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Fresh Air for Feb. 10, 2026: Love, Race and the ‘Mixed Marriage Project’
4+ hour, 26+ min ago (78+ words) Fresh Air for Feb. 10, 2026: Love, Race and the "Mixed Marriage Project'NPR Dorothy Roberts (left) is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her parents, Robert and Iris, married in the 1950s. Cris Crisman/Simon & Schuster;…...
A daughter reexamines her own family story in 'The Mixed Marriage Project"
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (493+ words) Dorothy Roberts (left) is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her parents, Robert and Iris, married in the 1950s. Cris Crisman/Simon & Schuster; Courtesy of Dorothy Roberts hide caption Almost a decade after her…...
Stephen Grosz discusses his book 'Love's Labor: How We Break and Make the Bonds of Love"
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (519+ words) NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz about his new book, "Love's Labor: How We Break and Make the Bonds of Love." Romantic love is the stuff of poetry and music, the plot of books and movies - the pursuit,…...
The sound of dad : Consider This from NPR
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (117+ words) Future NPR critic Bob Mondello and his father Tony Mondello. Bob Mondello hide caption NPR's Bob Mondello and the search for a voice lost to time. Each day on this podcast we bring you the context behind the headlines. Headlines…...
A woman takes over her dead sister’s dating profile in 'Dandelion is Dead' : NPR's Book of the Day
5+ day, 15+ hour ago (234+ words) Dating apps are full of small lies, but Rosie Storey's debut novel imagines a relationship built on a much bigger one. What if you take over the profile of someone who's no longer alive? In Dandelion is Dead, a grieving…...
A meet-cute followed by real life: 'Party of Two' is about love in the real world : NPR's Book of the Day
1+ week, 5+ day ago (217+ words) Romance writer Jasmine Guillory writes beautiful love stories " but that doesn't mean they aren't based in reality. Her novel Party of Two, from the summer of 2020, is about a Black woman and a white man who have a meet-cute and…...
'The White Hot' asks: If men can go find themselves, why can't women?
2+ week, 5+ day ago (364+ words) Quiara Alegr'a Hudes won the Pulitzer Prize for her play Water by the Spoonful. Emma Pratte/Random House hide caption Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Quiara Alegr'a Hudes asks a provocative question in her debut novel: What if a woman undertook a…...
Heritage Foundation says declining marriage rates pose a threat to society
3+ week, 4+ day ago (429+ words) The Heritage Foundation argues in a new report that declining marriage rates pose a threat to society. NPR discusses the findings with Jennifer Sciubba of the Population Reference Bureau. Marriage and birth rates are both on the decline in the…...
Woman remembers the age-defying love she shared with her husband
3+ week, 4+ day ago (522+ words) A woman who was married to a man twice her age remembers their relationship, and the important question she asked him when they spoke to StoryCorps 20 years ago. It's Friday, so time for StoryCorps. Today, we revisit an interview recorded…...
Who counts as a significant other? : TED Radio Hour - NPR
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (101+ words) Finding "the one" can seem like life's ultimate goal'but should it be? This hour, TED speakers expand the definition of life partnership, whether it's with a friend, a spouse, a pet, or no one at all. Rhaina Cohen speaks at…...