Sleepless in Seattle with Talia Koren: Rom-Com Vom
Dating Intentionally
Talia Koren
4.7 • 596 Ratings
🗓️ 31 May 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
This episode originally aired on Sex Ed with DB!
In Sleepless in Seattle, a woman hears a stranger’s voice on the radio and decides she has to be with him. A few cross-country flights, some light stalking, and one dramatic Empire State Building finale later. Was it a recipe for true love? Or just another rom-com ignoring boundaries in the name of "destiny?"
In this episode, I joined DB to unpack the film’s gender dynamics, its borderline obsessive premise, and why rom-coms always overlook the stable, reliable guy.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to Dating Intentionally. I'm Talia, and this is a bonus episode for you that |
| 0:10.0 | originally aired on Sex Ed with DB, which is a podcast all about the sex ed you should have |
| 0:16.1 | gotten in school, but probably didn't. This episode was part of her rom-com vom series, and we dove deep into |
| 0:24.1 | the classic rom-com, sleepless in Seattle. So in this episode, we broke down what this movie |
| 0:29.6 | got right and wrong about love and dating. And if you're into movies, pop culture analysis, |
| 0:33.8 | and of course, dating, I know you're going to love this conversation. By the way, if you're not familiar with Danielle, she is a good friend of mine, and she has a |
| 0:41.8 | master's of public health from Columbia University with expertise in sexuality, sexual and |
| 0:46.4 | reproductive health. So if you're looking for a podcast about sex that's medically accurate, |
| 0:51.1 | inclusive, and based in actual science, definitely check out Sex Ed with |
| 0:55.5 | DB. |
| 0:56.3 | All right. |
| 0:57.1 | Let's get to it. |
| 1:02.2 | If the genders were reversed, we would probably feel very uncomfortable. |
| 1:06.9 | This would be a horror movie. |
| 1:08.0 | This would be literally just put the music behind it and it would just be a lifetime thriller, perhaps. |
| 1:13.9 | Welcome the rom-com. |
| 1:15.6 | A Sex Ed with DB podcast series where in every episode we go under the covers with a beloved rom-com, |
| 1:21.2 | strip away its hidden toxic messages, and rewrite the script on love and sex. |
| 1:26.1 | Hello, hello. |
| 1:27.2 | Welcome back to another episode of rom-com bomb. |
| 1:29.9 | I am your host, DB, sex educator, pleasure expert, and rom-com critic. |
| 1:34.9 | And today we are covering one of the most beloved rom-coms of all time, I think. |
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