FULL EPISODE: Dating's Not a Marketplace - February 18, 2026
Those Sexual Olympians
The Last Show with David Cooper
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Show Notes
For pop culture news, media personality Caitlin Green joins The Last Show covering stories: Why there's so much sex at the Winter Olympics after it faces a condom crisis; Norwegian biathlete wins Winter Olympics bronze and then tells TV interviewer of affair; Shia LaBeouf's Mardi Gras bar brawl: "He's terrorizing the city"; and AI video of fake 'Tom Cruise' fighting 'Brad Pitt' goes viral. (Catch Caitlin co-hosting The Jann Arden Podcast here.) Psychology professor Paul Eastwick, co-host of the Love Factually podcast, challenges the idea that we should view dating as a marketplace. (Check out Paul's book Bonded by Evolution here.) For Conspiracy Corner, political science professor Lee Kuhnle and David go over former US president Obama stating that aliens are real. (Listen to Lee's podcast The Uncover Up here.) AI and tech reporter Brent Griffiths explains the mental cost to all the AI productivity gains we've seen in the workplace. On Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, therapist and social worker Gary Direnfeld and David discuss how to break up with your therapist. Health psychologist Maria Siwa explains how childhood inactivity is linked to depression in a vicious cycle.
Segments:
- (00:00) Introduction
- (01:32) Caitlin Green pt. 1
- (10:00) Caitlin Green pt. 2
- (20:00) Paul Eastwick
- (30:00) Lee Kuhnle
- (39:50) Brent Griffiths
- (49:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 1
- (59:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 2
- (1:09:50) Maria Siwa
- (1:18:33) Sign-off
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