# A Sugababe reveals her hardcore system for dating: best podcasts of the week

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-sugababe-reveals-her-hardcore-system-for-dating-best-podcasts-of-the-week/
- Published: 2026-10-26T07:00:24+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T07:10:24+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/oct/26/a-sugababe-reveals-her-hardcore-system-for-dating-best-podcasts-of-the-week
- Topics: Americas, Culture, Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Keisha Buchanan shares her 90-day dating screening system.
- Five podcasts cover relationships, AI, parenting, crime and politics.
- Hillary Clinton and Kara Swisher discuss the US midterms.

## Summary

The article reviews five podcasts, highlighting a new conversation series featuring Sugababe Keisha Buchanan and four other women of colour. Its lively discussions range from dating and marriage to mental health, parenting, a disappearance and US politics.

Buchanan describes screening potential partners for 90 days, while TikToker Tara Thorpe discusses strains that nearly ended her marriage. Other picks examine the effects of AI chatbots on mental health, offer support for parents, investigate the disappearance of Christmas tree farmer Jay Hickey in New Hampshire, and cover the US midterms with Hillary Clinton and journalist Kara Swisher.

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