I'm curious, why is it so important to understand the historical context of relationships and marriage?

If we're going to live in this world, getting a sense of how marriage has changed and how we can make ours as strong as possible

is likely to have more bang for the buck in terms of your overall happiness with your life

than pretty much anything else you can do. Hi, I'm Cody Gough from Curiosity.

Hi, I'm Cody Goff from Curiosity.com.

Today we're going to learn about marriage in the mind. Hi, I'm Cody Gough from Curiosity.com.

Today we're going to learn about marriage in the modern era.

Every week we explore what we don't know because Curiosity makes you smarter.

This is the Curiosity Podcast.

Conventional wisdom says that the institution of marriage in America has seen better days. But has it really? According to my guest this week, the best

marriages today may be the best marriages ever. Dr Eli Finkel returns to the

Curiosity Podcast to explain his recent research and talk about how to find success in marriage or in any serious long-term relationship.

Dr. Finkel is a professor at Northwestern University where he has appointments in the Psychology department and the Kellogg School of Management

and he's been writing about relationships for more than a decade from attraction to dating to

marriage and everything in between. Now last time we discussed today's dating scene,

so this time we'll delve into more serious relationships

and how they've evolved into what they are today

and how to have a good one.

I'm here with Dr Eli Thinkle,

and you've got a book that just came out called the all or nothing marriage,

which we'll talk about in a bit.

Why did you choose this particular path of a study?

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