The Detour: Love & Ambivalence

"Many of us grew up thinking that being coupled with one person—and codifying that union through a government institution—was the ultimate expression of romance. But why do we continue to conform to traditional coupledom despite the data against it?" Check out all episodes of The Detour from Oregon Humanities, including this one. 

The Detour is paid possible thanks to the support of the National Endowment for the Humanities. 

Hosts: 

Keiren Bond, Executive Producer of The Detour

Adam Davis, Oregon Humanities Executive Director, Host of The Detour

Guests: 

Laura Kipnis, Author of Against Love and Love in the Time of Contagion.

Jamie Passaro, Eugene Based Writer and Editor, Reading from Her 2004 essay “Consider the Wedding.”

Produced By: 

Keiren Bond, Executive Producer of The Detour

Alexandra Powell Bugden, Assistant Producer of The Detour

Karina Briski, Assistant Producer of The Detour

Ben Waterhouse, Assistant Producer of The Detour

Engineered By: 

Dave Friedlander, DJ Sir Round of The AfterParty, Sundays 1-2 AM

Edited By: 

Dave Friedlander, DJ Sir Round of The AfterParty, Sundays 1-2 AM

*Note: This episode was originally aired in June 2022.