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TRBQ Podcast #2 — Love in Shanghai
Parents consult with matchmakers at the marriage market in People's Park in Shanghai. (Photo by Xie Yifan)
TRBQ pays a visit to the marriage market in Shanghai to talk with parents who are looking for mates for their adult children, and host Dean Olsher talks with scientists about brain scans of people who are in love. The question is, does “love” mean the same thing in different cultures? And it appears the answer is yes. And no.
TRBQ Podcast #1 — The science of love
We look at brain scans of people who are madly in love. We talk with the neuroscientists who did the scans. And we talk with writer A.J. Jacobs, who compares his love for his wife to a ride on a Segway.
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