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November 11, 2025

S3E6 - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood

47 minutes

In this episode, we dissect The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood—the STEM rom-com packed with fake dating and grumpy/sunshine chemistry. We talk about what felt rom-com convenient, power dynamics inside academia, and whether the resolution sticks the landing—professionally and romantically. Join us for our favorite laugh-out-loud moments!

Links

Official author website: (https://alihazelwood.com/)
The Love Hypothesis: (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56732449-the-love-hypothesis)
Ali Hazelwood on Goodreads: (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21098177.Ali_Hazelwood)

Chapters

(01:27) - Announcing contest winner

(04:41) - Book summary (spoiler-free)

(06:24) - SPOILER ALERT!

(06:44) - Jon's review

(07:44) - Kristy's review

(09:41) - The academic setting

(12:51) - Olive

(16:57) - Adam

(21:36) - All the tropes

(23:58) - Protecting a friend’s happiness

(26:06) - Bad reputation (Adam's version)

(30:30) - F-ing Greg

(32:37) - The "conference"

(38:58) - How Olive handled "the situation"

(43:47) - Final thoughts

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By Jon & Kristy King-Pritzl

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