Is romance seasonal? What does romantic competition look like? How does thinking too much undermine performance? Paul, Eli, and special guest <a href= "https://www.danpink.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Dan Pink</a> revisit their Gen-X youth with a rewatch of Bull Durham (1988), the minor league baseball classic starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins. For show notes, click <a href= "https://lovefactually.substack.com/p/episode-53-bull-durham-1988" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. Hosted, produced, and edited by <a href="https://pauleastwick.com/pauleastwick/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Paul Eastwick</a> and <a href="https://elifinkel.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Eli Finkel</a>. Music by <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1aQ1Q0R1eyxyVyWJ6u3nHd" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Andrew Fraker and Sons</a> Artwork by <a href="https://www.katieannemariekeil.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Katie Keil</a>

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.