Friends Without Benefits
Hosted by Dale and Rachel · Uptown Dale & Rachel Sobel
4.9from 41 ratings
- 143
- Episodes
- 4
- Transcribed
- 41
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 94M
- YouTube views
About Friends Without Benefits
One woman. One man. Thirty plus years of strictly platonic friendship with ZERO romantic history between them.This is Friends Without Benefits.Rachel Sobel is the face behind the popular blog and Instagram account, Whine and Cheez-its. She is the mother of two, a do-over wife, and award-winning writer, author and speaker.Dale McLean is a South Florida entertainment staple affectionately known as Uptown Dale. He is a bachelor, owner of a successful entertainment company, television personality and in-arena host for the Miami Heat.Together they tackle a range of topics around relationships, dating and current events, all with a banter that has been brewed to perfection for decades.Follow Rachel at www.instagram.com/whineandcheezitsFollow Dale at www.instagram.com/uptowndale
- Publisher
- Uptown Dale & Rachel Sobel
- Category
- comedy · society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 17 Apr 2022
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
4 of 143 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
S5 Ep. 32 - Sleepaway Camp, Twerking, and Zero Letters Home
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S5 Ep. 34 - Grown, Sexy, and Stuck in the 90s
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And it's amazing that I get to do things like this. I feel very lucky and fortunate. And Sienna was with me. Right. My parents were with me. So Sienna, was she the opening act? Did she like, no, but she was like, can I go on stage with you? I go, no, no. Did she twerk on the beam up before you came out? Not this time, but she will. But what she did do was when we were, when we wrapped up, we went into a room to have refreshments and stuff. And they had a little table set up for me with a poster of my book and the QR codes to order. And people were coming up and talking to me and sharing their story. […]
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- YouTube views
- 93,649,585
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 29 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 12 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100
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- Quality
- 75
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 51
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Who hosts Friends Without Benefits?
Dale and Rachel host the show. Published by Uptown Dale & Rachel Sobel.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Friends Without Benefits take guests?
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