S2E6: Dots, Dashes, and Dating Apps

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History, Technology, Society & Culture

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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In the 19th century, young people wooed each other over the telegraph. But meeting strangers on the wires could lead to confusion, disappointment, and even fraud. Do modern online dating apps have anything to learn from telegraph romances? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.9	So this guy, his name is Arthur Hyde.
0:40.7	He lives on the Upper East Side with his family.
0:43.4	And he records meticulously every bicycle trip that he takes over the course of three different years.
0:50.2	And it spans thousands of miles.
0:53.0	This is Evan Friss.
0:54.6	He's written a couple of books
0:55.7	about the cultural history of the bicycle.
0:58.3	In the early days of cycling,
0:59.8	a lot of bike enthusiasts
1:01.2	like to keep journals
1:02.7	of everywhere they went
1:03.9	and everything they did on their bikes.
1:05.6	These were called wheeling diaries.
1:07.6	And Professor Frist turned up
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