in supermarkets to give consumers a better understanding of the impact of our diet on the planet. Throughout the summer, Woman’s Hour is offering ‘How To’ guides for some of life’s biggest questions. Today, we explore the best way to handle conflict and tension – whether it’s at home, with friends and family, at work or in public. What’s the best way to get your point across without letting your emotions overwhelm you? Ama Afrifa-Tchie is the Head of Culture & Wellbeing at Mental Health First Aid England. Charly Lester is a dating expert and freelance journalist. Jessamy Hibberd is a chartered clinical psychologist. Presenter: Jenni Murray Producer: Lucinda Montefiore

Valentines Day, marketing overload or day of genuine love and appreciation?Harriet, Emma and Natalie are joined by Charly Lester, founder of Lumen dating app, she's sharing her views of Valentines Day, what we should all really be doing on the day of love.And the ladies Discus the idea of cuffing season? And talk about how are dating apps helping and hindering our love lives and possibly making us more socially awkward in the dating world. And is "Galentines Day" a lovely way to celebrate with your friends or another way marketing is tricking us into keep on spending regardless of our relationship status?For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshrAnd for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Where do we draw the line between clever marketing and the objectification of women? Harriet, Emma and Nat are finding out with a festive spin!Charly Lester is the founder of the Lumen over 50's dating app. This week their Christmas tube advert has been under scrutiny, the image features Ulrika Johnson in a red night gown and stocking, offering a cheeky Christmas whim, but the badass ladies are debating what makes an image “too risqué” or “not appropriate” for an advert? For information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshrAnd for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Do you know exactly who's coupled up right now but absolutely will not be sharing your secret love for the villa with anyone, this is the podcast for you!Harriet is joined by fellow (slightly guilty) Love island watcher Charly Lester, together they are dissecting all of the bits from the past week of island gossip.They're talking Yewande’s final words for Danny before leaving, her reaction outside of the villa to Arabella being dumped from the island, and why dating for black women is harder, THAT comment from Tom and what the real meaning behind saying Muara is "too much" might be. Again boy-girl friendships have been a subject of drama in the villa, Harriet and Charly are discussing the idea of being friends with guys over girls and what it says about how some women enter into relationships. They're asking whether Curtis and his feelings for Amy are genuine or is he just a VERY good actor, despite how cringe his inspirational chats are, Charly says having Curtis in the villa is like "Living with a magic 8 ball that comes up with really rubbish quotes".Charly Lester is the founder of over 50’s dating app“Lumen” and is utilising her expertise on dating to break down all of couples behaviour in Love Island this weekHarriet Minter is a journalist, broadcaster and speaker. She focuses on a variety of issues relating to women, the future of work, media and diversity. She has written for publications including The Guardian, The Times and The Pool. She has a monthly column in Psychologies magazine. You will find her on Talk Radio every Saturday evening as co-host of Badass Women's Hour, and you'll see her on ITV's Good Morning Britain discussing women’s rights, gender, organisational change, workplace diversity and just getting stuff done. She has given two TED talks and appeared on the BBC and Sky News. As well as her media work she coaches individuals to help them achieve their professional goals and provides brands with diversity and content marketing consultancy.Find Harriet here: @harrietminter See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ronan talks to Charly Lester the co-founder of Lumen a dating for people over 50. Charly talks about her background, how Lumen works, how secure Lumen is, what countries Lumen is available in. Charlie also talks about her time as a mentor on the apprentice, and why dating apps can fail.

In this episode of 'In A League of Her Own', Charly Lester interviews three female entrepreneurs from the beauty industry.  Ane Auret is a dating coach who has just launched her own skincare line - Beauty by Ane.  Ree Ree Rockette is the owner of Rockalily Cuts - a unique hair salon.  And Shavata Singh is the powerhouse behind the Shavata Brow Studios - a nationwide brand and multi-million pound business. For more details about A League of Her Own, check out www.leagueofher.com

This week Charly Lester chats to three women who all own businesses related to food! Great British Bake Off finalist Kimberley Wilson chats about her Glamorous Jam Company, Gingerline co-founder Suz Mountford describes the company's immersive East London foodie experiences, and Three Little Birds owner April Jackson talks about the realities of launching her first restaurant in the wake of her appearance on The Apprentice.  For more details about A League of Her Own - an online learning platform for female entrepreneurs - head to www.leagueofher.com

This week Charly Lester, co-founder of A League of Her Own chats to three women campaigning for different women's rights.  Fozia Rashid is a survivor of forced marriage and domestic abuse, and the founder of She Speaks Out.  Gabby Edlin is the founder of Bloody Good Period, a charity which provides sanitary protection to refugees and asylum seekers.  And Nimco Ali is a survivor of FGM and co-founder of the charity Daughters of Eve.   For more details about A League of Her Own - an online learning platform for female entrepreneurs - head to www.leagueofher.com

In this episode of 'In A League of Her Own', Charly Lester introduces three modern day disruptors, making waves in very different ways! Kassandra Gordon is shaking up mornings with her events company ComedyAM, Tola Okogwu launched Florence Elizabeth Publishing to add more diversity to children's books, and Stephanie Alys is co-founder of MysteryVibe, a high end pleasure product company aiming to make sex toys more mainstream and high tech. Charly is the co-founder of A League of Her Own - for more details head to www.leagueofher.com

Every week A League of Her Own co-founder Charly Lester interviews three female entrepreneurs, linked by a common theme.  In this episode 'The Networker', Charly introduces the new podcast and chats to Lucy Chamberlain of C&C Search and Rikke Rosenlund, founder of Borrow My Doggy.  Charly also hosts The Female Entrepreneur, a weekly podcast which covers all the basics of setting up your first business. For more details of A League of Her Own, head to www.leagueofher.com

To celebrate Valentines Day, 100 voices for 100 years introduces Charly Lester, journalist and entrepreneur. It started with a date… Charly’s romantic challenge led to her creating the internationally renowned Dating Awards and undertaking a whole new level of commitment as a CEO of her own business.

Being liked and being successful, can the two be compatible? Charly Lester of UK Dating Awards gives us a peek behind the glamour of the dating industry and shares her thoughts on being a woman at the top!

Dating in London: a dive into a wide ocean of fabulous fish people, a smouldering melting pot of hot humanity or an anxious, hectic meat market of cold flesh? With February flushing our cheeks for Valentine's Day we take a look at lovin' in the city. With Zoe Margolis, Emma Ziff, Charly Lester, Andy Jones, Jamie Lawson and a lovely audience.

Recently I got to chat to Charly Lester for the Midland 103 Tech Special, but a chat with Charly is more about life, society and love, than tech. The founder of 30datesblog.com and the UK Dating Awards, she's a regular on BBC Radio 4 and Editor-in-chief of The Guardian's Soulmates website and Global Head of Dating for Time Out - she knows dating, online and off but I think she knows you and me, and that's what makes her insights so lucid. The first people I knew that fell in love online were a couple of CompuServe users in the early 1990s - where there was a maelstrom of unmoderated poking, flirting and propositioning across the Atlantuc. CompuServe's 'channels' were the Wild West of dating and thankfully things have matured since then - not only the interface! So in Podcast 21, I asked Charly how she started her blog 30Dates, Tinder's pricing strategy for older users, the truth about the 'Hook Up Generation' and, if you are online looking to connect, her top tips for finding love in the wires. Image: charlylester.com