#110 The Cultural Tutor - Why Modern Love Fails and How to Rescue It

Within Reason

Alex J O'Connor

Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Sheehan Quirke is The Cultural Tutor. A writer on history, art, and architecture with millions of followers, he is also the author of the forthcoming The Cultural Tutor: Forty-Nine Lessons You Wish You’d Learned at School, which is currently available for preorder here.

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0:00.0	Exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:02.0	It's hard and it's brutal and that's what makes it special.
0:06.0	The multi-award winning series, FX's The Bear, is back for a brand new season.
0:11.0	Upon my signal, unleash hell.
0:15.0	And every second counts.
0:17.0	When that shows zero, this restaurant ceases operations.
0:21.8	FX is the bear.
0:23.1	New season now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus.
0:27.1	18 plus subscription required season C's apply.
0:30.2	You were just on a panel for unheard, talking about whether modern romance is dead.
0:36.6	Was that the topic?
0:37.3	That was the title.
0:38.1	How did it go?
0:39.6	It was really good fun.
0:40.7	I mean, personally speaking, it was great to be in a room.
0:43.7	You know, I'm always, I guess I got here by writing online.
0:47.8	I'm behind the laptop typing away, and it was nice to be in a room full of people talking, seeing their faces.
0:52.4	I guess you've said the same thing, like, the best part of your job is speaking in rooms full
0:56.1	of people.
0:56.5	So it was good fun.
0:57.1	And I think as far as the subject of the event goes, it was very, very good, very revealing,
1:04.4	I think about how things are.
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