NPR. Ah, do you feel that Adrian, that nip in the air, the crispness of the fall leaves?

I can smell the pumpkin spice.

Ugh, for me, fall is the most romantic season and since we've all got

hearts in our eyes we wanted to do a whole week of episodes about the economic

side of love. That's right. We are exploring topics from how romance

novelists got so successful to why online dating is causing heartbreak. This is Love Week from The Indicator from Planet Money.

I'm Adrian Ma. And I'm Whelan Wong. Today on Love Week we're unrapping the

made-for- TV holiday romcom and how television executives figured out how to mass

produce seasonal romance. That's after our theme song. We have a theme song?

Yes, it's by Grant Lee Phillips who who is the town busker on Gilmore Girls, the TV show.

About a little romance,

Watch a Rum come holding hands a provocative plot.

Open the window because the market's heart.

It's steamy in this place.

I might have to change to something comfortable.

Love weak is love. Love Week.

It's Love Week.

Hey there, it's Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.

I know this is hard to believe, one day the election will be over.

Then the winner gets a lot more powerful.

It's my job to report on what they do with that power.

That's public accountability but it's not possible without public support.

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