S9E10: Dating While Public

Love Letters

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Let’s be honest: There’s a lot of trashy reality television out there. Some shows seem actively manipulative. But Netflix’s "Love on the Spectrum," which follows the dating journeys of young people on the autism spectrum, feels different. Meredith sits down with one of the show’s stars, James B. Jones, to talk about what the show gets right, and how it feels to look for love in such a public way. Email us at [email protected]. You can also send relationship questions to Meredith and sign up for Love Letters updates by texting 617-744-7007.

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0:00.0	After I moved to Palm Springs, I got my first knee replacement and so I was here in my condo watching a ton of television and I was
0:20.5	also watching a ton of television because I was on a lot of pills.
0:25.5	That's my sister, Brett, talking about twin knee surgeries she had last year.
0:30.2	Brett's a casting director, a performance coach for corporate people who need to present well, and like me, someone who watches hours and hours of TV.
0:39.4	I mean, I'm so grateful that television is what it is today because I had so many options that would take my mind off of the pain and one of the ones I felt less guilty about watching was Love on the Spectrum.
0:54.2	To give some context, Love on the Spectrum is a reality show on Netflix, which I first learned
0:58.9	about from Brett.
1:00.4	Its second season came out in January. It's really sweet and tender, and I'll tell you all about it in a minute.
1:05.5	But to give some more context, when Brett says she feels less guilty watching it,
1:10.5	that's because her television taste, like many of us, is not always so refined.
1:15.8	I love cult. I went through a big phase not that long ago of true crimey stuff. I watch a lot of reality TV but not house wibsy stuff.
1:27.2	How do you categorize this content as like good for people and potentially bad for people. I don't know if you can
1:36.5	divvy it up that way but I wonder what falls into that category for you.
1:41.2	I think that anything that feels exploitative in a way that the people
1:48.6	themselves don't seem to have really signed on for. Like the shows where it's so produced and they are fed alcohol and God knows what else. Like I think this is probably very bad for women for the most part bad for America like bad just bad for all of us and then there are
2:12.3	reality shows that are sweeter or that teach you something or that probably are really relatable where it's like I'm not alone in this.
2:24.8	That seems to be the case with love on the spectrum.
2:28.0	Love on the spectrum is about various wonderful humans that are neurodivergent dating and finding love.
2:37.0	I don't want to be alone I want to find someone.
2:40.0	I haven't dated in 33 years.
2:43.0	You could imagine I have to kiss many frogs to find the right guy.
2:47.0	Nope.
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