Girls Can Tell Podcast
Because online dating had it coming. Girls Can Tell is a weekly podcast hosted by Trent Erikson, a Chicago-based broadcaster. Offering sharp, honest, observational commentary on modern dating, covering the apps and absurd human behaviors that nobody talks about quite this openly. Beyond relationship coaching, this is someone paying close attention to what's really happening out there and saying the things you're thinking, but don't dare speak. I'll bet you can't listen to just one.
Podcast Description
Because online dating had it coming. Girls Can Tell is a weekly podcast hosted by Trent Erikson, a Chicago-based broadcaster. Offering sharp, honest, observational commentary on modern dating, covering the apps and absurd human behaviors that nobody talks about quite this openly. Beyond relationship coaching, this is someone paying close attention to what's really happening out there and saying the things you're thinking, but don't dare speak. I'll bet you can't listen to just one.
Episodes

Jul 21, 2025
Why You Go Cold
Jul 21, 2025
Jul 21, 2025
10 min
You say you need space. They say they're just "really busy." But what if what you're calling independence is actually avoidant attachment? In this episode, Trent kicks off a multi-part series breaking down the psychology behind how we disconnect in relationships. Backed by psychological research, this first episode gets deep into the dismissive avoidant style. He explains where it comes from, how it plays out in modern dating, and why so many of you keep choosing these emotionally unavailable people. Or, you might discover that maybe you are the emotionally unavailable one!
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New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website and wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Jul 14, 2025
She's Dating While Her Husband's Dying at Home
Jul 14, 2025
Jul 14, 2025
10 min
This one’s real. Real bios. Real photos. Real lies.
I went through my actual dating feed live and called out every ridiculous, half-assed, or straight-up manipulative profile I came across. But it doesn’t stop there. Because one profile wasn’t just bad, it was sick!
She’s a flight attendant, matched with me on Bumble, then tried to get me cancelled on a private FB page. What she didn't expect? I was a member of that FB page. What she didn't tell anyone? She’s married with two kids, and her husband is back home dying of cancer. And she’s still out there swiping, flirting, and pretending none of them exist.
If you’re wondering what men are really thinking while they’re swiping, you’re about to find out. It’s unfiltered, brutal, and long overdue.
New episodes every Tuesday.
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Jul 7, 2025
The Great 4th of July Idiot Parade
Jul 7, 2025
Jul 7, 2025
10 min
Chicago’s Independence Day is filled with lunatics lighting mortars and littering sidewalks with sparkler wrappers, half-eaten hot dogs, and beer bottles. These idiots make noise, leave messes, and don’t care who suffers. I’m trapped, calming my dog while shit piles up. In this episode, I’m calling out the entitled idiots who turn my city into a dump and my weekend into a war zone.
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Jun 30, 2025
Jun 30, 2025
8 min
This week Trent rips into social media clowns doing stupid shit for clout, loud dickheads who slam everything like they’re in a contest, and dog owners who treat their pets like trash. Skateboard face plants and dogs chained like old bikes, he’s over the bullshit.
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New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website or wherever you already listen to podcasts. Check out daily videos and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok @girlscantellpodcast

Jun 23, 2025
How to Be a Man
Jun 23, 2025
Jun 23, 2025
8 min
I’m pissed. Grown men leering at women like they’re zoo animals while yelling from cars, staring like dipshits. It’s pathetic and needs to stop.
Then there’s rich guys dressing like they’re in middle school with shitty cargo shorts and t-shirts with holes in them. It's just effin lazy!
Ten minutes of me tearing into this bs because I'm plumb out of patience for morons. That’s it.
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New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website or wherever you already listen to podcasts. Check out daily videos and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok @girlscantellpodcast

Jun 17, 2025
You Aren't Funny
Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
7 min
You aren't funny or special, and here's why. This is a stripped-down episode about existential exhaustion, losing momentum, and the hollow repetition of trying to stay afloat when you're not sure if anything matters anymore.
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Just click the microphone button in the lower right-hand corner. New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website or wherever you already listen to podcasts. Check out daily videos and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok @girlscantellpodcast

Jun 10, 2025
I Fell In Love with Cancer
Jun 10, 2025
Jun 10, 2025
6 min
This episode is about how something awful can sharpen your senses and make you appreciate things you've been missing.
An honest, introspective, raw, and sharp take on finding out you have cancer.
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New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website or wherever you listen to podcasts. Check out daily videos and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok @girlscantellpodcast

Jun 3, 2025
Men Have No Idea
Jun 3, 2025
Jun 3, 2025
8 min
This is a talk about the slow, humiliating death of common sense. If you’ve ever wondered, "How are people like this?" then this one’s for you.
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Just click the microphone button in the lower right-hand corner. New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website or wherever you already listen to podcasts. Check out daily videos and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok @girlscantellpodcast

May 27, 2025
Are You Decent?
May 27, 2025
May 27, 2025
11 min
It’s not generational or cultural. It’s basic manners, emotional awareness, and the erosion of decency and how nobody seems to have it anymore. Let's talk about it this week!
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New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website or wherever you listen to podcasts. Check out daily videos and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok @girlscantellpodcast

May 20, 2025
Grow Up, She's Faking It
May 20, 2025
May 20, 2025
7 min
The era of personality performance, Instagram therapists, soft launches, fake grief, and pretending to be deep instead of being real. This episode digs into it without apologizing.
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New episodes are released every Tuesday on the website or wherever you already listen to podcasts. Check out daily videos and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube, and TikTok @girlscantellpodcast
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