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Amanda Carroll
Dating and relationship coach, host of The Playbook podcast, and a 25-year broadcast veteran. Amanda teaches ambitious women how to know inside 5 dates whether he's worth 5 months. Producers love her because she's polished, quick, and gives your audience something they can use on their very next date.
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Amanda, live on Good Day Sacramento
Every dater hits it sooner or later: is this relationship ready for the big stuff, like meeting the family? Amanda went live in studio with the Good Day crew and turned that question into 3 simple ones viewers could use that same night. This is what she brings to every segment.
Good Day Sacramento, CBS News Sacramento (KMAX 31), November 2026
About Amanda
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Short bio
Amanda Carroll is a dating and relationship coach, host of The Playbook podcast, and a former national radio host with 25+ years on air. Divorced at 35 and a single mom of three for a decade, she met her husband on Hinge. Now she teaches ambitious women to know inside five dates whether he's worth five months.
Full bio
Amanda Carroll is a dating and relationship coach who teaches ambitious women to date like a CEO. More than 1,200 women have gone through her program, The Playbook, learning to spot emotionally healthy men, build equal partnerships, and stop waiting to be chosen.
Her method comes from her own life. Divorced at 35, she spent ten years as a single mom of three while working as a national radio host, including middays on K-LOVE and her nationally syndicated The Amanda Carroll Show. She let go of the rules about love she had been raised on, built a decision process that worked, and met her husband, Sean, on Hinge. Today they lead a blended family of seven near Sacramento.
With 25+ years in broadcasting and a broadcast journalism degree from Indiana University, she is a polished, candid guest who gives audiences something they can use the same day.
For producers
Ready-to-book segments
Each one runs 3 to 4 minutes, works in studio or remote, and comes with a visual your team can put on screen.
Bring Him Home or Wait? The 3-Question Holiday Test
What to know before someone new sits at your family's table, and how to answer "So, are you two serious?" when you don't know yet.
Dating Sunday: Your 5-Date Game Plan
Why the first Sunday of January is the busiest day of the year on the apps, and how to know inside 5 dates whether he's worth 5 months.
Real Match or Romance Scam?
Quick tells of a fake or AI-written profile, the video-call-before-date-one rule, and what to do the minute something feels off.
Before He Meets the Kids
What to know about someone before an introduction, and how to tell the kids (and your ex) without a big announcement. From a mom who did it with three.
Green Flags Are Quieter
The 4 keys to spotting an emotionally healthy man, the red flags we mistake for chemistry, and why the "boring" guy deserves a second date.
Dating After 40 (and 50): It's Not Too Late
Why ambitious women were taught to be chosen instead of to choose, and which career skills help in dating (and which ones backfire).
For hosts
10 questions to ask Amanda
- You say ambitious women were taught how to be chosen, not how to choose. What does that look like on an actual date?
- What's the biggest dating mistake ambitious women don't know they're making?
- How can someone know inside five dates whether he's worth five months? What is she actually paying attention to?
- What are the signs of an emotionally healthy man, and what do mixed signals usually mean?
- You were divorced at 35 with three kids. What changed in how you dated before you met your husband, Sean?
- How do faith-based rules about love and purity follow women into dating, and how do you unlearn them?
- What makes a marriage egalitarian, and how do you screen for that early without it feeling like an interview?
- Dating apps in midlife: how does a woman stand out and filter fast without burning out?
- What should a woman know about introducing a new partner to her kids, especially around the holidays?
- If a listener is 45, divorced, and convinced it's too late, what's the first thing you'd tell her?
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Recent appearances
- Good Day Sacramento (CBS News Sacramento), "Bring Him Home or Wait? The 3-Question Holiday Test," Nov 2026. Watch on YouTube
- Dating Intelligence with Christopher Louis, Feb 2026. Listen on Spotify
- Hearts Entwined with Lyn Smith, "Single Moms and Dating," May 2025. Listen on Apple Podcasts
- The Back 9 with Dennis Williams and Josh Mora, Round 2, Episode 13. Listen on Apple Podcasts
- Vibe With Humanity with Trevor Burris. Watch on YouTube
- The Playbook podcast, hosted by Amanda. Listen on Apple Podcasts
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A free gift for your listeners
Every listener or viewer gets free access to The Game Plan, Amanda's live training on how to know if he's the one in 5 dates or less. Happy to give you a custom link for your show.
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Available in studio anywhere in the Sacramento area, or remote for podcasts, radio and TV anywhere. Email amanda@amandacarroll.org and you'll hear back fast.