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Some of the people I'll be talking with include the editor of the updated American Heritage Dictionary.

There is a handful of words such as a asshat that make their way in. The writer of a new

book about the global underground economy. A street market is not just cacophony. And a man who spent

a year training to become a mixed martial arts fighter. It's wrestling but with chokes and submissions

and arm bars. Starting this Saturday on the Slate Daily podcast.

The following podcast contains explicit language.

Hello and welcome to the Double X Gab Fest for Thursday, December 15th.

It's the Robo Panda Edition.

I'm Jessica Gross and joining me here in the

New York studio is Slate contributor June Thomas. Hi, June. Hey, Jessica. And calling in from San Francisco

is Double X founding editor Hannah Rosen. Hi, Hannah. Hi. On today's show, we're going to talk about

a new study from the National Marriage Project, about different ways of measuring marital happiness. We're also going to talk about a new study from the National Marriage Project,

about different ways of measuring marital happiness.

We're also going to talk about the way childless women are depicted on today's sitcoms.

And in the holiday spirit, we're going to talk about the weirdest gifts we've ever received

and also the culture of gift giving more generally.

So let's start with that new study from the National Marriage Project.

It came out last week and it attempted to measure levels of happiness in marriage by several different rubrics, including generosity, number of children, and how housework is divided.

So, Hannah, you've long been immersed in marriage research.

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