Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The psychology behind why people do crazy things for love
A married woman was convinced her dentist was secretly in love with her and drove him out of the country. A married man squandered his giant fortune on 3000 prostitutes because he wanted them to fall in love with him.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readA married woman was convinced her dentist was secretly in love with her and drove him out of the country. A married man squandered his giant fortune on 3000 prostitutes because he wanted them to fall in love with him. They’re among the many patients of psychologist Frank Tallis. He tells us their stories and the mental roots of lovesickness.
The full episode
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True stories of love driving people to literal madness- 0:00Polling data shows partisan divide over Kavanaugh
- 9:12How the Kavanaugh hearing affected male sexual abuse survivors
- 17:49Some LA landlords are threatening to raise rents if Prop 10 passes
- 25:07The psychology behind why people do crazy things for loveYou’re reading this
- 40:03What are the Dodgers’ World Series chances?
Madeleine Brand
Host, 'Press Play'
Duarte Geraldino
journalist, analyst, and radio host
Sarah Sweeney
Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW
Michell Eloy
Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play
Amy Ta
Digital News & Culture Editor
Frank Tallis
author of “The Incurable Romantic: and Other Tales of Madness and Desire”
The full episode
4 of 5True stories of love driving people to literal madness- 0:00Polling data shows partisan divide over Kavanaugh
- 9:12How the Kavanaugh hearing affected male sexual abuse survivors
- 17:49Some LA landlords are threatening to raise rents if Prop 10 passes
- 25:07The psychology behind why people do crazy things for loveYou’re reading this
- 40:03What are the Dodgers’ World Series chances?