Relationships During a Pandemic
Political Gabfest
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2020
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this special episode of the Political Gabfest John, Emily and David are joined by therapist Esther Perel to discuss how the coronavirus is affecting relationships, and what we can all do to support one another, process grief and tap into increased compassion during this time.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, GapFest listeners. This is a special edition of the political GavFest about relationships |
| 0:11.8 | during the pandemic. Esther Perel, the brilliant therapist, will join us to talk about families, |
| 0:17.5 | our partners, the people we work with, the people we see, and the people we wish we got |
| 0:21.8 | to see more often. We're guessing that, like for us, nearly all of your relationships have been |
| 0:27.8 | transformed by this pandemic. So we decided to have a whole conversation about that. We found it |
| 0:33.1 | so interesting that we decided to publish it in full as its own episode. It felt like a little bit of a tonic for the three of us to be part of it. |
| 0:40.6 | We hope it can help lighten the weight on your shoulders too. |
| 0:43.4 | So here's the show. |
| 0:47.9 | Esther Perel is a psychotherapist, a writer, a podcaster. |
| 0:51.5 | She wrote, of course, mating captivity, unlocking erotic intelligence, |
| 0:55.5 | which was a huge bestseller. She has a new book, and also New York Times bestseller, |
| 1:01.3 | The State of Affairs, Rethinking Infidelity. And of course, she hosts the very popular podcast, |
| 1:06.6 | Where Should We Begin? And also another podcast, How's Work, also popular. And during the shutdown, she is doing a podcast mini-series out of where should we begin called |
| 1:15.7 | Couples Under Lockdown. |
| 1:17.5 | And also because she is the busiest person in the world, she's also doing live video |
| 1:21.3 | conversations on YouTube and Facebook on Wednesdays at 3 p.m. Eastern. |
| 1:25.5 | Goodness. |
| 1:26.8 | That's a lot. |
| 1:27.9 | So Esther, the title of your most famous book is Made in Captivity, and I know that's not |
| 1:32.4 | the kind of captivity that you were talking about when you wrote that. |
| 1:35.4 | But based on what you're seeing so far out of the shutdown and out of the quarantine, |
| 1:41.6 | what are the distinct characteristics of relationships in this lockdown? |
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