Bumble & the trap of modern dating; plus, living ethically in COVID's aftermath

It's Been a Minute

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🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This week, the dating app Bumble could not stay out of the news. First, the company launched an anti-celibacy advertising campaign mocking abstinence and suggesting women shouldn't give up on dating apps. Then, at a tech summit, Bumble's founder suggested artificial intelligence might be the future of dating. Both efforts were met with backlash, and during a time when everyone seems irritated with dating - where can people turn? Shani Silver, author of the Cheaper Than Therapy substack, and KCRW's Myisha Battle, dating coach and host of How's Your Sex Life? join the show to make sense of the mess.

Then, it's been four years since the start of the COVID pandemic. So much has changed - especially attitudes towards public health. Brittany talks to, Dr. Keisha S. Ray, a bioethicist, to hear how public health clashed with American culture - how we're supposed to live among people with different risk tolerance - and what all this means for the next pandemic.

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0:00.0	On this week's episode of Wild Card, actor Chris Pine tells us it's okay not to be perfect.
0:06.0	My film got absolutely decimated when it premiered, which brings up for me one of my primary triggers or whatever is like not being like.
0:14.6	I'm Rachel Martin, Chris Pine on how to find joy in imperfection.
0:18.8	That's on NPR's new podcast Wild Card, the game where cards control the conversation.
0:23.4	Hello, hello, I'm Brittany Loose and you're listening to It's been a minute from
0:31.2	NPR, a show about what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen
0:36.0	by accident. This week we're connecting the dots between dating apps, artificial intelligence, and
0:49.9	Billboard ads mocking celibacy.
0:52.3	I know, I know. How are all these things connected?
0:56.0	Well we're going to find out today with Cheney Silver, author of a single revolution,
1:01.0	don't look for a match, light one, what a title, and KCRW's Myesha Battle,
1:06.4	a dating coach and host of KCRW's podcast, How's Your Sex Life?
1:10.8	Jamie, Myesha, welcome to it's been a minute.
1:13.4	Thank you for having me.
1:14.4	Thanks for having us.
1:15.5	So let me set the stage here.
1:16.8	This week, the dating at Bumble could not stay out of the news.
1:21.2	First, the company launched a new advertising campaign mocking
1:24.8	celibacy and suggesting women shouldn't give up on dating apps.
1:28.7	Billboards said things like thou shalt not give up on dating and become a nun.
1:34.1	That backfired.
1:35.3	Sorely.
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