This week love is in the air and nothing says love like downloading Hinge, Tindr, Grindr, and FarmersOnly to find that perfect mate for you….until someone better comes along.
But before the technological revolution how did people meet one another? Through the personal ads of course.
This week Rob teaches Ray about 17th Century ways of mating, coded sexuality needs in Europe, why it was frowned on for women to seek love, the assholery of Benjamin Franklin, how people scammed others through love, and The Lonely Hearts Killer, of course.
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