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Love Factually

Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel
Love Factually
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  • Bonus Episode: Paul and Eli on the Speaking of Psychology Podcast with Kim Mills
    In this special crossover episode of the APA Speaking of Psychology podcast, Paul and Eli chat with Kim Mills about the helpful and harmful lessons we absorb from romantic films.
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  • Ghost (1990)
    How does it feel to lose a loved-one? Do we benefit from having a partner who speaks our love language? What’s so sexy about creativity? Paul and Eli take a nostalgia trip back to Ghost (1990), the romance/murder mystery/revenge epic/moral fable/all-around sensation starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, and Whoopi Goldberg. For show notes, click here. Hosted, produced, and edited by Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel. Music by Andrew Fraker and Sons Artwork by Katie Keil
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  • Phantom Thread (2017)
    How is romantic attachment similar to parent-child attachment? Can the fear of intimacy make someone controlling? What’s the connection between relationships and food? Paul and Eli revisit Paul Thomas Anderson’s majestic Phantom Thread (2017), the Best Picture nominee that served up one of cinema’s most deliciously warped loved stories. For show notes, click here. Hosted, produced, and edited by Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel. Music by Andrew Fraker and Sons Artwork by Katie Keil
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  • Bonus Episode: First Anniversary Show!
    Year one of Love Factually is in the books! Paul and Eli first review their favorite moments from the first year of the show, and then (at 42:20) they count down the Top Five most accurate movies they've covered to date.
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  • Top Gun (1986) with Matt Rhodes
    What assumptions lurk behind the man-approaches-woman default? Why is double-dating a good idea? Does the military take grief seriously? Paul and Eli invite the former naval aviator Matt Rhodes to discuss Top Gun, the 1986 blockbuster featuring Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, and a sex scene unlike anything you’ve ever witnessed in a PG movie. For show notes, click here. Hosted, produced, and edited by Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel. Music by Andrew Fraker and Sons Artwork by Katie Keil
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About Love Factually

We're just two professors standing in front of a rom-com, asking it to be the subject of our podcast. Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel explain what your favorite romantic films get right -- and wrong -- about the science of romance. Because it's time for scientists to take Ryan Gosling as seriously as you do.
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