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Episode 10 – Breakups

Posted by Josey Vogels on August 26 at 07:39 PM

This is the last episode of Between You and Me for the summer. And we’re talking about breakups.

No one likes a breakup. And often the hints of a relationship’s impending death crop up well before the breakup is finally executed. Katherine’s story is a great example of this. She was in a relationship with a woman for 12 years and took almost a year to decide to end things.

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Geoff MacDonald, who teaches psychology at the University of Toronto talks to us about something he studies called ‘social pain.” He researches the primal feeling of rejection and why breakups are so hard to handle.

And sometimes you don’t even have to be that serious about someone to have your heart pummeled. Karen from Winnipeg has a story that is proof of this.

For some advice on how to do the deed, we track down Breakup Girl (civilian identity Lynn Harris) in Jerusalem.

And Dan Savage, the guy behind the syndicated sex column Savage Love shares some hilarious stories from his annual “Valentine’s Day Bash” in Seattle, Washington where he invites people to destroy mementos of failed relationships. He gathers them all in a large nightclub in Seattle. Participants can chose how to destroy the items by anvil, liquid nitrogen, sledgehammer, and blowtorch.

Finally, we uncover some research that suggests that breakups aren’t actually as devastating as people predict they will be. Paul Eastwick and Eli Finkel from Northwestern University share their findings with us.

As always, if you miss the show this Thursday at 9:30am, be sure and catch the repeat Saturday at 4pm. Or simply listen to it online at cbc.ca/betweenyouandme. And, by all means, send your feedback and questions to betweenyouandme@cbc.ca.

It’s been a great run. Thanks to producers Nicola Luksic and Tina Pittaway for their fantastic work on the show. Also thanks to Pedro Mendes, who made the show sound its very best and to Tim Lorimer and Greg Fleet, who supported us in the studio whenever we needed it. And of course, thanks to all of you for your wonderful feedback comments and letters. You can listen to all our shows – along with some juicy extras – on our website at cbc.ca/betweenyouandme. If you enjoyed the show, please send your love letters, to betweenyouandme@cbc.ca. It’s been great getting to know you. We’ll miss you. Hopefully we’ll be back and we can take this relationship even further. Thanks for listening.

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