Sex, love, and loneliness on the Internet
In 2010, fee-based dating Web sites like eHarmony and match.com grossed over $1 billion.9:06 a.m.Nick Paumgarten: Staff writer at The New Yorker since 2005. From 2000 to 2005, he was the deputy editor of The Talk of the Town, to which he regularly contributes.
Gian Gonzaga: Senior Director of Research & Development at eHarmony Labs. He researches initial attraction and will direct one of the largest, and most comprehensive longitudinal study of marriage to date.
Monsters in America
From the witches of Salem to Freddie Krueger, monsters have been a staple of American culture. A historian argues in a new book that the American obsession with monsters reflects our fears, shapes our culture, and explains our history.10:06 a.m.W. Scott Poole: associate professor of history at the College of Charleston and author of "Monsters in America: Our Historical Obsession with the Hideous and the Haunting." He joins us by phone from Charleston, SC.
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