Fastball
Is America’s national pastime too slow? Major League historian John Thorn and famously off-speed pitcher Bill “Spaceman” Lee toss around this old debate.
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Wevorce: What Divorce by Algorithm Means for Marriage
When two people get married, the story can usually write itself: vows, a commitment, the promise of forever.January 15, 1954(New York Daily News)And then for not quite half of those married couples:...
View ArticleLife as a Wife
Cindy Chupack got married for the first time when she was 25. Two years later, the man she married realized he was gay. They got a divorce. Chupack went on to have a successful career as an author and...
View ArticleAll in the Family of Norman Lear
I spoke with Norman Lear, the veteran writer and producer behind such hit TV shows as All in the Family and The Jeffersons, at his luxury apartment in Manhattan. He told me he wanted to make sure his...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Young Adult Fiction; Peaceful Co-Parenting for the...
Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Young Adult Fiction (First) | Peaceful Co-Parenting for the Holidays (Starts at 13:10) | Segregated Brooklyn (Starts at 34:16)If...
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Don’t take a one-time payment. You can’t count on dying on time
Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff answers your Social Security questions. Photo by Buero Monaco/Getty ImagesEditor’s Note: Boston University economist Larry Kotlikoff has spent every week,...
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Will Pope Francis’s manifesto on family bring change to the church?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Today’s pronouncement from the pope on family life was two years in the making. Pope Francis explicitly called for the church to be less...
View ArticleDiane Guerrero on Debt and Deportation
Diane Guerrero was just 14 years old when she came home to an empty apartment. Her parents had been taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and would soon be deported to their native Colombia....
View ArticleSarah Jessica Parker Stars in 'Divorce' on HBO
Sarah Jessica Parker talks about her new HBO series “Divorce.” Parker stars as Frances, a married woman with two children living in Westchester County, who after more than a decade of marriage, has...
View ArticleIf You're Not ____, Then Never Mind
Actor Amy Landecker got divorced in 2011. "It was the worst time of my whole life," Amy says. "People told me it was going to get better and I didn't believe them." Amy and her ex-husband share custody...
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Carmen Maria Machado on marrying after your parents divorce
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: Finally: Many families struggle with divorce. Tonight, writer Carmen Machado shares her perspective as one whose parents separated when she was an...
View ArticleLet's Talk About Porn
Porn. It’s something that people use in their most intimate, private moments. It’s a way to acknowledge desire—without any of the attachments of intimacy. For some of you, that's incredibly freeing....
View ArticleMy Awkward Money Talk With Sallie Krawcheck
Before she was a Wall Street executive or the CEO of an investment company for women, Sallie Krawcheck was a little kid, listening to her parents fight about money. "You just knew, once a month, they...
View ArticleCut Loose: Your Breakup Stories
When Nan Bauer-Maglin was 60 years old, her husband left her for his 25-year-old student. "I thought about suicide. You know, there’s a great feeling of rejection especially if you’re older," she told...
View ArticleWhy Rashema Melson Left Georgetown
I met Rashema Melson in the middle of her sophomore year at Georgetown University. She'd made national headlines the year before when she graduated as valedictorian of her D.C. high school class after...
View ArticleWait Wait, Don't Bother Peter Sagal When He's Drinking Mezcal
Live on stage! The host of NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me tells us how getting divorced and struggling with depression changed his eating, and why he never mixes running with drinking.
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Jim Daly and Gabe Lyons — The Next Christians
Two Christian leaders are working to restore Christian engagement in the world. Gabe Lyons and Jim Daly discuss how they who are reshaping their part in common life, and the common good. This often...
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Alain de Botton — The True Hard Work of Love and Relationships
What if the first question we asked on a date were, "How are you crazy? I'm crazy like this"? Philosopher and writer Alain de Botton's essay "Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person" was, amazingly, the...
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