In this episode, Andrew and Monica send Anna and Karenin to couples therapy and try to figure out what went wrong. Which does Anna Karenina believe is the more important and powerful idea, love or the institution of marriage? What is the purpose of staging certain scenes like a play? And why makes that Levin dude so cool, anyway? Tune in to find out.

SHOW NOTES:

0:22 - Intro and clip

2:18 - Whether the "stage" aspect works, what the purpose might be

7:44 - Is Anna a feminist character?

12:25 - Anna's marriage with Karenin

16:50 - Cracking knuckles

18:55 - The Levin/Kitty relationship, a parallel to Anna/Karenin

25:03 - Addiction

26:34 - Show close

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