This week Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco talk about the Trump administration’s latest anti-immigrant moves and why Ken Cuccinelli shouldn’t rewrite any more American poetry. Then, special guest Akilah Hughes joins Tien Tran and Dana Schwartz in studio to talk about why flirting is so fraught with mystery and confusion. Then, as always, the hills we’ll die on.

Show Notes:

The pains of dating explained:

“Tinder and the dating apocalypse” (September 2015)
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/08/tinder-hook-up-culture-end-of-dating

“The Science of Sexual Misperception” (March 2013)
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/science-of-sexual-misperception-20130326-2gsbt.html

Diary by Emily Witt (October 2012)
https://www.lrb.co.uk/v34/n20/emily-witt/diary

“I Fell in Love with the First Girl I Dated After Coming Out” by Katie Heaney (Feb 2018)
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katieheaney/i-fell-in-love-with-the-first-girl-i-dated-after-coming-out