This Changes Everything #9: Dating, Relationships and a "Hot Vax Summer"

Remember when a first date often involved dinner and a movie, a few drinks in a crowded bar, and if things went well, a goodnight kiss? 2020 changed all that with social distancing, mask-wearing and the threat of catching a deadly disease. But right now, when every adult is eligible for vaccination, what does this summer -- and the future -- hold for modern dating, romance and relationships? GUESTS * Paul Eastwick, professor of psychology at UC Davis and head of the university’s Attraction and Relationship Research Lab - * Julie Krafchick, producer and co-host of the podcast Date/Able, which focuses on sex, love, dating and relationships - PODCAST PLAY BY PLAY * 0 to 5:20 min - Intro to episode and our guests Paul and Julie * 5:20 min - How people's views of dating and relationships have changed since the pandemic started * 9 min - Have people's views, and people's use, of online dating changed. too? * 14:20 min - Will this summer start another "Roaring 20s," or FODA (fear of dating again) or something else? * 19:05 min - What role does passion play these days in modern relationships? * 24:50 min - Has the pandemic changed people's views about weddings and getting hitched? * 28:50 min - With the pandemic putting so much stress on people's relationships, how to keep them surviving and thriving? * 33:20 min - Julie and Paul's advice for getting out there to mix and mingle again

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This Changes Everything #9: Dating, Relationships and a "Hot Vax Summer" is an episode from California Groundbreakers by California Groundbreakers.

This episode is 00:39:33 long.

This episode was published on May 30, 2021.

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