Talks on Love Playlist (5/5): Why friendship can be just as meaningful as romantic love | Rhaina Cohen
6/12/202611 min
We tend to consider romantic partners and family ties to be our most important relationships, but deep friendships can be just as meaningful. In a perspective-shifting talk, author Rhaina Cohen introduces us to the people unsettling norms by choosing a friend as a life partner — and shows why we're all better off recognizing there's more than one kind of significant other.
This episode originally aired in 2024.
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First 90 secondsElise Hu· Host0:00
June is LGBTQ Pride Month for many around the world. It's a time to celebrate the fight for rights and the many forms love and relationships can take. In honor of this, today we're dropping five of our favorite TED Talks from the archive on love and relationships. Happy listening. [chimes] [piano] You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. I'm your host, Elise Hu. We are so conditioned to think of our romantic relationships as central to our lives and the foundation of our families, but journalist and author Reina Cohen is challenging that framework. In her 2024 talk, she paints a picture of a future where friendship can be at the core. We'll dive into this talk right after the break. This episode is brought to you by Walmart Business. The best leaders might tell you the work that moves an organization forward doesn't happen in spreadsheets or supply chain emails. It happens when you have the space to think big. That's the idea behind Walmart Business. It's built to take the friction out of running an organization so your team isn't losing hours to procurement logistics when they could just be focused on the problems that actually matter. With an ever-expanding business assortment, everyday low prices, and fast, reliable shipping, Walmart Business keeps your operations running smoothly. Shop online,