24 Dating + Data (Dr. Helen Fisher and Dr. Justin Garcia)
How C*m
Remy Kassimir
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
What is dating like right now, from a science perspective? We are discussing the annual 'Singles in America' study with Dr. Helen Fisher (Biological Anthropologist, Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute and Chief Science Advisor to Match.com) and Dr. Justin Garcia (Evolutionary Biologist, Sex Researcher, Professor of Gender Studies and Senior Scientist at The Kinsey Institute and Indiana University). Dr. Fisher and Dr. Garcia give us enlightening statistics on what today's singles are looking for, what they are willing to overlook in a relationship, and the impact that Covid had romantic love.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, welcome back to How Come. |
| 0:02.3 | Okay, so last week we were talking about a very specific type of way to date. |
| 0:08.5 | This week we are making it more broad. |
| 0:10.8 | We are talking about the singles in America study that match.com does every single year. |
| 0:17.0 | And we are talking about it with two people, one of whom has been on this podcast before. |
| 0:21.6 | And honestly, it was one of my favorite episodes we've ever done. |
| 0:26.8 | Dr. Helen Fisher, go back and listen to her first episode, season two, the episode is called Human Prozac. |
| 0:33.8 | She is back. |
| 0:35.8 | Dr. Helen Fisher is a biological anthropologist. |
| 0:39.1 | She is a senior research fellow at the Kinsey Institute and chief science advisor to the internet dating site, MASH.com. |
| 0:45.8 | She has conducted extensive research and written six books on the evolution and future of human sex, love, marriage, gender differences in the brain, and how your personality style shapes who you are and who you are. |
| 0:56.6 | Joining us is Dr. Justin Garcia. |
| 1:01.6 | He is an executive director, senior scientist and professor of gender studies at the Kinsey Institute and Indian University. |
| 1:09.6 | Dr. Garcia is an evolutionary biologist and sex researcher. |
| 1:13.6 | He and his colleagues have conducted research on a variety topics related to social and sexual behaviors and intimate relationships including variation in monogamy, intimacy, gender, courtship, dating, |
| 1:25.6 | desire, satisfaction, and reproductive strategies. |
| 1:29.6 | I saw both of them and Dr. Emily Morse talk about the singles in America study a few months ago. |
| 1:36.6 | And I just wanted to have the mom to talk about what they shared there because I learned so much and I think you guys will too. |
| 1:43.6 | Also, we had to cut this episode a little short because Robin had a date, but all of her date info and what's happened since because this was a long time ago. |
| 1:54.6 | It's all on Patreon. So go follow Robin's love journey on patreon.com slash how come and get excited for this episode because it is so interesting. |
| 2:08.6 | If you have any other questions for Justin or Helen, write us or write them. They are happy to take your questions and they said that they would come back. |
| 2:17.6 | How come how come how come how come I can't achieve how come I can't achieve I'm rolling up my sleeve. I'm rolling up my sleeves. Oh, maybe I believe these guests can help because I can't do it by myself. I want to just. |
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