A cadre of New York singles who wake up to National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” and listen to podcasts of the network’s “This American Life” are seeking out dates and mates who enjoy public radio as much as they do.

Noticing the number of self-proclaimed “NPR aficionados” on online dating and social networking Web sites, the staffers at a local affiliate, WNYC, decided to sponsor a series of singles mixers. These events are led by the station’s popular on-air personalities, and some feature news and pop culture quizzes — not unlike those heard on a long-running public radio program, “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!”

“Just like certain online dating sites attract a specific type of person, WNYC draws a certain type of listener — someone who’s interested in arts and culture,” a 37-year-old city policy director, Alexandra Warren, said during a station-sponsored under-40 singles event, “This is Your Brain on Love,” held at Williamsburg ‘s Brooklyn Brewery Thursday.

A host of WNYC’s science-themed show “Radio Lab,” Jad Abumrad, 34, emceed the sold-out event, during which he discussed the biochemistry of romance, lust, and attachment. Falling in love, and staying in love, requires a “chemical ménage à trois” of dopamine, oxytocin, and norepinephrine, he told the nearly 300 people at the event.

Upon entering the brewery, each person had received a sticker bearing the name of one of those chemicals. At the end of Mr. Abumrad’s informal and interactive presentation, event staff handed out cards that read: “Find one of each molecule, and get them to sign their names here” — an activity that encouraged singles to mill, mingle, and exchange cards, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers.

Some at Thursday’s gathering commented on the witty, worldly crowd. Many of the singles at the event seemed to channel Williamsburg’s “hipster” vibe — donning well-worn jeans and printed T-shirts, sundresses, and plastic-framed glasses, though some were more dressed up in business attire.

“I love WNYC, and trust them implicitly — and would like to meet a woman who does too,” a high school teacher, Avi Kline, 37, said.

Compared with other single events, Mr. Kline said: “People here, they have more of a dry sense of humor, and they’re a little more intellectual.”

A fan of “The Brian Lehrer Show” on WNYC, Andrea Mamani, 31, said she would rather go to a station-sponsored event than to a bar or nightclub.

“Here, you can actually have a conversation with someone that goes beyond ‘What’s your name?’ and ‘What do you do?'” Ms. Mamani, a pediatric physical therapist, said. “These are people who seem to have the same interests that I have.”

The first WNYC singles event, a news quiz with morning newsman Brian Lehrer, was held in June 2006. That event was followed by a mixer last month for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender singles, emceed by station host Richard Hake; and by the Brooklyn brewery event, targeted at heterosexual singles.

Following the success of those gatherings, WNYC is planning at least two more singles meet-ups in the next several weeks, including one on Wednesday for singles of all ages. At that event, to be held at S.O.B.’s in SoHo, the host of “Soundcheck,” John Schaefer, will test the crowd’s knowledge of music trivia.

Next month, Mr. Lehrer will reprise his new quiz at an event for the under-40 set.

“WNYC Singles” events cost $35 in advance, or $40 at the door. In an attempt to maintain a gender balance, the station offers a limited number of tickets to women and men. Station officials say women’s tickets generally sell out weeks in advance.

During an interview with The New York Sun, Mr. Abumrad said he’s not surprised that a singles community is forming around public radio programming. “Listening to WNYC, listening to NPR is one of those things that says something about you” he said. “It says you want to be inspired; it says you’re driven by curiosity and committed to learning.”