by Laura Stassi | Feb 13, 2025 | Bonus Content
In honor of this season of love, I’ve been perusing information on the topic from the Greater Good Science Center. Their categorical breakdowns — including self-love, romantic love, familial love, companionate love, and compassionate love — are...
by Laura Stassi | Dec 30, 2024 | Bonus Content
2024, what a year! We put out 20 new DWG podcast episodes, five new Speed Dating While Gray episodes, two hourlong radio broadcast specials with American Public Media, and countless e-newsletters and social media posts. To clarify, those aren’t actually countless. I...
by Laura Stassi | Nov 21, 2024 | Bonus Content
This week’s episode offers solid advice from psychotherapist Ken Page. He’s the author of “Deeper Dating: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy.” He also has a podcast based on his book and, true fact, I found...
by Laura Stassi | Nov 14, 2024 | Bonus Content
Psychotherapist Jeanne Safer wrote “I Love You, But I Hate Your Politics” in 2019. Since then, at least two of the red-blue couples she profiled have divorced. Jeanne herself is in a mixed marriage. The self-described liberal Democrat has been married for...
by Laura Stassi | Nov 7, 2024 | Bonus Content
I confess: Today’s episode almost didn’t happen. On Wednesday morning, I hadn’t yet heard DWG producer Steve Lack’s mix of the tape I’d sent his way. And I was so sleep-deprived, depressed, and anxious after the election that any content...
by Laura Stassi | Oct 24, 2024 | Bonus Content
Mike’s story in today’s episode reminds me of the controversy faced by Dan Gasby, the husband of celebrity chef B. Smith. After B. was diagnosed in 2013 with early onset Alzheimer’s, Dan served as her caretaker. He also fell in love with another...
