• Fact-Checking Love: The Truth About Romance Movies | Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick

  • Feb 17 2025
  • Length: 50 mins
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Fact-Checking Love: The Truth About Romance Movies | Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick

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  • How accurate are rom-coms when it comes to love? Relationship scientists Paul Eastwick & Eli Finkel, co-hosts of Love Factually, put movie romance under a scientific lens, separating fact from fiction and revealing how Hollywood shapes our real-life expectations about love.

    Topics

    [0:00] Intro & Welcome to Paul Eastwick & Eli Finkel

    [2:00] Coffee, Unicycles, and Speed Round Fun

    [6:40] Introducing Love Factually: A Relationship Science Podcast

    [10:05] Do Movies Teach Us About Love or Just Reflect Culture?

    [15:35] The Rom-Com Myths That Hollywood Keeps Selling

    [22:50] What Movies Get Surprisingly Right About Relationships

    [30:10] The Power of Micro-Cultures in Romantic Relationships

    [35:40] Relationship Science & The Challenges of Studying Love

    [41:00] Personal Insights & Favorite Movies from Paul & Eli

    [47:45] Music Preferences: The Soundtrack to Love & Life

    [49:57] Closing Thoughts & Where to Find Love Factually

    ©2025 Behavioral Grooves

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    Listen to Love Factually

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    The All-or-Nothing Marriage by Eli Finkel

    Musical Links

    Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes

    Pearl Jam - Daughter

    Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

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