Relationships

In The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves, Hudson scours the human experience, offering a sweeping history of social norms and giving readers insight from hundreds of civility handbooks across history and the globe.

There is precedent for humans connecting with other living things, like getting attention, love, and companionship from dogs and cats and a few other animals that have been domesticated to provide partnership. Now, there’s a new option for meeting this need — social robots — who may end up being even better at fulfilling the human desire for connection.

With StoryCorps in Logan, Allan Anderson took the chance to ask his mother about the first big loves of her life, and made a few discoveries.

Writer Alexandra Hudson joins us for this episode to discuss her new book, 'The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves.' In the book, Hudson scours the human experience, offering a sweeping history of social norms and giving readers insight from hundreds of civility handbooks across history and the globe.

The lawsuit alleges that manufacturers and pharmacy benefit managers conspired to inflate the price of insulin up to 1,000% over the last decade.

Michael Bingham and his sister Lianna are siblings with a 22-year age difference who never lived in the same house. Their StoryCorps experience was a chance for Lianna to get to know her brother better.

How can we reverse the course of division in the United States? On this episode we talk with Tami Pyfer and Tom Rosshirt to discuss the 'Dignity Index', a tool designed to show us how we treat each other when we disagree.

We're joined by Stephanie Coontz and Greg Smalley to discuss different perspectives on marriage.

On this segment we discuss "Gottman's Magic Minute," and why it's important.