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On Point | Podcast

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On Point | Podcast

WBUR

Talk Show, Daily News, News, Npr, On Point, Daily

4.23.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The dating scene can be a frustrating place to be right now. From dating app burnout to the struggle to meet IRL, single folks are fed up. Why modern dating feels so broken and what can be done to fix it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:31.2

WBUR Podcasts, Boston.

0:40.2

This is on point. I'm Amory Severson.

0:43.5

Ah, dating life. My favorite topic.

0:48.2

The date online or not? That is the question.

0:51.4

I am probably a five-year veteran of the online dating wars, and it is a jungle out there.

0:59.0

There's something very dehumanizing about swiping through profiles.

1:04.0

Like, I can imagine it's like going through a deck of Pokemon cards or baseball cards,

1:08.0

and then looking at their powers and stats, and then keeping the ones you want and discarding the others.

1:13.6

It was gamified in a way that was demoralizing so often and really made me question whether or not it was worth it.

1:25.6

My wonderful partner and I, Carly, met through Hinge.

1:31.3

You know, we are currently really enjoying life together,

1:35.3

and we have a funny joke that we are each other's best thing

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