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8 Minute Soulmate

From: Evan Roberts
Length: 00:07:08

Will Rich find his soulmate in eight minutes? Read the full description.

Default-piece-image-2 Rich is a 47 year old single man on the hunt for a woman to settle down with and start a family. Will he find her on an eight minute date? This piece was broadcast on Maine Things Considered, Maine Public Radio in January, 2004.

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Rich is a 47 year old single man on the hunt for a woman to settle down with and start a family. Will he find her on an eight minute date? This piece was broadcast on Maine Things Considered, Maine Public Radio in January, 2004.

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Review of 8 Minute Soulmate

This story is a little scary to me. The very matter of fact way in which the stoy of finding a soulmate in 8 minutes unfolds. As I hear the sound of the singles chatting nervously in the backround I can't help but imagine a very brightly lit room full of lonely middle aged americans who have spent countless holurs wandering the internet late at night hoping to meet a real live peron. It all comes across as very pleasant and normal and yet it makes me feel sad and I wonder if they will ever find happiness.

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Review of 8 Minute Soulmate

This piece is essentially about aging, loneliness and longing for a family life by a man in his 40s. In a world where choices and chances are expected in plentiful, an 8 minute dating service provides hope for the man. This piece follows Rich to his third such event. Will he find his soulmate this time?

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Review of 8 Minute Soulmate

Curious title - and a good premise for a piece - a singles rotating 8minute date scene (like musical dates...) great ambient sound so we get to feel like we're hovering over the scene - very effective, made me feel squirmy. The speaker is quite forthcoming so I ended up feeling the narrator was a little too present at times, telling us what the guy feels, or probably feels. (further notes to producer) Regardless, it would make a good spot within a series about being single, the dating service industry. I was rooting for the guy..

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Broadcast History

Aired January 2004 on Maine Things Considered, Maine Public Radio.

Transcript

[Ambience of Eight minute dating event at Muddy Rudder]

THIS IS RICH

RICH: i?m 45, 6?2?, 205 lbs,?.I?m a realtor,? residential real estate is what i specialize in..

RICH IS SINGLE.

RICH:..... i?m really ?other? oriented, ?? i?m a senser and a feeler. Very optomistic, i add a lot to anything, whether it?s a barbeque or a get together, a game night?.

HE?S NEVER BEEN MARRIED, AND HE HAS NO KIDS. HE?S HOPING TO CHANGE THAT. BUT HIS TIME IS RUNNING OUT. IN FACT, HE ONLY HAS EIGHT MINUTES.

Rich: Hi Nancy
Nancy: Nice to Meet you Rich
Rich: nice to be met....

RICH AND NANCY ARE MEETING FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEY ARE SEATED AT AN INTIMATE CANDLE-LIT TABLE AT A RESTAURANT IN YARMOUTH, MAINE. WHILE NANCY APPEARS NERVOUS, RICH SEEMS RELAXED, AND LEANS IN SLIGHTLY OVER THE TABLE.

RICH...and you?re a lefty, uh-oh, but you?ll say you?re in your right mind, right?
nancy: actually, i ca...
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