573 - Is the Non-Monogamy in Vicky Cristina Barcelona Realistic? Film Critique with Love Factually

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4.9 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2026

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Today we're excited to be sharing an episode with Eli Finkel and Paul Eastwick of the Love Factually podcast! We're critiquing Vicky Cristina Barcelona's portrayal of non-monogamy and discussing the film as a whole. Eli Finkel is a professor at Northwestern University, with appointments in the psychology department and the Kellogg School of Management. He also serves as a founding co-director of the Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement and as the Morton O. Schapiro Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research. His research topics range from marriage to political partisanship. He is the author of The All-or-Nothing Marriage, a co-host of the Love Factually podcast, and a guest essayist for The New York Times. The Economist declared him “one of the leading lights in the realm of relationship psychology.”Paul Eastwick is a Professor of Psychology at UC Davis and the author of the book "Bonded by Evolution" that offers an exciting new look at the science of attraction and compatibility. Along with Eli Finkel, he hosts the podcast Love Factually where they analyze rom-coms and romantic dramas from the perspective of relationship science. Join our amazing community of listeners at multiamory.supercast.com. We offer sliding scale subscriptions so everyone can also get access to ad-free episodes, group video discussions, and our amazing Discord community.Get 10% off sexual health supplements at vb.health with promo code MULTI.Whatever you want to learn, MasterClass has something for you, taught by experts in their fields. Support the show and get an exclusive 15% offer at multiamory.link/masterclass.Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes for creators. Everything from graphic design and video editing to photography, writing, and business. Get a free month of Skilllshare at multiamory.link/skillshare.Multiamory was created by Dedeker Winston, Jase Lindgren, and Emily Matlack.Our theme music is Forms I Know I Did by Josh and Anand.Follow us on Instagram @Multiamory_Podcast and visit our website Multiamory.com. We are a proud member of the Pleasure Podcasts network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Multiamary Podcast.
0:04.2	I'm Jace.
0:05.2	I'm Emily.
0:06.3	And I'm Dedeker.
0:07.5	We believe in looking to the future of relationships, not maintaining the status quo of the past.
0:13.7	Whether you're monogamous, polyamorous, swinging, casually dating, or if you just do relationships differently, we see you, and we're here for you.
0:23.7	On this episode of the Multiamary podcast, we're doing a fun exploration of non-monogamy
0:44.0	in film from both a critical and scientific lens with very special guests today, Eli
0:50.3	Finkel and Paul Eastwick of the Love Factually podcast, where they analyze rom-coms and romantic
0:56.4	dramas from the perspective of relationship science.
1:00.1	Eli Finkel is a professor at Northwestern University.
1:03.4	His research topics range from marriage to political partisanship.
1:07.4	He's the author of The All or Nothing Marriage and a guest essayist for The New York Times.
1:12.6	Paul Eastwick is a professor of psychology at UC Davis and the author of the book, Bonded by Evolution,
1:18.6	that offers an exciting new look at the science of attraction and compatibility.
1:23.6	And today, all five of us are going to be doing our version of the Love Factually Podcast
1:30.4	Treatment of the hit 2008 film Vicki Christina Barcelona.
1:36.0	Eli and Paul, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:38.0	Thanks for having us.
1:39.0	Yes, thank you.
1:40.0	This is so exciting.
1:41.0	We are not used to being on a podcast with this many people.
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