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Greater LA

Have a friend call you regularly… for a fee

Hosted by Steve Chiotakis Aug. 12, 2019 Los Angeles
Carenote

Carenote Illustration by Mike Royer/KCRW.

For a monthly fee, the Santa Monica startup Carenote connects lonely Americans with a person in the Philippines who calls regularly to chat. We meet a Tennessee woman who's bonded with her so-called Care Pal over owning pet birds.

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Effective cure for loneliness? Pay a monthly fee to rent a friend

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Leave the city tonight and look up, and you may be in for a show of lights streaking across the sky.

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OC has 89 more registered Democrats than Republicans

For decades, the word "conservative" have been synonymous with Orange County. But much has changed, and last week, Orange County officially turned.

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Host:

Steve Chiotakis

Producers:

Christian Bordal, Kathryn Barnes

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