The Cut - Four Questions With Esther Perel

The part that I like the most about touring is the interaction with the audience. There’s a moment where I have a conversation around the questions that people ask me — and often very interesting questions because people have listened to the podcast. You have my voice in your ears, and that establishes a relationship between us, so you come with questions that presuppose a certain experience of trust.

So on the last evening in our most recent New York City stop, I thought that we should give all the people who stood in line and didn’t have a chance to ask the questions out loud an opportunity to write your questions to me, so I could do an episode answering and riffing out loud about them.

It’s an ant’s world. ProPublica spoke with over five hundred psychologists, psychiatrists and therapists about why they stopped taking insurance. The winners of the annual iPhone Photography Contest have been announced — see them here. Officials are investigating after a female participant died on the first day of the Burning Man Festival. Last year, the U.S. Open’s signature cocktail pulled in $10 million, and this year the drink’s $1 more expensive than before. An Italian robbery was averted thanks to a good book. And there’s nothing like a $20 million divorce settlement to get the band back together.

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