To write The Other Significant Others, journalist <a target="_blank" href="https://www.rhainacohen.com/">Rhaina Cohen</a> interviewed couples around the country who have committed to sharing their lives with each other — just not their beds. These pivotal yet hard-to-define relationships have existed throughout history, but we lack the vocabulary to talk about them (let alone a legal framework to protect them). Adaam and Vanessa — platonic partners themselves — talk to Rhaina about the nomenclature that helps/hinders us, the lack of templates for meaningful friendships, and the unspoken-about-elephant in these relationships (yes, sex). Mentioned in this episode:-Rhaina on the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-rhaina-cohen.html">Ezra Klein Show</a>-Our conversation about friendship infrastructure with <a target="_blank" href="https://uncertain.substack.com/p/david-french-friendship-loneliness">David French</a>-Our conversation about solitude with <a target="_blank" href="https://uncertain.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-content-age">Bill Deresiewicz</a> Find us on <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncertain-things/id1529979654">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7fIHabrOvrApzmL9OV5K5s?si=K6GGNXr0Q6yFptkxMEbqOA&nd=1&dlsi=730b2dee6bd643f2">Spotify</a>, or wherever you get your podcasts. Share @UncertainPod on your social media of choice.On the agenda:-On words, romance, and indefinable friendships [0:00-33:06]-The legal difficulties platonic partners face [33:07-40:24]-Putting marriage on/off its pedestal [40:25-47:28]-On polyamory [47:29-53:49]-The challenges of relationships with no defaults or templates [53:50-1:03:36]-Friendship & solitude [1:03:37-]Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at <a href="https://uncertain.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">uncertain.substack.com/subscribe</a>

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