Season 9 Episode 8: Why People Cheat: An Exclusive Interview with Ashley Madison

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

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

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

4.7 • 910 Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2019

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Tune in as we talk to members and the staff at Ashley Madison about why people cheat and have affairs. We discuss the motivations of the people coming to Ashley Madison, how the site is designed for discretion, and the psychology behind cheating. 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
0:04.8	one of the top 10 podcasts about love and sex. On each episode we'll talk to real daters about everything
0:11.2	from sex parties to sex dreptts, date fails to diaper fetishes,
0:14.8	and first moves to first loves. I'm your host U.S.U. former dating coach turned
0:19.3	dating sociologist. You also hear from my co-host and producer Julie Kraftchick as we explore this crazy
0:26.0	dateable world.
0:27.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another episode of
0:32.8	Datable a show all about modern dating here's a word for yet cheating
0:38.1	cheating Julie what's your experience with cheating I've actually never cheated or been cheated on that you know of that I know
0:46.4	Good point good point that's probably a really great thing. My experience with cheating has evolved through the years because the definition
0:54.8	of cheating changes from relationship to relationship. And I realize that before you get into a relationship,
1:01.2	you should probably identify what cheating is.
1:03.6	Very true.
1:04.9	So why we're talking about this topic of cheating
1:08.1	is because have you heard of a site called Ashley Madison?
1:11.5	You probably have.
1:13.4	It's a dating site as well as an app dedicated to mostly married people who are looking for affairs.
1:21.3	And they had a scandal back in the
1:23.0	2015, a couple years ago about revealing the identity of some of their
1:27.3	members which was huge because the whole you know selling point of the site is that there's discretion and anonymity and privacy,
1:35.6	but that really compromised everyone's privacy.
1:38.4	The people at Ashley Madison have agreed to talk about, one, the product and their site and also referred us to
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