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Why do we love celebrity power couples?

Culture writers and show regulars Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Rad Simonpillai and Niko Stratis weigh in on our cultural fascination with high-powered pairings — in front of a live audience, onstage at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times theatre.

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Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise.
Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise. (Getty Images)

From Jay-Z and Beyoncé to Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez, we have a cultural fascination with power couples. But what makes for a good power couple, and how transactional is love when you get to a certain level of celebrity?

For this special edition of Commotion, culture writers and show regulars Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Rad Simonpillai and Niko Stratis join host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to weigh in on all of this — in front of a live audience, onstage at Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times theatre.

You can listen to the full discussion from today's show on CBC Listen or on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud, available wherever you get your podcasts.


Panel produced by Danielle Grogan.