Freakonomics on Failure

Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold on a lawsuit to keep former president Donald Trump off the ballot (First) | How culture war issues may help conservative candidates on election night in New Jersey (St ...  Show more

Kadia Goba, political reporter at Semafor, reports on a busy week in Congress, with the new speaker, a failed attempt by some Republicans to remove Rep. George Santos from office, fights over aid to Israel (at the expense of the IRS) and more. 

Why do we assume romantic relationships are more important than friendships? Rhaina Cohen, award-winning producer and editor for NPR's Embedded, has a surprising pro-friendship answer in today's episode. Rhaina's new book is "The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Fr ...  Show more

What would it look like if we took friendship as seriously as we take romance? Rhaina Cohen, author of the book The Other Significant Others: Reimagine Life with Friendship at the Center, talks to Chris about the value of platonic relationships. They get into everything from offl ...  Show more

We tend to consider romantic partners and family ties to be our most important relationships, but deep friendships can be just as meaningful. In a perspective-shifting talk, author Rhaina Cohen introduces us to the people unsettling norms by choosing a friend as a life partner — ...  Show more

What would it look like if we took friendship as seriously as we take romance? Rhaina Cohen, author of the book The Other Significant Others: Reimagine Life with Friendship at the Center, talks to Chris about the value of platonic relationships. They get into everything from offl ...  Show more