Love Mainland

Sam and Alana

A podcast about Love Island and its Discontents. Tune in weekly as we explore the psychopathology of everyday TV. Since 2016 three stars from Love Island UK have committed suicide; did the island kill them or did we send them there to die? Is there really any water between the island and the mainland? Theme music by Thomas William Smith Logo by Studio Vinciguerra

  1. Lost Final Episode

    04/11/2023

    Lost Final Episode

    When we recorded this so much hadn't happened yet

    1h 10m
  2. Snow madness in the act passage

    07/07/2022

    Snow madness in the act passage

    Snow madness in the act passage by Sam and Alana

    1 hr
  3. Shopping in the Transnistria Autonomous Territorial Unit with Special Legal Status

    02/02/2021

    Shopping in the Transnistria Autonomous Territorial Unit with Special Legal Status

    It's our twentieth episode!!! In which we wonder whether a restaurant is a shop, Sam talks at length about Transnistria (incl what kind or shops they have). At around 14 mins we start talking (briefly) about Love Island. We think abut Acting Out & address the masochism of the man who wants to “be tamed” and we find out just how close to the surface Love Islanders keep their neuroses. We talk yet again about incest, and its place in Back to the Future, Big, and the Taken trilogy, and we finally get around to our take on the incel "nice guy" syndrome. Check our instagram for a link to our 20 love song long 20th episode playlist. It was supposed to be released in 2020 but now it's the 20 for 20 in 2021.

    1h 2m
  4. SQUIRT INCEST BISEXUALITY

    28/12/2020

    SQUIRT INCEST BISEXUALITY

    Sam thinks this a really cute epi... We talk about gender neutral signifiers of familial relations, which leads us into incest - again! ;) Sam gets controversh about bisexuality - again! ;) (Heterosexuality - the most mainstream kink) Sophie’s bisexuality and how the villa responds (surprise - the guys lose their shit) And then we have a chat about SQUIRTING - a segue that might get us into hot water... enjôī

    54 min
  5. #notallpredators (are alien sport hunters)

    19/11/2020

    #notallpredators (are alien sport hunters)

    An index poem of this episode: Mondegreens Pleasure principle and death drive vis-à-vis Rock n roll Extreme ironing Facebook humiliations of yesteryear Earth girls are easy Cancel culture would wipe out the 80s and 90s Predator as a Jew - Post link to conference YouTube Alana’s other fave reality Tv show - Alone Love island - at 22 mins Is it ever not suspicious when an ex wants to be besties with your current partner? Sex without a blanket vs under the blanket Everyone hates Sophie Why can’t Alana pronounce villa correctly? And the link to which we referred: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344168613_Aliens_vs_Predators_Cosmopolitan_Jews_vs_Jewish_Nomads

    1h 17m
  6. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Wants

    04/11/2020

    Maslow’s Hierarchy of Wants

    We wonder what a soul-mate is, and address the associated issue of The One; we consider whether fighting for someone’s love can work, talk about burgers again, and having already addressed the difference between wanting and “wanting to want” we now look into the difference between needing and wanting. At some point we also muddle our way through the idea of “star crossed” love… By the way we’re aware there is long history of erudite Shakespeare scholarship. This is not that. xx

    52 min
  7. Wanting to want

    18/10/2020

    Wanting to want

    We got pretty serious for this one... erudite even; while trying to crack the algorithm of love. We talked about the difference between wanting, and "wanting to want", how the love-couple can elevate even the shittiest individuals, and about the different approaches to breaking-up.

    1h 10m
  8. A world of very limited categories

    08/10/2020

    A world of very limited categories

    We revisit the eternal themes of "type on paper" and "tall, dark and handsome", what it means to be "official" and whether love can be "more than official" and briefly wade into the theological underpinnings of the Jews for Jesus movement.

    55 min
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A podcast about Love Island and its Discontents. Tune in weekly as we explore the psychopathology of everyday TV. Since 2016 three stars from Love Island UK have committed suicide; did the island kill them or did we send them there to die? Is there really any water between the island and the mainland? Theme music by Thomas William Smith Logo by Studio Vinciguerra

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  • Creator
    Sam and Alana
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2023
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    Love Mainland