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Ep 424 – How Two Alphas Build a Marriage That Actually Works w/Dana & Adam

Zach sits down with Adam Roach and Dana Gentry, a married couple from Charleston, South Carolina, who have spent nearly a decade building what might be the most strategically intentional relationship he has ever heard described on the show. Both are high-achieving entrepreneurs on their second marriages, and they arrive with real tools, real failures,…

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Ep 423 – 19 Years In: How a Dating Coach and His Wife Actually Do It w/Evan and Bridget

Zach sits down with Evan Marc Katz, a dating coach for smart, successful women, and his wife Bridget. The premise alone creates an interesting tension: what does it look like when the guy who coaches women on how to find a partner actually goes home to one? The answer, it turns out, is less glamorous…

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Ep 422 – She Thought He Was Just a Jerk: The Hidden Addiction That Nearly Cost Them w/ Matt & Paige

Zach sits down with Matt and Paige, a married couple from the DFW area who have been together since they were 14 years old, and who now host their own podcast for spouses and partners of people navigating addiction. What sounds like a high school sweetheart story quickly opens into something far more complicated: a…

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Ep 421 – The Other Side of Divorce with Susie and Paul Pettit

Zach sits down with Susie and Paul, a couple who found each other through the comment section of a meditation app, fell in love before ever seeing each other’s faces, and eventually moved across the globe to build a life together in Wollongong, Australia. Both came out of 20-year marriages. Both made the decision to…

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Ep 420 – What If Taking Responsibility Is the Most Romantic Thing You Can Do? w/ Arlina and Bob Allen

Zach sits down with Arlina and Bob Allen, a couple who met in a recovery community over 30 years ago and have been building their marriage with the same tools ever since. What starts as a surprisingly revealing Game of Thrones conversation (they watch it on repeat as a bedtime ritual, and yes, they have…

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Ep 419 – Zach on the Sexology Podcast: Negative Sentiment Override and Erotic Connection

Zach is traveling this week, so this episode features his guest appearance on the Sexology Podcast with Dr. Nazanin Moali. Zach joins Dr. Nazanin Moali on the Sexology Podcast for a conversation about how the emotional climate of a relationship directly shapes what happens (or doesn’t happen) in the bedroom. The focus is Negative Sentiment…

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Ep 218 – Resolving Dissonance: What Bands and Marriages Have in Common w/Ron and Catrina

Zach sits down with Ron and Catrina, a married couple behind the YouTube music show Covers on the Spot, to find out what happens when you treat a relationship like a live recording session. Ron is the creative director and host of the show, where bands are given a song they have never heard and…

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Ep 417 – Aligning Your Numbers and Your Values w/Natalie and Dan Slagle

Zach sits down with Natalie and Dan Slagle, a married couple and co-founders of Fyooz Financial Planning, to explore why money is one of the most charged—and revealing—topics in relationships. Despite being financial professionals, Natalie and Dan found themselves running into the same conflicts as the couples they serve. The issue wasn’t knowledge. It was…

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Ep 416 – Multiple Love, One Commitment to Repair w/ Hazel Grace & Nico

Zach sits down with Hazel Grace and Nico for a wide-ranging conversation about polyamory, relational integrity, and what it actually takes to repair after conflict. Hazel Grace, a relationship coach and educator with a PhD in human sexuality, and Nico, a lumberjack and self-described relationship nerd, share how they’ve built a deeply intentional partnership within…

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Ep 415 – Cancer, Recovery, and Us with Pete and Tasha

Zach sits down with Pete and Tasha, a couple whose relationship was forged in the middle of some of life’s hardest realities: addiction, cancer, caregiving, recovery, and the challenge of staying connected when survival itself becomes the focus. Pete and Tasha met in Boulder after years of each pursuing health and healing in different ways….

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