Love Throughout Your Life: Stories from a Stranger

Dacher Keltner· Host0:02

Hey, everybody. You know on Science of Happiness, we have conversations filled with compassion and empathy, and share research-backed practices for a more fulfilled life. Well, this week I wanna share a new podcast that has me thinking and has lifted my spirits. It's called Stories From a Stranger, featuring portraits of people from all walks of life connected by love, loss, regret, inspiration, illness, family connections, and more. In each episode, host Hunter Prosper gets strangers to open up and share their most defining moments, from the deaths of loved ones, to using our most painful moments as inspiration, to finding our greatest love. No subject is off limits. You'll hear stories that are raw, intimate, and bursting with humanity. In this episode, Hunter meets three strangers at three different stages of life and asks them what love means to them. You'll hear how love looks and feels different at every age, from the dizzying rush of a first crush, to the quiet comfort of a lifelong partner, and the ache of wondering if love will ever come at all. Today, yesterday, and tomorrow, love is in the air. We hear from Sally, age 96, who calls a college boy who gave her a little tingle the love of her life. Ella, age 18, who has never been in love or in a long-term relationship and wonders if that makes