{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"PsyberSpace® - we help you understand your world","title":"Love Languages Were Never Scientific","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1153,"description":"Why Love Languages Went Viral Without the Science to Support Them\n\nMillions of people can name their love language. Almost none of them know the man who invented the concept wasn't a psychologist, never ran a study, and built the whole thing from his own irritation with how his wife loaded the dishwasher. Host Leslie Poston traces \"The Five Love Languages\" back to its actual origins, checks Gary Chapman's core claims against three decades of relationship research, and asks a harder question: who benefits when a framework this thin gets treated as settled science, and who ends up doing the work of proving it.\n00:00 Love Languages Phenomenon\n 01:18 Who Is Gary Chapman\n 02:47 Pastoral Origins Story\n 04:13 Brand Expansion Machine\n 04:59 Putting The Theory To Test\n 05:40 What The Research Finds\n 07:15 Why It Still Spreads\n 09:19 A Closer Look At Who Does The Work\n 11:43 The Physical Touch Question\n 13:04 When It Becomes A Shield\n 16:27 What Holds Up Instead\n 18:38 Closing Thoughts And Sign Off\n**Note: We had some technical difficulties during recording this week. If there is a problem with your audio, please let us know**","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tfTZRMl-qAeSUK8tWME-JVPi2fZ9cCSCIKffGPEXHOY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzUxMjc3LzE3MTEx/Njg4NjYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}