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The Story Collider

Dating by the Numbers: Stories about the romantic side of numbers

The Story Collider

Story Collider, Inc.

Arts, Science, Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Performing Arts

4.4824 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This week we present two 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 works as a business analyst 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 DC townhouse, playing dungeons and dragons, and apologizing for the airline industry. He resides in DC with his wife, Jessica, and newborn baby 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?

0:04.0

Is NYU a scientist?

0:06.0

I felt it.

0:07.0

I felt.

0:08.0

I was so...

0:09.0

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

Hello, everybody.

0:25.3

Welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science.

0:29.8

We are your host, Erin Barker.

0:31.6

And Liz Neely.

0:32.8

And this week, we have stories about calculations, probabilities, and love.

0:38.4

We're calling this episode Dating by the Numbers.

0:42.4

Which I am super excited.

0:44.0

Well, not so much as excited about the dating part, but definitely on the numbers side.

0:49.1

Sure.

0:49.8

That's normal.

0:51.5

Yeah.

0:52.5

I've been, as you know, I always look for papers and do a bunch of reading.

0:57.1

And this week, I have one all about online dating.

1:00.8

And I think so the central idea.

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