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Hoping to say goodbye to superficial dating, real-life singles sport elaborate makeup and prosthetics to put true blind-date chemistry to the test. [more inside]
posted by dianeF on Jul 22, 2021 - 12 comments

Singles who want to be loved for who they are, rather than what they look like, have signed up for a less conventional approach to modern dating.
posted by Literaryhero on Feb 18, 2020 - 57 comments

Tuca scores a date with the Deli Guy she’s been crushing on, while Bertie worries that her and Speckle’s sex and romantic life has collapsed into dull routine. [more inside]
posted by Going To Maine on May 23, 2019 - 7 comments

Evan has a secret.
posted by Cash4Lead on Aug 24, 2018 - 0 comments

Will and Jack try to date younger guys but find it challenging; Grace and Karen experience a crisis that reveals Grace's true feelings about Karen.
posted by kimberussell on Oct 10, 2017 - 4 comments

Lessons learned in business and love. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Jul 4, 2015 - 10 comments

Under pressure, the Dating Ring founders make a big decision. [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Jun 26, 2015 - 15 comments

In online dating, love is not blind. How do deal with customers who make their dating choices based on race, and why the blind date business model didn't work. [more inside]
posted by skewed on Jun 5, 2015 - 10 comments

Inside Dating Ring's Matchmaking System [more inside]
posted by bq on May 23, 2015 - 9 comments

First comes love...then comes equity StartUp is a podcast series about what it's really like to get a business off the ground. In Season 1, Alex Blumberg told the story of launching this business, Gimlet Media, a podcast network. In Season 2, Alex is joined by co-Host Lisa Chow, to follow an entirely new company. The business is Dating Ring, a dating company that combines technology with old-fashioned matchmaking. The founders are women in their 20s, outsiders in the male-dominated world of Silicon Valley. And over the 10 episodes, we'll take you inside that world. Some of the challenges they face are different from Alex's: founder disagreements, hellish fundraising, and sexism. But just like Gimlet's story, theirs is also a transparent account of something that happens everyday in America, but we rarely get to see firsthand: starting a business.
posted by Tevin on Apr 23, 2015 - 7 comments

A woman starts dating again at 60 after her marriage falls apart. We follow her into a world of millionaire import/export moguls and fifteen-year old internet scammers.
posted by radioamy on Feb 19, 2015 - 5 comments

Listeners, thank you so much for contributing your attention, questions and eartime to us this year. What a year it has been! Relisten to the highlights – and lowlights, including such annual delights as the Parade of Melancholy Calls and the blooper reel – in The Best of Answer Me This! 2014. [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco on Dec 22, 2014 - 3 comments

A long dating couple tries to get engaged, through a midst of bad timing and tirades.
posted by Margalo Epps on Oct 20, 2014 - 9 comments

Eliza attempts to teach Henry "facebookery", while trying to turn a booty call into a dating relationship. [more inside]
posted by Margalo Epps on Oct 8, 2014 - 5 comments

Yes, yes, yes -- "If I'm honest, it's half the reason I married her" -- "If you smash your phone, the internet disappears" -- New record -- Hip, ironic distance -- Number 72 -- Awarded for mediocrity
posted by Margalo Epps on Sep 30, 2014 - 6 comments

Louie meets somebody new. [more inside]
posted by cazoo on May 13, 2014 - 68 comments