At the tail end of her 30s, Elizabeth Day found herself divorced and single after a string of long-term relationships. Ms. Day, a British writer and podcaster, entered a world of dating she had never encountered, not having been single since the advent of dating apps.
“It was such a jungle out there,” Ms. Day, 46, said in a video interview. Her experiences in the dating world — which ultimately led to her meeting her husband on the dating app Hinge — gave her the idea to start “How to Date,” a new limited series and an offshoot of her popular podcast “How to Fail,” which is in its 20th season.
Ms. Day hosts the podcast with Mel Schilling, a dating coach who serves as an expert on the reality television show “Married at First Sight,” in which couples — you guessed it — meet each other and marry on the same day.
Both women met their husbands online when they were 39, and have been, by their own accounts, “through it.”
“I want to teach the world how to date,” Ms. Day said. “I really would have liked to have a podcast to turn to that could’ve guided me through.”
