Meeting someone has never been easier, loving however seems harder than ever. The field of possible stories is vast in the age of the swipe and new relationship codes. Yet love remains unfathomable, an alchemy seemingly irreducible to the algorithms and norms we thought we'd understood. If the world seems to have gone mad, there still is hope to continue to love, love again, and maybe, love better.

13 episodes

Love Better

Fiction 11 min.

Dating Paul S. Stein

She thought she’d found the perfect partner: charismatic, passionate, and sharing her Jewish identity. But as their conversations turn into heated debates over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, their ideological differences come to light. Can their love withstand such irreconcilable worldviews?

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Fiction 6 min.

She's meant for me

Like many nowadays, I found my partner on the internet. I had been alone forever, couldn't take it anymore. I had a few girlfriends here and there, but it was always complicated. They were never satisfied, I was never good enough for them, they would leave me, I would suffer. I had given up. And then, I wanted to love again, I was tired of being alone. I hung out on websites, and I found Helena.

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Non fiction 9 min.

Attraction is always political

In Lebanon, a country in full collapse, it is impossible to have a romantic encounter without politics interfering in the relationship.

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Non fiction 12 min.

What Is the Opposite of Marriage ?

Having witnessed her parents' divorce, Joy has long abhorred the idea of marriage. However, today, it is her own that she is about to marry...

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First Person 10 min.

Lost Love is a Solitary Exile

What happens when from one day to the next, we find ourselves exiled from a city or a person, unable to go back to the place where we were happiest?

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First Person 16 min.

Paris... Come Home to My Dreams

One minute. Just one hot minute more and I’d have missed that flight to Paris, which would have altered the course of my life.

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