Best of Story Collider: Dating by the Numbers
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
This week we present two classic stories from people who found an intersection between numbers and their sex life.
Part 1: When online dating isn't working out for him, Tristan Attwood decides to analyze the data himself.
Part 2: In search of a deal, Gastor Almonte ends up with an unmanageable number of condoms.
Tristan Attwood is a recovering analyst working for the airline industry. Originally from the Portland, Oregon, area, Tristan relocated to DC more than a decade ago after serving as a field organizer for a Senate campaign. Having been "unschooled" as a child, Tristan attended Linfield College in Oregon in the early 2000s but did not technically receive a high school diploma until getting his GED from the District of Columbia in 2015. He spends his free time renovating his house, playing dungeons and dragons, and apologizing for the airline industry. He resides in the DC area with his wife, Jessica, and son Roland Tiberius.
Gastor Almonte is a stand-up comedian and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY. He's appeared on Comedy Central's This Is Not Happening, Risk! podcast and the Story Collider Podcast. Timeout magazine named him one of your "New Comedy Obsessions." He's been featured on the New York Comedy Festival, The People's Impov Theater's SoloCom and Cinderblock Comedy Festival. His new album, Immigrant Made, was released in March 2019.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:03.0 | Is NYU scientists the... |
| 0:06.0 | I felt... |
| 0:07.0 | I was so... |
| 0:08.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everyone. I'm your host, Misha Gayevsky, and welcome to a very special best-of episode of the story Collider. |
| 0:30.1 | Today we're opening up the vault and pulling out some of the most unforgettable stories we've ever featured on the podcast. |
| 0:36.5 | After more than 15 years of sharing true |
| 0:38.5 | personal tales about science, we've gathered quite the treasure trove. And let's be honest, |
| 0:43.8 | even our most dedicated, long-time listeners probably haven't heard every single gem in there. |
| 0:48.9 | These stories stick with us for a reason. They're bold, surprising, heartfelt, hilarious, |
| 0:52.8 | and sometimes all of that at once. |
| 0:55.1 | They capture the full, chaotic, wonderful spectrum of what it means to experience science in real life. |
| 1:00.3 | So settle in and enjoy as we revisit some of our all-time favorites in this special |
| 1:04.6 | Best of Edition of the Story Clutter. Let's get into it. |
| 1:20.3 | A science story, huh? |
| 1:23.5 | Is NYU a scientist the... I felt... |
| 1:24.5 | I was so... |
| 1:25.6 | And I just thought, well... |
| 1:26.5 | It was that golden moment. |
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