When we recorded this so much hadn't happened yet

Snow madness in the act passage by Sam and Alana

It's our twentieth episode!!! In which we wonder whether a restaurant is a shop, Sam talks at length about Transnistria (incl what kind or shops they have). At around 14 mins we start talking (briefly) about Love Island. We think abut Acting Out & address the masochism of the man who wants to “be tamed” and we find out just how close to the surface Love Islanders keep their neuroses. We talk yet again about incest, and its place in Back to the Future, Big, and the Taken trilogy, and we finally get around to our take on the incel "nice guy" syndrome.

Check our instagram for a link to our 20 love song long 20th episode playlist. It was supposed to be released in 2020 but now it's the 20 for 20 in 2021.

Sam thinks this a really cute epi... We talk about gender neutral signifiers of familial relations, which leads us into incest - again! ;)

Sam gets controversh about bisexuality - again! ;)

(Heterosexuality - the most mainstream kink)

Sophie’s bisexuality and how the villa responds (surprise - the guys lose their shit)

And then we have a chat about SQUIRTING - a segue that might get us into hot water... enjôī

An index poem of this episode:

Mondegreens

Pleasure principle and death drive vis-à-vis Rock n roll

Extreme ironing

Facebook humiliations of yesteryear

Earth girls are easy

Cancel culture would wipe out the 80s and 90s

Predator as a Jew - Post link to conference YouTube

Alana’s other fave reality Tv show - Alone

Love island - at 22 mins

Is it ever not suspicious when an ex wants to be besties with your current partner?

Sex without a blanket vs under the blanket

Everyone hates Sophie

Why can’t Alana pronounce villa correctly?

And the link to which we referred:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344168613_Aliens_vs_Predators_Cosmopolitan_Jews_vs_Jewish_Nomads

We wonder what a soul-mate is, and address the associated issue of The One; we consider whether fighting for someone’s love can work, talk about burgers again, and having already addressed the difference between wanting and “wanting to want” we now look into the difference between needing and wanting. At some point we also muddle our way through the idea of “star crossed” love… By the way we’re aware there is long history of erudite Shakespeare scholarship. This is not that. xx

We got pretty serious for this one... erudite even; while trying to crack the algorithm of love. We talked about the difference between wanting, and "wanting to want", how the love-couple can elevate even the shittiest individuals, and about the different approaches to breaking-up.

We revisit the eternal themes of "type on paper" and "tall, dark and handsome", what it means to be "official" and whether love can be "more than official" and briefly wade into the theological underpinnings of the Jews for Jesus movement.

We discuss the intricacies of the Big Jack vs. Big Mac debate (Hungry Jacks sponsor us pls), wonder what makes a suncream "physical", Sam considers the perks of being a brick-layer, we discuss the best title for the next of the Carry On films, talk about the popular conceptions concerning strippers, think about what makes a subculture sub, and wonder as always about Liana's pumped up lips. It was Alana's birthday last week so wish her love on the insta @love_mainland. And if the COVID numbers keep improving this'll be the last remote recorded one so look forward to better sound from next week... ENJOY!

We got a bunch of people who have never watched Love Island before to watch episode 22 and give us their thoughts. You'll hear from:

Evelyn Araluen and Jonathan Dunk - Co-editors of Overland Literary Journal, writers, and funny cunts.

Jake Goldenfein - law academic w a PhD in privacy and surveillance.

Lily Keil - writer, editor, and UX writer.

Alana and Sam - idiots.