Season 9 Episode 4: The Inventor of Online Dating with Match.com founder Gary Kremen & David Kushner

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Sexuality, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Listen as we talk to Gary Kremen, the inventor of online dating, and author David Kushner about the rise of Match.com and Sex.com. We discuss the early days of internet love and sex, how online dating has evolved, and what can be brought to modern-day. WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE (Simon & Schuster) is available now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Want to remove distractions from your dates? Download Brick and get 10% off at https://www.getbrick.app/DATEABLE Our Sponsors: * Avocado Green Mattress: Check out their mattress and furniture sale: https://avocadogreenmattress.com/DATEABLE * Get Rain of Shadows and Endings wherever books are sold or at Kensington Publishing https://www.kensingtonbooks.com * Quince: Get free shipping and 365 day returns at https://quince.com/dateable * Ruggable: Get 10% off your first order, sitewide, with promo code DATEABLE at https://ruggable.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The dateable podcast is an insider's look into modern dating that the Huffington Post calls one of the top 10
0:06.8	podcasts about love and sex. On each episode we'll talk to real daters about everything from sex parties parties to sex droughts, date fails to diaper
0:15.2	fetishes, and first moves to first loves.
0:17.7	I'm your host, U.S.U.
0:19.3	Former dating coach turned dating sociologist.
0:22.0	You also hear from my co-host and producer Julie Kraft chick
0:25.2	as we explore this crazy dateable world.
0:28.3	Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of Datable, a show all about modern
0:36.3	dating. We're going to just take a jog down memory lane for this episode and
0:41.1	talk about the very beginnings of online dating and also online porn,
0:47.4	but kind of the evolution of love and sex when it comes to online. We've got, can we call you the godfather of online dating?
0:56.0	Gary, has anybody ever called you that before? Is that a proper date for you? But we've got
1:02.0	Gary Kremman on the phone.
1:03.6	He is 55 years old, lives in the Bay Area, originally from Chicago,
1:07.9	currently in a monogamous relationship.
1:09.9	He invented online dating, specifically founded match.com, and was the first registrant of sex.com.
1:15.6	Why it's important to say first registrant, you'll find out a little bit because we also have
1:19.8	Dave Kushner on the phone.
1:21.3	He is 50 years old, lives in New Jersey.
1:23.6	Originally from Florida, currently married, and wrote the book The Player's Ball,
1:27.9	which is a number one bestseller that tells the incredible battle between the
1:31.3	founder of Match.com, who's Gary, and the calm man who swindled him out of the website
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