Talks on Love Playlist (5/5): Why friendship can be just as meaningful as romantic love | Rhaina Cohen
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Talks on Love Playlist (5/5): Why friendship can be just as meaningful as romantic love | Rhaina Cohen

Jun 12, 2026 · 10 min

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About this episode

<p>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.</p><br><p>This episode originally aired in 2024.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>