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Cuddler for Hire

A perpetually shirtless San Franciscan launches the most intimate of business plans: spooning for sale.

Justine Lee & Mary Smith
Sep 20, 2013
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Travis Sigley is a professional cuddler. Yes, that means he cuddles, for money. In this audio story, Sigley explains how he came to found Cuddle Therapy, and two intrepid reporters come to learn the value of non-sexual, expectation-less cuddling.

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