Ep. 29: Bumble's Alex Williamson on improving your online dating odds

With more than 20 million users, Bumble is one of the biggest dating apps in the U.S. The company's head of brand, Alex Williamson, who was part of the founding team at Bumble when it launched in 2014, gives advice on improving your chances of finding love online. Ellsworth Kelly was a noted artist and sculptor who died last year, but the Blanton Museum of Art is about to unveil what might be his greatest work. Deputy director for curatorial affairs Carter E. Foster tells us what's so special about this freestanding building, which opens to the public on Feb. 18. Michael J. Ryan, a UT biology professor and author of "A Taste for the Beautiful," talked with Tolly about the role that excitement plays in animal behavior and what humans can learn from mating rituals in nature. Avocados are as weird as they are delicious. For this week’s Webb Report, we brought in Eric Webb to explain what he uncovered while writing about cancer research in the Rio Grande Valley. Toast picks: "Ted Radio Hour" episode, "Can We Trust the Numbers?" "Caroline: Little House, Revisited" from historical fiction writer Sarah Miller and the #timesup movement. More info: austin360.com/loveaustin360 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices