Introducing: Forever is a Long Time

About this episode

Ian Coss explores the complexities of marriage and family patterns through personal stories and reflections.

When Ian Coss decided to get married, every living member of his family who had ever been married had also gotten divorced: parents, grandparents, and all his aunts and uncles on both sides — some of them twice. Today, he has questions: What is the value of a lifetime commitment? Are we doomed to recycle the patterns of behavior we get from our ancestors? Are we all just better off alone? Forever is a Long Time is a five-episode series from CBC’s Personally that weaves reflection and original music through Ian’s conversations with his wife and divorced family members — a look at love with people who have made mistakes. Get lost in someone else’s life. From a mysterious childhood spent on the run, to a courageous escape from domestic violence, each season of Personally invites you to explore the human experience in all its complexity, one story — or season — at a time. This is what it sounds like to be human. More episodes of Personally can be found here: https://link.mgln.ai/fialt-wdtw Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Guest: Ian Coss

Topics covered

• marriage
• divorce
• family
• commitment
• love

Keywords

• lifetime commitment
• patterns of behavior
• human experience

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Forever is a Long Time, Personally

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