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The Dr. John Delony Show

Is Marriage Still Worth It? (With Dr. Arthur Brooks)

The Dr. John Delony Show

Ramsey Network

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Relationships

4.85.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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0:00.0

Big news.

0:02.7

New dates for money and marriage getaway just dropped for Valentine's Day weekend 2026.

0:08.8

Get tickets at ramsysolutions.com slash events to get away with your spouse in Nashville, Tennessee.

0:25.1

Ultimately, relationships that are successful, they start with all this incredible passion.

0:29.9

But by the end of a couple of years, where you want to get is from passionate love to what we call companion in love.

0:32.7

What about the reverse when somebody says we were friends for a long time?

0:34.0

Friends zone and a love zone?

0:34.9

Very rare.

0:38.4

Usually what happens is that one is in love and the other isn't.

0:46.7

What in the world is going on?

0:48.8

Hope you are doing well.

0:51.8

I'm not going to lie, dude.

1:10.8

It is bonkers out there. And where is out there? Everywhere. Everywhere in the club. But I'm super glad that you are with us. And, man, it just makes my heart full every time. Hop on here. And we have so many listeners joining us from all over the world. It's amazing. Thank you so much for being with us. All right,

1:16.8

this is super exciting. Last year, one of my top shows of the year was when we had a good friend of mine and guests, Dr. Arthur Brooks. He is the happiness goat. He's written a book with

1:22.9

Oprah. He has a weekly column in the Atlantic. He teaches at Harvard. He's an amazing guy. And it's one of

1:30.4

the top shows of the year. And so I asked him to come back and we take a swan dive into things like

1:37.2

happiness and fitness and marriage and a whole bunch of other stuff. I don't really even understand

1:44.1

because he's super,

1:44.8

super smart. Just kidding, I kind of understood it, but also kind of not. He literally is one of

1:49.5

the best guys you will meet and one of the smartest minds out there today in the public sphere.

1:56.1

And he is back and we talk about just a million different things. And I can't wait for you to be a fly on the

2:01.6

wall actually don't be a fly on the wall just pull up a seat pull up a seat to this conversation

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