Tuesday Oct 01, 2024

13. Words That Make Us: Betrayal

In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Betrayal”. Listen to them as they discuss the different types of betrayal whether in relationships, in a relation to one’s country of oneself. They discuss statistics about cheating from different countries as well as how it is regarded in stoicism, the Quran and the Bible. There is poetry from different eras and perspectives too!

Countries with highest infidelity rate:

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/infidelity-rates-by-country

Is it emotional cheating?

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/emotional-cheating

Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy

https://genius.com/Carol-ann-duffy-medusa-annotated

Betrayal in the Quran

https://submission.org/friday_betrayal.html#:~:text=Those%20elements%20might%20be%20summarized,and%20be%20among%20the%20truthful.

We Who Are Your Closest Friends by Phillip Lopate

https://poets.org/poem/we-who-are-your-closest-friends

Dictionary Definition

https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/betrayal#:~:text=Betrayal%20means%20%22an%20act%20of,someone's%20trust%2C%20possibly%20by%20lying.