Episode 003: Love in Bits

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One of listener Jenny A.'s suitors during her brief foray into the world of online dating.

When we asked Christian Rudder--co-founder of the online personals site OKCupid.com--to be on the show, we pitched it as a way for his company to get some good publicity. Unfortunately, as the picture Jenny sent us illustrates, most stories worth telling don't give much of an endorsement to online dating. The thing is, the horror stories are usually way more interesting than the success stories. So, our apologies to Mr. Rudder for not having more balance.

On this week's show:

Christian describes how he knows everything about what kind of lover you are. Uncanny.

Aaron Henkin of WYPR's The Signal reads a sample of the OKCupid Love Personality Types.

Eric Herot flies down to Missouri to meet a Bajoran he met on a Star Trek simming board.

Christina Heller (who is not desperate at all) meets up with some dude from craigslist.

I discover the dangers of asking someone out on a date before you know who they are.

Bitch PHD (the eponymous author of the wonderful blog Bitch PHD) describes the gender dynamics of an Adult Friend Finder chatroom.

Christian explains how to tell if a boy likes you.

Adam Conover of sketch comedy group Olde English discovers that girls really like to be told they're secret agents.

And finally, Christina's friend cock-teases a businessman from Israel.

Playlist (in order of appearance)
Title - Artist - Album
Glue of the World - Four Tet - Pause
Feeling Fine - Sharpshooters - Choked Up
Folium - John Zorn - Film Works V (Tears of Ecstasy)
A Mother - Herbaliser - Blow Your Headphones
La Jetee' - Isotope 217 - The Unstable Molecule
Jetty - Tortoise - TNT
Indie - Aarktica - No Solace in Sleep
Honey - Tosca - Suzuki
Kim Hiorthøy
One Day in My Garden - Amon Tobin - Bircolage
Jezebel - Zeena Parkins & Ikue Mori - Phantom Orchard
Tired of Being Alone - Al Green - Gets Next to You