The Labor Of Love

Lori talks with Jessi Klein, author of the new book You’ll Grow Out Of It, about transitioning to adulthood in the 21st century, what it’s like to age in the entertainment industry, and how Jessi defines success. Jessi is the Emmy and Peabody award-winning head writer and an executive producer of Inside Amy Schemer. She’s also written for Amazon’s Transparent and Saturday Night Live, and has been a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! 

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Lori talks with Ariel Leve, author of the new memoir An Abbreviated Life, about how material comforts mean little without the presence of love, stability, and emotional safety. Ariel is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Guardian, Financial Times Magazine, The Telegraph, the Observer, and the London Sunday Times Magazine, where she was a senior writer and a columnist. 

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Lori talks about how sexism affects women and girls with Jessica Valenti, founder of the award-winning Feministing.com. Valenti is a columnist for the Guardian US and the author of four books on feminism, politics, and culture, including Sex Object. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Salon, among others. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and daughter.

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Lori talks with Stephanie Danler about the unique world of love and sex behind the "employees only" doors of restaurants. Danler is a a former restaurant work and writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School. She is the author of the new novel, Sweetbitter. 

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Conventional wisdom suggests that we should do everything we can to keep our marriages in tact, but is there a time when it makes sense to throw in the towel? Don Cole is a marriage and family counselor and a master trainer with the Gottman Institute, which offers practical tools and skills to strengthen relationships based on more than 40 years of research. Sonia Britt is an associate professor of personal financial planning and family studies at Kansas State University. Her research areas include financial therapy, physiological stress and the effectiveness of financial counseling. 

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What does it take to keep a marriage going, and going happily? Karl Pillemer shares what he's learned from couples who've been married, forty, fifty, sixty years, or longer. Pillemer is a Cornell University gerontologist and author of 30 Lessons for Loving: Advice from the Wisest Americans on Love, Relationships, and Marriage.  

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Staying together can be a challenge, but it has enormous benefits, emotionally, physically, and financially. Lori talks with Belinda Luscombe about how it can be done. Luscombe is an editor-at-large of TIME magazine. Her areas of interest range from divorce, marriage and parenting to social networking, mate selection, workplace issues and romantic comedies. She’s also the editor of the Time for Parents newsletter.

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It can feel hopeless when you and your partner fall into a sexless rut, but a long dry spell isn't insurmountable. Lori talks with Jill Blakeway about how to get desire and intimacy back. Blakeway is a licensed and board certified acupuncturist, clinical herbalist, and the Founder and Clinic Director of the YinOva Center in New York City. She's the host of CBS radio's weekly podcast Grow Cook Heal andthe author of two popular books on women's health, Making Babies and Sex Again. 

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Lori talks with everyday women about how depression affects their relationships. Eva Recinos is a freelance writer and social media producer based in Los Angeles. Her writing has appeared in publications like LA Weekly, Refinery29, Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan. Kimberly Zapata is the creator and voice behind Sunshine Spoils Milk, a blog dedicated to mental health and motherhood. She has written extensively on depression, postpartum depression, eating disorders, and alcoholism, and her work has appeared on numerous websites, including the Washington Post, Huff Post, The Mighty, Scary Mommy, Babble, and Yahoo.

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Lori talks with Melissa Broder about her struggles with depression, her husband's long-term debilitating illness, and how the two get their needs met outside the relationship. Broder is the author of four collections of poems, including the forthcoming Last Sext. Her debut book of personal essays, So Sad Today, was published in March 2016.

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