Author Laura Kipnis is a cultural critic and professor at Northwestern University and author of “Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis.” (WTTW News)

The new book “Love in the Time of Contagion: A Diagnosis” explores the lockdown experiences of singles and couples and new approaches to love, intimacy and vulnerability.

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Author Laura Kipnis joins Chicago Tonight for a conversation about her book “Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus.”

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How to Become A Scandal

Prowling politicians. Lustful golfers. Arrogant actors. Scandals and juicy gossip constantly captivate. But how and why do people get into such messes in the first place? We talk with the author of How To Become A Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior about this and more.