{"podcast":{"title":"Uncertain Things","slug":"uncertain-things-1365822","podcast_index_feed_id":1365822,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/55152.rss","website_url":"https://uncertain.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/55152/d5aa3021bd2e0c5c8c26c93af46f588a.jpg","author":"Uncertain Things","episode_count":115,"summary":"Everything is broken. Now what?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T06:18:18.631352+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822"},"episode":{"title":"Significant Sans Sex (w/ Rhaina Cohen)","slug":"significant-sans-sex-w-rhaina-cohen","published_at":"2025-01-17T19:06:51+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822/significant-sans-sex-w-rhaina-cohen","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822","url":"https://uncertain.substack.com/p/significant-others-sex-rhaina-cohen","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/154853596/42dcf8ef11e3e9290f5613102e97f0ba.mp3","summary":"To write The Other Significant Others, journalist Rhaina Cohen interviewed couples around the country who have committed to sharing their lives with each other — just not their beds. These pivotal yet hard-to-define relationships have existed throughout history, but we lack the vocabulary to talk about them (let alone a legal framework to protect them). Adaam and Vanessa — platonic partners themselves — talk to Rhaina about the nomenclature that helps/hinders us, the lack of templates for meaningful friendships, and the unspoken-about-elephant in these relationships (yes, sex). Mentioned in this episode: -Rhaina on the Ezra Klein Show -Our conversation about friendship infrastructure with David French -Our conversation about solitude with Bill Deresiewicz Find us on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or wherever you get your podcasts. Share @UncertainPod on your social media of choice. On the agenda: -On words, romance, and indefinable friendships [0:00-33:06]-The legal difficulties platonic partners face [33:07-40:24]-Putting marriage on/off its pedestal [40:25-47:28]-On polyamory [47:29-53:49]-The challenges of relationships with no defaults or templates [53:50-1:03:36]-Friendship & solitude [1:03:37-] Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"To write The Other Significant Others, journalist Rhaina Cohen interviewed couples around the country who have committed to sharing their lives with each…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4476,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uncertain-things-1365822/episodes/significant-sans-sex-w-rhaina-cohen/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822/significant-sans-sex-w-rhaina-cohen.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}