Topic: Dating Shows

The mystery of a recurring jingle used on the podcast is solved by a listener who identifies it as "Spanish Flea" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. The song is famously associated with "The Dating Game," where it played during the introduction of contestants. The segment highlights the deep cultural knowledge of the show's audience in identifying obscure media references.

A Sony executive revealed that Hollywood studios are pivotally targeting middle-aged women as their primary growth market. This trend is reflected in recent programming like ABC's 2020, which has shifted toward dating-themed content for divorced women, and films designed to appeal to "disenfranchised Hillary voters."

The discussion continues on Pennebaker's "language style matching" metric, which can predict if a couple will still be dating months later. The hosts relate this to sales techniques, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), and the self-centered language often used by people in show business.