FULL EPISODE: How to Find Love, Off-App - March 12, 2026
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Unfiltered discussions.
How can you find love without dating apps?
Unexpected guests. No topic is off-limits. From sex and relationships to the human condition. Personal anxieties and so much more. The only talk show of its kind in the world. World This Is. Hi, welcome in. We're going to cover a lot of important topics for you on the show tonight. Here are some of them.
What are the flaws in dating app filters?
How would you like to meet one of the greatest scientific minds of our entire generation? A researcher boldly answering humanity's most urgent question. How often do we actually pass gas? Halfway through the hour, we'll explore the invention of smart underwear by that very same researcher. The underwear itself, it measures your flatulence. Yes, seriously, for science. Then after that, in the US, the White House and RFK released new diet guidelines. One reporter ate that diet. Her experiment went viral and the internet was upset. We'll have her on the show to find out exactly what she ate and what people were saying about it.
What is the science behind smart underwear?
That'll be towards the end of the hour. Those are some of the topics we'll cover. There will be more. You will learn more. But for now, let's dive in. Want to be part of the last show with David Cooper? Call us and join the conversation. 1-888-505-6644. Dating apps, they're funky. They're like a weird shopping exercise.
How did an RFK diet experiment spark a political food fight?
You swipe, you filter, you reject, you repeat, all in the name of being compatible with someone. But what if this whole system is broken and attraction isn't that predictable? Well, that's what we're going to discuss here with Paul Eastwick, a psychology professor at UC Davis. Check out his book, Bonded by Evolution, The New Science of Love and Connection. Paul, what a joy it is to have you. Thank you so much for having me back, David. These dating apps, I feel like they're out competing each other in filtering, you know, like age, weight, hair color, political preference. Like somehow if you can just filter down your perfect match to this exact, I don't know, script that you'll just find love. Why is this wrong?
What does research say about the libido gap between genders?
Yeah, so this is not my favorite feature of the apps. And look, the apps do introduce people to folks that you never would have had a chance to meet before. But where I think they falter is where they provide people a sense that you can cull that sometimes very vast pool to something more manageable that looks exactly like what you would have drawn up for yourself on paper. That there's the perfect partner waiting out there for you who has a list of attributes along the lines of what you describe. But the challenge is that when we try to study this topic experimentally, when we actually look at people's filters and whether or not they'd actually end up liking those folks more once they meet face to face, it kind of ends up being more or less of a coin flip.
So in general, the filter is not my favorite feature of what the apps are doing.
We've spoken about this in the past, but let's reiterate it. How good are we? How good am I?
Why do people share misinformation online?
How good are you at actually knowing what we're attracted to? How good are we at saying these filters will produce our perfect partner versus people who have the perfect partner? Did they match their checklist, I guess, is what I'm trying to ask.
Yeah, we don't do all that well. Now, look, if I were to ask you to draw up your perfect partner, you would certainly sit here and list some attributes and many of those would be positive attributes. But the problem is that the attributes you're coming up with, it's not like they're uniquely special to you. And the thought experiment that I like to describe, we have real experiments that fit this. But the thought experiment here is, well, imagine what would happen if, you know, here you are using your filters and all of a sudden we have, you know, some sort of Freaky Friday situation where my filters get mapped on top of your filters and your filters get mapped on top of mine. And now the women I'm seeing are the women that David would have liked.
Well, the thing is, ultimately, it probably wouldn't have mattered.
What are the implications of the new United Airlines policy?
I would have been just as likely to like the women once I meet them face to face if I'd been using your filters rather than mine.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:03
2
How can you find love without dating apps?
0:03–0:30
3
What are the flaws in dating app filters?
0:30–1:11
4
What is the science behind smart underwear?
1:11–1:33
5
How did an RFK diet experiment spark a political food fight?
1:33–2:13
6
What does research say about the libido gap between genders?
2:13–3:10
7
Why do people share misinformation online?
3:10–4:11
8
What are the implications of the new United Airlines policy?
4:11–1:20:07
Speakers
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