Relationships - Think

Say less: Your teens listen more than you think

April 4, 2022 Culture, Mental Health

Terri Apter discusses teenagers and their changing emotions, how to better understand their emerging identities, and ways parents can strengthen relationships.

What life is like in an open relationship

February 22, 2022 Culture, Race/Identity

Rachel Krantz discusses navigating her relationship with a partner who preferred non-monogamy and her search for connection inside an open relationship.

School classroom with school desks and blackboard

Teach students to think for themselves

October 19, 2021 Education, Think

José Antonio Bowen talks about why he believes education doesn’t do enough to foster independent thinking and why he’d rewrite the 3 R’s to relationships, resilience and reflection.

The Liberation Of Sharing Family Secrets

June 23, 2021 Literature, Race/Identity

Ashley C. Ford joins us to discuss her story of poverty, assault, and the secrets that upended her family.

Social Media Will Happily Remind You Of Your Worst Decisions

May 20, 2021 Culture, Current Events, Race/Identity, Science and Technology

Wired senior reporter Lauren Goode joins us to talk about her experience reliving a failed relationship via social media apps and how companies monetize our most private moments.

Better Loving Through Chemistry

March 4, 2021 Culture, Education, Health, Science and Technology

Brian D. Earp joins us to argue that drugs that can help strengthen – and sever – relationships are out there now, and it’s time to understand the ethics and morals behind their use.

Why The Nice People You Barely Know Are Important

February 24, 2021 Culture, Health

Amanda Mull joins us to talk about how we’ve traditionally undervalued these acquaintances and how the loss of these occasional interactions has caused our lives to shrink.

Why Guys Need More Friends

January 28, 2021 Culture, Health

Boston Globe staff writer Billy Baker joins us to talk about his realization that, at 40, his full life was missing a cadre of close buddies and how that lead to his quest to rebuild those intimate connections outside work and family.

How Inventions Change Families

September 1, 2020 Culture, Economics, Science and Technology

Harvard Business School professor Debora L. Spar joins us to talk about how technological advancement has reshaped the nuclear family.

How VR Connects Us To Real Feelings

March 24, 2020 Culture, Current Events, Science and Technology

Kaitlin Ugolik Phillips joins us to talk about how we should think about using social media – and about the pluses and minuses of substituting in-person connections for virtual ones.

How Boys Learn About Sex

March 4, 2020 Education, Health

Peggy Orenstein joins us to talk about the ways boys and young men struggle with mixed messages about sex – and about how they, like girls, need help building relationships that move beyond the physical.

Why Poor Couples Crave Strong Relationships

August 1, 2019 Culture, Economics, Race/Identity

University of Wisconsin-Madison associate professor Sarah Halpern-Meekin joins guest host Courtney Collins to talk about how low-income parents struggle for family and community.