The way we date nowadays has a history that it pays to try to understand as we navigate the ups and downs of the dating game. Never before in history have we had such high expectations of dating - and rarely have we been more confused.

Calez - Lenny S. Didn’t Pick Me (Studio Performance)

August 08, 2022

The origin of romance: the surprising backstory of romantic love

August 06, 2022

Replace "girl/babe" with "Lord" and you have a pretty decent medieval prayer.

Everything has an origin, and that includes romantic love. While people have apparently been falling in love since the beginning of recorded history, the notion that this is a desirable state is actually fairly recent. In this episode, I'll discuss the origin of romantic love as it emerged in the South of France in the 11th or 12th Century AD. This origin story might be surprising, but it helps to account for a lot of otherwise inexplicable facets of romantic love.