They say falling in love is like getting high. Who are "they"? Well, whoever "they" are, they happen to be right. Your brain is very well versed in two things: pleasure and pain. And love, drugs, all the feelings, it's all just pleasure and pain baby.



But what if there was an anti-love drug? A pill you can pop whenever your heart of glass breaks? Some medicine to wash away the remnants of a lover that left you with a love that you can't leave behind?



This week I'm joined by Brian D. Earp, co-author of LOVE DRUGS: The Chemical Future of Relationships, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, Associate Director of the Yale Hastings Program in Ethics and Health Policy at Yale University to discuss exactly that. Does it exist? Can it exist? How would it work? Would it really work? You know, just some heavy duty, sophisticated questions of a certain calibre of intelligence. Be forewarned.



Look, the point is, he is really smart. And he is here to talk to us about my favourite subject and I think possibly the only thing I ever actually talk about: love.



Ok, let's go mend these broken hearts, shall we?

THE DRUG TO CURE YOUR BROKEN HEART. I DON'T GET IT with Brian D. Earp

Last week we got together. This week, we say goodbye. Most love stories start and end this way, after all. Our journey through the lifespan of love with Yasmeen Rafiq continues in Chapter Two of "The Entire History of (Me) and You". Thanks for listening.

THE LIFESPAN OF A RELATIONSHIP: FROM BEGINNING TO END. I DON'T GET IT with Yasmeen Rafiq (CHAPTER TWO)

Who loves love? We love nothing more than that sweet, sweet Mary J. REAL LOVE (remix)! Some might say we're addicted to love. To those we say; and you're addicted to Haterade! To combat your negatory, schadenfreude vibes (you know deep down you're low key hate listening), today, we're rolling out a series of three eps about good ol' L-O-V-E! It's very Eternal Sunshine-y so maybe get your ELO on and prepare to be happy then sad then happy then sad then mad then suddenly it's 3AM and you're covered in Pringles crumbs and several unknown chocolate stains, listening to T. Swift and writing all of your exes handwritten letters by candlelight. I've NEVER done anything like that so i wouldn't know.



To kick things off: today, we're joined by marriage counselor and all around love and relationship expert, Yasmeen Rafiq, as we take the arduous journey through the lifespan of a relationship.



In Chapter One, we explore the meet cute. What makes us attracted to one person instead of another? What makes someone good enough to hook up with but not to date seriously? What happens when we first fall in love? Is it gradual? Is it instant? Does love at first sight really happen? Is love and marriage really just a matter of timing and convenience or is there really someone out there destined for each and every one of us?



I know we've come and gone a lot lately. Such is what happens both in life and love. Thanks for sticking around.



Now let's go fall in love, shall we?

FROM LOVE'S BEGINNING TO END: THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF (ME) & YOU. I DON'T GET IT with Yasmeen Rafiq, Chapter One

Collector's edition of GET IT: SUCCESSION (Part One). Will be irrelevant by tonight.

A GET IT SPECIAL. "SUCCESSION" (PART ONE)

Today we discuss the oft depicted hot mess that is CHEATING with "Linda". She's looking for a real connection - a monogamous one - but to her surprise, it seems she may have found exactly what she's been looking for - in the least likely of places (or so she thought). This is her story.

CHEATING. I DON'T GET IT with "Linda"

Sorry guys. Things are gwanin' over yonder at ye olde GET IT? I DON'T, so bare with us as we undergo a soft relaunch if you will. We will get back to a regular schedule that you can depend on very soon.



There are some really good eps coming up that you won't want to miss. Just keeping it 100!



For now, here is the long awaited GET IT ep post Mr. Martil and Jan Michael. Basically, growing up sucks huge butts. And a trip to Mars is long/too long/not long enough (if you're going with MBJ).



Thanks for coming by and enjoy!

GET IT. Mr. Martil, MBJ, Barry Keoghan and Lester with CHERYL, LUCINDA & MARIA

Growing up sucks butts. Today, I sit down with my Grade 8 Teacher, Mr. Martil alongside one of my Grade 8 Classmates, Jan Michael as we re-visit our former selves and ask - do we like the people we've become? Who were we then? Who are we now? And if I'm really 14 going on 40, then where's Mark Ruffalo at? All this and more on today's show!



This one's for every teacher that shows up, every day. That listens. That cares. That sees the very best in us, long before we ever see it in ourselves. Thank you for being there.

GROWING UP. I DON'T GET IT with Mr. Martil & Jan Michael

You know it, we know it, there was no I DON'T GET IT ep last week cause we were intro'ing GET IT which now leaves us in an ouroboros situation since one begets the other. My brain is short circuiting. But when is it not? Join us as we dig into the archives instead and discuss the ep about friends, how we all became friends in the first place, could we be friends with women who wear wine-o-clock shirts and jokes aside, catch a glimpse of what real friends look like. You know, the kind who, (you can endlessly take the piss out of), but will always have your back when someone tries to come at you. They're alright I guess. They just have terrible taste in movies - the one thing none of us will ever agree on and cannot avoid fighting about. If you've ever thought about Inception, The Prestige, or M Night Shyamalan, then please, email us at burningtrashfire@gmail.com and share your thoughts and feelings with us. Maybe we'll even have you on the show and air your Shia Le Beefs, whatever they may be. Thanks for coming by! And SORRY, UNCUT GEMS, I know, I know. Ugh

GET IT. Friendships, Wine-O-Clock, Kah-caine and Acting Your Age with CHERYL, LUCINDA & MARIA

Welcome people of the world! Thanks again for everybody round the joint tuning in. This week, in place of our usual interview episode, we are introducing you to our brand spankin' new "spin-off"/companion piece called GET IT. with Cheryl, Lucinda & Maria. (You'll remember them from the savage Kill Bill massacre on Ryan Ghosting). Each week, we'll be discussing the interview of the week and ask: does Maria finally get it? The answer is probably not - but fear not! Cheryl and Lucinda are here to help me GET. IT. Get it? If that sounds zzzz, don't worry, the M Night twist is that every episode will devolve into me fighting with Binger (Lucinda) about which movies are great and which are total garbage, which in turn will then devolve into us fighting over Inception and The Prestige. Super fun time and highly accessible and interesting to everyone, I know. Look, we'll also be talking about what's going on in the zeitgeist ok? Like this week, we're talking the Biebs and Selena Gomez. We call on our resident celeb gossip correspondent to fill us in on what's goin on there. She's got great intel and super credible sources. Ok, it's my Mom. And it is a disaster. More importantly, we talk about my most recent interview with Madam/Courtesan/Escort, Olivia LaRue and discover what we learned, when we listened. Regular interview show back next week and more GET IT of course! For now hit us on insta/fb @mariadoesntgetit and Twitter @MMdoesntgetit. Do you have an interesting story to tell that has left you thinking "yeah, i don't get it"? Email us at burningtrashfire@gmail.com and who knows! You might find yourself on the show, asking for advice from two sensible adults and one person pretending to be an adult but is more like a confused and panicked child that got lost at the mall. Enjoy this special intro ep to GET IT. Thanks, as always, for listening. (Welcome to the party, Cambodia, Thailand AND Mexico!)

Introducing: GET IT. with CHERYL, LUCINDA & MARIA

Oh why hello again old pal/enemy/frenemy! Whatever the reason may be that has brought you here, may you stay long enough to remain a pal or become one. This week, I sit down with Ms. Olivia LaRue, "Madam" and "Courtesan", otherwise known to you plebes as a "Lady of the Evening" or fine, a goddamn Prostitute, Escort and/or Sex Worker. We talk about knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking and other fine hobbies. Just kidding, we obviously talk about big pimpin', spending cheese and B.L.A.D.s. Look, I have no idea what "B.L.A.D.s" are or anything Jay-Z is ever talking about because I have no idea what's going on at all times. Not to worry, Liv is here to the rescue and school me on the life of a Sex Working Girl. Please email us at burningtrashfire@gmail.com and let us know what you'd like us to try and get. Or, similarly, you can launch verbal missives at us on IG/FB @mariadoesntgetit or with the tweets @MMdoesntgetit. (Please don't) As always, thanks for listening, downloading, liking, rating, reviewing, following or deleting, blocking, disowning us. Now that you're here, you may as well stay. You might like it!

MY LOVE COSTS A THING: THE PROSTITUTE OF HAPPYNESS with Olivia LaRue

I DON'T GET IT w/ Maria Manero is what the world needs now: a brand new podcast! Each week, I sit down with a different guest to talk about things like: Exes? Prostitution? Making Friends? Ghosting? and everything in between those things and those things alone. You're thinking, "I don't care what your name is, you idiot!". Fair. But here's the thing, you don't have to know my name cause this show really isn't about me, it's about all of you. And honestly, no idea how it even works but we are on Patreon www.patreon.com/mariadoesntgetit if you want to patronize me.

I DON'T GET IT with Maria Manero