How to Break Up

How to Break Up

By Kate Miller and Lauren NicholsSociety & CultureRelationshipsHistory
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How to Break Up episodes

  • Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton - Fighting as Foreplay

    Welcome to Season 3! Lauren and Kate are so excited to start the new season off with a bang!

    This month, they are discussing the love, life, and tribulations of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. The biggest Hollywood couple of the 20th century that oozed passion, glamour, and diamonds out of their pores. Decide for yourself if this was true love or lust run amok.

    1 hr 42 min
  • Pericles and Aspasia - The Golden Age's Golden Couple

    This month, Lauren and Kate travel back to Ancient Greece where they discuss the love affair between Pericles and Aspasia of Miletus. The most powerful man in Athens loved a woman who might have been many things but was definitely brilliant. Listen along as Kate and Lauren discuss everything we know and everything we don't know about this famous pair

    57 min
  • Johnny Cash and June Carter - Love is a Burning Thing

    After a long, hot summer it's nice to relax and talk about a long, hot love affair. This month Lauren and Kate discuss the ups and downs of the love lives of Johnny Cash and June Carter. Listen along as they discuss everything from drugs to affairs to the queen that is June Carter!

    51 min
  • Bonnie and Clyde - Love on the Run

    This month, Lauren and Kate are giving into the summer heat and talking about crime's hottest couple. Listen along as they discuss the highs and lows of Bonnie and Clyde as they go through the age old dating ritual of meeting at a party to spending nearly two full years on the run in the Texas heat.

    1 hr 24 min
  • Tristan and Isolde - Is That a Love Potion in Your Pocket?

    In this season's fictional episode (Isis and Osiris are absolutely real don't start with me) Lauren and Kate discuss the myth of Tristan and Isolde. Sometimes called the "original" Romeo and Juliet, this is the story of what when two people who can't be together are unable to resist falling in love.

    49 min
  • Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas - A Wilde Affair

    "You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes or their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear."

    This month Lauren and Kate discuss the complicated history of Oscar Wilde and the love of his life Lord Alfred Douglas. This Victorian power couple certainly left a legacy rich with romance, art, and a lot of drama. Listen along as the discussion touches everything from the value of art and wit to the behavior of a man who always carries a whip.

    1 hr 9 min
  • Osiris and Isis - Order in Chaos

    This month, Kate and Lauren are going way back to the beginning and covering the greatest couple in Egyptian mythology, Osiris and Isis. Come along on a journey that discusses the beginning of everything and the ingredients to make both the world's first mummy and power couple.

    56 min

About How to Break Up

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Friends and filmmakers Kate and Lauren come together monthly to discuss a famous historical romance and how that couple relates to modern dating struggles.