108. Matchmakers
29 September 2025

108. Matchmakers

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Podcast: The Economics of Everyday Things (LS 59 · TOP 0.1% what is this?)
Episode: 108. Matchmakers
Pub date: 2025-09-29

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Some singles choose to skip the apps and get fixed up the old-fashioned way — but it doesn't come cheap. Zachary Crockett puts himself out there.

 

    SOURCES:
      Maria Avgitidis, C.E.O. of Agape Match and author of Ask a Matchmaker: Matchmaker Maria's No-Nonsense Guide to Finding Love.

 

    RESOURCES:
      "Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?" by J. Edward Moreno (New York Times, 2024)."Love, (un)automated: Human matchmaking in the era of online dating," by Liesel Sharabi (Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2024)."The New Old Dating Trend," by Faith Hill (The Atlantic, 2023)."What It’s Like to Work With a Matchmaker," by Alyson Krueger (New York Times, 2021)."New York State Dating Service Consumer Bill of Rights."

 


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