Love Mainland

Nov 03 2023 22 ep. 66 mins 13
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A podcast about Love Island and its Discontents. Tune in weekly as we explore the psychopathology of everyday TV. Since 2016 three stars from Love Island UK have committed suicide; did the island kill them or did we send them there to die? Is there really any water between the island and the mainland? Theme music by Thomas William Smith Logo by Studio Vinciguerra

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Lost Final Episode

Nov 03 2023 69 mins  
When we recorded this so much hadn't happened yet

Snow madness in the act passage

Jul 06 2022 60 mins  
Snow madness in the act passage by Sam and Alana

Shopping in the Transnistria Autonomous Territorial Unit with Special Legal Status

Feb 02 2021 62 mins  
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 neu

SQUIRT INCEST BISEXUALITY

Dec 27 2020 53 mins  
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

#notallpredators (are alien sport hunters)

Nov 18 2020 76 mins  
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 e

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Wants

Nov 04 2020 51 mins  
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”

Wanting to want

Oct 17 2020 69 mins  
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.

A world of very limited categories

Oct 08 2020 54 mins  
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.

The burgers are better

Sep 24 2020 65 mins  
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

Three Interviews With Clever Friends

Sep 05 2020 105 mins  
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.