While staying safe at home, Robyn and Phil have found some productive ways to pass the time: eating carbs, watching Disney+, and trying not to get too frustrated with each other! Join us as we talk about that and meander through several other pandemic-related tangents. https://www.loveuncoveredpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/LU-Walle-complete.mp3 We'd love to hear your thoughts! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or individually to Phil @baconhound and Robyn @MedusaBeth. Big thanks to Our Good Wolf for providing the music of Love Uncovered! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on Spotify,  iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Love Uncovered

Love in Isolation

Robyn and Phil dive into the new-ish Netflix show Love is Blind and discuss strategies for effective arguing, when is the best time to share a secret, and whether it matters if you can see your potential mate if there is a probability they will be conventionally attractive anyway. We also have a new segment where we pick an issue that we don't see eye to eye on and debate who's way is better. Today's debate: the correct sandwich ratio. https://www.loveuncoveredpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/LU-LiB-complete.mp3 We'd love to hear your thoughts! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or individually to Phil @baconhound and Robyn @MedusaBeth. Big thanks to Our Good Wolf for providing the music of Love Uncovered! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on Spotify,  iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Love is Blind when you’re conventionally attractive

Statistics say that over 1/3 of couples list money as their biggest point of contention in their relationship. Phil and Robyn have never had a single fight about money, so after a boring date at the bank, they decided to talk about how managing money in your relationship doesn't have to be stressful. https://www.loveuncoveredpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/LU-Money-complete.mp3 We'd love to hear your thoughts! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or individually to Phil @baconhound and Robyn @MedusaBeth. Big thanks to Our Good Wolf for providing the music of Love Uncovered! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on Spotify,  iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Take it to the Bank

Just like physical health, we all have mental health and we have good days and bad days. So why is it so much easier to tell your partner when you have a headache and ask them to bring you a Tylenol, than it is to say that you're feeling depressed and need something more? In this episode, Phil and Robyn discuss some of their own mental health challenges and chat about how they've learned to navigate those hurdles when one of them is having a bad day (or month). https://www.loveuncoveredpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/LU-MH-Complete.mp3 We'd love to hear your thoughts! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or individually to Phil @baconhound and Robyn @MedusaBeth. Big thanks to Our Good Wolf for providing the music of Love Uncovered! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Mental Health in Relationships

Romantic comedies are a theatrical staple. They tug at our heartstrings, they make us laugh, they make us cry, they make us...cringe We fully acknowledge that there's a lot about rom coms that can be problematic they are most often white, super hetero-normative, and filled with tropes that teach very wrong ideas about love. And yet, even knowing all that, there are some that hold special places in our hearts. On the first episode of Season 2 of Love Uncovered, Phil and Robyn discuss their favourite rom coms, why they stick with us, and they look at some of the issues that seem to be integral to the genre. https://www.loveuncoveredpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/LU-rom-com.mp3 We'd love to hear your thoughts! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or individually to Phil @baconhound and Robyn @MedusaBeth. Big thanks to Our Good Wolf for providing the music of Love Uncovered! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Our Favourite Rom Coms

Relationships look very different as they progress from brand new to very old. That's ok! In fact, it's totally normal. In this episode of Love Uncovered, Phil and Robyn walk you through 3 of the main phases of love: Infatuation, intimacy, and companionate. We talk about the good and the bad of each phase and share how we've worked our way through them. We also talk about boobs. Like, a lot. We'd love to hear your thoughts! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or individually to Phil @baconhound and Robyn @MedusaBeth. Big thanks to Our Good Wolf for providing the music of Love Uncovered! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Stages of Love

"Don't have your spouse teach you how to drive!" It's a common sentiment when someone is learning to drive later in life. Why can teaching your partner a new skill be such a strain on a relationship? In this episode, Robyn and Phil discuss the pitfalls of teaching your spouse to drive and offer some tips on how to navigate in-car tutorials from your partner. We'd love to hear your thoughts! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or individually to Phil @baconhound and Robyn @MedusaBeth. Big thanks to Our Good Wolf for providing the music of Love Uncovered! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Teaching your partner something new

Vacations are supposed to be fun but sometimes travelling with your significant other can be super stressful. Spending long hours together in unfamiliar settings, sometimes confined to small spaces, and expecting everything to be perfect can be a recipe for disaster. In this episode of Love Uncovered, Phil and Robyn offer some tips to help keep your relationship as strong at the end of the trip as it was at the beginning. From being flexible in your plans, being open to new experiences, scheduling in some alone time, and demystifying hotel sex, we are here to help navigate some of the pitfalls of travelling with your partner (It also gives us an excuse to talk about our recent trip to Ireland). We'd love to hear your thoughts! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or individually to Phil @baconhound and Robyn @MedusaBeth. Big thanks to Our Good Wolf for providing the music of Love Uncovered! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Travelling with your partner

Could you date someone who wore socks with sandals? What if your potential mate kept a pet tarantula? Could you love someone who casually tosses around racial slurs? We all have relationship dealbreakers - whether they speak to the very essence of a person or smaller quirks that you simply couldn't live with. In Episode 3 of Love Uncovered, Phil and Robyn discuss some of their dealbreakers, and if dealbreakers can help or hinder a new relationship. We also have the benefit of some of our listeners sharing their own personal dealbreakers. We'd love to hear some of your dealbreakers, or any ideas you might have for future episodes! Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or to Phil and Robyn @baconhound and @MedusaBeth. And a special thanks to Brittney, Twyla, Avery, Tamara, and Sean for sharing their dealbreakers with us! Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Dealbreakers

Does everyone have that one perfect person who completes them and will bring them a joy that they have never experienced before? Does that person have to be a sexual partner? Is it possible to have more than one perfect person in your life? At the same time? On this episode of Love Uncovered, Robyn and Phil discuss all of these questions and more with the help of cultural anthropology expert, Katie Biittner. What do you think about the idea of a soulmate? Could you enter into a polyamorous relationship? Reach out to us on Twitter @Love_Uncovered, or to Phil and Robyn @baconhound and @MedusaBeth. If you want to hear more from Katie, you can find her on Twitter @KBiittner. Remember to subscribe to Love Uncovered on iTunes or Google Play or anywhere else you get your podcasts from. If you like what you hear please leave a kind review because it helps other people find us! Much love Robyn and Phil

Soulmates

Welcome to Love Uncovered, the new podcast where we peel back the sheets to look at love from different angles. In our first episode, Phil and I chat about who our favourite fictional couples are and why we love them. We also voice an unpopular opinion on a much-loved couple from The Office. Who are your favourite couples from tv or movies? What draws to you a couple? Are all of our favourites problematic? Reach to us on twitter @Love_Uncovered and let us know. You can also find us on Twitter @Medusabeth and @baconhound. Make sure you subscribe to Love Uncovered wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode! Much love Robyn and Phil

Favourite fictional couples

Sometimes on The One, it's all super-cutesy romance, and other times there’s a surprising amount poop-talk. Today’s episode, featuring Trent and Elizabeth, has a little bit of everything. This is a couple who aren’t shy to open up about their struggles and how their love for each other makes it all work If you know of love story that you think I should showcase on a future episode of The One, have them send me an email at: lovestorypodcast@gmail.com Or send me a message yourself, and we can work together to keep a little love in the air. Thanks!

Uncovering Elizabeth and Trent

When in a relationship, there are certain roles that we take on. Whether they are of a practical nature, like mowing the lawn or cooking dinner, or the things that we do every day, but maybe never take notice of, like being cheerleader or a  negotiator. These relationship roles may be fluid, passing easily from one person to the next depending on the situation, or they might be deeply entrenched and rigid. They may adhere to expected gender roles, or go willfully against them. On today’s special episode of The One, I’ve enlisted the help of Chris, Hannah, John, Danica and, of course, Phil to each give their thoughts on the roles within their own relationships. If you know of love story that you think I should showcase on a future episode of The One, have them send me an email at: lovestorypodcast@gmail.com Or send me a message yourself, and we can work together to keep a little love in the air. Thanks!

Roles in relationships

Sometimes 2 people just seem destined from the start. They develop a comfort and camaraderie with each other before even meeting face to face. That’s how it felt for Phil and me. On this episode of The One, you’ll hear how I threw caution to the wind by going for a midnight ride with a weird dude, learn why nausea makes me feel nostalgic and you can weigh in on our contentious fork vs spoon debate. As a special bonus, doing the hosting duties on this week’s episode is Adam Rozenhart, one of my favourite people and host of his own fantastic podcast, The Expats. If you know of love story that you think I should showcase on a future episode of The One, have them send me an email at: lovestorypodcast@gmail.com Or send me a message yourself, and we can work together to keep a little love in the air. Thanks!

Uncovering Phil and Robyn

A couple of years after meeting in an online, video game chat room, Colette jumped on a plane to meet Chris in Michigan. She ignored her friends’ concerns about meeting a “strange man” online, brushed off their disastrous first date via Skype, and hoped for the best. What she got was a love story that contains passionate whisker burns, sage advice from a New York cabbie and a hotel room with a see-through bathroom wall. In this week’s episode of The One, Chris and Colette share their story from chat room to storybook and all the miles in between. If you know of love story that you think I should showcase on a future episode of The One, have them send me an email at: lovestorypodcast@gmail.com Or send me a message yourself, and we can work together to keep a little love in the air. Thanks!

Uncovering Chris and Collete

Looking at love from all different angles

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