How different would our relationships be if the question we asked on an early date were, "How are you crazy? I'm crazy like this"? A conversation with writer and philosopher Alain de Botton about the true hard work of love. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Alain de Botton — The True Hard Work of Love and Relationships." Find more at onbeing.org.

[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett

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With a 20-year archive featuring luminaries like Mary Oliver, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Desmond Tutu, each episode brings a new discovery about the immensity of our lives. Hosted by Krista Tippett,

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Wisdom to replenish and orient in a tender, tumultuous time to be alive. Spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and poetry. Conversations to live by. With a 20-year archive featuring luminaries like Mary Oliver, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Desmond Tutu, each episode brings a new discovery about the immensity of our lives. Hosted by Krista Tippett, Learn more about the On Being Project’s work in the world at onbeing.org.

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