50 episodes in and we're finally answering a question we broached in the first month of our podcast, why exactly do people get married and how have marriage patterns changed from the past to the modern day. What can we say, we're nothing but timely. Speaking of which, is anyone else excited for the last season of Game of Thrones? We're a little behind but excited to see how the showrunners wrap it all up. It would be hard to bungle a media franchise this big and important.
Naomi calls Joel in to discuss Marriage, a History, by Stephanie Coontz, a condensed discussion of the historical roots of marriage and how different cultures changed the meaning and importance of marriage over time. Part 1 has us talking about the modern "crisis" of marriage and some of the reasons people thing marriage rates have chanaged, before we get into how the earliest cultures stumbled into pairing-arrangements. Part 2 will explore more modern perceptions of marriage and romance as we approach the modern era of dating in the 21st Century.
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