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Love is what most people are looking for in a spouse or life partner. But this hour, we take a look at marriage, an institution that for much of history had very little to do with love at all.

We also talk about the right to end a marriage by divorce. And we want to hear from you, too.

Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.

GUESTS:
Stephanie Coontz - Author of Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage, and Director of Research and Public Education for the non profit group, Council on Contemporary Families; she also teaches history and family studies at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington (@StephanieCoontz)
Meghan Freed - Managing attorney at Freed Marcroft, a Connecticut divorce and family law firm (@MeghanFreed)

Cat Pastor contributed to this show, which originally aired February 13, 2020.

Love is what most people are looking for in a spouse or life partner. But this hour, we take a look at marriage, an institution that for much of history had very little to do with love at all.
We also talk about the right to end a marriage by divorce. And we want to hear from you, too.
Join the conversation on&nbsp;<a href="http://facebook.com/wherewelive">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/wherewelive">Twitter</a>.
GUESTS:
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<li><a href="https://www.stephaniecoontz.com/">Stephanie Coontz</a> - Author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Marriage-History-How-Love-Conquered/dp/014303667X">Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage</a>, and Director of Research and Public Education for the non profit group, <a href="https://contemporaryfamilies.org/">Council on Contemporary Families</a>; she also teaches history and family studies at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington (<a href="https://twitter.com/StephanieCoontz">@StephanieCoontz</a>)</li>
<li>Meghan Freed - Managing attorney at <a href="https://freedmarcroft.com/">Freed Marcroft</a>, a Connecticut divorce and family law firm (<a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanFreed">@MeghanFreed</a>)</li>
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Cat Pastor contributed to this show, <a href="https://www.wnpr.org/post/surprisingly-unromantic-history-marriage">which originally aired February 13, 2020</a>.

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

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