Gun Anecdotes, What To Know about the Avian Flu, and Grindr.

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🗓️ 12 April 2013

⏱️ 53 minutes

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0:00.0	The latest push to prevent gun violence comes as Marilyn mourns a 17-year-old honor student shot by her army recruiter.
0:05.8	A four-year-old. Somehow got a hold of a weapon and accidentally shot his six-year-old neighbor.
0:11.1	As the Senate debates gun control for the first time in decades, where a wash in stories we might never have heard before Newtown.
0:19.2	From WNYC, this is on the media.
0:21.6	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:22.9	And I'm Bob Garfield.
0:24.1	A new search engine offering complete privacy wants to capture your heart.
0:28.4	But are we too in love with our lifelong surge engine to switch?
0:31.8	It's almost as if they're like somebody you don't know walking into your house saying,
0:35.8	hey, I want to be your best friend.
0:37.6	Let's go hang out.
0:39.0	Who are you?
0:40.4	Plus, Grindr, the location-based app that helps gay and bisexual men hook up,
0:45.8	could one day influence how everyone meets.
0:49.0	But how does it work?
0:50.2	I got my phone here.
0:51.3	I'm just going to open the Grindr app. This guy is called Studmuffin.
0:56.8	All that and more coming up.
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