Two people fall madly in love, get married and live happily ever after. That's how it's always been, right? This week, Kristin digs in to the history of marriage. We ask the question, in a historical context, what does love have to do, have to do with it.

Then, Julie's still riding high on some heart-warming Olympic highlights.

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Sources used in the episode:

https://www. theweek.com/articles/528746/origins-marriage%3famp

https://www.livescience.com/37777-history-of-marriage.html

https://www.sociologyguide.com/marriage-family-kinship/Types-of-marriages.php

https://medium.com/@stevenmoretti/the-strange-history-of-marrying-for-love-28e48d5b4ae7

https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/6-new-things-researchers-learned-about-single-people-in-2017.html

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/gender-roles-in-the-19th-century

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/me-you-us/201407/the-trouble-modern-marriage

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/07/case-against-marriage/591973/