Dating App Wars | eHarmonic Convergence | 2

Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Dr. Neil Clark Warren is a 63-year-old theologian and clinical psychologist with a vision for a site he’s certain can lead to romantic success. eHarmony will be the first to take on the powerful Match.com. And Warren believes he is on—quite literally—a sacred mission to offer something that Match.com can’t match.

eHarmony’s Christian agenda seems to be working, until the God stuff leads to serious disharmony. Dr. Warren doesn’t know it, but he’s headed for a holy war.

Listen ad-free on Wondery+ here

Support us by supporting our sponsors!

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars, add free on Amazon music.
0:04.6	Download the app today.
0:07.0	It's 1997.
0:17.5	Dr. Neil Warren is strolling through a park in Pasadena, California.
0:22.1	With him is his son-in-law, Greg Forgatch.
0:25.5	Warren takes a deep breath.
0:27.7	He's about to embark on a sacred mission.
0:31.2	I'm worried about the skyrocketing number of divorces in America.
0:36.0	There's something seriously wrong, and I want to fix it before it destroys the country.
0:41.3	Seems to me you've been working on that for years.
0:44.0	You published books, put out video seminars for church leaders, what work can you do?
0:49.0	Well, Greg, what about the internet?
0:51.8	The internet.
0:53.0	Seriously?
0:54.0	Yes, yes, the internet.
0:56.1	I know what you're thinking.
0:57.7	So what if I'm 63?
0:59.2	But even I can see what's happening.
1:01.7	People look online for whatever they want, even dating prospects.
1:07.7	Why can't we offer a Christian alternative?
1:13.4	Christians use the internet too.
1:17.4	You know, I think that's got possibilities, Neil.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.