David Cooper (host)

Wait, wait, wait.

So what I'm hearing is if podcasts are similar to books and they could potentially keep people less lonely, the podcast of this show is a tool to be less lonely.

That's what I'm hearing.

Is that what you're saying?

And I suppose joining a book club is the best of both worlds now that I think about it.

Well, Haosen Sun is an assistant professor of public health at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Haosen, thank you for joining me.

I appreciate you coming on the show.

Up next, a psychology researcher looked at how students view flirting with their professors in university.

The results?

You won't believe them.

I'm David Cooper.

This is The Last Show in details in a minute.

Student professor flirting.

It sounds like a campus rom-com movie plotline.

Sounds innocent enough.

Until you think about how it actually plays out in real life and you factor in, I don't know, the power dynamics involved.

You factor in the ethics of winking between you and your hot professor.

There's some ugly stuff behind that wink.

Well, new research suggests students high in narcissistic traits are more likely to see those blurred boundaries that student professor flirting as less morally troubling.