Welcome back to the Smooch Fest podcast! We are so excited to bring you season TWO!
Our host, Lena Olson, is joined by returning guest, Melissa Flores. They catch up on Season 8 of Love Island USA and discuss the hottest smooches between their favorite couple: Aniya & Carl. They compare how the Gen Z and Millennial boys approach the girls (Hint: the Gen Z boys are giving incel!) Then Melissa and Lena make their predictions ahead of the finale!
Lena also investigates the origin of kissing games like Spin the Bottle and Seven Minutes in Heaven, with some surprising results! Stick around for some history about dating shows in general, from The Dating Game to The Bachelor. Thanks for listening!
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Links:Carl & Aniya’s Kisses in Say Less:
https://youtu.be/2okAVjw3hb4?si=urZuz5bsujqOOos-
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaQQwoeOG3Z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Last Season’s episode about Love Island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfVj1MBeVug&t=64s
Melissa’s episode on the smooches in Friends:
https://youtu.be/-XwY6FJysqc?si=5LArfXnmgMQMzJuq
Link to Mental Floss article: https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/games/9-victorian-parlor-games-sparked-romance
Link to Bachelor Nation book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/bachelor-nation-inside-the-world-of-america-s-favorite-guilty-pleasure-amy-kaufman/742fa9a1d8e38fb2
Smooch Fest is a biweekly podcast featuring film and television discussions about the most romantic kisses in pop culture. Each episode, Lena Olson is joined by guests to revisit the most famous onscreen kisses in film & television. Are you a millennial with 90s and 2000s nostalgia for romantic comedies, comfort watches, and goofy banter? We’ve got analysis about the cutest TV couples, what kisses reveal about relationship dynamics, and behind the scenes info you don’t want to miss!
Are you curious about the history of kissing, cultural kissing practices, and why people kiss in the first place? Lena shares the fascinating history behind the culture of kissing and courtship. Guests share personal relationship stories about their first kiss, advice for kissing techniques, and funny observations about humorous dating mishaps. Smooch Fest explores how kissing and romance is depicted across the spectrum of sexuality, culture, and gender. Lena shares details about queer television history, first gay onscreen kisses, and WLW romance across media. If it wasn’t clear, this is a bisexual podcast featuring kisses across the straight, gay, and lesbian spectrum.
Learn about the science of kissing from experts: do animals kiss, why do humans kiss? And historical kisses like the first recorded kiss on film, and the first interracial kiss on television.
Come for the timeless romance and scene study of the best kisses in pop cultural history. Stay for the feminist...
