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Today's episode is part two of Elodie Cheesman discussing her debut novel Love, in Theory

In this second part of the conversation we dive deeper into the mathematics of relationships and explore the ways all our relationships have a little bit of love in them

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Romy is a graduate lawyer. Her work sees her taking a deep dive into the relationships corporations have with their employees and she’s finding that often these look more like intimate, romantic partnerships than anything she’s got on her personal calendar.

Romy’s parents worry she’s not dating. Her mates think she’s got a type and is being picky. Even Romy wonders if the guys she’s interested in set up the relationships to fail.

When she’s introduced to optimal stopping point theory she wonders if maybe there’s another way to go about finding the one. Romy has to apply ruthless legal logic to relationships in her work, why not try a little algorithmic thinking to her non-existent dating life?

Join me as we discover Elodie Cheesman’s Love, in Theory...