Life Stages: Marriage

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today, what does it really mean to be married? Divorced? What changes in the law's eyes? What do you have to do? And, most importantly, how and why has the government decided who is allowed to marry whom? And while we're at it, what does love, Pocahontas, or a credit card application have to do with any of this? Today's episode features the voices of Stephanie Coontz, Kori Graves, Dan Cassino, Leah Plunkett, and dozens of County Clerks. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When you two met, there was probably an early physical reaction.
0:03.6	A romantic attraction that pulled you together.
0:06.7	A love appeal that hit you sort of.
0:09.2	Buying?
0:11.4	A higil now?
0:12.6	Well, it happened to me.
0:14.3	It happens in some degree to most couples who become happily married.
0:21.6	Buying?
0:24.6	Buying?
0:26.8	Buying?
0:27.6	Buying?
0:28.6	There is no shortage of clips like this on YouTube, Hannah.
0:37.6	Dozens of educational films from the 1950s like, should I get married, going steady or
0:44.0	a boy's fancy?
0:45.0	And don't change the subject.
0:46.0	Do I look good in the chiffon nightgown or don't I?
0:49.0	Or don't you notice anymore?
0:50.8	We have arrived at our fourth step in the Life Stages series here at Civics 101.
0:55.5	I'm the Capity Chain.
0:56.5	I'm Hannah McCarthy.
0:57.5	And today we're talking about marriage.
1:01.3	Married life isn't all Hollywood moonbeams and honeysuckle.
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