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Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel

Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. From breakups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, it’s a place to hear our own stories reflected in the lives of others. So…where should we begin? Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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Say More - Esther Perel on Fantasy with Gillian Anderson

Nov 18, 2024
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How Many Times Can I Forgive You?

Nov 11, 2024
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Questions You Aren't Allowed to Ask

Oct 28, 2024
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Esther Calling - You Are So Not Invited to My Wedding

Oct 21, 2024
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Love the Child, Not the Father

Oct 14, 2024
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Best Friends Don't Make For the Best Bosses

Oct 7, 2024
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You're Inching Me Out

Oct 2, 2024
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Say More - Miranda July and Esther Perel on The Rebirth of Desire

Sep 23, 2024
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Esther Calling - Why Can't I Find Someone? Is it Me?

Sep 16, 2024
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We Had Boundaries and He Crossed Them

Sep 9, 2024
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The Arc of Love - Happily Divorced

Aug 26, 2024
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The Arc of Love - All The Things We Never Said

Aug 19, 2024
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The Arc of Love - A Romantic Revival

Aug 12, 2024
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The Arc of Love - The Other Woman

Aug 5, 2024
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The Arc of Love - The Poly Dinner Party

Jul 29, 2024
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The Arc of Love - A Small Town Affair

Jul 22, 2024
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The Arc of Love - Young Love

Jul 15, 2024
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The Arc of Love - I Don't Think I Want Kids? But My Partner Might?

Jul 8, 2024
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Impotent is No Way To Define a Man

Jul 1, 2024
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You Keep Planning A Future Without Me

Jun 24, 2024
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Esther Calling - Four Affairs, Four Divorces. Why Do I Keep Doing This?

Jun 17, 2024
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Trauma Doesn't Like to Be Touched

Jun 10, 2024
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Esther Calling - What If I Break Up With My Dad?

Jun 3, 2024
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Esther Calling - It Feels Like My Siblings Abandoned Me

May 20, 2024
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Does Growing Up Mean Growing Apart?

May 13, 2024
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Esther Calling - My Mom Should Have Set a Different Example

May 6, 2024
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There's You, There's Me, There's US

Apr 29, 2024
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Esther Calling - Love is a Trap

Apr 22, 2024
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I Think I Married the Wrong Person

Apr 15, 2024
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Esther Calling - My Exes Exes Keep Ruining My Relationships

Apr 8, 2024
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Esther Perel on New AI - Artificial Intimacy

Apr 1, 2024
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Esther Calling - My Husband, His Other Wife, and Me

Mar 25, 2024
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Sex, Comedy and Context: A Live Conversation with Trevor Noah

Mar 19, 2024
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I Can't Give You a Child

Mar 18, 2024
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If He's A "High Value Man", What Am I?

Mar 11, 2024
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I Love You One Day, I Hate You The Next

Mar 4, 2024
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Say More - Ira Glass on Is This It?

Feb 26, 2024
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I Trust You to Always Tell Me When I'm Wrong

Feb 19, 2024
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Esther Calling - I Lost Him, But I Lost Myself Too

Feb 12, 2024
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He Wants it Everyday, She Wants it Never

Feb 5, 2024
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As They Like Me More, I Like Myself Less

Jan 29, 2024
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Esther Calling - Part of Me Wants to Cheat Part Two

Jan 25, 2024
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Esther Calling - Part of Me Wants to Cheat Part One

Jan 22, 2024
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Now That I Have A Girlfriend, I Never Want To Leave My Wife

Jan 15, 2024
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Esther Calling - Am I Just Your Placeholder?

Jan 8, 2024
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Non-Negotiables in the New Year | From Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris

Jan 3, 2024
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Say More - Neil Patrick Harris on Friendship

Dec 18, 2023
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You Can Be Right, Or You Can Be Married.

Dec 11, 2023
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Esther Calling - My Emotional Inheritance

Dec 4, 2023
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Esther Calling - Is This Survivor's Guilt?

Nov 27, 2023
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Motherless Women

Nov 20, 2023
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She's Out, He's Still In.

Nov 13, 2023
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Esther Calling - Depleted Mothers Club

Nov 6, 2023
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A Marriage Organized Around Trauma

Oct 30, 2023
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Sexlessness

Oct 23, 2023
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A Hospital Divided

Oct 16, 2023
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Esther Calling - I Left. Now I Want My Wife Back.

Oct 9, 2023
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Tell Me I'm Not Alone

Oct 2, 2023
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Esther Calling - Self Love Isn't Something I Grew Up With

Sep 25, 2023
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How's Work? - The Preacher's Wife Part Two

Sep 18, 2023
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How's Work? - The Preacher's Wife

Sep 11, 2023
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Esther Calling - My Brother's Wife Ruined Our Relationship

Aug 28, 2023
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The Addict

Aug 21, 2023
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Esther Calling- I Want Her to Like Me Less

Aug 14, 2023
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Esther Calling - I Crossed a Line I Never Thought I Would Cross

Aug 7, 2023
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I've Had Better

Jul 31, 2023
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Long Distance and Lost

Jul 24, 2023
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Esther Calling - Am I Being Gaslit?

Jul 17, 2023
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Donor Daddy

Jul 10, 2023
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Where Should We Begin? is coming back… weekly

Jun 27, 2023
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Love In War with Esther Perel: Ukraine

Mar 11, 2023
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I've Had 100 Conversations With You In My Head, Part 2

Jun 30, 2022
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Esther Calling - I Need Her to See Me

Jun 23, 2022
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Esther Calling - Still Single at 40

Jun 16, 2022
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We Started As An Affair

Jun 9, 2022
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Esther Calling - Stuck In the Middle

Jun 2, 2022
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Esther Calling - I Deserve to Be a Mother

May 26, 2022
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You Want Me to Watch the Kids While You Go Out With Other Men?, Where Are They Now

May 19, 2022
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Esther Calling - Having Needs Doesn't Make You Needy

May 12, 2022
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My Orgasm Is Not Just For Me

May 5, 2022
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Twice Married, To Each Other

Apr 28, 2022
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Esther Calling - Will He Make The Space For Me

Jan 20, 2022
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Esther Calling - It's a Matter of Pride

Jan 13, 2022
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I Can Be Strong and Be Taken Care Of

Dec 30, 2021
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I Don't Mean to Be Mean, But...

Dec 23, 2021
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An Intimate Evening with Esther Perel

Dec 16, 2021
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Before We Got Together I Identified As Gay

Dec 9, 2021
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Where Are They Now - A Romantic Revival

Dec 2, 2021
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Friendship - My Reliable Gift

Nov 25, 2021
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Esther Calling - Losing My Best Friend

Nov 18, 2021
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Esther Calling - My Partner's Privilege

Nov 11, 2021
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He Gets the Respect, She Gets the Toilet Paper | How's Work?

Oct 7, 2021
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If I Quit, What Will People Say? | How's Work?

Sep 30, 2021
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On Again/Off Again

Sep 10, 2020
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Trapped in Their Own Story

Sep 3, 2020
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Burdens of the Family

Aug 27, 2020
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He Loves Her, His Family Rejects Her

Aug 20, 2020
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When I'm Manic I Cheat

Aug 13, 2020
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It's Very Hard to Live with a Saint

Aug 6, 2020
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In This Relationship What Is "I" and What Is "We"?

Jul 23, 2020
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The Chronic Philanderer

Jul 16, 2020
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You Want Me To Watch The Kids While You Go Out With Another Guy?

Jul 9, 2020
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What Would It Take For You to Come Out?

Jul 9, 2020
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Couples Under Lockdown: Lagos, Nigeria

May 14, 2020
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Couples Under Lockdown: New York, New York

Apr 16, 2020
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Couples Under Lockdown: Bavaria, Germany

Apr 2, 2020
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Couples Under Lockdown: Sicily, Italy

Mar 24, 2020
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I've Had 100 Conversations with You in My Head

Apr 20, 2018
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Speak to Me in French

Oct 8, 2017
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Prologue

May 17, 2017