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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places

    Dating site OKCupid has admitted to running experiments on users by messing around with the matching results. And the company has no regrets or apologies. We talk about that - and a movement to drop men from your Twitter feed - in our weekly internet roundup.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 30, 2014 • 1 min read

    Dating site OKCupid has admitted to running experiments on users by messing around with the matching results. And the company has no regrets or apologies. We talk about that - and a movement to drop men from your Twitter feed - in our weekly internet roundup.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      co-host of the podcast “Reply All”

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    Water Main Woes, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Passive Policy
    1. 0:00The Water Beneath Our Feet
    2. 10:52Is U.S. Foreign Policy to Blame?
    3. 26:01Guardians of the Galaxy and the Celluloid Ceiling
    4. 39:28Looking for Love in All the Wrong PlacesYou’re reading this
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